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Two-Handed Pointscore competitors share a drink after the Shellharbour Race.

Sydney-Pittwater, Shellharbour Race and Milson Memorial Cup

Competitors in the Short Haul Pointscore, Short Ocean Pointscore and Two-Handed Pointscore were in action over the weekend of 18-19 February.

The Short Haul Pointscore fleet headed north to Pittwater on Saturday, setting off from Sydney Harbour in 12 knots of breeze from the NNE.

Michael Selby’s X412 Cyrene 3 was first over the line and also won on corrected time from Next (Miles Bastick/Haydn Dare/Jon Short), Yputakiteup (Robyn Drew), It Happens (Craig Young) and First Light (David Jacobs and Roy Melick). Past Commodore John Cameron’s More Witchcraft retired from the race.

The six boats headed back to Sydney from Pittwater on Sunday, for the fifth race of the Short Haul Passage Pointscore.

Line and overall honours this time went to Next. Yputakiteup was second on corrected time, ahead of It Happens, More Witchcraft and Cyrene 3, while First Light retired.

There are two races remaining in the 2022/23 Short Haul Pointscore – on Saturday 11 March and Saturday 25 March.

First Light leads the overall pointscore standings on PHS, with Next second and Cyrene 3 third.

Cyrene 3 leads the pointscore on IRC.

Two-Handed Pointscore

Three boats headed south for the Shellharbour Race, the fifth race in the 2022/23 Two-Handed Pointscore.

It was a close race on the water, with less than 15 minutes between them over the line.

Graham Biehl’s Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 Tumbleweed, co-skippered by Nigel Nattrass, was first, from Jules Hall’s J/99 Disko Trooper (co-skippered by Matt Wenke) and Rumchaser (Andrew Butler’s J/122, co-skippered by Andrew Ebbott).

Tumbleweed claimed handicap wins on IRC and PHS, while Disko Trooper won on ORC.

With one race remaining in the pointscore (to Newcastle on Saturday 11 March), Disko Trooper leads the overall standings on IRC and ORC, while Rumchaser leads on PHS.

Short Ocean Pointscore

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron hosted the Milson Memorial Cup, Race 7 of the 2022/23 Short Ocean Pointscore.

Andrew Parkes skippered the R/P 52 Virago, which was the only boat in Division 1, moving to the top of the overall pointscore standings on IRC and PHS.

Division 2 featured nine boats. There was some close racing as Whistling Kite (Kym Evans) was first across the line from Stormaway (Jack Stening and Colin Gunn), which was just one second ahead of Georgia Express (Andrew Forbes).

Stormaway took IRC and ORC honours, while Whistling Kite was first on PHS.

The Division 2 pointscore is well and truly up for grabs. Stormaway leads Amante by three points on IRC, while Georgia Express and Stormaway share the lead on PHS.

The three ORC boats – Georgia Express, Amante and Stormaway – are separated by four points.

Race 8 takes place on Saturday 11 March, before the series finale on Saturday 25 March.

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