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Lipton Cup Hat-Trick Micro multihull Debut
From the archives of Richard Crockett & Sailing Publications.
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www.sailing.co.za - editor@sailing.co.za From the archives of Richard
Crockett & Sailing Publications.
Lipton Hat Trick www.sailing.co.za -
editor@sailing.co.za
T H E 1990 J o ko L,ipt o n C ha lle nge C up Stephen du Toit Reports in las t year's Lipt o n a nd a n easy fir st in th e
o nce again li ved up to its reputa ti o n a s th e Western P rovi nce cha mpi o nships. Sturrock
premi e r o ne-des ig n regatt a in th e country. S hipping, with a seco nd in th e Wes te rn
T he e nt ry o f 26 was slightl y d o wn o n las t R oyal Cape Yach t C lub. Pro vince c ha mpi o nships, Port Owen Chal-
yea r's reco rd e ntry, but all the big na mes The fa vourites we re defe nding c ha mpi o n lenger, with a seco nd in th e na tio nals, a nd
we re th ere e nsuring th a t sa iling wo uld be and two-times win ner SX S tainless S teel, S treetcar ( HMY C), with a fi rst in the
o f th e hig hes t possible sta nd a rd . T he eve nt sailed by the Sigma 38 class winne r a t nati o na ls, a ll p ro mised th at racing wo uld
was aga in o rga nised by the defending c lub, Co wes wee k. A lso o n to p of the boa rd was be tig ht. T he res t o f th e fl eet co nsisted of
Zee koe Vlei Yac ht C lub, a nd hosted by Judron with a th ird in the na ti o na ls, seco nd suffi cient na t io na l a nd p rovi ncia l sail o rs to
e nsure tha t a ny mista kes wo uld ea sily
ca use los t pos itions.
By IOhOO o n S und ay mornin g the fleet
JOKO LIPTON CHALLENGE CUP 1990 a nd acco mpanying specta to r boa ts had left
th e ha rbour. T he start was d elayed until
Race Race Race Race Ra ce Race Points Pos the wind fres he ned a nd settled . At I 2h23 ,
1 2 3 4 5 6 afte r o ne ge ne ral recall, the race got und er
way in a 12- kn ot so utheaster. Two yac hts,
Zee koe Vle i YIC 5 4 3 2 3 Container Services ( Defence, Simon's T own)
SX Stainless Steel C Kingl Nankin 145,25 a nd Marix ( Defe nce, Na tal) we re PM S.
Hout Bay YIC 8 6 4 3 2 T he course displa yed o n the bridge boat
Judron G Davis 139,25 2 Roy al Duke was R 2, which meant that the
Port Owen YIC 2 23 4 first d ay's race was the traditi o nal rectan-
Port Owen gula r co urse of whic h tw o round s were to
Challenger D Hudson 133,25 3 be sailed .
Royal Natal YIC 9 5 2 6 10 4 By the first weather ma rk Port Owen
Love Motors C La nham- Love 126,25 4 Challenger was leadin g, fo llo wed by SX
False Bay YIC 6 4 10 5 12 7 Stainless Steel(ZVY C), Streetcar ( H MY C),
O 'Conner's Luck Reuve rsl Richards 118 5 a nd Sturrock S hipping ( RC YC). T he first
Victoria La ke C 7 10 7 10 8 6 reac h was ve ry tight and a co uple of yac hts
B&G R Willcox 114 6 struggled to hold their spinna kers to the
Island SIC 3 3 15 11 9 8 first gy be ma rk. By th e e nd of ro und o ne
Orsmond Aerial G Dibb 113 7 the first fo ur pos it io ns we re unc ha nged ,
Royal Cape YIC 4 9 DSQ 7 6 5 but Orsm ond Aerial ( IS C) a nd O'Conner's
Sturroek Sh ipping D Kruyt 104 8 Luck ( F BY C) were ra pidly cl imbing up the
Point YIC 11 7 21 8 10 fl ee t to ro und th e lee wa rd ma rk in fifth and
Mazda S He gerstrom 100 9 six th positi o ns.
