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18ft Skiff NSW Championship at Sydney Flying Squadron - Race 5

by Frank Quealey 10 Mar 2013 07:01 GMT 10 March 2013

Gotta Love It 7 became the 2012-2013 NSW 18ft Skiff champion when Euan McNicol (replacing regular skipper Seve Jarvin), Scott Babbage and Peter Harris took out the last race of the championship on Sydney Harbour today.

After trailing Pure Blonde (Tom Clout, Rob Bell, Matt Wark) by two boatlengths at the first windward mark, Gotta Love It 7 edged away to a 30s lead downwind, then from that point were never likely to lose.

Smeg (Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings) stayed in touch with '7' over the first two laps of the NE course but couldn't match the Giltinan champions over the final lap to go down by 2m52s.

Pure Blonde were consistent all day after their early lead and finished a further 46s back in third place.

Jonathan Whitty's Lumix was fourth, followed by De'Longhi-Rabbitohs (Andrew Cuddihy), Yandoo (John Winning), Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney) and Mojo Wine (James Dorron).

The fleet was divided in rig choice with the NE breeze around 12-15-knots.

Results proved that the smaller #2 rig was the correct choice.

While Gotta Love It 7 had the edge over the rest of the fleet, there was plenty of close racing throughout the fleet.

There was little between Smeg, Pure Blonde and Thurlow Fisher Lawyers for most of the journey while Lumix, De'Longhi-Rabbitohs and Yandoo were always in close contention.

NSW Championship Results: (top six)

1st Gotta Love It 7, 10pts
2nd Smeg, 11pts
3rd Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, 15pts
4th Yandoo, 16pts
5th Pure Blonde, 17pts
6th Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel, 23pts

More photos will be published on www.18footers.com.au. Video coverage of the race can be seen on www.18footerstv.com

Don't forget 'Pick the Podium' with prizes to be won by just making some selections on which teams you think will fill the top three placings in Sunday's race. For full details go to www.18footerstv.com/18-promo

The club's regular spectator ferry will follow next Sunday's annual Queen of the Harbour race, leaving Double Bay Wharf at 2.15pm.

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