Yachts & Yachting - July 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES

TRACY SMITH

Champions compete

for F15 northern title

The Flying Fifteen northern

champs at Royal

Windermere YC had 47

boats, and was part of the

qualification for the 2019

worlds in Ireland.

With an 8 knot breeze,

three races saw local, Steve

Goacher sailing with Tim

Harper (current world

champions) taking the first

two wins. Graham Vials and

Chris Turner, (previous

world champions) won the

final race leaving the

leaderboard tight. Day two

saw shifty winds with holes

and gusts. Vials/Turner won

the first race, with Greg

Wells/Andrew Jamieson

claiming the final bullet.

Overall Goacher/Harper

took the championship with

Vials/Turner second.

Lloyd & Smith

dominate Dart 18s

Datchet Water SC hosted a

20-strong fleet for the Dart

18 Inlands, with light, shifty

winds making it tough.

David Lloyd/Hayley Smith

won the first race, while

Rod Winrow and Sarah Gee

took the second. A building

breeze on day two allowed

ANDREW ADAMS,/ CLOSE HAULED PHOTOGRAPHY

he West Kirby Hawks won their ith

Wilson Trophy ater a weekend of the

closest racing in recent years, with 32

teamsfromallovertheUKplusIreland,

the USA and New Zealand.

he weather gods provided wall-to-

wall sunshine and perfect breeze for team

racing, with 307 races run over the

course of the two and a half day event.

Ultimately it came down to a USA vs

GBR inal with a repeat of the 2016 inal

betweentheWestKirbyHawksandDays

of hunder. As the crowds lined the

shoreandpackedoutthegrandstand,the

USteamtooktheirstvictoryandthen

the Hawks took the next two races.

With the Hawks just one win away

fromthetrophyitwasalltodoforthe

USteamandtheylookedtohavethe

advantage going onto the inal beat, but

the Hawks (Andy Cornah, Dom Johnson,

Ben Field, Tom Foster, Kate Devereux,

FionaHarrington)dugdeeptogetbackin

contention and took victory with a 1,3,5.

he Allen Enterprise Inland

Championship at Blithield SC

kicked of the circuit, sponsored

by SailingChandlery.com

Being unusually early in the

season,andtheirsttimeoutin

2018 for many, not everybody

was immediately on their 'A

game' – which was evident

when most missed out a mark

on the irst lap of the irst race,

and banked an early discard.

In light airs, the irst race win

went to Ann Jackson/Alan

Skeens (Burghield), then the

wind disappeared, so three races

wereplannedfortheSunday.

hese were a bit of a

masterclass from current

national champions Becca and

Jer Stephens (Penzance), who

led all of them from start to

inish to claim the title.

Laura and Phil Bevan

(Graham Water) won the battle

forsecondwithHannahand

Tim Sadler (Yorkshire Dales)

third; this completed the

podium with three daughter/

father teams.

ALAN JENKINS

Solo Spring Cup

at Medemblik

hirty-seven Solo sailors made the

annual pilgrimage to Medemblik for the

Spring Cup, joining the OK leet.

Light and shity winds on day one saw

a 2,1 for Pete Mitchell.

Day two then had a gusty and still

shity Force 2-3 and saw Lawrence

Creaser claim his irst race win at a Solo

major, followed by another, and taking a

six point lead into the inal day.

he day started in a steadier 12 knots

with classic Medemblik chop. Mitchell

claimed his second and third race wins.,

but it was not enough to catch Creaser,

who won the seven-race series with 17

points counting, with Mitchell two

points further back in second overall,

and Andy Davis, unable to retain his

title, in third.

Family winners at Enterprise Inland Champs

Success on the inal

weekend of the Crewsaver

WarsashSpringChamps

went to those who best

managed the shits.

In White Group,

Christian Sutherland's

ReachAroundtookvictory

followed by Sweaty Betty

(David Atkinson). In the

J/70s, Calypso (Calascione/

Ripard)won,whileSoak

Racing (Marshall King/Ian

Wilson)wassecond.Louise

Morton’s Bullit won the

Quarter Tonners with

Cobh Pirate (Ben Daly)

second.InBlackGroup,

J/109 Jirafe (Simon Perry)

lostouttoJukebox(John

Smart). Two King 40s,

Nity (Roger Bowden) and

Cobra (Mike Blair), vied

forirstinthePerformance

40 Class and IRC1, with

Nity coming out on top.

VictoryinIRC2wentto

Assassin (Prima 38, Mark

Brown/Justin Leese); IRC3,

Elaine (Elan 37, Mike

Bridges); IRC4 Whooper

(Giovanni Belgrano) and

in the J/109s to Jukebox

(John Smart).

five further races. With

short races a perfect start

was essential. Winrow took

another race win, then Mat

and Jakob Exon the fourth.

Taking the title after

winning the next three

races were Lloyd/Smith,

counting eight points from

seven races. Last year’s

winners, Mat and Jakob

Exon, were second and

Winrow/Gee third.

Laser Spring

Qualifiers finale

The final Noble Marine

Laser Spring Qualifier, held

at Pwllheli, saw 56 Laser

Radial sailors and 15 in the

Standard fleet. The opening

day saw a 10 knot breeze

drop away.

In the Standard fleet, Jake

Farren-Price won the first

race and in very little wind,

Dan Whiteley won the

second. The Radials had

one race won by Jack Fahy.

A better breeze on day two

of 10-15 knots saw two

more race wins and a

second for Whiteley (Port

Dinorwic) in the Standard

fleet, who claimed event

victory, with Sam Whaley

(Swanage) second and Jake

Farren-Price (Chew Valley

Lake) third.

Crewsaver Warsash Spring

Championship finale

West Kirby Hawks

claim Wilson Trophy

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