COA Championship Series 2009/10 Final Results

Written by Robert Berkley

A rather good "Not the Macau Race" weekend organized by the COA and the RHKYC was a good hint that the final Macau Race of the 2009/10 COA Championship Series was not going to take place and that the results for the COA Championship Series were already decided.

Starting with HKPN, congratulations to G.A. who, once again, convincingly won the HKPN division of the series. No One Else, never far away from the podium, saw a well-earned second place but were pushed all the way by Chota Scye, only a few points adrift in 3^rd place. There were some excellent performances throughout the year on some newly owned boats that would go un-noticed by just looking at the overall scores. If a wager was to made for next year, one would not go far astray in backing Encre de Chine, Skywalker, Talkinghead, Boadacea, Kolwezi and Golden Delight as possible challengers to the title that G.A. has pretty much made her own over recent years.

The IRC division saw 4 boats mounting a serious challenge and the overall victory in IRC would have been decided by the final Macau Race of the year if sailed as planned. Red Kite 2 is the winner of the COA Championship Series 2009/10 IRC division. Once again the scores do not tell the whole story; what makes this victory convincing is that it was achieved by sailing one less race than Wicked. Well done to Anthony Root and his crew. The Series is only open to COA members so the 2^nd place in the IRC division is taken by Blauwoet and 3^rd, by last years winner, Ambush.

Wicked under the new stewardship of Tristan Stewart, although not qualified for the series has shown good early potential. It is also great to see Blackjack back as well as to see Mandrake end up high in the rankings; not a bad effort for a boat that spends half her time around the Asian circuit.

The 2008/09 COA Championship Series consisted of about 25 individual races, 4 regattaâ€™s, several COA Macau races, 2 or 3 coastal races including the Pedro Blanco and the Round the Island Race. Some of us have to work for a living, so for 2009/10 the series was streamlined to only include one premiere event from each club, now including the DBYC Middle Island Regatta, with the COA Macau races and the RTIR still included in the melee. The new format worked to a degree but there were some failings. The DBYC Middle Island Regatta did not have an IRC division, the RHKYC China Coast Regatta, no HKPN division. By not having a final Macau race the series was decided by Chinese New Year which for a year round series is not ideal when the sailing year only starts in September. An obvious move would be to replace the HHYC Port Shelter Regatta with the Typhoon Series to extend some year round interest. The concept evolves!

As for the structure of the series for 2010/11â€¦â€¦this is not yet known. Hopefully the COA will declare what will constitute the series before the sailing year begins in September. Congratulations again to Red Kite 2 and G.A. Good luck next year.

Rob Berkley
27^th May 2010

FINAL RESULTS IRC DIVISION

	Yacht	Points		Yacht	Points
1^st	Red Kite II	370.5	35^th	Outrageous	129
2^nd	Wicked	365	36^th	Cave Canem	123.5
3^rd	Blauwoet	358	37^th	Sex Drive	121.75
4^th	Ambush	342.25	38^th	Bits and Pieces	118
5^th	Sell Side Dream	292.5	39^th	R.B.	117.5
6^th	Blackjack	259.5	40^th	Calamansi	113
7^th	Mandrake	240	41^st	Tornado	105
8^th	Men At Work	236.5	42^nd=	Evolution Racing	87
9^th	Intrigue	230	42^nd=	Boss Hog	87
10^th	Orient Xpress	229.75	44^th	Nauticruiser	81.25
11^th	Tipsy Frenz	226	45^th=	Moll	81
12^th	Gambit	221	45^th=	Full Metal Jacket	81
13^th	Authority	209.5	47^th	Crystal	77.5
14^th	Roxanne	209	48^th	Reef Knot	76
15^th	Stella	204.75	49^th=	Sai Kung Belle	75
16^th	Whiskey Jack	196.5	49^th=	Legs Eleven	75
17^th	Crystal(218)	193.5	51^st	Kuoll Baby	74
18^th	Rampage	191	52^nd	The Farr Side	73
19^th	Fatina	189.75	53^rd	Jelik 2	70
20^th	Fox in Soxs	183.25	54^th	Strewth	67
21^st	Taxi	181.25	55^th	Temujin	66
22nd	Redeye	161.25	56th	Jelik 3	65
23^rd	Dexter II	160	57^th	Pronto	63
24^th	Struan	157	58^th	Close Shave	62
25^th	Miss Salona 2	155	59^th	Kei Lun	59
26^th	Ffreefire 52	153	60^th	Bucephalus	48.75
27^th	Kiasu	152.25	61^st	Brizo	46.5
28^th	Getafix	150.5	62^nd	Aya	45.75
29^th	Jelik II	149	63^rd	Darling	45
30^th	Xena	145	64^th	Rhumb Punch	44.25
31^st	Mojito	142	65^th	Barnstormer	43.5
32^nd	Dexter I	132.25	66^th	Harmony	42.75
33^rd	Cloud	131.5	67^th	Dearg Doom	42
34^th	Moonblue 2	130.25