DSC Natal PMS 8 8 12 5 9 At the e nd of the seco nd bea t pos itio ns
Marix D Collins 93 10 were relati ve ly unchanged . The first rea ch
Transvaal YIC 18 13 5 16 11 12 was again ve ry tight and no spinna ke rs
Hill's Car Sales R Wiederhold 87 11 we re used . Down th e run positions started
U. Cape Town YIC 10 11 3 9 7 DSQ c ha nging as the back boats in the leading
Hollard Carguard Halll Golliker 82 12 bunc h had clear air and we re able to
Henley Midmar YIC 2 PMS DNF 2 13 11 ove rtak e those sailing in the di sturbed
Streetcar H Ellens 81 ,5 13 wind . The last reach to th e leeward ma rk
Vogelvlei YIC 16 14 11 13 16 15 was a gain to o tight to fl y s pinnakers so the
Elation J Provoyeur 77 14 fl eet two-sailed to th e lee ward mark in th e
Deneysville AIC 12 18 13 15 17 13 no w 18-kn ot southeaste r. Port Owen Chal-
Philanderer P Thompson 74 15 lenger he ld a small lea d fro m a bunch o f
De Beers YIC 13 12 20 17 14 14 five wh o we re all o verlapped .
Sterns R Hollowa y 72 16 Up th e las t bea t Port Owen Challenger
Velddrif YIC 14 PMS 6 18 18 16 held o n a nd increased her lead while S treet-
Port Owen Pacer H Wiggins 63 17 car moved up into seco nd place a head o f
Fish Hoek BIS IC 17 20 17 14 15 22 Orsm ond Aerial. Sturrock S hipping. SX
The Cock 'n Bull Price/Van Ass 57 18 S tainless Steel a nd O 'Conner's Luck. B&G
Pennant Nine YIC 20 15 9 25 20 DSQ was seve nth and Judron eighth .
Apex P & T Elston 46 19 Race tw o go t und er way a t 11 h25 a ft e r
DSC Simonstown PMS 16 14 19 19 23 o ne ge ne ral recall . The wind was a bo ut six
Container ServicesB Ferre ira 44 20 kn o ts fr o m the wes t and the co urse was T2,
Impe rial YIC 19 22 16 20 23 19 the tra ditiona l equil a teral triangle of which
Southern Charter D Forbes 43 21 two ro und s were to be sa iled . T hree boa ts
DSC N. Transvaal 23 17 12 23 26 20 we re ca lled PM S a nd a fo urth, S treetcar,
Cape Agulhas T Stein 41 22 was la te r id enti fied as being PMS . Her sa il
U Wits VI C 15 PMS 19 21 22 17 numbe r had bee n o bscured a t the sta rt , but
Rayban M Prest 41 22
Theewater SIC 21 19 22 24 21 18 Finish of the fifth race with order of finishing
Tygerbodies being Mazda (018) , SX Stainless Steel (019),
Hooligan J Spil ha us 32 24 Judron (058).
24 Photograph : NEIL RUSCH
South. Cross SIC 22 21 18 26 24
Its Grea t Ou tdoorsV King 27 25
Lang ebaa n YIC 24 PMS DSQ 22 25 21 The Lipton fleet round the mark lead by
La ngebaan Chall. T Walker 16 26 three-times winner SX Stainless Steel.
Photograph: ROB RONALO -RETROT
20 SA Yachting - October 1990
From the archives of Richard Crockett & Sailing Publications.
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race officer Bobby Bongers could positively Stainless Steel fourth, O'Conner's Luck
identify the hull due to distinctive stripes.
SX Stainless Steel got a good , safe start
in the middle of the line and Port Owen
Photo- Finish fifth and Sturrock Shipping sixth. SX
Stainless Steel overtook Judron up the
next beat to round the second weather GUESS WHO'S RELYING ON
THE MOST COMPLETE LINE OF
Challenger and Love Motors got away mark third . After the last triangle Port
from the pin, expecting a veer to the left. Owen Challenger finished first, followed
This veer arrived very late, but as it headed by Street car, SX Stainless Steel and Judron .
