F18 Aussie Nationals at Audi Week
Onsite Report sent by Grant Pellew –
“Entry list attached with boats that are here and the crews that I know.
Good things to note: there are 4 women skippers (Cara, Maggie, Leanne & Katie) and 2 brand new designs (C2 & Edge) Tough day on the water with the wind blowing a good 25kts from the South for all 3 races with some solid 30kt gusts.
Plenty of boats capsizing duing the races including Greg Goodall.
Quite a few of us were just in survival mode just trying to stay upright.
The races were 3 laps and took about 40mins each.
Steve Brewin was on a new C2.
Both the C2 & Edge had good and bad races.
As this fantastic rule shows time and time again, it is the people on the boat that make them quick.
Tomorrow we have 4 races and the wind should be 15-20kts from the S-SE. With the breeze a little lighter we should have some better tactical racing. Looking forward to it. “
Pendings pics from Andrea Francolini (he is going to send me some)
Full Results 26 Boats Competing
Organizers report on F18s
| Place | Sail No | Skipper | Sers Score | Race 3 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Boat |
| 1 | AUS4 | Steven Brewin | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.0 | C2 |
| 2 | 2602 | Robbie Lovig | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | Tiger |
| 3 | AUS41 | Matt Homan | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | Capricorn |
| 4 | 500 | Brett Burvill | 14.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | Edge |
| 5 | 826 | Michael Guinea | 17.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | Infusion |
| 6 | 1 | Mal Richardson | 21.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | Infusion |
| 7 | AUS101 | Greg Wyers | 26.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | Capricorn |
| 8 | 501 | Cara Lithgo | 26.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | Edge |
| 9 | AUS111 | James Ogilvie | 27.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | Infusion |
| 10 | 751 | Katie Pellew | 36.0 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | Infusion |
Brewin is on the new C2 from AHPC
In 2nd place is a Tiger!