2005/06 Australian Championships


Host Club: South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club

Dates: 1 - 7 January 2006


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The 2005/06 IMCA Australia National Championships proudly sponsored by Toyota Financial Services.



I've divided the results spreadsheet into two tables for page-width reasons. Boat specs can be seen in the same order in a table below I.M.C.A NSW President Phil Stevenson's regatta report. Download the full spreadsheet file here or pdf here... - webmonkey Jon


Sail # Boat Name Skipper State Hull h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 h10 Total drop 1 drop 2 TOTAL Place
9345 RONSTAN Rohan Veal Vic Foil 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 27 1 31 67 31 27 9 1 Champion
9344 RTFM Scott Babbage NSW Foil 3 3 6 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 25 6 3 16 2 Best score all heats
SIN 7 Vertical Horizon Mark Robinson NSW Foil 5 2 10 3 3 5 3 1 18 1 51 18 10 23 3
9306 Hotblack Desiato Chris Dey NSW Foil 9 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 45 9 5 31 4
9318 Sector 7 G Les Thorpe NSW Skiff 2 6 2 8 8 3 5 5 3 7 49 8 8 33 5 First Skiff
9333 Short Black Luka Damic NSW Foil 13 5 9 6 6 12 7 6 6 4 74 13 12 49 6
9322 Obstreperous Mic Boode Vic Skiff 4 8 3 11 11 7 6 8 31 8 97 31 11 55 7 Most Improved
9343 Tiger on a Chain Phil Stevenson NSW Foil/Skiff 6 12 4 7 9 8 8 10 7 9 80 12 10 58 8 First Master
9303 Statik Jakl Andrew Sim NSW Skiff 7 7 7 10 12 6 9 9 8 11 86 12 11 63 9
9316 Karma Package Deal Steve Donovan NSW Foil 14 9 11 5 7 14 15 4 10 6 95 15 14 66 10
9335 Bullet with Butterfly Wings Ben Crocker NSW Skiff 11 14 14 12 10 11 12 7 4 10 105 14 14 77 11
9321 Hollywood Tiger Peter Harney NSW Foil 15 10 15 9 5 15 16 27 31 5 148 31 27 90 12
9337 Solitary Leprechaun Alan Goddard NSW Skiff 16 11 12 13 14 9 10 13 18 31 147 31 18 98 13
9334 Dreadnought Ned Dally SA Skiff 17 17 17 17 15 13 11 11 12 14 144 17 17 110 14
9233 Meat Axium John McAteer NSW Skiff 12 19 18 16 16 17 14 15 14 13 154 19 18 117 15
9331 AMLOR Craig Smith Vic Foil/Skiff 19 18 16 30 13 31 18 27 9 12 193 31 30 132 16
9332 Rocket 88 Roger Quinn NSW Skiff 10 15 13 14 31 10 13 27 31 31 195 31 31 133 17
9346 Fuzzy Logic Greg Wise SA skiff 18 16 20 22 17 16 17 17 18 31 192 31 22 139 18
9256 Smith Ian Sim NSW Scow 21 20 24 15 18 21 22 12 31 15 199 31 24 144 19 First Scow
9311 Wombat on the Prowl Andrew MacDougall Vic Foil/Skiff 8 13 8 30 31 31 31 14 13 31 210 31 31 148 20
9008 Turtle Touching Cloth Jon Reid NSW Scow 20 21 25 19 19 18 20 27 31 17 217 31 27 159 21
8769 Fran Kylie Lowy NSW Scow 26 26 28 21 22 25 25 16 11 19 219 28 26 165 22 First Woman
8999 Floating Circus Mark Hughes Qld skiff 24 22 23 20 21 23 19 27 31 18 228 31 27 170 23 First Wide Skiff
9307 Hair of the Dog Sam Neeft SA Skiff 22 23 19 24 23 20 24 31 31 16 233 31 31 171 24
9326 Easy Tiger Sam MacKnight NSW Skiff 23 24 22 25 24 24 23 27 31 21 244 31 27 186 25 Junior Champion
9285 Weekend Warrior Yarrek Bialkowski Vic Skiff 25 25 21 23 25 22 26 27 31 20 245 31 27 187 26
9243 Bruce Bruce McLeod NSW Foil/Skiff 30 27 30 18 20 19 21 27 31 31 254 31 31 192 27
9266 Avalanche Peregrine Horton Vic Skiff 27 30 26 31 31 29 31 27 31 31 294 31 31 232 28
9342 Vertigo Geoff Kitchen NSW Skiff 31 31 27 30 31 29 31 31 31 31 303 31 31 241 29
DNS = 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
DNF = 30 30 27 18

