An extract from the following article on the Airlie Beach Race week website:
http://www.airlieraceweek.com/sailing/news/2013/all-systems-go-international-event
The 29-boat national championship fleet is impressive. There’s the seriously fast machines and then there are the cruisers.
Local OMR measurer, Shane Beyer, has been kept busy for the last 48 hours with “at least half the fleet being measured. We have had a few pushing the boundaries. Everyone is now measured in.”
National OMR Measurer Mike Hodges is tipping for Division 1, if it’s soft, George Owen’s APC Mad Max, Alasdair Noble’s Malice and Julian Griffiths, Hot Vindaloo. Then again he thinks Laban Rixon’s Wild Spirit has a good chance.
“Morticia is an unknown factor, but I think it will remain unknown. Those Sea Cart 30s come with a big reputation, but so far I haven’t seen the results, either here or in Asia, of those boats consistently winning. It’s an unbelievable rig. It’s totally carbon fibre.”
In Division 2 Hodges tips Bill Ferguson’s Midnight Rain or Garry Scott’s Coco Loco. “Garry Scott has pretty well won everything over the years. He is very consistent and he knows how to sail that boat,” Hodge said.
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