Lymington XOD Autumn Series - Overall
by Roy Froud 26 Oct 2015 07:37 GMT
11 October 2015
Lymington XOD Autumn Saturday Series final race © RLymYC
A fantastic turnout of 19 Lymington XODs appeared for the final race of the season especially considering that it was a fairly dreary Saturday afternoon. With a shifty south westerly and a little ebb tide left, it was perhaps not surprising that the fleet were over eager to get back for the start of the rugby and were general recalled on their first start.
Upon restart the fleet were heavily divided in the best route to Lymington Bank with Nik Froud helming X72 Venus, Stuart Jardine guest star helming X178 Beatrix, and Paul Woodman's X32 Ibex heading a group to the shore with Richard Field's X92 Persephone headed furthest out to sea. Persephone held her nerve and had a healthy lead at Lymington Bank from Robin Balme's X117 X Ray with Venus in third. On the long shifty run to Jacksons things changed a little bit with Beatrix moving up to third ahead of David Da Cunha's Mayday. On the remaining last two legs not much happened at the front however Rory Paton's X48 XL managed to squeeze past Mayday to finish 4th.
Final Race Results: (top five)
1st X92 Persephone - Richard Field
2nd X117 X-Ray - Robin Balme
3rd X178 Beatrix - Stuart Jardine
4th X48 XL - Rory Paton
5th X161 Mayday - David Da Cunha
Overall Autumn Series Results: (top five)
1st X48 XL - Rory Paton
2nd X32 Ibex - Paul Woodman & Oliver James
3rd X178 Beatrix - William Norris, Bill Dunsdon, Stuart Jardine & James Meaning
4th X72 Venus - Nik Froud
5th X57 Red Coral - Roy Froud & Robert Young
Overall Autumn Series Handicap Results: (top five)
1st X72 Venus - Nik Froud
2nd X57 Red Coral - Roy Froud & Robert Young
3rd X48 XL - Rory Paton
4th X164 Diana - Ian Burr
5th X53 Quest - James McGill, Manfred Scheppers & Jay Devonshire