Rozinante II wins gradual dance to Grassy in fiftieth King Island Race

Rozinante II wins gradual dance to Grassy in fiftieth King Island Race

by ORCV media 14 Mar 01:13 UTC
14 March 2022

Rozinante II has received a protracted King Island Race from Melbourne to Grassy on the southern finish of the Island, whereas John Newbold’s Primitive Cool took line honours within the time of 1 day, 3hrs 13mins 11secs, nicely outdoors the report he set in 2014 of 9 hours 50mins 21secs.

Rivals will lengthy keep in mind the Ocean Racing Membership of Victoria’s fiftieth race. On the optimistic aspect have been the crayfish and steak sandwiches on the finish of a really gradual race that took almost double the time it usually would.

Rozinante II’s skipper, Andrew Middleton, joined the race final 12 months as a part of the rally, which the ORCV launched to encourage extra house owners to step as much as Class 2 racing. Since then, he has gone on to usually do Cat 3 races, however the King Island Race was his maiden Cat 2 race – and he received.

For the fiftieth, Middleton joined forces with Leo Cantwell, who normally skippers Magic Bullet and who additionally took half within the rally in 2021.

“I would identical to to thank the ORCV for presenting this chance. I believe the rally was an important factor for us to do,” Cantwell stated, clutching the King Island cheese package deal that shaped a part of his prize.

After spending for much longer at sea than all of them anticipated, Cantwell brought about a lot laughter when he commented, “Some folks have stated this was a brief race, however for me it was bloody lengthy. It was a tough night time, nevertheless it was an important staff effort and I am more than happy to be standing up right here right this moment.”

And a phrase from the elder statesman of the fleet, Laurie Ford, skipper of Spirit of Downunder), who additionally produced laughter: “The beginning was horrendous. I believed, ‘oh god, the boat’s going to get broken and I am attempting to promote it’. However the latter a part of the race was very pleasing.”

Ford, whose sons Tim and Stuart, together with Paul Beresford, joined him within the 4 + Autohelm division, continued: “I believe I did my first King Island in 1992 and it hasn’t modified a lot!”

The 114 nautical mile race began in a 12-14 south/south-westerly beneath sunny blue skies at 3pm on Friday – superb circumstances. Primitive Cool acquired via the Heads first. Round midnight the wind dropped out. It remained gentle to the tip and so favoured the smaller and lighter boats.

Some sailed the rhumbline course, whereas others took an easterly or western route. The east paid dividends.

Usually the fleet would have been completed by round midnight Friday night time, and that might have been the case had the forecast from every week earlier held. Nevertheless, the fact was starkly totally different and it was a bit greater than a day later when the primary boats trickled in.

From midnight Friday the yachts have been floating round in a negligible breeze and by Saturday morning nothing had modified. The situation was there for all to see on the Blue Water Tracks race tracker. Boats not transferring, some going backwards, others going round in circles.

At 8am on Saturday morning, Damien King’s Frers 61, Margaret Rintoul V, was simply main Brian Pattinson’s Don Jones 42, Gusto (being raced double handed by Pattinson and Bruno Carreto), each crusing nicely east of the rhumbline. Rintoul ultimately retired, together with three others.

Extasea (Paul Buchholz), race report holder Primitive Cool (John Newbold) and Carrera S (Gerry Cantwell), have been subsequent within the ‘chase’ in case you may name it that, for line honours. Newbold was crusing shut the rhumbline, whereas the opposite two have been crusing west of the rhumbline.

On Saturday morning, Rod Smallman stated from mid-fleet, “We’re in no wind. It has been like this a lot of the night time. We have got 1.2 knots of wind velocity. Margaret Rintoul has carried out nicely; she’s sailed an excellent line. I’ve simply carried out a climate route and it has us getting in round 2am. The crays and steak sandwiches are wanting good…

“It is enjoyable to be out at sea although. It was a wonderful dawn this morning.”

In the meantime, the prizes have been because of be handed out at 10am. The crayfish have been cooked and the King Island Boat Membership had the steak sandwiches able to hit the barby – a paddock of water and no wind standing between the events.

The fiftieth King Island Race introduced out many a previous entrant, together with Ian Lyall, who has competed in additional than 20.

High three outcomes:

AMS Division 1

1. Arcadia (Peter Davison)

2. Soiree Bleu (Douglas Lithgow)

3. Patriot (Jason Shut)

AMS Division 2

1. Rozinante II (Andrew Middleton)

2. Weekend Possibility (Michael Culhane)

3. Vertigo (Tim Olding)

ORC Division 1

1. Patriot

2. Bandit (Ashley Trebilcock)

3. White Noise (Daniel Edwards)

ORC Division 2

1. Rozinante II

2. Merlion (Eddie Mackevicius)

3. Alien (Justin Brenan)

PHS Division 1

1. Soiree Bleu

2. Arcadia

3. Scorching Chipps (John Chipp)

1. Weekend Possibility (Michael Culhane)

2. Rozinante II

3. Foggy Dew (Robert D’Arcy)

Double-Handed

Maverick (Tony Hammond/Rod Smallman)

Gusto (Brian Pattinson/Bruno Carreto

Solera (Stuart Richardson/Jason Boyle)

Full outcomes out there right here: www.orcv.org.au/outcomes/2021-22.

All data on the ORCV at: www.orcv.org.au.