ZAX Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 With some help from his father, Peter Breaden, young 9 year old Billy took out Yard Stick honours at the recent 14 Foot Cat regatta at Mannering Park. Fastest overall was Ian Marcovitch sailing a Paper Tiger. The First 3 places on Yard Stick went to 3 different types of boat, MAricat, Paper Tiger then Windrush. The racing was competitive and close over the 8 races which were held in light, moderate and strong conditions. Skipper Boat Type Points Place Billy Breaden Maricat 4.3 14 1 Ian Marcovitch Paper Tiger 21 2 Warren Pfeffer Windrush 32 3 Mick Colecliffe Maricat 4.3 41 4 John Merl Maricat 4.3 46 5 Rodney Anderson Maricat 4.3 52 6 Stephen HallidayPaper Tiger 53 7 Kim Marcovitch Paper Tiger 57 8 Darcy Wilson Maricat 4.3 62 9 Ryan Mayo Windrush 64 10 Robert Fox Paper Tiger 69 11 Brenton Curran Maricat 4.3 71 12 Scott Spencer Maricat 4.3 73 13 Justin Turvey Windrush 75 14 Adam Russell Windrush 107 15 Jason Kakato Maricat 4.3 109 16 Jerry Arnold Maricat 4.3 118 17 Jeff Main Maricat 4.3 123 18 Mark Granger Windrush 123 19 Max Windrush 123 20 Keith Hammer Windrush 129 21 Rob Rimington Maricat 4.3 146 22 Tony Toohey Maricat 4.3 154 23 Christopher B Nacra 14 Sq 154 24 Danny O'Shea Windrush 155 25 Stuart Taylor Windrush 159 26 Ron Walsh Windrush 169 27 Lindsay TownsendWindrush 170 28 Scott Kelly Windrush 171 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsailor.net Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 I hope these Maricatters will be able to get to the Nats at RQ in Brisbane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helter Skelter Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hi Zax, I am curious can you please tell me what yardsticks you guys were using for the different boats in this regatta? Every time we have a mixed fleet down here the paper tigers can't be touched by either the maricats or hobie turbos so just wanted to compare yarsticks Cheers, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 G'day Nick, I believe they use the Koonawarra Bay Yardsticks, which were developed from some other yardsticks about 15 years ago and have been finely tweaked since, to the point that they are very reliable for mixed 14ft cat events. You can view them on Koonawarra Bay Sailing Club's web site at www.koonawarrabaysc.org.au/yardsticks.html At our annual 14ft Cat Regatta (February), we have had National and State champions in the various classes of 14ft cats and the results on yardstick have been very close, so I can recommend them. Of course, there is always the possibility that the Paper Tigers near you are just very good! Where are you located? Regards, Dave Stumbles Koonawarra Bay SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helter Skelter Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hi Dave, Thanks very much for the link gives me something to compare. I am located in Canberra and sail out of the YMCASC Regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAX Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Just to confirm. Yes, we used the Koonawarra Bay Yardsticks. We find them to be very good with the placings shared around the different 14 foot classes depending on who sailed best on the day. At the Mannering Park Regatta we had State / National Title holders represented in Maricat (cat and sloop rig), Paper Tiger and Windrush and the racing was very close on yardstick. A paper tiger did take out fastest overall (non yardstick). Hope to see everyone at Koonawarra in February Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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