Race14 Results

Fantastic! Sheer Force's 2nd place on corrected time while our master tactician was otherwise occupied on the Champs d'Elysee was a great source of joy for the crew, including the broken footed Clare. After the handicap factors were applied, we were 1m05 behind Sundowner V, although only 20secs behind her on the water.

This great result, achieved in a 10kn north-easterly, will keep us in equal 2nd place on 50pts in the main pointscore (with Symbiosis) when the points are updated. Our hoped for equal first place will not eventuate, because Spearhead, having come 15th on corrected times, will only add 8pts due to her drop situation, and will retain 1st place on 44pts. The main pointscore is close with only one race to go, but the "lite" pointscore is much closer. Sheer Force will be in 2nd place, only one point behind Chloe III, and one point ahead of Spearhead.

The table below shows the top 4 places in each of the expected pointscores after Race 14.

Points after Race14	Points	Place	Lowest Drop
SPEARHEAD	44	1	9
SYMBIOSIS	50	2	13
SHEER FORCE	50	2	13
CHLOE III	55	4	11
Pointscore "Lite"
CHLOE III	14	1	9
SHEER FORCE	15	2	8
SPEARHEAD	16	3	15
SYMBIOSIS	25	4	13

We rarely lead Farr Lap on the way back after the top mark, so the attached photo is included to attest to that. On the water, Sheer Force finished 18th out of 22. That fleet was the biggest in the series so far, and we crossed the line ahead of (unexpected by the handicapper) Farr Lap, Chancellor and Talon, as well as Anthanta IV (expected). Sundowner V, which we should have beaten by the handicapper's judgment, trailed us for a while, but passed us on the run to the line and won on handicap.

It was a bad race for the handicapper, with many yachts finishing way differently to their predictions. Even worse, the spread of corrected times (15m11) was greater than the spread of elapsed times (13m22), giving a negative score of -14%! This was mainly due a particularly slow race by the highest rated yacht CMC Markets (getawaysailing.com) which got the rare double of getting the gun (13mins ahead of Sheer Force) but coming last on corrected times, 9 mins behind 2nd last Panther. Not a good race for the biggest yachts. Maybe they lost time looking for the YA buoy at Lady Bay?

The table below gives the results sorted into the order across the finish line.

Results Race14	Elapsed	Outright	Handicap	Diff fm	Mins	Rel to
	Time	Place	Predict	Fleet	behind	Sheer
			Place	Average	winner	Force
CMC MARKETS	0:56:57	1	1	-8.4	0:00:00	0:12:47
PANTHER	0:58:28	2	2	-6.9	0:01:31	0:11:16
UPLIFT	0:58:53	3	3	-6.5	0:01:56	0:10:51
LOVE BYTE	0:59:57	4	6	-5.4	0:03:00	0:09:47
OBSESSION	1:00:27	5	7	-4.9	0:03:30	0:09:17
CADENZA	1:00:30	6	5	-4.8	0:03:33	0:09:14
NEXT	1:02:31	7	4	-2.8	0:05:34	0:07:13
TOCCATA	1:03:05	8	8	-2.3	0:06:08	0:06:39
SCARLETT O'HARA	1:06:07	9	12	0.8	0:09:10	0:03:37
LEONARDO	1:06:08	10	9	0.8	0:09:11	0:03:36
AKELA	1:06:19	11	11	1.0	0:09:22	0:03:25
SPEARHEAD	1:06:21	12	10	1.0	0:09:24	0:03:23
SYMBIOSIS	1:06:35	13	17	1.2	0:09:38	0:03:09
DJ2 BOS GLOBAL	1:08:02	14	15	2.7	0:11:05	0:01:42
SUMMERSALT	1:08:14	15	16	2.9	0:11:17	0:01:30
CHLOE III	1:09:18	16	19	4.0	0:12:21	0:00:26
SUNDOWNER V	1:09:24	17	22	4.1	0:12:27	0:00:20
SHEER FORCE	1:09:44	18	20	4.4	0:12:47	0:00:00
CHANCELLOR	1:09:57	19	14	4.6	0:13:00	0:00:13
TALON	1:10:05	20	13	4.7	0:13:08	0:00:21
ANTHANTA VI	1:10:19	21	21	5.0	0:13:22	0:00:35
FARR LAP	1:10:19	22	18	5.0	0:13:22	0:00:35
	Corrected	Corrected
	Time	Position
CMC MARKETS	1:19:43	22
PANTHER	1:10:59	21
UPLIFT	1:08:41	14
LOVE BYTE	1:06:05	6
OBSESSION	1:06:12	7
CADENZA	1:06:54	9
NEXT	1:09:28	17
TOCCATA	1:06:27	8
SCARLETT O'HARA	1:07:03	10
LEONARDO	1:09:33	18
AKELA	1:08:14	13
SPEARHEAD	1:08:58	15
SYMBIOSIS	1:05:52	5
DJ2 BOS GLOBAL	1:08:04	11
SUMMERSALT	1:08:07	12
CHLOE III	1:05:50	4
SUNDOWNER V	1:04:32	1
SHEER FORCE	1:05:37	2
CHANCELLOR	1:10:18	19
TALON	1:10:33	20
ANTHANTA VI	1:05:46	3
FARR LAP	1:09:11	16