Was scanning the F14 forum and saw the Blade F18 in this recent race result :

Note 1st was Glenn Ashby on a Tiger and 2nd was Chris Dean on a Blade F18. In a 27 boat racing fleet

1 Hobie Tiger 70 502 Glenn Ashby 2:36:45 PM 02:46:45 1
2 F18 70 666 Chris Dean 2:39:10 PM 02:49:10 2
3 Nacra 5.8 72 1527 Painter & docker Steven Kroon 2:39:50 PM 02:49:50 3
4 Taipan 5.7 67.5 225 Darren Peters 2:41:02 PM 02:51:02 4
Spinnaker
5 F18 70 191 N F 18 Robert Stewart 2:41:31 PM 02:51:31 5
6 Tornado 65 305 Marcus Towell 2:41:49 PM 02:51:49 6
7 Taipan 5.7 70 110 Mark Attwood 2:42:13 PM 02:52:13 7
8 Tornado 65 212 Sam Dodd 2:42:19 PM 02:52:19 8
9 F18 70 1463 Danny James 2:43:54 PM 02:53:54 9
10 Nacra 5.8 72 1635 Tim Hollingsworth 2:45:22 PM 02:55:22 10
11 A Class 71.5 860 Mr. Fats John Faturic 2:46:15 PM 02:56:15 11
12 Stingray Mk2 74.5 582 The Shadow Simon Porteous 2:46:25 PM 02:56:25 12
13 Stingray Mk2 74.5 585 Todd Lienert 2:46:39 PM 02:56:39 13
14 F18 70 17 Chris Boag 2:46:40 PM 02:56:40 14
15 Stingray Mk2 74.5 403 Blow me Tyson **** 2:50:20 PM 03:00:20 15
16 Hobie 18 78 7252 Takes Two David Overall 2:50:43 PM 03:00:43 16
17 Taipan 5.7 67.5 61 Mick Mcguire 2:51:15 PM 03:01:15 17
Spinnaker
18 Stingray Mk2 74.5 579 Ride The Lightning Luke Moran 2:51:27 PM 03:01:27 18
19 A Class 71.5 867 Nolas Daughter James Sage 2:52:24 PM 03:02:24 19
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 576 Rex Gibbs 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 581 Michael Felix 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
22 Nacra 5.8 72 1471 Brett Larwood 2:53:27 PM 03:03:27 22
23 Hobie 18 78 11273 Je Ne Sais Quoi Michael Fahy 2:56:23 PM 03:06:23 23
24 Taipan 4.9 Cat 76.5 052 Whistler Brian Clough 2:57:04 PM 03:07:04 24
25 Formula 20 72 2001 Discovery Bob Ritchie 3:08:57 PM 03:18:57 25
26 Stingray Mk2 74.5 451 Polly Pissy Pantz Shane Houston 3:13:40 PM 03:23:40 26
27 Nacra 5.8 72 1212 Peter Tarasenko 3:21:27 PM 03:31:27 27
Hobie Tiger 70 1332 Domino effect Nick Green DNF
Hobie 18 78 11436 Maximus Con Rollas DSQ


Sure this was a distance race and all kinds of funny meteological things may have happened but anybody staying withing sight of Glenn Ashby is doing something right.


The race is :

This Saturday, ... we raced ... in the Goolwa to Milang “classic” race here in South Australia, (the race starts at Goolwa which is at the mouth of the Murray river and sails up river to Lake Alexandrina then across the lake to the port of Milang, it is quite a “marathon” and.


Wouter