Wedgetail wins 2010 Queensland IRC Championship
by Suellen Hurling 9:58 PM Mon 26 Apr 2010 GMT
After three days of racing in the 2010 Queensland IRC Championship, the Hugh Welbourne 42 Wedgetail has stolen the IRC crown away from Black Jack Too and Bribie Star.
Bill Wild said that he was overwhelmed with how well his team sailed over the ANZAC Day long weekend.
‘The guys did a great job this weekend and I’m so proud of them,’ said Wild during his acceptance speech at yesterday’s presentation.
Mooloolaba local Mick O’Brien was at the helm and was naturally happy with how the weekend panned out.
‘I’m stocked!’ said O’Brien. There were no discards in the six race series. ‘To win this you had to stay consistent. That was our goal and it paid off,’ said O’Brien.
Second went to Peter Harburg’s new Reichel Pugh 42 Black Jack Too which was only launched in Brisbane last week.
‘Considering that we were still learning how the new boat went I think he did pretty well,’ said skipper Vaughan Prentice.
Coming in to the final race Bribie Star, the Farr 40 skippered by Lucas Down, was the favourite for IRC glory.
‘I misjudged the tide and was over the line. We heard our sail number of the radio headed back to start as fast as we could,’ said Down.
Bribie Star finished the regatta in third place.
The Division 2 title was taken out by the Farr 30 Synergy.
‘We weren’t going to do the passage race on Sunday, however our results were looking pretty good so we decided to stick with it,’ said owner and skipper Alex Douglas.
‘Needless to say we are pretty happy with this result,’ continued Douglas.
Full results http://www.rqys.com.au/index.php/2010-queensland-irc-championship/
The 2010 Queensland IRC Championship was hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS).
RQYS is currently celebrating 125 Years of Sailing.
