Julian Farren-Price and his Cookson 12, About Time, are back in their comfort zone of the winner’s circle after taking the double in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Botany Bay Race today, with victories in both IRC and ORCi.

Farren-Price, a Sydney jeweller, has won nine from 12 Ocean Pointscores with his reliable About Time, just missing out last season to Midnight Rambler. Today he beat Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race hopeful, China Easyway, the Jarkan 12.5 owned by Travis Read, by two minutes. Nine Dragons, the DK46 owned by Bob Cox, slotted into third place.

Under ORCi, it was About Time from China Easyway and another Sydney Hobart contender, Philosophers, the Cookson 12 owned by Gordon Ketelbey and Peter Sorensen, who skippered her today. PHS went to Esprit, the Archambault 32 owned by Greg Wilkins. Les Goodridge’s X-50, Wax Lyrical and Ted Tooher’s Beneteau 47.7, Chancellor, shared second place.

Robyn Morton, the Principal Race Officer, said she and team felt for the 20 starters who waited around for the breeze to fill in for race two of the CYCA’s Ocean Pointscore Series.

“We were supposed to get them away at 10am, but there was a glass out on the Harbour. Instead, we were 50 minutes late and finally a six to seven knot east/nor’ easter allowed us to start the race at 10:50am. It was frustrating for everyone, but at the least the fleet got away cleanly,” Morton said from the CYCA’s start boat this morning.

Julian Farren-Price commented, “The race committee did the right thing. We milled around, but it was worth the wait, because in the end, it was a beautiful sail, Rolls Royce conditions.”

A spinnaker run to Botany Bay in around nine knots suited About Time down to the ground, as did the sail home.

“We had a lovely spinnaker run to Botany Bay, we were very lucky to be able to sail square, we don’t sail with asymmetrical. We were as lucky on the return, as it wasn’t hard on the wind, we sailed slightly cracked sheets, just off the breeze in around eight knots. My crew’s work was 10 out of 10 – no mistakes.

“We had a ding dong battle with Philosophers – we were no more than 50 to 100 metres apart coming back. If it had been hard on the nose, they would have walked away from us – that’s their party trick. They have a more powerful boat with bigger gear.”

Farren-Price said he had never seen so much wildlife, as competitors have been party to in their two races to-date.

“Dolphins offshore and even in the Harbour, but the whales, I’ve never seen so many or so big. They were tail standing, breaching, jumping right out of the water,” he said.

Mid-afternoon, Morton had reported that the Rolex Sydney Hobart reigning champion, Balance (Paul Clitheroe) had rounded the Botany Bay mark first at 12:22pm, followed by Victoire (Darryl Hodgkinson), Celestial (Sam Haynes) and the V70 Maserati (Jim Cooney).

“Apparently the breeze is still around seven – eight knots, despite a forecast for 25 knots,” Morton said. “If it stays that way, it’ll be a long day out for the heavier and small boats.”

However, it was Maserati that came flying home to take line honours from Balance and Celestial at 1:47:51pm.

The next race in the Ocean Pointscore Series is the Port Hacking Race, starting on Sydney Harbour at 10am on Saturday November 12.

Results

Race 2: Botany Bay

IRC results Start : Div1 10:50 Div2 10:50

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Div No	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor’d T	Score	Vis
1	7700	ABOUT TIME	Julian Farren-Price	1	14:35:59	03:45:59	1.114	04:11:45	1.0
2	4527	CHINA EASYWAY	Travis Read	2	14:54:30	04:04:30	1.038	04:13:48	2.0
3	18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	1	14:25:45	03:35:45	1.191	04:16:58	3.0
4	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	1	13:57:14	03:07:14	1.373	04:17:04	4.0
5	MH20	PHILOSOPHERS	Peter Sorensen	1	14:36:32	03:46:32	1.136	04:17:20		Yes
6	6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	1	13:58:55	03:08:55	1.367	04:18:15	5.0
7	AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	2	14:54:28	04:04:28	1.065	04:20:21	6.0
8	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	1	14:25:01	03:35:01	1.221	04:22:32		Yes
9	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	1	14:41:05	03:51:05	1.143	04:24:08	7.0
10	421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	1	14:19:27	03:29:27	1.264	04:24:45	8.0
11	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	1	14:09:14	03:19:14	1.351	04:29:10	9.0
12	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	1	14:26:01	03:36:01	1.252	04:30:27	10.0
13	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	1	15:00:51	04:10:51	1.116	04:39:57	11.0
14	ITA70	MASERATI	Jim Cooney	1	13:47:51	02:57:51	1.672	04:57:22		Yes
DNC	360	PATRICE	Tony Kirby	1			1.288		15.0
DNC	1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	1			1.270		15.0
DNC	6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	2			1.047		15.0
DNC	6774	JACKPOT	Adrian Van Bellen	2			1.073		15.0
DNC	6841	PAPILLON	Phil Molony	2			1.082		15.0

