2ndhanddinghies RS400 Southern Tour at the Lymington Dinghy Regatta

by Pete Vincent 26 Jul 2014 15:51 BST 19-20 July 2014

It was off to sunny Costa del Lymington after the thunderstorms for the latest round of 2ndhanddinghies RS400 Southern Tour.

Out on the race course it was not looking promising; the sort of thing that gives race officers nightmares with fitful breezes coming in from 3 directions but eventually a westerly sea breeze won and race 1 started in a fairly reasonable 8-10 knots. Rob and Jan Martin lead at the first mark from Pete Vincent/Annie Barker; the Martins yachted off into a commanding lead leaving a bit of a tacking battle behind on the second beat. The wind became very soft on the second run and then disappeared altogether at the start of the third beat leaving the fleet trying to get against the tide in shore but to no avail the time limit was reached. Luckily with the worry of thunderstorms the SI's had been changed so that if a race had to be abandoned the positions on the previous lap counted so everyone had a result and the Martins a deserved win.

After a delay the westerly decided it liked the western Solent and reappeared and stayed to give a good race in a firmer breeze. The Martins were in fine form to lead from early on to win. Burghfields finest Steve Middleton and Chris Rowland claimed second from Howard Farbrother/Dan the lever Martin. Now late in the afternoon a third race was not possible so the Martins had an emphatic overall win and the fleet some good tans!

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail Number	Boat Name	Helm Name	Crew Name	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1st	1433	‑	Rob Martin	Jan Martin	LTSC	1	1	4
2nd	1418	Chaos Monkey	Howard Farbrother			‑5	3	5
3rd	1400	English Rose	Steve Middleton	Chris Rowland	Burghfield	‑8	2	7
4th	1088	Quality Time	Mark Chamberlain	Rebacca Chamberlain	Other	2	5	11
5th	983	Yellow Peril	Kevin Podger	Ben Toogood	RLymYC	7	‑10	16
6th	1370	Still thinking of 1	Keith Willis	Julie Willis	LTSC	4	8	16
7th	1313		Pete Vincent	Annie Baker		3	7	18
8th	824	Another Fine Mess	Chris Banner	Ellis Benner	Tata Steel SC	12	6	28
9th	1101	Random Roger	Simon Baker	Lou Hosken	Queen Mary	11	9	30
10th	1424	‑	John Martin	Pam Martin	LTSC	13	11	31
11th	1390	‑	Daniel Hawkins	Andy Hatch	Queen Mary	6	4	32
12th	1031		Max Tosetti	Jonny Douglas		‑14	14	33
13th	1236		Mike Baker	June Baker	LTSC	‑15.5	12.5	37.5
14th	1109	Sweet Disposition	Richard Mayo	Fiona Mayo	LTSC	(DNC)	DNC	42
15th	1296	Thirsty	Howard Eales	Bradley Eeees		9	12.5	43.5
16th	1404	‑	M. Thomas	S. Nicholas	LTSC	(DNC)	DNC	49
17th	1322	Mind the Doors	Gideon Ewers	Gilly Evans	Chichester YC	(DNC)	16	53
18th	1051		Matt Sheahan	Caroline Sheahan	Netley S.C	10	(DNF)	54
19th	1270	Yellow Peril	James Cutler	Andy Trim	RLymYC	17	15	54
20th	700	‑	Stephen Reneaux	Katy Martin	LTSC	15.5	(RET)	59.5
21st	1127	Airshock 3	Neil Davison	James Woods Davison	LTSC	(DNC)	DNC	60