King of the Bay – Redcliffe, September 2008

Thanks again to the Offshore Power Boats and Paul Gibbs for the invite. 

Much to the crowd’s delight the course was set out from the Redcliffe  Jetty and as the clock hit 11.00am the pace boat driven by Kev Tapp sent the 9 boats on their way – thanks Kev.

Conditions were extremely testing compared to 2007 with 10 – 15 knots and .5m close chop, cutting the crews that finished the long haul to five with four DNF’s.  Places were:

1^st:          Ducks Nuts:  Anthony Wagner / Andrew Buster

2^nd:         Goodline Stainless:  Grant Goodbuns / Greg Bence

3^rd:          H2go Plumbing:  Adam Horvath / Tim Underwood

4^th:          Darren Grono /

5^th:          Scaredy Cat:  Scott Kerrisk / Marty Clarke

DNF:      Graeme Farquher / Sam Morgan

DNF:      Scott Macleod / Dennis Johnson

DNF:      Lincoln Honeyman / Anthony Honeyman

DNF:      Jaimie Lee / Aaron Robinson

Thanks to all the competitors and also to Neptune Marine’s Jon Miller for manning the 5.3m Fatboy Thundercat as a Safety Boat and to John Fox Kerrisk from Neptune Marine for Race Directing.

We retired to the Moreton Bay Boat Club for lunch and drinks and a brief presentation.  Many thanks to all for coming and we’ll make it bigger and better next year.

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