John Winning and his Ssangyong Yandoo crew produced one of their best performances of the season to take out Heat 4 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on Sydney Harbour today.

Ssangyong Yandoo defeated Casio Seapathfinder (Michael Coxon) by 14secs with recent Giltinan Championship winner Club Marine (Euan McNicol) a further 1min 9secs back in third place.

Although unplaced today, Omega Smeg (Daniel Phillips) heads the pointscore table with 18 points, followed by Asko Appliances (Hugh Stodart) on 19 and Casio on 21.The final race of the championship will be sailed on Sunday 3 April. Today’s race was sailed in a good 15-18kt north-east wind with Club Marine taking an early lead.The final race of the championship will be sailed on Sunday 3 April. Ssangyong Yandoo grabbed the lead from Club Marine midway through the race and wasn’t headed again before going on to victory.The final race of the championship will be sailed on Sunday 3 April.

The final race of the championship will be sailed on Sunday 3 April.

Results

1 Ssangyong Yandoo 1

2 Casio Seapathfinder

3 Club Marine

4 Maytag

5 Omega Smeg

6 SX Projects

7 Asko Appliances

8 Fisher & Paykel

9 Belle Property

10 Rag & Famish Hotel

11 CST Composites

12 Team Morrison

13 Team Pomfret

14 Panasonic

15 Aristocrat

16 Rosemount

17 Churchills Sports Bar

18 AAPT Non-starter