Topsy turvy battle at Audi Hamilton Island as Black Jack bounces back in race 3

The battle for bragging rights in the Grand Prix division at Audi Hamilton Island took another twist this afternoon as Peter Harburg's RP66 Black Jack bounced back from last place this morning to take line honours by 76 seconds from Alan Brierty's very consistent RP 63 Limit, with this morning's winner Wild Oats third.

On handicap, consistency is paying off for Rob Date's RP 52 Scarlett Runner II as she leads the series by a single point from Graeme Wood's Wot Now, with Limit in third place. However a port/starboard protest involving these two boats could change the result.

Provisional handicap winner this afternoon was Limit, from Black Jack and Ray Roberts Evolution Racing.

Full results and series scores are as follows:

IRC Div1 provisional results Start : 13:50:00 Windward Leeward

Place

Boat Name

Sail No

Elapsd

AHC

Cor'd T

Fin Tim

Skipper

Score

1

LIMIT

98888

58:17

1.500

01:27:26

14:48:17

Alan Brierty

1.0

2

BLACK JACK

52566

56:33

1.591

01:29:58

14:46:33

Peter Harburg

2.0

3

EVOLUTION RACING

8899

01:08:47

1.320

01:30:48

14:58:47

Ray Roberts

3.0

4

SCARLET RUNNER

SM11

01:07:02

1.356

01:30:54

14:57:02

Robert Date

4.0

5

WOT NOW

6952

01:06:57

1.358

01:30:55

14:56:57

Graeme Wood

5.0

6

WILD JOE

AUS7002

01:00:45

1.498

01:31:00

14:50:45

Steven David

6.0

7

LIVING DOLL

R55

01:06:18

1.396

01:32:33

14:56:18

Michael Hiatt

7.0

8

LOKI

AUS6000

01:02:05

1.496

01:32:53

14:52:05

Stephen Ainsworth

8.0

9

WILD OATS X

AUS7001

59:13

1.580

01:33:34

14:49:13

Bob Oatley

9.0

10

SHOGUN

R50

01:11:19

1.313

01:33:38

15:01:19

Robert Hanna

10.0

 

Series Provisional Results [IRC Div1] up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)

Place

Ties

Sail No

Boat Name

Skipper

Sers Score

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

1

 

SM11

SCARLET RUNNER

Robert Date

9.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

2

 

6952

WOT NOW

Graeme Wood

10.0

3.0

2.0

5.0

3

 

98888

LIMIT

Alan Brierty

14.0

9.0

4.0

1.0

4

1.0S

R55

LIVING DOLL

Michael Hiatt

16.0

1.0

8.0

7.0

5

2.0S

52566

BLACK JACK

Peter Harburg

16.0

4.0

10.0

2.0

6

 

8899

EVOLUTION RACING

Ray Roberts

16.0

8.0

5.0

3.0

7

1.0S

AUS7001

WILD OATS X

Bob Oatley

17.0

7.0

1.0

9.0

8

 

AUS7002

WILD JOE

Steven David

17.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

9

 

AUS6000

LOKI

Stephen Ainsworth

21.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

10

 

R50

SHOGUN

Robert Hanna

29.0

10.0

9.0

10.0

 

IRC Div2 results Start : 13:55:00 Windward Leeward

Place

Boat Name

Sail No

Elapsd

AHC

Cor'd T

Fin Tim

Skipper

Score

1

TWO TRUE EVOLUTION

YC400

01:06:06

1.088

01:11:55

15:01:06

Andrew Saies

1.0

2

ALEGRIA

Q345

01:05:49

1.094

01:12:00

15:00:49

Rod Jones

2.0

3

RATIONALE AKATEA

G8710

01:04:07

1.141

01:13:09

14:59:07

Ian Holten

3.0

4

CRACKLIN ROSIE

6530

01:02:12

1.187

01:13:50

14:57:12

Robbo Robertson

4.0

5

DEKADENCE

SM46

01:01:47

1.196

01:13:54

14:56:47

Philip Coombs

5.0

6

SHAMROCK

M330

57:58

1.281

01:14:15

14:52:58

Tony Donnellan

6.0

7

CHUTZPAH

R33

01:02:13

1.203

01:14:51

14:57:13

Bruce Taylor

7.0

8

GEORGIA ONE

NZL11111

01:03:50

1.178

01:15:12

14:58:50

Jim Farmer

8.0

9

TERRA FIRMA

SM47

01:03:38

1.187

01:15:32

14:58:38

Nicholas Bartels

9.0

 

Series Results [IRC Div2] up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)

Place

Ties

Sail No

Boat Name

Skipper

Sers Score

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

1

 

YC400

TWO TRUE EVOLUTION

Andrew Saies

11.0

2.0

8.0

1.0

2

 

Q345

ALEGRIA

Rod Jones

12.0

1.0

9.0

2.0

3

2.0S

SM46

DEKADENCE

Philip Coombs

13.0

6.0

2.0

5.0

4

 

6530

CRACKLIN ROSIE

Robbo Robertson

13.0

3.0

6.0

4.0

5

 

NZL11111

GEORGIA ONE

Jim Farmer

14.0

5.0

1.0

8.0

6

5.0S

G8710

RATIONALE AKATEA

Ian Holten

16.0

8.0

5.0

3.0

7

 

M330

SHAMROCK

Tony Donnellan

16.0

7.0

3.0

6.0

8