Yachts & Yachting — February 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES

CLUBS & CLASSES

TIM ANDERTON

ALASDAIR MCQUIRE

nn3-4 February

John Merricks Tiger Trophy,

Rutland SC

nn4 February

IRC Yachts & Sportsboats

Winter Series/IRC Inlands,

Windermere Cruising Assoc

Snowflake 3&4, Chichester YC

Icicle Series, Leigh & Lowton

Icicle Series, Highcli€e SC

Icicle Series, Bough Beech SC

nn10 February

Channel Chop, Portishead

Yacht & SC

nn11 February

Icicle Series, Leigh & Lowton

FORTHCOMING

EVENTS

NICK PRICE

505 Ovington Inlands

Chris Turner stepped in with crew

Sam Pascoe at Graam Water to win

the 505 title at the Ovington Inlands.

Aer taking four bullets straight o

• 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.

Downriver Race concludes

Thames Series for Merlins

Seventeen Merlin Rockets

arrived at Putney for the

culmination of the ames

Series – a downriver race to

Battersea hosted by

Ranelagh SC.

Frances Giord and

Sophie Mackley sailed the

beautiful 1950s Diabolo,

number 214. Owner, Nick

Price, had kindly indicated

that there was no pressure

despite the fact Diabolo

had won the Silver Tiller

series in 1952 and 53.

Martin Hunter and Oliver

Meadowcro extracted

themselves from a tussle

with Giord-Mackley for a

comfortable win. Jon

Gorringe and Mark Oakey

battled for third, followed

by Ranelagh regulars

Duncan/Harriet Salmon,

and Pat/Jilly Blake. is

gave Martin Hunter and

Margaretha Herman/Oliver

Meadowcro the Series,

with John/Olivia Bell

second, and Jeremy Deacon

with Andy Johnstone/

Michael Janowicz, third.

Newbies in fourth were

John Cooper/Becci Wigley.

Icicle Series, Bough Beech SC

nn17 February

Oxford Blue, Oxford SC

nn18 February

Icicle Series, Leigh & Lowton

Snowflake 5&6, Chichester YC

IRC Yachts & Sportsboats,

Winter Series/IRC Inlands,

Windermere Cruising Assoc

Icicle Series, Highcli€e SC

Icicle series, Bough Beech SC

nn25 February

Exe Sails Starcross Steamer,

Starcross YC

Icicle Series, Bough Beech SC

Icicle Series, Leigh & Lowton

Final run decides RS Feva Champs

e RS Feva Winter Championship at Weymouth and

Portland Sailing Academy had a strong, cold north-

westerly. Out of the blocks well in the tough conditions

were Ben Hutton-Penman and Abi Jayasekara (Corinthian

Otters), who won the rst race. e next two races were

then a high wind master class from Sophie Johnson/Dylan

Collingbourne (Blackwater/Burnham). e wind then

moderated on day two. In the nal deciding race, Tom

Burke and eo Stewart (Windermere School) pipped

both leading boats to the leeward mark for the race win,

handing the winter title to Johnson/Collingbourne. Just a

point behind were Hutton-Penman and Jayasekara in

second overall, with Tom Storey/Rupert Jameson in third.

Winning streak sees

Gillard claim series

West Riding SC hosted the nal event of

the Sail Register-sponsored Streaker

Northern Paddle series in gusty

conditions, completing a 14-event series

of open meetings. e series saw 102

entries with 15 dierent race winners,

with a eet of 24 at the best attended

open meeting at Ripon.

Series victory went to Alan Gillard

(Sheeld Viking), who won at Hornsea,

Elton, Girton and Yeadon, counting

almost entirely rst places. A win at

Scaling Dam for Martin Penty (Beaver)

gave him second overall, while a win at

Beaver SC secured third for Ian Priest

(Scaling Dam). Peter Kitchen (Tees &

Hartlepool) who impressively travelled

to 10 events, was fourth overall.

ROGER STOLLERY

Uproar wins

Mermaid Trophy

At Guildford Model YC’s water at

Abbey Meads, the Marblehead

Mermaid Trophy open saw a gusty

breeze of variable direction

challenging competitors, with Peter

Stollery (Guildford) and Rob Vice

(Clapham) sailing dierent

congurations of their Uproar designs

to claim rst and second overall.

David Adam (Woking) sailing a

Prime Number design was third.

Musto Ski
Inlands

Despite a number of key helms

having their boats half way around

the world en-route to the worlds in

Australia, a 32-strong eet joined the

Ovington classes at Graam Water

for their inland championship. Tight

racing over eight races in 5-10 knot

winds saw seven race winners over the

eight-race series, with close battles

evident all the way through the eet.

Ben McGrane (Netley) proved a clear

winner by showing consistency

across the tricky conditions. Ben

Schooling and Dan Kilsby (Stokes

Bay) rounded o the top three.

Schooling also won the Musto Ski

national circuit for 2017.

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