Yachts & Yachting — March 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES

DAVID EBERLIN

ALASDAIR MCQUIRE

„4 March

IRC/Sportsboats Winter

Series, inc inland

championships,

Windermere Cruising

Association

Snowflake Race 7&8 and

prizegiving, Chichester YC

Tipsy Icicle Series, Leigh &

Lowton SC

Icicle Open Series,

Highcliffe SC

Frostbite Handicap Open,

Crosby SC

„10 March

Sutton Bingham Icicle,

Sutton Bingham SC

„11 March

Frostbite Handicap Open,

FORTHCOMING

EVENTS

SAILING SOUTHWEST

505 Ovington Inlands

Chris Turner stepped in with crew

Sam Pascoe at Grafham Water to win

the 505 title at the Ovington Inlands.

After taking four bullets straight off

• leaving world champions and the
  rest scrabbling for minor podium
  spots – they then put the overall
  result beyond doubt with another win
  in the opening race on day two, while
  light wind 505 specialists Ian Pinnell
  and Tim Needham scored a
  consistent 2,1,2,1 for a close second.

Int Canoe claims Paignton

Christmas Cracker win

The fourth round of the

Sailing Southwest Winter

Series took place at

Paignton in a chilly Force

2-3 northeasterly, which

did nothing to dampen the

festive spirit of the

Christmas Cracker.

Nearly 20 visitors turned

out for the two-hour

pursuit race, supported by

live GPS boat tracking from

Sailing Southwest. The

finish saw the International

Canoe of Chris Hampe well

ahead but there was a battle

between the Merlins of Sam

and Lianne Thompson and

John Turner-Katie Frost,

the former eventually

taking second. Paul and

Miles Proctor, in their

2000, eventually

succumbed to fourth with

Tim and Sarah Parsons’

Scorpion in fifth, just ahead

of the RS400 of Iain and

Charlotte Horlock.

Crosby SC

Tipsy Icicle Series, Leigh &

Lowton SC

„18 March

IRC/Sportsboats Winter Series

inc Inlands, Windermere

Cruising Association

RNLI Trophy, Leigh &

Lowton SC

Exmoor Ales Beastie,

Wimbleball SC

Frostbite Handicap Open,

Crosby SC

„25 March

Frostbite Handicap Open,

Crosby SC

„31 March

Merlin Rocket & Hadron H2

Open, Chichester YC

GP14 nails Notts County

First of the Year Race

Notts County SC’s traditional First of the Year Race saw two

races in a light breeze for the 44-strong fleet of entries from

across the east Midlands.

The Geoff Parker Memorial trophy and Phil Davies Cup

are awarded at the event and this year went to Peter Gray

and Rich Pepperdine from Staunton Harold and John Parr

and Kim Parnham from the home club. Gray/Pepperdine

won overall, claiming both slow fleet races in their GP14 by

a good margin. Solo sailor Steve Bishop from Girton was

second in the slow fleet and second overall while the fast

handicap fleet was won by the RS400 of Parr and Parnham,

in third overall. The windsurf winner was Guy Sprekley.

More than £350 was raised for charity, Maggie’s Centres.

Alternative penalty

at North Wales

Christmas Regatta

When Ffion Bailey infringed brother Jac’s

Tera at Port Dinorwic SC, he offered an

alternative penalty: rescue RS300 sailor

Mark Taylor’s snowman – seen floating

around the wing mark...

Ffion obliged but perhaps Taylor

should have had a reindeer crewing like

his Prestwick SC clubmate Alistair

(Storky) Mclaughlin – who won the

adult handicap class. Jac beat sister Ffion

to Tera victory; the youth handicap fleet

was won by Molly Wright (Laser4.7); the

Toppers by Annabelle Pierce-Jones;

Regatta by Morgan Rogers; and the

windsurfers by Catrin Williams.

LIZ NOBLET

Leigh on Sea

Brass Monkey

The Leigh on Sea SC Brass Monkey

Trophy race concluded the club’s

nine-race Winter Series, which saw 36

boats competing; Lloyd Walker

(Enterprise) topped the main

handicap fleet and Jonnie Wells was

thebestoftheveteranSolofleet.

In the Brass Monkey, the winners

were 29er sailors Will Taylor/Luke

Beuvink (Essex YC) with Mike Iszatt’s

RS600 (King George) second and Solo

sailor John Charles, third.

Youth sailors dominate

Draycote Water SC

festive pursuit series

Draycote Water SC’s open bank

holiday pursuit race series concluded

on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Breezier conditions over the festive

period saw Optimist sailor Millie

Irish finish third overall. The Boxing

Day pursuit was won by Fireballers

Mike Deane and Paul Disney, while

brothers Harrison and Fergus Pye in

their RS Feva rose to second overall

in the series. The final race was won

by Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett in

a Flying Fifteen while a third for the

Pyes saw them claim the series

overall, ahead of Bolland in second.

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