Team Wildcat Austral’s Jason Waterhouse wins Fantasea 2011 F18 Australian Championships
James Waterhouse of Team Wildcat Austral retained his lead on the penultimate day as his consistency has brought him on top of Fantasea 2011 F18 Australian Championships standings and he claimed the title on Cleveland Bay. Australia’s Adam Beattie on Nacra
finished second with an 11-point difference from Waterhouse at 26 points.
The weather conditions on the final day at Cleveland Bay were lighter, as the winds blew around eight to ten knots over the racing area under the shiny sun. The 21 boat F18 fleet set sail under ideal forecast and headed to the top mark on final day.
The 19-year-old Waterhouse clinched the very first race of final day cranking up a notch as he finished ahead of Warren Guinea and Rob Lattimore. However, he could not maintain his dominance in the 10th race and finished fourth, as the conditions
built up to 16 knots with increased chop. After that, Waterhouse grabbed his lead again in the 11th race and finished on top of the standings with 15 points.
Another Australian, Adam Beattie scored 26 points to finish at second spot while Dale Mitchell of Ullman Sails hit the third position with 29 points at the end.
The overall standings at the end of final day of Fantasea 2011 F18 Australian Championships are given below:
1. 211 Team Wildcat Austral, Jason Waterhouse RPAYC [24 S] [5], 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2 = 15 points
2. AUS26 Nacra NQ, Mick Guinea TSC, 2, 2, 2, [10], 3, 3, 3, [5], 2, 3, 3, 3 = 26 points
3. AUS9 Nacra No1, Adam Beattie, 1, 1, 3, 4, [24 S] [24 F] 1, 3, 10, 1, 4, 1 = 29 points
4. 1484 Ullman Sails, Dale Mitchell WSC, 5, 3, [7], 6, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 2, [7] = 36 points
5. 1470 OVERDRIVE, Luke McMullen DSC, 3, 4, [9], 5, 5, 4, 6, 2, 4, [6], 5, 4 = 42 points
6. 1459 Team Magic Marine, Warren Guinea DSC, 4, 7, 5, 2, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, [24 F] [8] = 46 points
7. 826 Gash, Rob Lattimore CYC, 7, 10, 6, 3, 6, 11, 10, 10, 5, 7, [24 S] [24 F] = 75 points
8. AUS10 Durepox Paints, James Ogilvie KCC, 6, 6, 8, [15], 8, 6, 9, 11, 12, 8, [24 S] 6 = 80 points
9. 183 Team Harken, Katie Spithill Pelle RPAYC, 8, 11, 10, 7, 7, 10, 8, 7, 9, [12], [24 F] 11 = 88 points
10. 1021 Goose Marine, Gary Gornall, 9, 9, 12, [16], 10, 9, 15, = 95 points
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