Chilli top scores in the Multihull Series

12:43 AM Mon 25 Jan 2010 GMT

'Chilli - red hot finish - Audi Victoria Week' Teri Dodds &copy

The Geelong Taxi Network Multihull Series, part of Audi Victoria Week, was decided yesterday afternoon, but final results were kept top secret until last night's prize giving when Geoff Floyd, thinking he'd finished second, was called up as the overall winner of the eight-race series with his Corsair Sprint 750 called Chilli.

Floyd, sailing for the Hastings Yacht Club in Victoria, finished on 16 points, two points clear of Peter Floyd's Goldfinger (SA) and Tim Pepperell's E-Marineworld Skips (Vic), both Farrier designs.

'We got off to a bad start on the first day, breaking some rigging followed by a poor second race, but we finished the regatta strongly with a win and a second yesterday, which got us over the line' said a delighted Floyd.

'I've been coming to Geelong for the past 20 years sailing on others boats and for the past two regattas my own, and this is my first win so it's pretty special.

'Last year the boat was new to us and we were still getting used to it. This year we bought some new sails and gathered up a good crew and it's paid off for us.

'We had great racing with [second placed] Goldfinger; they are a bigger boat and it's always pleasing to be close to them on the course,' added Floyd.

Commenting on the overall series the winning skipper is delighted with the regatta standard of competition and the camaraderie that exists amongst the multi-hull fleet of 11 representing Victoria and South Australia.

'The quality of the fleet is great, the competition was really close, and everyone had a lot of fun. We all meet up after racing, it's not a huge fleet but everyone enjoys getting together.'

Most other divisions are still in the thick of their competition, with many results expected to go down to the wire in tomorrow's deciding races while for the multihulls, their competition wrapped up yesterday after six days on the water.

The class had a head start on the extensive Audi Victoria Week racing program; their first race commenced last Tuesday at Geelong before the fleet raced to Melbourne and back again with Saturday's huge Passage Race fleet.

The Geelong Taxi Network Multi-Hull Series is one of the many class battles that make up Audi Victoria Week which is being hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club for the 166th year.

Geelong Taxi Network Multi-Hull Series

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

**Series Results [EHC] up to Race 8 (Drops = 1)**
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Design	Sers Score	Race 8	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		V5	CHILLI	Geoff Floyd	MYCV	Corsair Sprint 750	26.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	5.0	[8.0]	5.0
2		YC666	GOLDFINGER	Peter Boyd	RSAYS	Farrier F9A	28.0	[7.0]	6.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	6.0	6.0
3		339	E-MARINEWORLD SKIPS	Tim Pepperell	MYCV	Farrier F9AX	29.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	5.0	3.0	[8.0]	4.0	1.0
4		21	REDSHIFT	George Bulka	MYCV	Farrier F82r	29.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	8.5	7.0	3.0	[14.0R]
5		13M	THE TRIBE	John Hardy	RSAYS	Farrier F82r	36.0	[8.0]	3.0	6.0	7.0	6.0	6.0	5.0	3.0
6		V6	SHUTTLE	David Tapper	MYCV	Cirrostratus 10	36.5	4.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	8.5	2.0	[9.0]	8.0
7		V4	FRASSLD	Shaun Fishley	MYCV	Farrier 31	38.0	10.0	14.0C	[14.0F]	1.0	1.0	9.0	1.0	2.0
8		42	SCHARNHORST	Ross McOmish	GRYC	Corsair Sprint 750	39.0	6.0	7.0	[9.0]	4.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	7.0
9		SA888	HAWKEYE	Peter Hawker	RSAYS	F 9A	40.0	9.0	8.0	7.0	[14.0C]	7.0	3.0	2.0	4.0
10		V48	PECCADILLO	Charles Meredith	MYCV	Chris White 46 Mk II	70.0	11.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	[14.0C]
11		V171	CASCADE	Alex Macnaughtan	MYCV	Crowther 46 Cat	71.0	5.0	9.0	1.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	[14.0C]
12		G911	PATHFINDER	Peter Julian	RGYC	Lagoon 440	92.0	14.0C	11.0	11.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	[14.0C]
13		GR297	WILPARINA 11	Robert Remilton	GRYC	Farrier F9r	98.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	[14.0F]

www.victoriaweek.com

by Lisa Ratcliff

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