MEDIA RELEASE - FARR 40 Class
February 15 2009
Not so warm summer sailing
After two days and eight races in wet and cold conditions on Sydney Harbour Ivan Wheen’s Sputnik has won the annual Farr 40 Sprint Series. Both days of racing were intense with soggy and shifty conditions being served up on the iconic
“I wasn’t really sure how we would go this weekend but this win is because of my crew. They did a fantastic job over two days of tough racing with every race close and hard work in the shifty and wet conditions,” said Wheen after racing.
After Saturdays four races it was extremely tight at the top of the leader board with Sputnik and Graeme Wood’s Wot For tied in first on 14 points and Lang Walker Kokomo and Guido Belgiorno Nettis’s Transfusion tied in second on 15 points. Lisa and Martin Hill’s Estate Master in finished day one in third place and Jeff Carter’s Edake was in fourth.
Winning their first race in the Farr 40 class in race three of the series was Chris Way and Ian Burns' Easy Tiger II. Easy Tiger II joined the Australian Farr 40 fleet in 2008 having a very successful track record in one design class racing in the Mumm 30 and
The nine teams from
Wot For took the gun for the first race of day two and New Zealander Brett Neill’s White Cloud sailed their best race for the series in race six to take the gun. Estate Master pulled it all together for the final two races to win both as the breeze built and swung through forty degrees on the compass.
After six regattas in the 2008-09 Australian Farr 40 Circuit Guido Belgiorno Nettis has moved into the lead on a count back from Lisa and Martin Hill. All nine teams will be lining up again this weekend for the final event in the 2008-09 Australian circuit, the 2009 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship which will be held February 20-22 and will be hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
2008 Farr 40 Sprint Series Results
Place |
Boat |
Skipper |
Yacht Club |
Pts |
1 |
Sputnik |
Ivan Wheen |
RSYS |
25 |
2 |
Transfusion |
Guido Belgiorno Nettis |
MHYC |
27 |
3 |
Estate Master |
Lisa & Martin Hill |
MHYC |
33 |
4 |
Wot For |
Graeme Wood |
CYCA |
33 |
5 |
Easy Tiger II |
Chris Way/Ian Burns |
RPAYC |
43 |
6 |
|
Lang Walker |
CYCA |
46 |
7 |
White Cloud |
Brett Neill |
RNZYS |
47 |
8 |
Edake |
Jeff Carter |
MHYC |
50 |
9 |
VooDoo |
Lloyd Clark/Andrew Hunn |
RYCT |
58 |
Estate Master 2009 Farr 40 Sprint Series photo Sam Crichton
F40 Sprint Series startline photo Sam Crichton
Tasmania's VooDoo Chile Farr 40 Sprint Series photo Sam Crichton
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