Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club - Overall

by Bert Janssen 19 Aug 2017 07:57 BST 13-18 August 2017

With the overall regatta decided on the penultimate day, the Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup was presented to Phil Plumtree and the crew of Swuzzlebubble at Kinsale Yacht Club, Ireland on Friday night.

A single 'round the cans' final race earlier in the day also delivered a full eleven race programme despite losing a day to strong winds.

Swuzzlebubble's series ended on Thursday after ten races of mostly first and second places confirmed their pre-event favourite status and this year's win is the third victory in the 40-year old boat's modern record adding to previous wins with Peter Morton and Greg Peck.

The battle for second place went down to the wire and the outcome of the eleventh race which was won by Nigel Biggs on Checkmate XVIII and he succeeded in beating David Cullen on Checkmate XV by a half point margin to take the first runner-up place.

The Half Ton True Spirit trophy, the other major award for the week was presented to Paul Wayte and the crew of Headhunter in recognition of their camaraderie within the fleet both afloat and ashore but especially for their sportsmanship. Wayte loaned a spare mast to Superhero after their own rig was badly damaged en route to Ireland that enabled the Finnish entry to start the regatta last weekend.

Tributes were paid to Principal Race Officer Anthony O'Leary and Regatta Director John Stallard of Kinsale YC with their team of volunteers who delivered a memorable series.

Class President Philippe Pilate on General Tapioca was best of the continental entries in fifth overall in the 21-strong turnout. At the prize-giving ceremony, he confirmed that the 2018 championship will be held at the Royale Koninklijke Yacht Club (KYCN), Nieuwpoort in Belgium from the 20th to 24th August where a team of volunteers are already planning a week of great racing and hospitality.

The 2017 event was sponsored by Euro Car Parks together with AGK Displays, MF Services, Windward Hotels, Provincial Floor Coverings, Martin Reilly Motors and Harken UK.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Nat	Owner	Handicap	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Coastal	R11	Pts
1	KZ3494	Swuzzlebubble	UK	Phil Plumtree	0.975	1	2	8	1	2	1	2	1	2	7.5	22	19.5
2	GBR66R	Checkmate XVIII	UK	Nigel Biggs	0.952	4	4	2	2	3	2	10	2	5	3	1	23
3	IRL2016	Checkmate XV	Ireland	Dave Cullen	0.947	8	1	5	4	1	6	1	6	1	1.5	3	23.5
4	IRL5522	The Big Picture	Ireland	Michael & Richard Evans	0.944	6	5	1	5	5	3	3	3	8	4.5	2	31.5
5	BEL7548	General Tapioca	Belgium	Philippe Pilate	0.956	2	7.5	9	3	11	4	15	5	3	9	5	47.5
6	GBR5435	Miss Whiplash	UK	Paul Pullen	0.954	3	3	4	10	9	7	11	22	9	13.5	4	62.5
7	IRL1484	Harmony	Ireland	Jonny Swan	0.948	5	7.5	10.5	9	8	8	6	8	4	11.25	6	63.75
8	GBR5694	Headhunter	UK	Paul Wayte	0.963	9	6	3	8	6	11	12	9.5	12	18	8	78.5
9	GBR4080T	Crakajax	UK	Richard & Ursula Hollis	0.898	10.5	11	15	13	14	5	5	4	14	6	10	78.5
10	BEL8500	Red Cloud	Belgium	Tom Florizoone	0.949	10.5	15	13	7	10	10	4	9.5	7	11.25	13	82.25
11	IRL8094	King One	Ireland	David Kelly & Patrick Boardman	0.952	14	9	7	6	15	13	8	7	11	15	9	85
12	GBR2759	Per Elisa	UK	Robbie Tregear	0.962	7	10	6	11	4	15	16	11	10	19.5	7	85.5
13	GBR6521	Trastada	UK	Dan Challis & Roddy Angus	0.958	12	13.5	12	12	7	9	14	14	6	16.5	11	99
14	GBR8444	Demolition	UK	Mel Sharp	0.929	18	12	14	22	13	12	7	12	13	22.5	15	120.5
15	ESP2655	Cortagedo	Ireland	George Radley	0.951	13	13.5	10.5	15	12	18	13	16	15	24	12	128
16	FRA17416	Pivoine	France	Patrick Dijoud	0.896	16	16	17	14	17	16	9	13	16	21	14	135
17	FRA9187	Rampage	UK	John Hicks	0.961	15	18	18	16	16	17	19	15	17	25.5	16	155.5
18	FRA9292	Concorde	UK	Francis Marshall	0.965	17	17	16	17	18	14	18	22	22	33	22	172
19	BEL5394	Fantasy	Belgium	Ian Van Burm	0.942	21	19	19	19	19.5	19	17	17	18	27	22	174.5
20	IRL5530	Scorpio	Ireland	Dominic O'Sullivan	0.952	20	20	20	18	19.5	20	20	22	22	28.5	17	183
21	GBR5384	Superhero	Finland	Toni Stoschek & Janne Tulokas	0.944	19	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	33	22	206