One Ton Cup Revisited in New Zealand - Overall
by Alan Sefton 7 Mar 2015 07:03 GMT
1-7 March 2015
Points and a half finalé
Rainbow II finished the inaugural One Ton Revisited series in style with a second in the points-and-a-half final race on IRC corrected time, to complete a 2/1/1/1/2 series. Rainbow had already wrapped up the contest with victory in the double points long race yesterday. Today's result only emphasized her all-round pedigree and class.
The course today was a 25-miler from the start off Northern Leading Beacon, counterclockwise around Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands, then back into the harbour to the finish off Princes Wharf. The breeze at the start was a 10-knot east-north easterly.
At Billy Goat Point, on the north-eastern tip of Motutapu, the Farr 40 Pacific Sundance (Bernard Hyde) led by 400 metres from the Farr 36 Revolution (Tony Wallis/Max Cossey), Next came the S&S 36 Rainbow II and the Carter 39 Wai Aniwa. Astern of them, the Lidgard designs Result and Impact were locked in their own titanic battle.
At the Rangitoto Light mark (McKenzie Buoy), the two Farr boats, Pacific Sundance and Revolution were reveling in the downwind sailing with the breeze now puffing more than 12 knots. Sundance led from start to finish for a perfect score of five bullets. Behind her, the order was Revolution, Rainbow II, Impact, Wai Aniwa and Result.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Name | R1 (x1.5) | R2 (x1) | R3 (x1) | R 4 (x2) | R5 (x 1.5) | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Rainbow II | 2 (7.5) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (12) | 2 (7.5) | 39 |
| 2 | Revolution | 5 (3) | 3 (4) | 2 (5) | 4 (6) | 1 (9)` | 27 |
| 3 | Wai Aniwa | 4 (4.5) | 2 (5) | 5 (2) | 2 (10) | 4 (4.5) | 26 |
| 4 | Impact | 3 (6) | 6 (1) | 3 (4) | 3 (8) | 3 (6) | 25 |
| 5 | Pacific Sundance | 1 (9) | 5 (2) | 6 (1) | 6 (2) | 5 (3) | 17 |
| 6 | Result | 6 (1.5) | 4 (3) | 4 (3) | 5 (4) | 6 (1.5) | 13 |