Salcombe Yacht Club Summer Series - Race 2
by Malcolm Mackley 22 Jun 2015 20:54 BST
21 June 2015
A gusty force 3 Westerly and falling tide resulted in some casino racing to the first mark in the 2nd Summer Series race. Race Officer Andrew Squire sent the fleet to Blackstone followed by the Classic journey through the Bag to Gerston and then a loop in the main estuary.
In the Junior fleet Evie Booth in her RS Tera was once again victor over the Topper of Ruari Mccoll and the Feva of George Alexander. In the medium handicap fleet the Charlie Blazeby Laser radial was dominant ahead of another laser followed by Claire Booth RS Aero 5.
In the fast handicap, four National Twelves came to the line, however the Peter Cook and Janet Exelby in their Merlin Rocket once again showed a clean pair heals with the Phantom of Alastair Morley just pipping the first National Twelve of Simon and Karen Ballentine on handicap into third place.
Several of the Salcombe Solo hot shots were playing away at Weymouth and this left Peter Hammond in a strong position at the first race mark, Blackstone. However the casino dice were once again in action within the Bag and Phil King emerged first to remain unchallenged and finishing first across the line from Billy Jago followed by Simon Yates.
In the Yawl fleet there were only three entries and Frank Rowsell made a welcome appearance to take the winning bell.
On Sunday the 21st June there was a "Fathers Day Pursuit Race" where the slower boats start first and the faster boats later. The race was a very windy affair with a strong and gusty force 4 Westerly together with a falling tide creating large waves in the estuary. The Mirror of Martin and Tom Ley looked like being clear winners for much of the race, however the athletically and expertly sailed Laser Radial of Charlie Blazeby overtook the Mirror near the finish to take victory from the Mirror followed by the Yawl of Dan and Harry Bridger.
Race 2 Results:
Juniors
1st Tera 2146, Evie Booth
2nd Topper 46721, Ruari Mccoll
3rd Feva 4186, George Alexander
Medium Handicap
1st Laser radial 203307, Charlie Blazeby
2nd Laser radial 161391, Anon
3rd RS Aero 5 1517, Claire Booth
Fast Handicap
1st Merlin 3616, Peter Cook and Janet Exelby
2nd Phantom 1357, Alistair Morley
3rd N12 3431, Simon and Karen Ballentine
Solos
1st 5568, Phil King
2nd 5598, Billy Jago
3rd 5601, Simon Yates
Yawls
1st 184, Frank Rowsell
2nd 159, Dan Bridger
3rd 28, David Jayne
Fathers Day Pursuit
1st Laser Radial 203307, Charlie Blazeby
2nd Mirror 70390, Martin and Tom Ley
3rd Yawl 159, Dan and Harry Bridger