Peters & May Fast Boat Race @ Weston

well done to chris who sailed the hobie 18 with wings from our club, 28th out of the 40 that finished not bad at all

 

1	CAT	Hobie Magnum	14048	Chris Date	Mark Andrews	1.06	-28	28	0
1	CAT	Tornado	433	Jim Mundy	Chris Avis	0.94	-29	29	0
1	CAT	Inter 20	127	Stephen Jennings	Mark Turner	0.95	-30	30	0
1	CAT	F18	799	Sarah Younger	Adam Younger	1	-31	31	0
1	CAT	Hurricane SX	207	Nick Moore	Alexis Ernst	1	-32	32	0
1	CAT	F18	91	Mark Lawrence	Richard Bradbury	1	-33	33	0
1	CAT	Hurricane SX	121	Matt Byham	Rob Steer	1.01	-34	34	0
1	CAT	F18	195	Robert Levy	Nicola Barker-Wyatt	1	-35	35	0
1	CAT	F18	1487	John Mundy	Don Forster	1	-36	36	0
1	CAT	F18	GBR92	Matt Gowar	Tim Cox	1	-37	37	0
1	CAT	Nacra Inter 20	316	John Hickman	Steven Mackereth	0.95	-38	38	0
1	CAT	Inter 20	333	Graham Barnett	Trevor Bulmer-Jones	0.95	-39	39	0
1	CAT	C Class	GBR19	Steven Pooley	Richard Beke	0.9	-40

It was a good race until about 4 miles from the end......

Light wind down wind start with the tide which was interesting, with light wind all the way to calshot.  The wind didn't improve much until after we went past stokes bay and then got to of the shore of the island.

At that point a fanstastic thermal wind blew through for our sail to Beaulieu but when we came back to calshot two winds started to argue and left the leaders standing still while the rest of the fleet caught up.  10 minute leads fell to 10 second leads!!!

Personally it all went wrong about half a mile before the wind dropped when my leeward rudder fell off.  We managed to keep hold of it and had to finish the race with only the windward rudder so we were happy to only lose one place and come 6th!  Minimal damage though only 2 bits of metal!

still 40 odd boats isnt bad thats more than most nationals and i bet the fast cat wasnt that popular when it ran the first race. I did want to do it but im away on holiday i think thats the case for most people.

 

Had an e-mail from the organisers today

Less than 3 weeks to go and they only have half the expected entries.

there was plenty of peeps moaning on here about the demise of the Fast Cat Round The Island Race surely this is the next best thing ?

long distance events like this are few and far between if it doesnt get the support I doubt it will be run again and that will be another decent event lost.

http:www.strawberrymarketing.com/fastboat.html

 

Edited by ModifiedC-Class