Win for Rag & Famish

An update from the latest round of the 18ft skiff championship on Sydney Harbour

John Harris' Rag & Famish Hotel took out the final heat of the Australian 18 Footer League's Club Championship on Sydney Harbour today but it wasn't enough to give the team victory overall in the series.

Rag & Famish defeated Ssangyong Yandoo (John Winning) by 10secs with Fisher & Paykel (Andrew Cuddihy) a further 29secs back in third place. But it was a fourth placing to Omega Smeg (Daniel Phillips) which gave that team victory overall with a final points tally of 22.

Rag & Famish was second (on countback) with 24 points then followed Asko Appliances (Hugh Stodart) also on 24.

Today's race was sailed in a north west wind over a special windward-return course. Ssangyong Yandoo won the start but trailed Club Marine (John Winning Jr) at the windward mark. Ssangyong Yandoo grabbed the lead back downwind and led for the next lap of the course.

Rag & Famish came from fourth on the third windward leg to take the lead from Ssangyong Yandoo when Harris and his team made a great tactical move on the left hand side of the course.

Although the win was narrow the Rag & Famish victory was never really in doubt over the final lap of the course.

Results:

Pos	Boat	Elapsed Time	Handicap Place	Club C'ship Points
1	Rag & Famish Hotel	49.16	5th	24 (2nd)
2	Ssangyong Yandoo	49:26:00	8th=	33
3	Fisher & Paykel	49:55:00	1st	53
4	Omega Smeg		2nd	22 (1st)
5	Asko Appliances		8th=	24 (3rd)
6	Churchills Sports Bar		3rd	65
7	Belle Property		4th	50
8	Computer Associates		11th	41
9	Casio Seapathfinder		13th	30
10	Maytag		12th	46
11	CST Composites		7th	62
12	Panasonic		10th	69
13	Team Pomfret		6th	67
14	Club Marine	Non-finisher		52
15	SX Projects	Non-finisher		57
16	Rosemount	Non-finisher		85
17	Aristocrat	Non-finisher		87
18	Team Morrison	Non-starter		74