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Club Yachting
2015 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Race
By Lisa Ratcliff
Julian Farren-Price’s evergreen steed of 14 years, About Time, delivered the Sydney
owner and crew a third IRC overall handicap win in the Club Marine Pittwater to
Coffs Race.
“We are pretty thrilled; I can’t believe we’ve taken out IRC for the third time with
this boat,” said Farren-Price last night. His other corrected time wins came in 2011
and 2009.
The skipper also praised the innovative changes the organising club, the Royal Prince
Alfred Yacht Club, implemented. “Changing the way you enter, not requiring HF radio
and doing away with radio skeds were all good moves and made things very
convenient. With the tracking technology position skeds aren’t necessary and it was
fascinating while racing to watch what people were doing via the technology. I think
the RPAYC made a lot of good moves for this race.”
Both IRC and ORCi placegetters spoke of the navigator’s nightmare that has
been the 34th edition and their crew’s exhaustion at the finish due to the
Famous faces of the regatta, L to R: Gavin Brady, James Spithill and Mark Richards
concentration required, and lack of sleep from the 1pm start from Broken Bay on
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