Fireball Worlds in Adelaide, Australia

Fireball Worlds in Adelaide, Australia - Day 2

by Jonathan Bale, UK Fireball Association 5 Jan 2004 07:32 GMT

After days of light winds and many sacrifices to the wind gods, the winds they did arrive. Overnight a sixty knot storm came through! The walked down to the club in the morning revealed fences blown over and in one case an awning blown through the window of a neighbouring house! When we got to the boat park one or two Fireballs were on their sides, but fortunately now damage.

However the wind gods can be very fickle as the fleet came to launch the wind disappeared completely. It was only for a short while and a good breeze soon started to fill in.

Race one was started in about ten to twelve knots with prospects of the breeze continuing to build. For the first time the race officer set a trapezoid course, a brave move in the changing conditions. At the first windward mark it was Czech's Tomas Musil and Jan Danek in first followed by Britons Richard Estaugh and Simon Potts in second and fellow Brits Andy Pearce and Dave Mason in third. By the end of the first lap of the trapezoid the UK's Malcolm Davies and Russell Thorn had pulled through to second and Dave Wade and Richard Wagstaff into third. The top three positions remained unchanged until the end of the race.

Although the wind had eased slightly towards the end of the first race it had picked back for the start of the second race, with some fourteen to sixteen knots blowing. The race officered decided to return to conventional triangle and sausage style causes for race two. It was European Champions Andy Smith and James Meldrum who demonstrated the best pace in the increasing breeze to take a win in race two, second were Dave Wade and Richard Wagstaff while Aussies Brett Young and Allen Blenkle just managed to clinch third spot in a tight finish.

With the wind now blowing some eighteen to twenty two knots race officer Mike Rogers made an attempt at starting the race held over from Saturday. However the fleet failed to get away first time at which point Mike Rogers decided to send the fleet home for they day.

The first days racing of the Worlds has provided two very good races and notably good performances from many of the British boats.

