That left the catamaran Sally Malay languishing at the back while Mulberry powered ahead to record a first and fastest, a feat repeated in the return race the following day.
Ian Walker’s big cat Sally Malay had scored two wins in the Mindarie races whilst Mark Pitt on the thoroughbred racer Mulberry also had two wins in the series and so it came down to the last two races of the season: the Hillarys to Rottnest and return races last weekend.
The two wins by Mulberry secured the Ocean Series trophy in division one.
Hard Evidence skippered by wily veteran Des Riley made the most of the fickle conditions for a second and a third placing and was the most consistent performer all season. Bill Gilbert on Jack Tar was second and fourth.
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READ NOWIn division two, Mark Taylor on Helga recorded a second and fourth placing to win the Ocean Series trophy for the division but was under pressure from Show Me (Bruce Ellery) who scored a first and second place, Tropical Itch (Tony Brooke) with a win and Pinta (Kevin Stacey) who had two fourths.
Although fastest in both races, Covert Operation (Bart Brouwer and Graham Atkinson) couldn’t overcome their handicap rating to score a pennant in the light conditions.
Rob Bills on Catabatic was happy with his first and fastest in both races in division three with Steve O’Keefe second on Comfortably Numb.