Monthly Archives: August 2017

Notice of race for 2017-2018 metro series

The Notice of Race for the 2017-2018 season is now available:

The race dates are as follows:

  1. RPYC Sat Oct 14th (Opening Day)
  2. PFSYC Sun Nov 5th (Opening Day)
  3. SoPYC Sat Dec 2nd
  4. RPYC Sat Dec 16th
  5. RFBYC Sat Jan 20th
  6. RPYC Sat Feb 24th (Max Hayes Memorial Trophy)
  7. CYC Sun Mar 18th (Commodores Cup – Karrakatta Trophy)
  8. RPYC Sat April 14th (Allan Coutts Memorial Trophy)

As usual, the racing calendar is available electronically – both on the sidebar of this website, or can be incorporated into your calendar application. See Using the Farr 9.2 Association online calendar for instructions.

As per the NoR, starting handicaps are carried-over from the last race (ie., heat 8) of the 2016/2017 metro series, and do not include any of the results from the state championships. Leon will be providing those handicaps soon.

All the best for the 2017-2018 season – sail well!

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Updates from 2017 AGM

The Farr 9.2 Association’s Annual General meeting was held on the 13th of August, hosted by David and Bev at Jane Brook Wines.

There are a few updates from the meeting:

Committee members for 2017/2018

The new committee elected this year is:

  • President: Andrew Hossen
  • Vice President: Murray Rowe
  • Secretary: Jeremy Kerr
  • Treasurer: Jeremy Kerr
  • Measurer: Victor Johnson
  • Assistant Measurer: Mario Tascone
  • Handicapper & Exec. Comm. Leon Koch
  • YA Representative: Newton Klaebe
  • Ordinary committee: Greg Armstrong

Updated class rules

After a proposed change from last year’s AGM, the Farr 9.2 class rules have been updated to allow new materials for backstay construction. The relevant section (3.5.2) now reads:

3.5.2 Riggings wire shall not be less than 5.5mm diameter for cap shrouds, lower shrouds and forestay. Backstay to be either minimum 5mm stainless steel wire or 5mm

The full class rules document is available for download here: Farr 9.2 Class rules 2017 (PDF, 104KB).

Sailing schedules

The dates for the 2017/2018 metro series have been decided (Notice of Race is coming soon), as well as the State Championships (24th-25th of March).

Many thanks to David, Bev and the team for hosting the AGM, and to our sponsors: Doyle Sails, North Sails, UK sails, Yacht Grot, Bay Marine Services, Edgar Vitte at Yacht Rigging Solutions and Jane Brook Wines.

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State championships 2017 results

The final results for the Farr 9.2 State Championships, as presented on prize night. The overall results for the weekend were:

Farr 9.2 State Championship

# Sail Boat Total Nett 8/04/:1 8/04/:2 8/04/:4 9/04/:1 9/04/:2 9/04/:3
1 R100 Itinerant 11 8 2(2) [3](3) 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) 2(2)
2 PFS17 Igawa 20 14 3(3) [6](6) 2(2) 2(2) 4(4) 3(3)
3 R267 Elusive 22 17 5(5) 5(5) 3(3) [5](5) 3(3) 1(1)
4 R1920 Lionheart 25 18 [7](7) 1(1) 4(4) 4(4) 5(5) 4(4)
5 R242 Seahawk 29 21 [8](8) 2(2) 6(6) 6(6) 1(1) 6(6)
6 R105 Farrlap 29 21 1(1) [8](8) 5(5) 3(3) 7(7) 5(5)
7 R181 Farr Far Away 39 31 4(4) 4(4) 8(8) 8(8) [8](8) 7(7)
8 R192 Frenzy 41 33 6(6) 7(7) 7(7) 7(7) 6(6) [8](8)

