| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(30-11-2003) Marcus Blackmore continued his winning streak after taking out his second regatta in a row and winning the Farr 40 OD class at the MHYC Short Ocean Racing Championship today. Blackmore finished first and second in today's races to finish six points clear of overnight leader Rob Skinner's Weapon. The Farr 40 fleet sailed off Sydney's South Head in a building Nor' east breeze that reached 17 knots.
In race three of the series Steve Ellis on Buon Giorno had a great start close to the boat end of the line with Emotional Hooligan, Richard Perini on Corinthian Doors and Lang Walker on Kokomo starting at the pin end of the line. These three boats rounded the top mark at the front of the fleet with Kokomo in front followed by Corinthian Doors and then Emotional Hooligan.
Dick Voorderhake and his crew on Rapscallion sailed well to finish second in race two behind Emotional Hooligan with only a six second separation between the two boats. Michael Blackburn - Olympic Laser class hopeful - was trimming the mainsail onboard Rapscallion this weekend.
With the breeze building for the final race of the series, Corinthian Doors had a good start and maintained their leader position during the race to finish first over the line and improved on their overnight position to finish third behind Weapon for the regatta. Weapon sailed a consistent regatta with two ex 18 foot skiff sailors, Rob Brown and Olympic 49er class contender Chris Nicholson, both part of the regular Weapon crew.
Unfortunately Kevin Miller's Valley Tram suffered from a headsail twisting around the forestay, which cost them valuable time in the final race of the series.
The next regatta in the Farr 40 Australian season will be the Rolex Trophy Series being hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia on December 13-15. Results for other classes racing at JP Morgan regatta can be seen on www.sail-world.com
Farr 40 Results:
1st Emotional Hooligan (M.Blackmore - RPAYC) 3,2,1,2 8
2nd Weapon (R.Skinner - CYCA) 2,1,7,4 14
3rd Corinthian Doors (R.Perini - RSYS) 4,6,4,1 15
4th Kokomo (L.Walker - CYCA) 5,3,3,5 16
5th Buon Giorno (S.Ellis - RPAYC) 1,5,5,6 17
6th Rapscallion (D.Voorderhake - CYCA) 9,7,2,3 21
7th One Step Ahead (D.McDonald - CYCA) 6,4,6,8 24
8th Panther (S.O'Rourke - CYCA) 7,9,8,7 31
9th Valley Tram (K.Miller - RQYS) 8,8,9,10 35
10th Capria (P.Hyland - RPAYC) 10,10,10,9 39
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