Salcombe Yacht Club Summer Series - Race 3
by Malcolm Mackley 29 Jun 2015 07:58 BST
27 June 2015
Sun, high tide and a force 2-3 South Westerly produced great sailing conditions for the third Summer Series race at Salcombe.
Race Officer Simon Gibbons was able to use all the estuary and sent the fleet to Blackstone followed by a trip to Yalton, Frogmore and Gerston and then a loop in the main estuary. In the Junior fleet, Max Pearce in his blue sailed Quba won on handicap from Evie Booth in her RS Tera and in the medium handicap fleet Tom Morris in his Laser radial was a clear winner from the Booth's Aeros.
In the fast handicap, Three Merlin Rockets and a National Twelve came to the line, and Peter Cook and Janet Exelby yet again won, even with Graham and Fiona Cranford Smith making the best start of the fleet. The Solo fleet was dominated by the "Master", Tim Law and the "up and coming Apprentice Master", Peter Ballentine. These two took the start and then had a race on their own with the Master covering every move of the Apprentice. The rest of the fleet muddled along and Class Captain Adrian Griffin sneaked in a capsize at Yalton; however there are no secrets at Salcombe as the whole fleet were told of the event at the bar debriefing after the race.
The Salcombe Yawl fleet was very depleted as twelve of them had ventured to Fowey for a separate Yawl Open meeting on foreign Cornish waters. Of the boats that did sail at Salcombe, David Jayne took line honours from Peter Stratton.
Race 3 Results: (top three)
Juniors
1st Quba 5, Max Pearce
2nd Terra 2146, Evie Booth
3rd Topper 721, George Alexander
Medium Handicap
1st Laser Radial, 154601 Tom Morris
2rd RS Aero 5, 1517 Claire Booth
3rd RS Aero 9, 1517 Chris Booth
Fast Handicap
1st Merlin 3616, Peter Cook and Janet Exelby
2nd Merlin 3769, Garaham and Fiona Cranford Smith
3rd Merlin 3621, Andrew and Tristrum Squire
Solos
1st 5599, Tim Law
2nd 4894, Peter Ballentine
3rd 5601, Simon Yates
Yawls
1st 28, David Jayne
2nd 161, Peter Stratton