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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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OK DINGHY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Matt Stechmann (NZL) won the 2014
OK Dinghy World Championship at Black
Rock YC in Melbourne, held from
December 28 to January 4 2015,
after a week beset by bad weather
leaving only five races sailed out of a
possible 10. Going into the final race,
any of five boats could have taken the
title. Both Stechmann and runner up
Luke O’Connell (NZL) used home
built wooden boats, the last time a
home built boat won the world title was
Roger Blasse, back in 1998.

NATIONAL HERON

CHAMPIONSHIP

26 entrants contested the 56th

National Heron Championship

regatta held at Lindisfarne,

Tasmania. Heronasaurus sailed

by Queensland’s David Johnson

crewed by sons Tom and Lachlan

won the title. The Johnson

family sailed very well in a mix

of conditions. The first two boats are GRP hulls built by

Dinghy Sports and carried the standard Heron jib. Flaw

Show is a home built timber boat and was the best placed

of the competitors using the larger headsail that is now

permitted for combined crew weight above 135 kg.

1. Matt Stechmann, 18


2. Luke O’Connell, 19


3. Roger Blasse, 19

FLEET: 77 boats

RESULTS

GENEVIEVE MAJOR

1. Heronasaurus, David Johnson/
   Tom Johnson/Lachlan Johnson


2. Pittwater Pearl, Mark Phillips/
   Lanie Phillips/Hugh Phillips


3. Flaw Show, Richard Gibson/
   Therese Nolan

FLEET: 26 boats

RESULTS

MIKE CALDER

Start of race two.