Yachts & Yachting - July 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES

PETER FOTHERGILL

ANDREW ADAMS / CLOSE HAULED PHOTOGRAPHY

BETH TATE

he RS Sprints at Rutland SC saw patchy

windsandsunonSaturday,andbreeze

and sun on Sunday for the 85 boats.

In the RS100 day one went to Clive

Eplett (Frensham Pond) but with the

breezeondaytwo,itwasRobert

Richardson (Royal Windermere) who

engaged warp drive for a winning day,

while Eplett held onto second.

In the RS200s, Maria Stanley and Rob

Henderson (Itchenor/HISC) won with

ninewins,withSteveandBeckyWilson

followinginsecond.

Paul and Mark Oakey (Portchester)

convincingly won the RS400s counting a

string of bullets from Sam and John

Knight (Bartley).

Paul Watson claimed the RS300 leet

win, while in the RS Aero 7s, Emily

Watson (Bowmoor) took the overall win

by one point.

he 2000 class joined in too, enjoying

the racing. he inal results saw Richard

and Eilidh Harvey (Carsington) irst, and

Chris and Gill Jordan (Burghield/

Brightlingsea) second.

he 2018 Helly Hansen

Warsash Spring Series, was

characterised by light winds,

until the inal race which saw

15knotsoutofthenorth.

From an entry of 30 J/70s,

DSP (Douglas Struth) sailed

consistently to win from

Peggy(JonPowell).Firstand

second in the SB20s were

DarkandStormy(Andrew

Bell)andTrouble&Strife

(George Barker).

In Black Group, Sailplane

(Rob Bottomley) won IRC1.

IRC2 went to Davanti Tyres

(Chaz Ivill). Scarlett Jester

(Jamie Muir) won IRC3.

IRC4 went to Stan he Boat

(Toby Gorman).

In the J/109s, Jirafe (Simon

Perry) took the win. he J/88s

Tigris (Gavin Howe) and

J-Dream (David/Kirsty

Apthorp) tied, with J-Dream

winning on countback.

A 35-strong Squib leet hit the start line

fortheSquibGoldCuphostedbythe

Royal Corinthian YC, where sailors had

to choose wisely between the north and

south shores of the challenging River

Crouch to beat into a mild easterly

complemented by a sea breeze.

Ater two races, many of the fancied

boats were carrying two discards. Race

three brought with it a wind shit as the

seabreezeswitchedof,massively

favouring the pin end. Aquabat (Stu Rix/

Steve Warren-Smith, RVYC) secured a

third bullet, with Squiggle (Jono Brown/

Chris Dunn, RCYC) and Pani Munta

(Mike Probert/James Bryer) the only

others with top 10 inishes in every race.

On day two, race four saw a turning

tide playing havoc with the start, with

goodbehaviourrestoredbytheUlag

butitwasanotherwinforAquabat.

Other race wins went to Humphrey

(Robert Coyle and Marc Rawinsky),

ArtemisII(PhilandChrisRust)and

PaniMunta(MikeProbert,JamesBryer,

RCYC), the latter claiming third place

overall behind Squiggle in second and

the victorious Aquabat.

A 38-boat entry for the

GP14 Midland Area

Championship at Chase

SC included current world

champions Shane

MacCarthy/Andy Davis

and current national

champions Ian Dobson/

Andy Tunniclife, plus

Nick Craig, Toby Lewis

and Tom Gillard.

Two races in a Force 2-3

saw two bullets for Impact

Marine’s Dobson/

Tunniclife.

henwithablacklagin

play and a Force 3-4, four

races followed on day two.

Shity conditions and a

good number of OCS/

BFDs, meant consistency

waskey,withDobson/

Tunniclife delivering a

master-class.

Second overall were last

year’s area champs, Pete

Gray and Richard

Pepperdine (Staunton

Harold) with Tom Gillard

andAndyhompson

(Sheield Viking/East

Antrim) third.

In the Radial fleet, going

into the final race, Tom

Pollard was leading Jon

Emmett but it was close for

the top ten. Emmett added

a final race win to a 2,3 for

the win, with Matt Beck

second and Ben Elvin third.

Asymmetric

Challenge

RS400 team Paul and Jude

Allen claimed victory in the

Great North Asymmetric

Challenge on home waters

at Bassenthwaite SC.

They were over the start in

the final race, but they had

sucient points for the win.

There was a great turnout

of more than 30 boats for

this year's GNAC, sponsored

by Rope4Boats, with eight

races accross two days.

RS700s at SnetFest 2

A light RS700 Rooster

National Tour kicked of at

Snetfest 2 at Snettisham

Beach SC, with 16 visitors

and four home boats.

Philip Highfield (Gt

Yarmouth & Gorleston) had

a consistent weekend for

third overall, Matt Carter

Helly Hansen Warsash

Spring Series concludes

RS Sprint Championships at Rutland

Champions chase

successatGP14Midland

Aquabat takes Squib

Gold Cup victory

(Lancing) took second and

class chairman Richard

Wadsworth (Stokes Bay/

RNSA) came away with first

place, a bottle of rum and a

Rooster neck gaiter.

J/24 Dartmouth

Spring Cup

The J/24 Premier Noss

Marina-sponsored

Dartmouth Spring Cup was

contested by nine boats in

conditions ranging from a

slow drift to 20+ knots.

Newcomer Dave Hale in

Cacoon claimed two bullets

and two fourths for the

overall win, pushed all the

way by James Torr's Majic,

just a point further back.

Scorpion Welsh

Champs

The Scorpion Welsh

Championship at Llandudno

was won with a race to

spare by Pete Gray and

Rachel Rhodes (Staunton

Harold), ahead of current

national champions Andy

Mckee and Steve Graham

(Dovestone) with Steve

Walker/Jerry Hannabuss

(Pennine) third.

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