Fiat : Fastest Over the Waves!

FIAT: FASTEST OVER THE WAVES!

Fiat, sailed by Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Nathan Ellis, has taken the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, retaining their title as the world’s best 18ft skiff crew, with a race to spare at the weekend (24-25 February 2007).

Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Nathan Ellis fought off tough opposition from the young ‘Gotta Love It 7’ crew of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Robert Bell and ‘Asko Appliances’ lead by Hugh Stodart with a week of consistent and strong performances in a wide range of weather and sailing conditions on Sydney Harbour.

“Our congratulations for a job well done go to Michael, Aaron and Nathan,” says David Stone, General Manager for Fiat cars in Australia. “They have more than repaid our confidence in their abilities for our first venture in yachting in Australia. The 18ft Skiffs, and Fiat in particular, have provided high performance, skilled and exciting sailing on Sydney Harbour, a perfect match for the their yacht’s namesake, the Fiat Punto, and we look forward to developing our links with Australian sailing after our debut success!”

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Final - SLAM-Winning Appliances JJ Giltinan International 18ft Skiff Championship:
1 AUS Fiat 6 2 1 2 1 5 4 21 15pts
2 AUS Gotta Love It 7 5 5 3 1 6 4 1 25 19
3 AUS Rag & Famish Hotel 8 33 4 8 7 1 2 63 30
4 AUS Asko Appliances 4 13 5 4 4 3 33 66 33
5 USA Pegasus Racing 13 6 6 3 5 33 3 69 36
6 AUS appliancesonline.com.au 11 7.2 2 5 13 2 10 50.2 37.2
7 AUS Club Marine 3 1 7 14 23 6 8 62 39
8 NZL CT Sail Battens 9 33 10 7 2 7 5 73 40
9 AUS Macquarie Real Estate 1 10 15 13 10 18 6 73 55
10 AUS Active Air-2UE 2 12 9 11 12 21 12 79 58
11 AUS Omega Smeg 12 8 8 12 16 14 7 77 61
12 AUS Fisher & Paykel 7 22 17 6 8 9 18 87 65
13 AUS Maytag 10 14 16 16 3 10 16 85 69
14 AUS Ssangyong Yandoo 18 4 18 19 11 8 17 95 76
15 AUS Southern Cross Constructions 26 3 22 9 14 18.0 20 112.0 86.0
16 AUS AAPT 20 7 24 15 25 15 9 115 90
17 AUS CST Composites 21 16 14 10 33 13 19 126 93
18 NZL Helly Hansen Skiff Racing 25 9 21 27 17 20 13 132 105
19 AUS Delonghi 33 18 20 23 22 11 11 138 105
20 AUS Keith Piggin Estate Agents 23 17 13 20 20 22 15 130 107
21 GBR TMF Group 19 23 33 17 15 12 22 141 108
22 AUS SX Projects 15 19.2 26 18 9 26 21 134.2 108.2
23 GBR GE Commercial Finance 33 15 11 26 21 23 14 143 110
24 AUS Noakes Youth 24 11 31 21 18 19 23 147 116
25 AUS Pure Blonde 16 21 30 22 19 16 24 148 118
26 AUS Belle Property 22 19 12 24 28 33 25 163 130
27 AUS Panasonic 17 26 28 25 30 17 33 176 143
28 NZL SsangYong New Zealand 14 33 19 29 26 25 33 179 146
29 GBR Fat Face 27 24 25 28 24 27 33 188 155
30 AUS Kinder Caring Home Nursing 29 20 23 33 27 33 26 191 158
31 SWE ASKO Sweden 28 27 27 30 29 28 27 196 166
32 NZL Stunt Academy 33 28 29 31 31 29 33 214 181

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Release Number: 165-fiat-AU

Date of Issue: 24 November 2018. Time of Issue: 21:31:53