2006 Moth Nationals - a report by I.M.C.A NSW President Phil Stevenson

The regatta proved a great success, with co-operative weather, a great venue, excellent race management, friendly club, and a great crowd of moth sailors and supporters.

Huge thanks to South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club at Sunshine for hosting the regatta, and to TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES for their financial support.

Weather ranged form one heat in 5kts to one in a solid 25kts. But most were in moderate breezes. We had extreme heat for the invitation race and a thunderstorm one night but otherwise quite comfortable weather for sailing and camping.

The fleet comprised 29 moths, one wide skiff, three scows, six wide stern narrow boats, 5 prowlers, 11 Hungry Tigers and three specials. Eleven boats used foils at some time.

We successfully continued the 2005 use of the "complete the lap you are on if you are lapped and finish after the winner - race car type system", which meant that the huge speed differential between the fast foilers and older boats does not mean that the slow boats go over the time limit or that the fast boats wait an hour between races. This meant most boats score a result sometimes only doing one lap.

We also introduced a type handicap system to the invitation race where scows do 2 laps, skiffs 3 laps, and foilers 4 laps. In patchy conditions Ian won with his scow closely followed by Les and Robbo not far away, Rohan having gone home early to cool off.

As for the championship this is a boat-by-boat summary in order of final results, from my perspective only. My apologies for errors or differing observations to the people concerned.

Rohan Veal sailed his new prowler with new model Fastacraft foils which are slightly higher aspect and elliptical shaped, than last years models. Spans were 950 and 650 I think. He was consistently fastest winning all but one race he completed. He even won the light race in about 5kts foiling for only a short period but with adequate technique in sub foiling conditions to just hold off Les. The next best foiler in this race was 5th. Rohan used his highly decorated MSL11 KA sail in most races but tried his MSL 9 in a few medium wind races.

Scott Babbage was the only one to beat Rohan on the water. But he did lead at other times a few times. His boat was a new Thorpe built Hungry Tiger with the flairs and free board reduced to a minimum. His foils were similar to the last year models, built by Mark from moulds made by Phil Stevenson after a lot of advice from John Ilett. Spans were 900 on fin and 700 on rudder. Scott used an MSL 11 sail. He has only been sailing on foils since last winter, but is very light and gets out of the water easily.

Mark Robinson sailed a boat the same as Rohan's, (with less stickers) and won the two races which Rohan DNF'd or DNS'd. He can lead up wind but seems to lose out downwind. He is also light but only really sails at major moth regattas so lacks practice and refinement compared to Rohan.

These three boats were consistently the top three in races with reliable wind.

Chris Dey was distinctly the next fastest in most conditions. He had good upwind speed, but lost out even more than Robbo downwind. He sailed the same Hungry Tiger as the last 5 years with a Fastacraft main foil and an Andrew Stevenson built rudder/foil with no flap, but full tilting mechanism, and no gantry. His sail was the last Truflo built before the 05 rule change, bigger and flatter in the head than the std 03-04 models.

Les Thorpe sailed the same Tiger as last 4 years with an 03 model Truflo, and standard Mark Thorpe rudder and centreboard. He was distinctly the best Archimedean boat, splitting the fast foilers when the wind was light enough, but losing to more of the new foilers when it was windier. He should have foils next year.

Luka Damic only started foiling late November. His Tiger had an old MSL 8 and the older style square tip wide chord Fastacraft foils. He improved most of the new foiling brigade with average upwind speed but lightning fast downwind, passing everyone up to Chris at times.

Mic Boode sailed a standard Archimedean Tiger with an MSL 8 sail. He gave Les a nudge a few times, and held off the other Tigers, but had the same problem with the foilers.