Resultsa after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	Pts
1	GBR 14809	Whistling Gorrilla	Dave Wade	Richard Wagstaff	3	2	5
2	GBR 14801	Gul	Andy Smith	Dennis Fearnley	7	1	8
2	GBR 14855		Richard Estaugh	Simon Potts	4	4	8
4	AUS 14849	Nude	Brett Young	Allen Blenkle	9	3	12
5	GBR 13945	Reginald	Malcolm Davies	Russell Thorne	2	12	14
6	AUS 14814	Aeg	Greg Allison	Richard Watson	10	8	18
7	GBR 14770	Fat Harry White	Vince Horey	Jon Mildred	6	14	20
8	AUS 14810	Tabu Soro	Dylan Clarke	Jonno Bannister	14	9	23
9	GBR 14839		Kevin Hope	Rob Gardener	8	17	25
10	AUS 14651	Tidy Rig	Garrath James	Alan Pendrigh	17	11	28
11	AUS 13946	I Mount Books	Brendan Garner	Christopher Schwarz	15	16	31
12	AUS 14782	Mondo Bizarro	Robin Inns	Phillip Bowley	16	18	34
13	AUS 14813	Jtb	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	25	10	35
14	AUS 14786	Renegade	John Heywood	Brett Littledike	32	5	37
15	GBR 14783	Spanman	Paul Cullen	Gavin Tilson	19	20	39
15	IRL 14834		Shane Maccarthy	Roger Gilbert	5	34	39
15	GBR 14622	Playball	Andy Pearce	David Mason	11	28	39
18	AUS 13215	Champagne Jam	Sam Muirhead	Ben Neaylon	18	23	41
19	FRA 14693		Franck Juin	Pierre Perdon	35	7	42
19	GBR 14835	Lipstick	Euan Sellar	Mat Summers	13	29	42
19	AUS 14826	Issues	Daryl Carter	Tony Belton	23	19	42
19	GBR 14821	Jambo	Alex Bale	Jon Bale	12	30	42
19	GBR 14789	Flying Pigs	Penny Gibbs	Ian Gibbs	27	15	42
24	GBR 14853	The Hooter Scooter	Derian Chandler	Olly Goldsmith	20	25	45
25	AUS 14812	Viper	Peter Inns	John Weigand	29	22	51
26	SUI 14799		Erich Moser	Ruedi Moser	26	26	52
26	CAN 14767		Robert Levy	Thomas Egli	21	31	52
26	AUS 14503	Live Wire	Shane Hughes	Andrew Hughes	39	13	52
29	IRL 14415	Beyond The Edge	Will Moody	Warren Schmelzer	34	21	55
30	GBR 14778	Scorchio!	Jeremy Davy	Andy Thompson	24	35	59
31	AUS 14218	Scarlet Manuka	Phil Peverell	Steve Baum	37	24	61
31	AUS 14599	Aquatic Empire	Stephen Edwards	Brenton Main	55	6	61
33	AUS 14850	Shadow	Marek Chocian	Adam Parker	22	40	62
34	AUS 14545	Ragdoll	Chris Stevens	Jeremy Nesei	32	32	64
35	AUS 14603	Fred	Emma Perkins	Joel Coultas	28	39	67
36	AUS 14530	Storm	Scott Lidgett	Tony Wood	48	27	75
37	JPN 14751	Prometheus	Hiroshi Kato	Tsuyoshi Tobata	43	33	76
38	AUS 13687	No 2nd Prize	Nick Browne	Mat Otto	36	41	77
39	FRA 14793	Desmond	Christelle Philippe	Jean-Francois Nouel	41	37	78
40	GBR 14851	Wavewalkabout	Mark Jarred	Nick Collins	30	50	80
41	GBR 14820	The Wild Bean	Ian Harrison	David Broome	45	38	83
42	AUS 14529	Fierce Creature	Roger Goldfinch	Brett Goldfinch	38	46	84
43	SUI 14718	Supi-chischtli	Kurt Venhoda	Sonja Zaugg	47	42	89
43	GBR 14777		Tom Trueman	Doug Shore	42	47	89
45	IRL 14840	Splash & Dash	David Scott	Francis Rowan	31	61	92
46	AUS 14516	Dark And Stormy	Nick Ede	Bevan Jones	49	45	94
46	AUS 14217	No Plan ""b""	Andrew Martin	Ross Martin	50	44	94
48	AUS 13680	More Bad Habits	Steve Luders	Lisa Lavery	62	36	98
48	AUS 14510	Port Torque	Patrick Hughes	Jim Hughes	44	54	98
50	CZE 14712	Lepsi Uz To Nebude	Tomas Musil	Jan Danek	1	98C	99
51	AUS 14650	Sniff & Snatch	Warren Slater	Jason Cottam	54	52	106
52	AUS 14714	Steaming Beaver	David Allinson	Dean Rehn	66	43	109
53	AUS 14414	Dingos	Glenn Peverell	Andrew Wright	61	51	112
54	GBR 14798	Blew Genes	Martin Scarth	Andy Scott	51	63	114
55	GER 14658	Funkey	Melanie Lederer	Michael Schafer	40	75	115
55	AUS 14587	Total Addiction	Craig Barnett	Jarrad Morgan	60	55	115
57	AUS 14747	Gattaga	Alan Schnaars	Mark McAskill	68	49	117
58	GBR 14708		Mel Hourigan	Kyle Hourigan	46	76	122
59	GBR 14800	Got The Sheets	Eugene Jordan	Russell Hayes	67	56	123
59	JPN 14841		Natsuki Takahashi	Sadahiro Kumagai	56	67	123
61	AUS 14405	The Limo	Gavin Thredgold	Kieran Ball	59	65	124
61	AUS 14487	Hit ""n"" Run	Tom Hughes	Bethany Fawcett	53	71	124
63	GER 14189	Kamikaze	Anna Trotschler	Christoph Trotschler	70	58	128
63	CAN 14680	Tangeroo	James Cox	Simon Pearson	58	70	128
65	AUS 14746	On The Ball	Geoff Ling	Chelsea Ling	52	78	130
65	SUI 14752	White Magic	Maja Suter	Francois Schluchter	64	66	130
65	AUS 14608	Hot Wire	Sally Downes	Steve Perkins	71	59	130
65	AUS 14152	Slammer	Kirsty Brealey	Bryce Reid	77	53	130
69	IRL 12348	No Excuses	Cally Donaghy	Matthew Richardson	69	64	133
70	GBR 14466	African Queen	Keryn Henwood-fox	Gary Henwood-Fox	72	62	134
71	AUS 12963	Not Your Average White Boat	Peter Geekie	Stu Matthews	65	73	138
72	AUS 14571	Buckle Up Spanky	Andrew Crossley	Peter Crossley	73	68	141
73	AUS 14811	Mini Mee	Matthew Carter	Damian Dorrington	82	60	142
74	AUS 13690	Abugajundy	Lee Van Der Warker	Gary Neate	74	69	143
75	AUS 14153	Chilli Pepper	Tim Ninnes	Mark McDonald	63	82	145
76	AUS 14156	Go Deja	Tony Schnaars	Darren Fleming	98F	48	146
77	CAN 14828	Imps	Joel Lancaster	Robert Thompson	76	72	148
78	IRL 14509	Ghost	Frank Miller	Damian McCullagh	57	96F	153
79	CAN 14568	Rainmaker	Cameron Lee	Will Brook	98F	57	155
80	AUS 14745	The Mistress	James Szpunar	Matthew Turnbull	85	74	159
81	AUS 14586	Temeritous	Daryl Cload	Troy Lockwood	83	77	160
82	AUS 13686	Azungu	Michelle Anesbury	Lesley Roberts	75	86	161
83	AUS 14219	The Phantom	Rod Hookway	James Brauer	81	83	164
84	AUS 13214	Scotch On The Rocks	Dave Samways	Andrew Samways	87	79	166
84	AUS 11756	Mono Mania	Dave Godden	Graham Cugley	78	88	166
86	AUS 12748	Flying Scozzies	Liam Millar	Iain Millar	86	81	167
87	AUS 14601	Cop You Later	Cameroncantley-smith	Alex Pietromonaco	84	84	168
88	AUS 14212	Angatja	Dave Kenley	Damian Chambers	89	80	169
89	AUS 13211	Interceptor	Dale Bax	Anthony Wilkins	88	85	173
90	AUS 12807	Xl5	Kevin Knott	Kyle Knott	79	96F	175
91	AUS 13692	Wy Wood Ja	Donal O'sullivan	Michael Palfreman	80	96F	176
92	GBR 14822	Cheek To Cheek	Mike Goldby	Kim Goldby	93	87	180
93	JPN 14517	Green Submarine	Yuji Sakuma	Mitsuhiro Yoshida	92	90	182
94	AUS 10959	Flotsam & Jetsam	Shane Hutchinson	James Guy	94	89	183
95	AUS 12784	Saoirse	Donal Sweeney	Trevor Nabb	90	96F	186
96	AUS 10971	Legend	Brian Conway	Nick Yacoumis	91	96F	187
97	AUS 13683	On The Sheeps Back	Mary Jordan	Alva Bruun	98F	96S	196