Churchill's - Queen of the Harbour

A report from today's 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour

Churchill's Sports Bar took out the Queen of the Harbour race on Sydney Harbour today after leading the fleet for almost the entire course.

The Churchills team, led by John Sweeny, grabbed the lead following an early capsize by Rosemount and were never seriously challenged before crossing the finish line ahead by 20 seconds.

Computer Associates (Anthony Young) gained steadily throughout the race to take second placing with Hugh Stodart's Asko Appliances a further 1min 29secs back in third.

With Churchills holding a good lead throughout, the race for the minor placings kept the patrons on the spectator ferry on their toes as five to six skiffs staged a great battle.

Results:

Pos	Boat	Elapsed Time	Season Points
1	Churchill's Sports Bar	01:13:41	308
2	Computer Associates	01:14:01	293
3	Asko Appliances	01:15:30	377
4	Rag & Famish Hotel		222 (1st)
5	Fisher & Paykel		374
6	Panasonic		295
7	CST Composites		457
8	Omega Smeg		272 (3rd)
9	Ssangyong Yandoo		255 (2nd)
10	Maytag		409
11	Belle Property		449
12	Rosemount		487
13	Club Marine		349
14	Aristocrat		634
15	Team Morrison	Non-finisher	294
16	Team Pomfret	Non-finisher	342
17	Casio Seapathfinder	Non-starter	367
18	AAPT	Non-starter	537
19	SX Projects	Non-starter	445