12
AUSTRALIAN SAILING (^) + YACHTING
APRIL-MAY 2015 MYSAILING.COM.AU
NEWS
ABOVE: Seve Jarvin steered Gotta Love it 7 to their
seventh JJ Giltinan title.
MAIN: Gotta Love it 7 won the 2015 JJ Giltinan
Championship with a race to spare.
FRANK QUEALEY
GOTTA Love It 7’s team of Seve Jarvin, Sam
Newton and Scott Babbage officially became
the 2015 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff champions after
the regatta concluded on Sydney Harbour in
February. The team had already secured the title
before the final race and skipper Seve Jarvin had
become the most capped skipper and competitor
in the championship’s 76-year history.
Jarvin originally crewed with Euan McNicol
on Club Marine in 2005 and has since skippered
seven championship winning Gotta Love It 7 skiffs
to victory. His record surpasses Andrew Buckland
for the most number of wins. Buckland won
five titles with Iain Murray on Color 7 then two
more with Peter Sorensen on Tia Maria.
Fittingly, Buckland was on hand to present Jarvin
and his team with the championship blue ribbon.
With the championship winner already decided,
the last race was vital for the next four placings in
the regatta as only eight points separated the four
teams involved. Soon after the start Thurlow Fisher
Lawyers (Michael Coxon) gained a substantial lead
over her nearest rival Mojo Wine (Lee Knapton)
and the overall result for second place was soon
established. USA champion Howie Hamlin
produced another good result with a fifth place to
finish third overall in the regatta.
- Frank Quealey
WINS RECORD EIGHTH JJ
GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SEVE JARVIN
FRANK QUEALEY