Lymington Town Sailing Club Solent Circuit

Jamie Dutton-Forshaw's Grand Soleil, Cardigrae (1341R) amongst the Folkboat fleet during the Lymington Town Sailing Club Solent Circuit © Iain Sutherland

Peter Schofield’s HOD 35 Zarafa clocked her third successive win in brilliant conditions for the Lymington Town Sailing Club’s Solent Circuit race.

With a flood tide and northerly wind the first beat to Pylewell was a puzzle. With nobody taking the option of a port tack flyer on the biased start line the fleets split with no discernible advantage to either those who went out to gain tidal advantage or those who went inshore.

Michael White’s dominance in the Folkboats came to an abrupt end when he hit a buoy and Peter Mills retired his Dehler 36 after hitting a folkboat.

Class 1 IRC

1, Zarafa (HOD 35) Peter Scholfield
2, Zzing (Mumm 36) Bob Fisher
3, Xnantor (IMX 38) Mac MacDougal

Class 2 IRC

1, Thisbe Beta (International 6m) Don Wood
2, Amadeus (OOD 34) David Frith
3, Jalicia (First 33.7) John De Trafford

Class 3 IRC

1, White Mischief (Hanse 291) M Harris, A Hind, J Mathieson
2, Cloud Nine (Int. H-Boat) Martin Wheatley
3, Bacchante II (Laser 28) Roger Dockerill

Class 4 CHC

1, Four Bells (Sweden Yacht 38) Bob Bell
2, Contraction (Hunter Formula 1) Fergus Roper
3, Sallywag (Sun Odyssey) Andrew Watson

Class 5 Etchells / Laser SB3

1, Hilda (Laser SB3) Ross Field
2, Sail 838 (Etchells)
3, The Snitch (Laser SB3)

Folkboats

1, Gap Year. S Proffitt
2, Moonraker, RGF Swanton
3, So. Simon Osgood

The Solent Dinght Circuit produced a clean sweep of Wayfarers in the first three places in the medium handicap class while the fast handicap boats were led round by the Hurricane catamaran of David and Danielle Pitman but they failed to beat Nigel Walbank’s RS700 on handicap.

Fast handicap

1, Looney (RS700) Nigel Walbank
2, Bulldog (Hurricane) David and Danielle Pitman
3, Octopussy (RS800) Richard Keeton and Helen Rumbold

Medium handicap

1, Persil (Wayfarer) Mick Ellis and John Vale
2, Whisper (Wayfarer) Frank Wenman and John Freshwater
3, Wombles (Wayfarer) Tony Smee and Arthur Gormley

More Information:

• Lymington Town Sailing Club website