Phil Stevenson was the only one to have any success with changing between rudder/fin and Foils. At 85kg he decided that he needed 15kts and white caps to foil faster than he floated so only put the foils on 4 times, in the end breaking a main foil off just below the hull 50m from finish of Heat 8. Then sailing the windiest Heat 9 with fin and rudder. Boat was a new standard Tiger with 03 Truflo. Foils self built with 900 span on both rudder and centreboard. Tilting rudder like Chris mounted on transom. Raced Mic in the light but with foils could not match Luka, Steve and Pete.

Andrew Sim sailed a consistent series with the same Tiger and Truflo as last year. Same problem as Les, foilers just went past Andrew more often. He should have foils next year.

Steve Donovan has the same Tiger and foils as Luka and new MSL11 sail. He also only started foiling in November. Improved not quite as much as Luka, but getting there. His 'Golden Cleat' tipping contest and nightly presentation was a highlight of the week.v

Ben Crocker enjoyed the one heavy day but his weight and the lighter winds meant some poorer placings. Standard Tiger and Truflo. He should have foils next year.

Pete Harney was similar to Steve, same gear, same time on foils. A broken wing saw him lose Heats 8 & 9. (Mention must be made of the Taj MaHarney - the biggest tent ever seen at a Moth regatta - ed.)

Alan Goddard seems to have mastered his Maritime College narrow design he has been sailing for 3 years now. He gets among the Tigers on occasions and had some self built unfinished foils in the car so should get even better. Shows perseverance pays.

Ned Dally sailed his Prowler built for Cootharabah. No injuries this time but steadily improving results. No foils yet.

John McAteer was the first 1995 vintage fat arse boat. Consistent finisher. Passed National presidency to Peter Williamson in Qld.

Craig Smith had an indifferent series with his foil borne Tiger. He had similar gear to Luka, Steve and Pete but with last year's box gantry, which seems to mount the rudder at a different angle of attack. He could not get the same speed as the other foilers. He also suffered a road crash on the way home, which might facilitate the necessary angle change.

Roger Quinn enjoyed his second nationals with Ryan Kelly's old Prowler. No foils but consistent places.

Greg Wise had a flash new moth experiment, which was tested through the series, but not adequately before hand. Ply on foam hull and wings, wishbone boom, fin in front of mast. His main problem was the wishbone not allowing the sail to be let out enough downwind. He did not manage to complete the intended design with tubular stays and tilting mechanism, which might have solved this fault. He also did not complete his foils which remained like Alan's, unfinished in the car.

Ian Sim again proved top Scow despite some early threat from Jon. His immaculate foam glass scow remains the one to beat with carbon mast and MSL8.

Andrew MacDougall managed to break something in almost every race. Gantries, wing tramps, foil linkages. Maybe Garth's old Prowler prototype is getting old or maybe AMAC is just tough on boats. When he was foiling he was almost as fast as the top boats but he could not keep it up.

Jon Reid, our webmaster, nearly destroyed his boat last Easter but over winter turned it into another immaculate scow with modern rig and performance to threaten Ian. Lack of practice with it in big winds brought him undone on Friday. You need to be an Austin Powers fan to appreciate his boat name!

Kylie Lowy recorded a finish in all heats, which may be more races than she finished over all of last season, so she was well pleased, and will now sail the old scow with much more confidence. We are also grateful for her acquiring the sponsorship from TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES, which balanced the books for IMCA NSW and SLMASC.

Mark Hughes sailed the only 1980s vintage fat skiff. He had some good racing with the scows, and will now go back to Qld to practice on the sister ship to Alan's boat for next years home nationals.

Sam Neeft had fun, but also too many swims. Greg Wise's old axeman type still looks solid and the weeks practice should help Sam along.

Sam McKnight is only 17 and he has not had Scott's old Tiger very long. He finished all but one race and became Junior Champion.

Defending Junior Champ, Zac Douglas was unable to make it falling ill days before in Melbourne.

Yarreck Bialkowski sailed Phil Hebden's once champion Axeman that still looks in good shape. Yarreck like Sam N had a few too many swims.

