Australian F18 Nats 2023: Burvill & Puttman lead
Photos: Gordon Kemp / Kurnell Catamaran Club. More at KCC fb here.
We didn’t any news on this major event, thanks to Ryan Duffield for the shout. Brett Burvill & Max Puttman (Edge/N1xtgen) lead the 2023 F18 Australian Nats after six races completed. Second overall for Henebery & Bilston (Akurra) and third for the A-Cat local champs Stevie Brewin & Adam Beattie (Scorpion/Brewin).
Top ten below, complete results at Kurnell Catamaran Club web here
| Pos | Bow | Sail | Platform | Helm | Crew | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Tot | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | AUS 3 | Windrush Edge | Brett Burvill | Max Puttman | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (4.0) | 9.0 | 5.0 |
| 2nd | 34 | AUS 880 | Goodall Akura | Eli Henebery | Kris Bilston | 4.0 | (6.0) | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 15.0 |
| 3rd | 17 | AUS 004 | Exploder Scorpion | Steve Brewin | Adam Beatie | 2.0 | 5.0 | (34.0 DNS) | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 49.0 | 15.0 |
| 4th | 9 | AUS 05 | Exploder Scorpion | Gavin Colby | Kai Colman | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | (5.0) | 3.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 |
| 5th | 3 | AUS 532 | Windrush Edge | Gavin Parker | Dan Brown | (13.0) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 22.0 |
| 6th | 2 | AUS 800 | Goodall Akura | Emma Rankin | Beau White | (10.0) | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 |
| 7th | 18 | AUS 642 | Windrush Edge | Peter Skewes | Bailey Skewes | 11.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | (34.0 OCS) | 8.0 | 5.0 | 70.0 | 36.0 |
| 8th | 25 | AUS 105 | Hobie Wildcat | Shane Hatton | Adrian Fawcett | 8.0 | (19.0) | 10.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 67.0 | 48.0 |
| 9th | 7 | AUS 507 | Windrush Edge | Simon Hallsworth | Ben Clark | 5.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | (34.0 DNF) | 14.0 | 10.0 | 87.0 | 53.0 |
| 10th | 23 | DAZ 23 | Goodall C2 | Trevor Lowder | Richard Brewin | (24.0) | 9.0 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 78.0 | 54.0 |
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16