Yachts & Yachting – April 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES

PETER MARSHALL

„2 April

Torbay Tornado, Royal

Torbay YC

„7-8 April

Enterprise Midland

Championship,DoubleChine

Series,MiddleNeneSC

RSAeroWinterTraining,

Weymouth&Portland

SailingAcademy

„7 April

Seminar: Introduction to

FORTHCOMING

EVENTS

DON BUCKLE

Bolland claims

RS300 Inland title

The RS300 Inland Championship was

held at Stewartby after being

postponedfromautumndueto

StormBrian,butwasalmostaswindy

and much colder. Capsizes saw plenty

of place changing. Steve Bolland

(Bristol Corinthian) took the first win

despite a late dip of his own, the next

two bullets going to Paul Watson

(Bowmore) and local Pete Ellis. Back

in the clubhouse it became clear that

Harry McVicar (Draycote) was the

overnight leader, with a decent 2,2,2

series by dint of sailing fast and not

falling in.

If day one was full on then day

two was weapons-grade windy. The

mother of all gusts hit the fleet on

the opening run, with only Bolland

staying upright and taking the win.

Bolland,provingthereislifeinthe

old dog yet, went on to win the next

two races as well and the inland title,

with Watson second and Ellis third.

Cruiser Racing,

Chichester Cruiser

Racing Club

„14-15 April

Daffodil Regatta,

Ullswater YC

„14 April

RS Aero Spring Champs,

Burghfield SC

„22 April

Dragon Pursuit Race,

Glossop SC

Squally winds reaching 30 knots

from the northeast made for

record-breaking conditions in the

82ndMountGayRound

Barbados Race.

While the lively conditions in

bigseasprovedtoomuchfor

many of the 34 entries in the

60nm sprint around the island of

Barbados, seven records were

broken – the largest ever number

in the history of the event.

Local adrenaline junkie Trevor

Hunte on his windsurfer smashed

hisownrecordwithatimeof5h

30m 46s, while CQS, the 100ft

multi-winged supermaxi from

Australia skippered by Ludde

Ingvall, broke the Absolute

Monohull record and established

the 100ft and under record

(04:13:37).

Young sailors included

27-year-old Jason Tindale’s team

from Barbados YC in College

Funds, who having established

the J/24 record in 2015 and

bettered their time in 2016, did it

again (08:18:09).

The 50ft and under record

wenttothetwo-year-oldBritish

custom-built Marc Lombard 46

IRC cruiser racer, Pata Negra,

ownedandskipperedbyGiles

Redpath (06:19:53) with a team

of mainly locals, some of who

had never sailed before.

AndreasBergfromGermany

broke his Singlehanded record

from last year in his Dufour 44

Luna (07:57:19), and Conviction,

the local Botin Carkeek-designed

TP52 with David Staples at the

helm, set a new 60ft and under

record (05:17:29). The fast local

team aboard J/105 Whistler,

helmed by Peter Lewis, took the

CSA Record (06:11:40).

Each winning team won

their skipper’s weight in Mount

Gay Rum!

PETER MAKIN

Inaugural Portishead

Channel Chop Pursuit

The Channel Chop was held for the

very first time this year with 24

dinghies tackling a two-hour pursuit

race at Portishead in a blustery SSW

wind. Although the wind direction

meant there was a lack of any true

Channel chop, some exciting offshore

legs, gusting 25 knots, meant the

trapeze boats came through to

dominate. At the end, local team

Chris and Jon Gill in their Fireball

werewelloutinthelead,butitwasa

photofinishforsecondplacewith

fellow locals Anthony and James

Willcocks’ Fireball pipping Castle

Cove’s Terry Curtis and Peter Greig in

their Osprey. Sam and Leanne

Thompsonwerefourthandfirst

non-trapeze boat in their Merlin Rocket.

Staunton Blaster

The Staunton Blaster proved a test of

endurance for the 30-strong fleet, with up

to 40 knots on the first day and 28 knots on

the second. The five-race series saw locals

taking the podium, the overall win going to

CoreyNewton(Supernova)aheadofMatt

Foskett/Simon Foskett (Fireball) and Pete

Gray/Rachael Rhodes (Scorpion) third.

This was the first half a Midlands mini-

series, with the second half at Notts County.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Bough Beech Icicle half time

At the halfway point in the Bough Beech Icicle series, eight

races had been completed with 86 entries across the two

handicap classes.

A breezy opening day was followed by two days of calm

and a warm moderate breeze.

In the 70-entry conventional class, local Wayfarer team

GuyMarksandSamPygallwerelookinghardtobeatwith

five first places, while in the asymmetric class the

competition is much closer, with RS400 sailors Mick and

Sarah Whitmore (Royal Sovereign) leading – but only five

points separating the first four boats.

Seven records smashed in Round Barbados Race

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