Farr 9.2 State Championships Consistency

# Sail Boat Total Nett 8/04/:1 8/04/:2 8/04/:4 9/04/:1 9/04/:2 9/04/:3
1 R192 Frenzy 23 15 4(4) 5(5) 3(3) 2(2) 1(1) [8](8)
2 R100 Itinerant 20 15 3(3) 3(3) 1(1) [5](5) 4(4) 4(4)
3 PFS17 Igawa 21.5 15.5 2(2) [6](6) 2(2) 3.5(3) 5(5) 3(3)
4 R267 Elusive 23 16 7(7) [7](7) 4(4) 1(1) 3(3) 1(1)
5 R1920 Lionheart 23.5 17.5 6(6) 1(1) 5(5) 3.5(3) [6](6) 2(2)
6 R105 Farrlap 33 25 1(1) [8](8) 6(6) 6(6) 7(7) 5(5)
7 R242 Seahawk 33 25 8(8) 2(2) [8](8) 7(7) 2(2) 6(6)
8 R181 Farr Far Away 39 31 5(5) 4(4) 7(7) 8(8) [8](8) 7(7)

The individual per-race results are as follows:

Heat 1 – Sat Windward/Leeward

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6232 00:40:52 00:25:28 1 1 FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6206 00:42:31 00:26:23 3 2 FIN
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6306 00:42:16 00:26:39 2 3 FIN
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.6043 00:44:24 00:26:50 6 4 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.6082 00:44:17 00:26:56 4 5 FIN
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6165 00:44:38 00:27:31 7 6 FIN
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6372 00:44:19 00:28:14 5 7 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6355 00:46:06 00:29:18 8 8 FIN

Heat 2 – Sat Windward/Leeward

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6084 00:46:52 00:28:31 1 1 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6355 00:47:14 00:30:01 2 2 FIN
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6237 00:48:12 00:30:04 3 3 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.6058 00:51:28 00:31:11 4 4 FIN
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.6025 00:52:57 00:31:54 7 5 FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6206 00:52:51 00:32:48 6 6 FIN
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6257 00:52:45 00:33:00 5 7 FIN
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6342 00:58:56 00:37:23 8 8 FIN

Heat 3 – Sat Windward/Leeward

Race abandoned

Heat 4 – Sat Around the Buoys

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6222 01:45:43 01:05:47 1 1 FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6206 01:46:44 01:06:14 2 2 FIN
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.5996 01:52:48 01:07:38 7 3 FIN
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6257 01:48:31 01:07:54 3 4 FIN
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6260 01:49:09 01:08:20 4 5 FIN
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6342 01:49:11 01:09:15 5 6 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.6028 01:57:50 01:11:02 8 7 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6369 01:51:45 01:11:10 6 8 FIN

Heat 5 – Sun Windward/Leeward

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6154 00:27:16 00:16:47 5 1 FIN
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.5931 00:28:26 00:16:52 7 2 FIN
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6228 00:27:12 00:16:56 4 3= FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6242 00:27:08 00:16:56 2 3= FIN
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6279 00:27:01 00:16:58 1 5 FIN
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6309 00:27:10 00:17:08 3 6 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6245 00:27:51 00:17:24 6 7 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.5882 00:31:42 00:18:39 8 8 FIN

Heat 6 – Sun Windward/Leeward

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.5933 00:33:36 00:19:56 6 1 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6227 00:32:33 00:20:16 1 2 FIN
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6177 00:32:56 00:20:21 3 3 FIN
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6288 00:32:40 00:20:32 2 4 FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6244 00:33:09 00:20:42 4 5 FIN
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6267 00:33:22 00:20:55 5 6 FIN
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6328 00:33:38 00:21:17 7 7 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.5882 00:38:20 00:22:33 8 8 FIN

