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Raymarine Warsash Spring Series Week 3

by Eddie Mays 30 Mar 2004 14:59 BST

RAYMARINE WARSASH SPRING SERIES GETS UNDERWAY

At last: there was much less wind and much more sailing for the third Sunday of the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series on 28th March 2004. The light, mainly south/south-westerly breeze hovered between 5 to 10 knots - just sufficient for the Race Officers on both courses to complete the set and a half of races and make up for time lost due to prevailing gales on the previous two weekendss.

In the Blue Group fleet the IRC1/IRM, IRC2 and Bowsprit classes were given two short races, whilst the remaining three starts had a longer single race. Next week, the procedure is reversed so that, given fair weather, all races will have been sailed by the end of the series.

Maybe it was over enthusiastic bowmen keen to get started, but there were a number of individual recalls during the first sequence of starts. IRC2 suffered most with nine boats scored OCS. The combined IRC1/IRM class had the closest finishes of the morning. Nick and Anne Haigh in the Farr 40 "Too Steamy" were first across the line 16 seconds ahead of Andrew Ritchie's Corby 41.5 "Minx". This winning margin was reduced to 3 seconds on handicap. Next to finish were two Ker 11.3s - Nick Hartshorn and Hannah Greenwood in "El Gringo" and Anthony Richards' bright orange "Minnie the Moocher". On the line, they could not be separated and, with identical handicaps, tied for third place.

The most excitement of the day occurred at East Brambles buoy, which was being used as a leeward mark, and where various small motorboats from Portsmouth Fishing Club were anchored in the vicinity. There was no real conflict except for one boat that has chosen his pitch directly upwind from the buoy. Violent gestures were followed by colourful language and the episode climaxed when part of the anglers' catch was hurled into the cockpit of Michael Steven's Swan 46 "Marinero"!

On the White Group section, three races for each of the four classes were completed. Honours were evenly divided throughout the classes. Ian Southworth, having moved from the Hunter 707 class, was sailing a 1720 but at present does not have the boat speed of the leading group. Sailing in the series for the first time as a separate class, the Laser SB3s numbered 22 entries. Volvo Ocean Race CEO Glenn Bourke, sailing "Musto" was the most successful helmsman taking the second and third races.

With one more week's racing before the Easter break, everyone is hoping the present good weather will continue to enable more races to be recovered.

Provisional results:

IRC 1 / IRM
Race 1 GBR 1640R Too Steamy Farr 40 Nick & Anne Haigh
Race 2 GBR 8843 Cadhire Falcon Tripp 40 Rob Goddard

IRC 2
Race 1 GBR 8170R Euphorix Beneteau 40.7 Paul & Joanna Dentskevich
Race 2 GBR 7080T Tarka Beneteau 40.7 Nick Jones

IRC 3 GBR 9791R Jammin of Poole J-110 Mike Riley

IRC 4 GBR 7070 Purple Haze Thomas ¼ tonner Tony Dodd

Bowsprit
Race 1 GBR 9319R Jazolo J-109 Robert Shaw
Race 2 GBR 60R Jeromino J-109 Jonathon & Lisa Goring

Sigma 38 GBR 8396 Mustigo II Stephen Scholefield

Sigma 33 GBR 4830 Summation John Wright

Mumm 30
Race 1 GBR 1530 Moonshine Jack Kelly
Race 2 GBR 1305R I've Had Ya Mumm Ed Clayson & John Gimson
Race 3 GBR 3093R Asterix Louis Browne

Cork 1720
Race 1 GBR 1741 Mad Cow Darren & Georgie Baker
Race 2 GBR 1774L Splash Test Dummies Andrew & Jane McLelland
Race 3 GBR 1785L Boats.com Ian Atkins

Laser SB3
Race 1 3014 Wee Jamarama Stewart Hawthorn
Race 2 3082 Musto Glen Bourke
Race 3 3082 Musto Glen Bourke

Hunter 707
Race 1 GBR 7103N Censored Toby Gorman et al
Race 2 GBR 7072N Charlie Fish Iain May
Race 3 GBR 7041 The Sweeney Charles Whelan & Phil Green

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