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Sam Haynes knows the fast way to Hobart, as does Celestial. Even for a TP52 that’s some effort racing a now 11-year-old design
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Second time lucky… Celestial skipper Sam Haynes takes a dip in Hobart having finally secured the Tattersall Cup for the Sydney Hobart overall win. In the previous race Haynes also finished first on corrected time under IRC but Celestial was subsequently relegated to 2nd for incorrect radio procedure
In response to criticism of how his very successful TP52s
are rated, Rob points out that these are not extreme yachts, just a well-developed and refined group of boats and sailors with the benefit of 10 years of the most intense competition imaginable. The Celestialstory suggests that ORC still struggles to encourage the faster, more exciting sailing we enjoy in IRC. I had my own experience of the ORC system in January when
I went down to Fort Lauderdale for a few days of winter sunshine and took in an SORC race with some friends on their Bénéteau 44.7 Slide Rule, a 160nm passage to Key West (sandwiched tightly between the reef and the Gulf Stream!). The race started as a 20kt beat in fairly vicious chop, then
we were gradually freed before the wind died closer to Key West. The eye-opener was the missive from the race committee – after we finished – explaining that they had used the ‘wrong’ Scoring Model. The 350-word essay explains that while they had expected the race to be a ‘Downwind Medium’ (which would have been more comfortable!) it ended up being ‘Upwind Medium’… so they retrospectively scored the race on that basis. Surely an unsatisfactory way to decide a race? As I write a fast Transatlantic Race is heading
to a conclusion. We hope the winds will stay fair as we head to Antigua for the new Nelson’s Cup inshore series, then to the Caribbean 600 with 80 boats anticipated. An inshore regatta prior to a 600nm classic race, similar to the format that we used to use for the Admiral’s Cup…
James Neville Commodore
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ver Christmas I took the opportunity for some armchair sailing following this year’s Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race. There was a terrific start from Sydney with some tight racing as the Maxis match- raced out of the harbour. Regular RORC participant Comanchetook line honours revelling in the down-
wind conditions in a strong but not record-breaking time. As always the main event was for the Tattersall Cup for best
performance under IRC, six TP52s and IRC52s racing up the Derwent to the finish in good breeze already knowing they were in prime position as the breeze astern died away. It was great to see Sam Haynes’ Celestial take the big win
after his travails last year. This was still not without controversy as Sam later withdrew from the smaller ORC division, social media photos showing Celestial sailing offshore with a spin- naker+multiple headsail configuration that is not permitted under the ORC rule. Sam pointed out that not only was the mis- take inadvertent, but also that he prefers to race under IRC where he is able to sail his boat faster in optimum mode. Rob Weiland was more expansive on this subject in the last
issue, discussing the limitations of ORC’s ‘perfectionist’ approach to rating, particularly when rating different boat types.
SALTY DINGO
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