Heat 7 – Sun Windward/Leeward

Sail Boat Skipper Hcap Elapsed Corrected Over line On Hcap Code
R267 Elusive Richard Brisbane-Cohen 0.6177 00:33:30 00:20:42 1 1 FIN
R1920 Lionheart Warren Westaway 0.6167 00:33:58 00:20:57 4 2 FIN
PFS17 Igawa Dave Atkinson 0.6244 00:33:54 00:21:10 3 3 FIN
R100 Itinerant Mark Hansen 0.6288 00:33:44 00:21:13 2 4 FIN
R105 Farrlap Andrew Hossen 0.6170 00:34:36 00:21:21 5 5 FIN
R242 Seahawk Patrick Jones 0.6171 00:34:54 00:21:32 6 6 FIN
R181 Farr Far Away James Baker 0.5882 00:38:05 00:22:24 7 7 FIN
R192 Frenzy Murray Rowe 0.5984 00:38:16 00:22:54 8 8 FIN

Congratulations on all teams racing, and a big thank you to Leon Koch for running the handicaps in my absence!

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Metro series 2016/2017 overall results

The final results for the 2016/2017 metro series, as presented at prize night earlier this year:

Farr 9.2 Metro Series Championship

# Sail Boat Total Nett 8/10/: 3/12/: 17/12: 21/01: 25/02: 19/03: 1/04/:
1 R267 Elusive 16 7 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) [4](4) 1(1) 2(2) [5](5)
2 R242 Seahawk 21 10 4(4) 2(2) [7](7) 1(1) 2(2) 1(1) [4](4)
3 R105 Farrlap 20 11 1(1) [5](5) 2(2) 3(3) [4](4) 3(3) 2(2)
4 R100 Itinerant 40 18 7(7) [11](DNC) 3(3) 2(2) 3(3) [11](DNC) 3(3)
5 R1920 Lionheart 41 24 3(3) 6(6) 8(8) [9](9) [8](8) 6(6) 1(1)
6 R192 Frenzy 41 25 6(6) 3(3) 4(4) 5(5) [9](9) 7(7) [7](7)
7 R48 Farr Fetched 47 25 5(5) 4(4) 5(5) 6(6) 5(5) [11](DNC) [11](DNC)
8 PFS17 Igawa 56 34 11(DNC) [11](DNC) 6(6) 7(7) 6(6) 4(4) [11](DNC)
9 R181 Farr Far Away 60 39 9(9) 7(7) 9(9) 8(8) [10](10) [11](DNC) 6(6)
10 R92 The Black Smoke 63 41 8(8) 11(DNC) [11](DNC) 10(10) 7(7) 5(5) [11](DNC)

Farr 9.2 Metro Series Consistency

# Sail Boat Total Nett 8/10/: 3/12/: 17/12: 21/01: 25/02: 19/03: 1/04/:
1 R192 Frenzy 29 12 3(3) 1(1) 1(1) 4(4) [10](10) [7](7) 3(3)
2 R1920 Lionheart 33.5 16 2(2) 5(5) [8.5](8) [9](9) 2(2) 6(6) 1(1)
3 R48 Farr Fetched 38 16 1(1) 3(3) 4(4) 5(5) 3(3) [11](DNC) [11](DNC)
4 R242 Seahawk 30.5 17 6(6) 4(4) [6.5](6) 2(2) 4(4) 1(1) [7](7)
5 R267 Elusive 33.5 18.5 4(4) 2(2) 2.5(2) [8](8) [7](7) 4(4) 6(6)
6 R181 Farr Far Away 41 21 [9](9) 6(6) 5(5) 3(3) 5(5) [11](DNC) 2(2)
7 R100 Itinerant 44.5 22.5 8(8) [11](DNC) 2.5(2) 1(1) 6(6) [11](DNC) 5(5)
8 R105 Farrlap 42.5 26.5 5(5) [7](7) 6.5(6) 6(6) [9](9) 5(5) 4(4)
9 R92 The Black Smoke 51 29 7(7) 11(DNC) [11](DNC) 7(7) 1(1) 3(3) [11](DNC)
10 PFS17 Igawa 61.5 39.5 11(DNC) [11](DNC) 8.5(8) 10(10) 8(8) 2(2) [11](DNC)
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