XOD Saturday Series at Royal Lymington Yacht Club - Race 5
by Roy Froud 22 May 2016 15:06 BST
21 May 2016
Lone Star during the Lymington XOD Saturday Series © Lymington XOD Class
On a squally Saturday with a fresh south-westerly breeze and a strong ebb tide, Barry Dunning and Phillip Shute's Crumpet X176 led thirteen XODs on the long beat to mark A, Hurst, ahead of Stuart Jardine's Lone Star X119 with Richard Field's Persephone X92 in close attendance.
On the long run to mark G, Baker Marine, opinion was split between the rhumb line and the circle route avoiding the tide. The later proved decisive with Lone Star finishing first ahead of Phil and Jo Brewer's Zest X9 and Andy Hind guest helming on Claire de Lune X33.
Race 5 Results: (top five)
1st - X119 Lone Star - Stuart Jardine
2nd - X9 Zest - Phil and Jo Brewer
3rd - X33 Claire de Lune - Jeremy Baker and Max Crowe
4th - X48 XL - Rory Paton
5th - X140 - Ado Jardine