Topper Traveller at Tarbert Loch Fyne Yacht Club

by Bill Young 14 Jul 2003 10:07 BST

A weekend of fine weather and variable winds saw a fleet of 49 Toppers come to Tarbert, Loch Fyne for the fourth Scottish Traveller of the year. The main fleet of 29 boats and Development (Regatta) Fleet of 16 represented clubs from all parts of Scotland. Local Scottish Squad sailor, Nell Hardie showed guests the way round the course, taking her first race win in a Traveller, with promising Helensburgh sailor, Gavin Jeffrey chasing in second place. In the Development fllet new sailor to the Travellers, Andrew Homer set out his intentions of winning this keen fleet. Race 2 in the main fleet saw unbeaten traveller sailor, Robin Paris come into contention with the ever present Harry Calvert taking the third race. At the end of the first day it was all Helensburgh with Gavin Jeffrey and Andrew Homer sitting at the top of the results sheets. Sunday brought finer weather after the fourth race, which was won by another Helensburgh Scottish Squad member, Andrew Clegg. Yet another n ew name appeared on the results sheet for the fifth race, Scottish Squad member, Craig Paul, and finally Robin Paris secured the event with a first in the sixth race. Andrew Homer took the development fleet ahead of three Tarbert sailors competing in their first traveller.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
Topper Fleet
1	44777	Robin Paris	HSC	9	1	2	4	2	1	10
2	44494	Andrew Clegg	HSC	15	7	4	1	3	2	17
3	42307	Craig Paul	LYC	4	9	7	3	1	5	20
4	40122	Harry Calvert	Spey Valley	6	5	1	~~DNF~~	5	3	20
5	44328	Gavin Jeffrey	HSC	2	2	3	8	8	14	23
6	26734	Sam Rupar	Spey Valley	3	6	9	2	9	20	29
7	44078	Iain Docwra	HSC	10	3	6	5	7	10	31
8	44476	Euan Ross	Spey Valley	20	8	5	9	4	9	35
9	43579	Nell Hardie	TLFYC	1	13	12	7	10	6	36
10	44127	Alastair Milton	HSC	12	4	11	12	13	4	43
11	44012	Thomas Ward	ASYC	5	16	14	10	11	15	55
12	44233	Alasdair Young	TLFYC	21	10	13	11	14	7	55
13	40040	Sam Room	St Andrews SC	14	15	8	13	6	16	56
14	22783	Cameron Steele	LLSC	24	14	15	6	12	17	64
15	41670	Magnus Popplewell	CCC	17	11	18	14	15	13	70
16	42563	Jack Calvert	Spey Valley	11	17	20	20	16	11	75
17	40238	Callum Calder	Cramond SC	7	21	16	19	19	23	82
18	44505	Alistair Shepherd	LYC	13	24	24	23	22	8	90
19	36521	Rona Young	TLFYC	8	18	21	21	23	25	91
20	43911	Alex Norman	29th Glasgow Sea Scouts	~~DSQ~~	19	22	22	20	12	95
21	9289	Adrian Stansfield	HSC	25	25	17	16	18	19	95
22	26384	Niall McLeod	TLFYC	26	20	19	17	21	18	95
23	41095	Graham Farrar	TLFYC	16	12	10	~~DNS~~	DNC	DNC	98
24	31151	Alistair Homer	HSC	23	22	23	15	17	22	99
25	19257	Clare Sheppard	LYC	19	23	25	18	26	21	106
26	44589	Peter Irwin	Linlithgow Loch SC	18	26	28	24	25	26	119
27	40212	Katharine Annan	Loch Tummel SC	28	29	26	25	24	24	127
28	44404	Nicola Lapraik	CCC	22	27	27	~~DNF~~	DNC	DNC	136
29	33083	Ewan Paul	LYC	27	28	~~DNC~~	26	DNC	DNC	141
Topper Development Fleet
1	23460	Andrew Homer	HSC	1	1	2	2	2	2	8
2	36531	Iain Johnstone	TLFYC	8	3	3	1	1	1	9
3	36760	Gary Ferguson	TLFYC	7	2	1	4	3	3	13
4	365331	Matthew Mundell	TLFYC	4	8	4	3	4	4	19
5	42472	Kian Sterritt	Spey Valley	3	6	6	6	9	6	27
6	36535	Liam Tinney	TLFYC	12	4	5	8	5	5	27
7	43814	Ailsa Skuodas	Spey Valley	6	4	~~DNC~~	5	6	11	32
8	40452	Angus McMillan	TLFYC	2	10	9	10	10	7	38
9	36533	Gael Hardie	TLFYC	11	7	~~DNS~~	7	7	10	42
10	28657	Iain Kelly	TLFYC	13	12	6	9	11	~~DNC~~	51
11	111	Shona Ross	Spey Valley	9	~~DNS~~	DNS	11	8	8	53
12	28372	Megan Rupar	Spey Valley	5	11	~~DNS~~	12	DNC	9	54
13	29338	Freddie Calvert	Spey Valley	10	9	8	~~DNF~~	DNC	DNC	61
14	36520	David Johnson	TLFYC	15	13	~~DNS~~	13	DNC	DNC	75
15	36536	Shaun Johnson	TLFYC	16	14	~~DNS~~	14	DNC	DNC	78
16	36519	Euan Plater	TLFYC	14	~~DNS~~	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	82