Bit of everything
The first day of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta saw close and competitive sailing, with a mix of results across the four divisions.
Written by Down Under Sail
Photography by Bugs Puglisi
25 February 2020
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The opening day provided fickle conditions for sailors early. The race committee began proceedings with a lengthy postponement due to a lack of wind, with the scheduled 11am start not going ahead. Boats waited around on the water for more than two hours before the forecasted sea breeze made its way in later than planned.
The fleet managed to complete two races around the cans in a building south-southeasterly breeze.
Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban finished the day with a first and a second in the two races in division one on IRC, closely followed by rival Geoff Boettcher’s Secret Men’s Business by just half a point.
Secret Men’s Business and David Griffith’s Chinese Whisper finished in a dead heat on corrected time in the second race.
On AMS in division one, Secret Men’s Business performed better taking two race wins ahead of Ichi Ban with two seconds and Quest with two thirds.
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And on PHS, it was Secret Men’s Business again taking the lead with a 2-1, ahead of Chinese Whisper with a 1-3 and Ichi Ban with a 3-2.
In division two there’s a three-boat battle taking place between Darryl Hodgkinson’s Victoire, Rob Date’s Scarlet Runner 11 and Matthew Grayson’s Flying Cloud.
Victoire started well in both races, putting on the afterburners to finish well ahead of the pack and first and second on IRC in each of the races respectively.
Scarlet Runner leads the way on AMS, ahead of Flying Cloud in second and Mike Holmes’ Magic in third – Victoire is not entered in the AMS division.
On PHS it is Victoire ahead cleanly, with Scarlet Runner and Flying Cloud equal for second.
Murray Mackay’s Doesn’t Matter leads the way on AMS in division three with two race wins, followed by Simon Turvey and the Born to Mentor team in second with a 2-2 and Matt Stephens’ Lincoln Mentor team in third with a 4-3.
On PHS it’s a different story with Dale Price and Ron Parker’s Taniwha ahead with two wins, followed by Born to Mentor in second and Adrian Wotton’s School’s Out in third.
The division four fleet are competing only on PHS and after the first day it was the local boat Misty, skippered by Hayden Macfarlane leading the way with a first and a second in the opening two races.
He was followed by Wayne Knill and Paul Henshall in second sailing two-up in the Etchell Medium Rare, who finished with a 3-1, and Phil Kelly in third with a 2-3 on Steeple Jack.
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