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RPAYC HOSTS FARR 40 ONE DESIGN TROPHY
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eff Carter’s Edake and Martin Hill’s Estate Master staged
a mighty final charge for supremacy in the deciding
race of the Farr 40 Pittwater One Design Trophy Estate
Master’s fourth place to Edake’s sixth gifting them a
narrow series victory.
“Yesterday we felt we had a speed edge. Today we couldn’t find
it but in the end we won four of the eight races and we are happy
with that result,” Hill said dockside at Newport’s Royal Prince Alfred
Yacht Club.
“It was really difficult to get consistency out there. We went into
the final race knowing we’d hunt for Edake, basically cover them and
make sure they never split from us, and keep it conservative. I’ve
been sailing against Jeff for over 20 years and he did a great job,
and it was terrific to see Good Form get boat of the day,” Hill added.
Edake is pronounced ‘Ed-ache’, a play on the word headache,
which is exactly what Carter, his new tactician this season, Steve
Thomas, and the crew were to Estate Master as they set about
dismantling the latter’s handy day one lead. Team Edake remained
consistent as results swung wildly for many boats in the up and down
pressure on an inshore course - until Race 8 when they too felt the
pain of a high score and worse, finishing two places behind Estate
Master which cost them the overall win.
Carter admitted the result felt “good and bad. As of yesterday
Estate Master was clearly in front and we pulled that back many
points to get in front by race seven and set up a good finish. Hats
off to Martin and his team. We are a Corinthian team so we are
pretty happy we can match it with the pro boats. I’m sure at the next
regattas they aren’t going to let us go anywhere.”
After Races 5 and 6 in cool 8-12 knot sou’easterly winds the breeze
went to the east then clocked back to the south, with plenty of flux
in both strength and direction. The oscillations frustrated the RPAYC
race committee trying to set a fair course between Morning Bay and
the east of Scotland Island though they did create opportunities for
the Farr 40 crews in the second half to get back in the game.
LISA RATCLIFF
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PLACE YACHT OWNER
1st Estate Master Martin & Lisa Hill
2nd Edake Jeff Carter
3rd Double Black Robert Pitts
4th Good Form Joe De Kock
5th Zen Gordon Ketelby
6th Transfusion Massimo Belgiorno-Nettis
7th Exile Rob Reynolds
8th Windy Too Carl Russett
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