18ft Skiffs - Mick Scully Memorial Trophy on Sydney Harbour

9:17 AM Sun 24 Oct 2010 GMT

'Pure Blonde & 7 on tight spinnaker run - 18ft Skiffs: Mick Scully Memorial Trophy' Frank Quealey &copy /Australian 18 Footers League

Nick Press, Dan Phillips and Dave Ewings are waiting for their new Smeg-sponsored skiff to be delivered, but sailing a borrowed boat in today's Mick Scully Memorial Trophy didn't stop them from recording a very good victory on Sydney Harbour. Press and his crew sailed consistently throughout the race in a southerly wind which varied between 10-18 knots. Smeg (using the 'Gill' boat) defeated Matt Searle's Red Claw by 2m10s with Yandoo (John Winning) a further 42s back in third place. Jonathan Whitty's Panasonic was fourth, followed by De'Longhi (Simon Nearn) and Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin) sixth. The ...

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