Well done to all of our squadron members who competed at Hamilton Island Race Week.
Special mention to the team on Matrix, owner Graham Furtado victorious in IRC division 4, winning in style with a day to spare!
IRC Division 1:
BlackJack – Peter Harburg – 5th
IRC Division 2:
Not a Diamond – Rear Commodore David Redfern – 6th
IRC Division 3:
Ocean Affinity- Stewart Lewis – 7th
IRC Division 4:
Matrix – Graham Furtado – 1st
Black Dog – Rodger Vinton – 4th
Javelin – James Crowley – 7th
B52 – Daniel Farmer – 8th
Interloper – Michael Pitt – 9th
Hamilton Island Division 2:
Coopers – Craig Watson – 7th
Hamilton Island Division 3:
Strata-Care – Jim O’Hare – 5th
Mondo – Ray Sweeny/Brian Pozzey – 22nd
Hamilton Island Division 4:
Out of the Blue – Stephen Green – 13th
Drakes Prayer – Rod Johannessen – 16th
Hamilton Island Division 5:
Flying Colours – Doug Cavaye – 5th
Freycinet – Chris Sorensen – 6th
Karma – Tanya Kelly – 25th
Non-Spinnaker Division 1:
Not a Diamond 40 – Linda Gorry – 14th
Curlew Escape – Greg Luck – 16th
Ambition – Tudor Marsden-Huggins – 18th
Hamilton Island Multihull Division 1:
Two Dogs – David Fadden – 14th
Renaissance – Michael Hayes – 15th
Attitude – Alan Larkin – 18th
Esprit – Bob Pebedy – 19th
Well done also to all of those who crewed on boats from around the country, including Squadron members on the winning boats in IRC 1 (Stacey Jackson on Hooligan) and IRC 2 (Lewis Brake and Alex Gough on Hollywood Boulevard).
Click Here to view all the results from the HIRW.
We will see you all at the Opening Day for the 134th Sailing Season on the 15th September!
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