 

ORCI results Start : Div1 10:50 Div2 10:50

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Div No	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor’d T	Score	Vis
1	7700	ABOUT TIME	Julian Farren-Price	1	14:35:59	03:45:59	1.1080	04:10:23	1.0
2	4527	CHINA EASYWAY	Travis Read	2	14:54:30	04:04:30	1.0299	04:11:49	2.0
3	MH20	PHILOSOPHERS	Peter Sorensen	1	14:36:32	03:46:32	1.1119	04:11:53		Yes
4	9006	BULLET	Michael Rowe	2	15:02:39	04:12:39	1.0090	04:14:55	3.0
5	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	1	13:57:14	03:07:14	1.3641	04:15:24	4.0
6	6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	1	13:58:55	03:08:55	1.3538	04:15:45	5.0
7	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	1	14:25:01	03:35:01	1.1975	04:17:29		Yes
8	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	1	14:41:05	03:51:05	1.1254	04:20:04	6.0
9	421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	1	14:19:27	03:29:27	1.2529	04:22:25	7.0
10	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	1	14:09:14	03:19:14	1.3330	04:25:35	8.0
11	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	1	14:26:01	03:36:01	1.2380	04:27:26	9.0
12	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	1	15:00:51	04:10:51	1.1020	04:36:26	10.0
13	ITA70	MASERATI	Jim Cooney	1	13:47:51	02:57:51	1.8561	05:30:06		Yes
DNC	360	PATRICE	Tony Kirby	1			1.2943		14.0
DNC	1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	1			1.2703		14.0
DNC	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Bruce/Lee Warn Er/Sw	2			1.1443		14.0
DNC	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	2			1.0235		14.0
DNC	6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	2			1.0177		14.0
DNC	6774	JACKPOT	Adrian Van Bellen	2			1.0529		14.0

 

PHSTCF results Start : Div1 10:50 Div2 10:50

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Div No	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor’d T	Score	Vis
1	MYC32	ESPRIT	Greg Wilkins	2	15:02:54	04:12:54	0.9716	04:05:43	1.0
2	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	1	14:41:05	03:51:05	1.0694	04:07:07	2.5
2	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	1	15:00:51	04:10:51	0.9851	04:07:07	2.5
4	89	INTO THE MYSTIC	Arthur Psaltis Jon R	2	15:05:36	04:15:36	0.9682	04:07:28	4.5
4	4527	CHINA EASYWAY	Travis Read	2	14:54:30	04:04:30	1.0121	04:07:28	4.5
6	6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Col & Denise Wilson	1	14:27:20	03:37:20	1.1550	04:11:01	6.0
7	9006	BULLET	Michael Rowe	2	15:02:39	04:12:39	0.9938	04:11:05	7.0
8	AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	2	14:54:28	04:04:28	1.0480	04:16:12	8.0
9	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	1	14:25:01	03:35:01	1.1918	04:16:15		Yes
10	18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	1	14:25:45	03:35:45	1.2089	04:20:49	9.0
11	7700	ABOUT TIME	Julian Farren-Price	1	14:35:59	03:45:59	1.1559	04:21:13	10.0
12	8975	LAST TANGO	Phil King	2	14:53:06	04:03:06	1.0790	04:22:18	11.0
13	MH20	PHILOSOPHERS	Peter Sorensen	1	14:36:32	03:46:32	1.1668	04:24:19		Yes
14	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	1	13:57:14	03:07:14	1.4251	04:26:50	12.0
15	6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	1	13:58:55	03:08:55	1.4129	04:26:55	13.0
16	421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	1	14:19:27	03:29:27	1.2746	04:26:58	14.0
17	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	1	14:26:01	03:36:01	1.2528	04:30:38	15.0
18	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	1	14:09:14	03:19:14	1.4061	04:40:08	16.0
19	ITA70	MASERATI	Jim Cooney	1	13:47:51	02:57:51	1.6500	04:53:27		Yes
20	44444	AMORE	Lorelle Chapman	2	16:49:20	05:59:20	1.0000	05:59:20		Yes
DNC	360	PATRICE	Tony Kirby	1			1.2951		20.0
DNC	1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	1			1.2733		20.0
DNC	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Bruce/Lee Warn Er/Sw	2			0.9888		20.0
DNC	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	2			0.9850		20.0
DNC	6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	2			1.0221		20.0
DNC	6774	JACKPOT	Adrian Van Bellen	2			1.0765		20.0
DNC	6841	PAPILLON	Phil Molony	2			1.0534		20.0

by Olivia Price