Inshore Series Solent Race 1 at the Island Sailing Club
by Mike Peskett, Principal Race Officer 6 Jul 2015 15:33 BST
4-5 July 2015
Last weekend saw the Island Sailing Club hosting its first weekend of the Cowes Keelboat Series and the Long Solent Race of the Inshore Series.
It was good to see a reasonable turnout of XODs on both days with the most successful boat being Delight (Mike Till) who scored a first and a second, with Seamist next with a first and a third. In the Darings, Decoy had a first and a second, beaten on Sunday by Dauntless by almost three minutes having lost out substantially on the last run of the course. Disappointingly, only two Dragons appeared on Saturday with Furious beating Chime II by less than a minute but on Sunday, the Old Bailey beat Chime II a further seven minutes behind.
The long Solent Race started with a four mile beat against the strong tide which took the slower boats almost two hours with the complete 22 mile course lasting only about five hours for most. In the IRC class, Alamara B III (Ole Bettum) took line honours and saved her time against Joker (Nick and Edward White) with Alchemist (Mark Wynter) third. In the ISCRS class, only three of the four boats called OCS returned to start properly and Thunder Squall (Julian James) had a huge win on corrected time with Star-Born 4 (Peter Dickson) some way behind with Dabra (Ian Millar) third.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Name | Boat Type | Skipper |
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| Inshore Series ‑ Solent Race ‑ ISCRC Class |
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| 1 | Alamara B III | J97e | Ole Bettum |
| 2 | Joker | NER | Nick and Edward White |
| 3 | Alchemist | HALF TONNER | Mark Wynter |
| Inshore Series ‑ Solent Race ‑ ISCRS Class |
|---|
| 1 | Thunder Squall | J 100 OD | Julian James |
| 2 | Star ‑ Born 4 | FIRST 25.7 | Peter Dickson |
| 3 | Dabra | SUN FAST 32i | Ian Miller |
| Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm | R1 | R2 | Pts |
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| Class: Keelboat CCCA ‑ X One Design |
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| 1 | X75 | Delight | Mike Till | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | X83 | Seamist | David Russell ‑ Jones & John Claxon | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | X99 | Xin Bai | Andrew Cooper | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Class: Keelboat CCCA ‑ Daring |
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| 1 | 7 | Decoy | Andrew Norton & Richard Ottaway | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 24 | Derring Do | Peter Scott | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 15 | Dolphin | David Gower | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Class: Keelboat CCCA ‑ Dragon |
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| 1 | GBR741 | Chime II | Jenny Stutley | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | GBR660 | The Old Bailey | Dave Ross | DNC | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | GBR777 | Furious | Owen Pay | 1 | DNF | 5 |
| Boat Name | Boat Type | Skipper | Christchurch bay | Solent R | Pts |
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| Inshore Series ‑ IRC Class |
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| Joker | NER | Nick and Edward White | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Alamara B III | J97e | Ole Bettum | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Pinball Wizard | HALF TONNER | John Dudley | 4 | DNF | 9 |
| Crakajax | X 95 | Richard Hollis | 2 | DNC | 12 |
| Alchemist | HALF TONNER | Mark Wynter | DNF | 3 | 13 |
| Swan Galiana | SWAN 55 YAWL | Patrick Green | 5 | DNC | 15 |
| Xinska | X 40 | Bernard Olesinski / R Morgan | 6 | DNC | 16 |
| Aztec | Archambault A35 | Julian Tickner | 7 | DNC | 17 |
| Inshore Series ‑ ISCRS Class |
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| Thunder Squall | J 100 OD | Julian James | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Star ‑ Born 4 | FIRST 25.7 | Peter Dickson | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Dabra | SUN FAST 32i | Ian Miller | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Zenith | FIRST 33.7 | David McDonald | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Little Spirit | FIRST 375 | Brian Cooper | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Skyfall | Gunfleet 43 | Ken Lowes | 4 | OCS | 15 |
| White Heather | SWAN 38 | Lionel Miller | 5.5 | DNS | 16.5 |
| Celine | SUN ODYSSEY 34.2 | Ian Newbold | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Wishbone | CONTESSA 33 | Stewart Smith / Tim Ashby | 5.5 | DNC | 20.5 |
| Slow Gin | OCEANIS 523 | John Darlington | 9 | DNC | 24 |
| Tickety Boo | OCEANIS 311 | Peter Hire | 10 | DNC | 25 |
| Calypso | SUPER SEAL | Jon Foreman | DNC | DNF | 26 |
| Billy Boat | FIRST 30 | Marion Lynch / Adam Bennett | DNC | DNF | 26 |
| Panther | Mumm 36 | James Stableford | DNF | DNC | 28 |