WINCHES IN THE WORLD?
the boats on starboard tack Port Owen O'Conner's Luck pipped Love Mot ors to
Challenger and Love Motors were able to take fifth place and Sturrock Shipping
tack onto port and clear most of the fleet finished seventh.
except SX Stainless Steel. Wednesday night was party night at
At the end of the first triangle SX Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club with entertainment
Stainless St eel led from Port Owen Chal- that included the " hunk of the regatta"
lenger. Love M otors and Orsm ond A erial, competition. Thanks to M iddelburg Steel
with Judron catching up rapidly, fl ying and Alloys for their generous sponsorship
their imported cross-cut spinnaker. At the of this evening.
end of the second triangle the first three Race five on a rainy Thursday mo rnin g
positions were the same with Judron moving started at 11 hOO in a 20-knot northwester.
up to fourth and Orsmond A erial dropping Up the first beat positions changed all th e
to fifth . time as the wind oscillated up to 30 degrees
Up the last beat the wind suddenly either side of the mean . T his and th e
swung to the left leaving Judron. Love confused chop made conditions very diffi-
Motors and Port Owen Challenger well cul.t.
over the port lay line. Meanwhile Orsm ond After rounding the weather mark most
A erial and O'Conner's Luck had timed of the fleet set off in the wrong direction to
their layline tacks to perfection. First across try to find the wing mark. Once the confusion
the line was SX Stainless Steel with the was sorted out there were a fe w cha nges in
second boat, Port Owen Challenger, pipping position. Positions around the leeward
Orsm o nd A erial by less th a n six inches. mark were Mazda(PYC) , Hollard Carguard
Fourth was O'Conner's Luck , fifth Love ( UCTYC), S X Stainless Steel and Judron .
M otors and sixth Judron . The nex t beat turned into a port leg as
Race three on Tuesday was the last of the wind swung to the east. S X Stainless
the traditional courses, the sausage or the Steel steamed through to first, ahead of
"there and back" course of which two Mazda and Hollard Carguard. The weather
rounds were to be sailed. The race started mark was moved to starboa rd to ensure a Snubbing Winches
at 11hl0 after one general recall . The wind true beat. Mazda made the most of a high
was eight knots from the southeast. Up the starboard to regain the lead . Port Owen Electric
first beat the wind dropped and swung to Challenger picked up a high port to round ...._ Winches
the east. O'Conner's Luck rounded ahead the weather mark fifth , behind Mazda, SX
of Judron and Streetcar. By the end of the Stainless Steel, Judron and Sturrock
run Judron led from O'Conner's Luck , Shipping.
Stormbird, Love Motors and Mazda(PYC). At the finish Mazda beat SX Stainless
The next beat was a long one in the now Steel by five seconds. Judron took third ,
two-knot breeze. Judron rounded well Port Owen Challenger fourth , Marix
ahead of O'Conner's Luck, who in turn (Defence, Natal) fifth and Sturrock Ship-
were well ahead of Hill's Car Sales (TYC). ping sixth.
Port Owen Challenger managed to get Going into the last race SX Stainless
stuck in t he biggest hole in Table Bay and Steel had things almost sewn up. If Judron
sat for one and a half hours with their log won race six, then SX Stainless Steel had to
reading 0,00 knots, pushing them down to be better than seventh to win.
last in the race! The final race on Friday got under way
At the end of the second run (or was it a at I 2h45 after two general recalls. The wind
reach, or a beat) Judron rounded ahead of was eight knots from the north and freshen-
O'Conner's Luck, Apex (Pennant ine ing. Port Owen Challenger got a good start
YC), B&G (VLC) and Love Motors. Half at the pin, headed towards the mountain,
way down the last leg to the finish , which got the expected port lift and led around
had now turned into a reach (or run,
depending on where you were at the time)
the top mark by almost a minute from
Sturrock Shipping. Judron and SX Stain- When Springbok John Martin takes state-of-the-art Distributed in South Africa by W~
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the fleet was spread-out in a straight line of less Steel. As the wind increased , it slowly
about one and a quarter mile perpendicular swung to the west. Race officer Bobby challenge, he will be relying exclusively on Harken Cape Town:
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a protest), SX Stainless Steel, Hill's Car the Olympic races a nd started in an 18- Yacht Club. Second overall for the second The lessons learned with racing hardware has led to
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