Perini takes double

At conclusion of Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship

Richard Perini has taken the two titles today winning the Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship and the Australian Farr 40 Circuit for 2004-2005.

Racing for the 23 boat fleet in the Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship was held in the harbour from Manly to Watson’s Bay in a 10 knot southerly breeze. Dodging USA naval ships, cargo ships and Manly ferries the fleet worked the course with precision making mark roundings very eventful. Vincenzo Onorato steering Mascalzone led the fleet around the three lap course for race six and took the gun from father and son team, Steve and Fred Howe, on Warpath. Jim Richardson held off Italian team Nerone steered by Mark Heeley for this weekend, to take third.

Neville Crichton’s Team Shockwave had a great start at the boat end of the line for race seven to lead the fleet to the top mark and around the course. In hot pursuit was Barking Mad with Richard Perini’s Evolution and David Gotze’s Brighton Star fighting it out for the top places. At the finish Barking Mad and Evolution’s dogfight allowed Brighton Star to slip through into second over the line with Barking Mad just holding out Evolution for third.

Crichton repeated his race seven performance and led the fleet around the course continually extending his lead. Warpath with Paul Cayard onboard slotted into the second place and Lang Walker’s Kokomo held onto third place from the top mark to the finish line.

Perini has won all point score regattas bar one which was a drop with Marcus Blackmore taking second place in the point score and Matt Allen finishing third. "It was a great regatta that had a bit of everything in conditions and results," said Perini. "It’s great to take the double and we hope we can continue to maintain these results".

Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad took out the Hamilton Island Farr 40 regatta title with Nerone finishing third overall. "We always enjoy racing in Sydney and we are looking forward to the next two regattas," commented Richardson.

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Hamilton Island Farr 40 Regatta Final Results:

Pos	Yacht Name	Sail	Owners Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Tot
1	Barking Mad	USA 50995	Jim Richardson	12	5	2	1	2	3	3	4	52
2	Nerone	ITA 1972	Mezzaroma/sodo Migliori	1	3	9	3	7.5	4	9	6	58
3	Evolution	AUS 6422	Richard Perini	6	1	1	4	12	8	4	13	63
4	TWT	ITA13711	Marco Rodolfi	4	6	3	6	11	7	10	5	73
5	War Path	USA69	Steve and Fred Howe	9	2	11	2	16	2	14	2	81
6	Team Shockwave	5077	Neville Crichton	8	12	20	5	6	10	1	1	86
7	Mascalzone Latino	ITA 1	Vincenzo Onorato	7	20	13	15	3	1	6	8	88
8	Emotional Hooligan	615	Marcus Blackmore	13	4	7	10	21	9	7	10	88
9	Morning Glory	GR40101	Hasso Plattner	15	13	12	11	4	6	8	17	107
10	Kokomo	8883	Lang Walker	2	9	5	23	23	12	11	3	108
11	Ichi Ban	6038	Matt Allen	5	7	10	8	13	21	5	19	108
12	Pegasus	81818	Philippe Kahn	11	14	8	7	18	13	16	20	114
13	Southern Star	AUS 1770	John Calvert-Jones	3	10	4	22	20	15	13	21	115
14	Sputnik	6040	Ivan Wheen	17	8	6	16	5	22	18	16	115.5
15	Brighton Star	B2000	David Gotze	16	19	17	18	17	14	2	11	119
16	Fiamma	GBR 25R	Alessandro Barnaba	23	16	14	9	15	11	20	7	125
17	Panther	AUS 8001	Steve O'Rourke	22	11	16	19	7.5	16	12	12	127
18	Venom	USA 40063	Brett Neill/Peter Taylor	21	18	19	12	1	18	15	15	131
19	Bobby’s Girl	NZL 40010	John Melville	14	17	24	13	19	5	19	14	152
20	War Games	YC 222	David Urry	10	22	15	21	9	20	21	9	164
21	Belle Property	AUS 470	Chris Meehan	18	15	18	14	14	17	17	18	0
22	Solution	USA 4040	John Thomson	19	21	21	17	10	19	22	23	0
23	Short Shipped	40021	Matthew Short	20	23	22	20	22	23	12	22	0