Bruce McLeod sailed the same Axeman style boat he did at the 1995 worlds, having kept it in the shed for the last 10 years. It is unfortunately by today's standards a bit heavy, and Bruce is also a bit bigger than he was 11 years ago. He also tries some homemade foils, which had great difficulty lifting the total weight required. Like Phil he also broke his main foil off at the hull.

Geoff Kitchen is a brave man. For his first venture in moths he created a tiny torpedo hull with negligible bow and little freeboard. He managed to finish the 5kt race but in anything else downwind proved almost impossible. All carbon, it was easily the lightest boat because there was just less of it. He is not discouraged and was going home to cut it up and solve a few of its faults. It should provide minimum windage when he gets his foils completed.

There were no breakthrough designs, there was some pretty good sailing and enough foilers to show that tactical racing will continue. There sometimes looks to be big gaps between boats but at the speeds shown, these gaps can close extremely quickly. There is still much to be learnt about height control, and when to decide take off is viable for different people's weights and equipment.

Phil Stevenson.
Jan 06


Sail # Boat Name Skipper State Categ Mode Hull Sail Foil Maker
9345 RONSTAN Rohan Veal Vic Senior Foil Prowler KA MSL 11/9 Fastacraft
9344 RTFM Scott Babbage NSW Senior Foil Hungry Tiger special KA MSL 11 Thorpe/Stevenson
SIN 7 Vertical Horizon Mark Robinson NSW Senior Foil Prowler KA MSL 10 Fastacraft
9306 Hotblack Desiato Chris Dey NSW Senior Foil Hungry Tiger Truflo 2004 Fastacraft/Stevenson
9318 Sector 7 G Les Thorpe NSW Senior Skiff Hungry Tiger Truflo 2003
9333 Short Black Luka Damic NSW Senior Foil Hungry Tiger KA MSL 11 Fastercraft
9322 Obstreperous Mic Boode Vic Senior Skiff Hungry Tiger KA MSL 8
9343 Tiger on a Chain Phil Stevenson NSW Master Foil/Skiff Hungry Tiger Truflo 2003 Stevenson
9303 Statik Jakl Andrew Sim NSW Senior Skiff Hungry Tiger Truflo 2003
9316 Karma Package Deal Steve Donovan NSW Senior Foil Hungry Tiger KA MSL 11
9335 Bullet with Butterfly Wings Ben Crocker NSW Senior Skiff Hungry Tiger Truflo 2003
9321 Hollywood Tiger Peter Harney NSW Senior Foil Hungry Tiger KA MSL 11
9337 Solitary Leprechaun Alan Goddard NSW Senior Skiff Acadamy Special KA MSL 8
9334 Dreadnought Ned Dally SA Master Skiff Prowler KA MSL 9
9233 Meat Axium John McAteer NSW Senior Skiff Lazich Truflo
9331 AMLOR Craig Smith Vic Senior Foil/Skiff Hungry Tiger KA MSL 9 Fastercraft
9332 Rocket 88 Roger Quinn NSW Master Skiff Prowler Truflo 2003
9346 Fuzy Logic Greg Wise SA Senior skiff Wise KA MSL 9
9256 Smith Ian Sim NSW Master Scow Thorpe scow KA MSL 7
9311 Wombat on the Prowl Andrew MacDougall Vic Master Foil/Skiff Prowler prototype KA MSL 9 Fastercraft
9008 Turtle Touching Cloth Jon Reid NSW Senior Scow Skinny scow Truflo 2003
8769 Fran Kylie Lowy NSW Female Scow ply scow ?
8999 Floating Circus Mark Hughes Qld Senior skiff Wombat ?
9307 Hair of the Dog Sam Neeft SA Senior Skiff Wise Lazich ?
9326 Easy Tiger Sam MacKnight NSW Junior Skiff Hungry Tiger Truflo 2003
9285 Weekend Warrior Yarrek Bialkowski Vic Senior Skiff Lazich Sier?
9243 Bruce Bruce McLeod NSW Senior Foil/Skiff McLeod lazich One Design McLeod
9266 Avalanche Peregrine Horton Vic Senior Skiff Lazich SA
9342 Vertigo Geoff Kitchen NSW Senior Skiff Torpedo North