Yachts known to belong to COA members and are eligible for the series are highlighted in red. Please contact the COA if your yacht is listed appropriately.

FINAL RESULTS HKPN DIVISION

	Yacht	Points		Yacht	Points
1^st	G.A.	502	43^rd	Mystique	77
2^nd	No One Else	401.75	44^th	Aegean	75
3^rd	Chota Scye	396.5	45^th	Poppytoo	73
4^th	Encre de Chine	337.75	46^th=	Spaceship	72
5^th	Talkinghead	331.25	46^th=	Heartbeat	72
6^th	Skywalker	327.25	48^th	Thea	70.5
7^th	Woodcrest	244	49^th=	Sleeepy Pigggy	70
8^th	La Folia	239.75	49^th=	Sipadan	70
9^th	Kolwezi	238.75	51^st	O'sea 2	69
10^th=	Rhapsody	220.5	52^nd	Pepper & Salt	67.5
10^th=	Reef Knot	220.5	53^rd=	Sotally Tober	67
12^th	Xanadu II	210	53^rd=	Sawadee	67
13^th	Boadacea	193	53^rd=	Epic	67
14^th	Soko	176	56^th	Jalicia	66
15^th	Harlequin	174	57^th	Atmosphere	64.5
16^th	Golden Delight	167.5	58^th	Yolo	64
17^th	Crystal Dolphin	163.75	59^th	Allegro	63
18^th	Groovy	160.75	60^th	Water Rabbit	61.5
19^th	Xiphias	157.75	61^st=	Intrigue Plus	60
20^th	Darling	152.5	61^st=	Chi Machine 2	60
21^st	DEA II	146.25	63^rd	DEA	59.25
22^nd	Windseeker	138.5	64^th	Red Kite	58.5
23^rd	Bleu de Toi	136	65^th=	Lover	57
24^th	Scrumpy	132.5	65^th=	Fever 28	57
25^th	Legs 11	129.75	67^th=	Tardis	55.5
26^th	Scintilla	129.25	67^th=	Kaochi	55.5
27^th	Brigadoon	128.75	69^th	RHKYC Plateau 2	49.5
28^th	Tuatahi	123.5	70^th	Melcan Tilou	48.75
29^th	Aurora	119.5	71^st	Shearwater	48
30^th	Countess of Cathay	117.5	72^nd	Tara	46.5
31^st	Square Bear	114.5	73^rd=	Zam Zammah	37.5
32^nd	Ahyoka	113	73^rd=	Tempt Fate	37.5
33^rd	Vega	111.25	73^rd=	Taka Rita	37.5
34^th	Xalanaxa	110.75	73^rd=	Shahna Bacal	37.5
35^th	Aura	98.5	73^rd=	Lan Ying	37.5
36^th	Skellum	87	73^rd=	L & T	37.5
37^th	Aya	86.25	73^rd=	Jadalinkir	37.5
38^th	Wild At Heart	86	73^rd=	Happy Days	37.5
39^th	Harmony	81.25	73^rd=	Farr Fetched	37.5
40^th	Rigel	81	73^rd=	Chiquita	37.5
41^st	Baringo	80	73^rd=	Cata Ben 34	37.5
42^nd	Miss Salona II	78	73^rd=	Cata Ben 22	37.5

Yachts known to belong to COA members and are eligible for the series are highlighted in red. Please contact the COA if your yacht is listed appropriately.

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