Dart 18 Grand Prix Round 5 at Parkstone Yacht Club
by Dart 18s 22 Jul 2009 17:01 BST
18-19 July 2009
A total of 28 boats entered the event at Parkstone Yacht Club, despite a forecast for a windy weekend. This compromised of a very impressive turnout 14 local club boats matching the 14 visitors. The force 4 to 5 breeze on Saturday permitted 3 races to be held, back to back, out
in the bay. These races where dominated by Paul Wakelin and Will
Thompson, with just two points separating their boats at the end of
the day.
Saturday evening was a great success at the club, with curry laid on,
along with both a live band and disco. Together with a reasonably
priced bar, these where the cause of more than the odd sore head the
next day.
Sunday saw more wind, and the call by the race team to sail inside the
harbour. Launching in 25 knots of wind, most of the fleet made their
way over to start the race. The wind continued to rise, and at one
point over 32 knots was recorded. It was most probably this that led
to only 9 boats managing to complete the course successfully, with
many others capsizing and then dropping their main sails to return to
the club. Paul Wakelin won this race, leaving him to win overall on
count back over Will Thompson. Local sailor Geoff Sherwood was also
tied on points with Dave Roberts, but got third place on count back.
Many thanks to Parkstone Yacht Club for an excellent event, and also
to Windsport for their sponsorship. We look forward to seeing
everyone again soon at Netley Sailing Club.
Overall Results:
1 7894 Fluid Boat Services, Paul Wakelin & Rachael Foster (Mumbles/Stokes Bay SC) 4pts
2 7707 Pussy Galore, Will Thompson & Zander Ozelton (Dee SC) 4pts
3 7781 Sabre, Geoff Sherwood & Kate Allam (Parkstone) YC 11pts
4 7835 Sailingbooks.co.uk, Dave Roberts & Louise Roberts (Stokes Bay SC) 11pts
5 7735 App Station, Tony Dod & Julie Stuart- Smith (Whitstable YC) 14pts
6 7807 Toucan Zabeer, Bryan Drake & Rosemary Crinnion (Parkstone YC) 18pts
7 7747 Doyouthinkhesarus, Peter Stacey & Susie Clayton (Parkstone YC) 19pts
8 7778 Daisy, Geoff Lloyd & Jenny Lloyd (Dee SC) 21pts
9 7722 Chris Brown & Sarah Wren (Whitstable YC) 21pts
10 7852 Hearts & Minds II, Charles Hillier & Kim McMullon (Parkstone YC) 31pts
11 7810 Le Vela, Mario Manganelli & Jenn Danaan (Stokes Bay) SC 34pts
12 7746 Black Pearl, Kenny & Cheney Annabell (Parkstone YC) 39pts
13 7068 Chris Goymer & Paul Wiseman (IOSSC) 40pts
14 7758 The Floating Bear, Charles Sherwin & Iain Purrier (Parkstone YC) 40pts
15 7761 Catatonic, Bruce Stunt & Louise Gardiner (Parkstone YC) 40pts
16 7785 Panda's Last Stand, Mike Jeans & Jess Cobb (Parkstone YC) 44pts
17 7673 WynD, Simon Dewsbury & David Groom (Stokes Bay SC) 47pts
18 7748 Andark.co.uk, James Butterfill & Will Wall (Stokes Bay SC) 47pts
19 7488 Truckline, Challenge Oliver & Granger Mark Webley (Parkstone YC) 48pts
20 7490 Triffick, Rachel Hodgkinson & Tom Lockwood (Datchet Water SC) 61pts
21 7782 Dangermouse, John Hansen & Sarah Gardiner (Parkstone YC) 61pts
22 7791 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Lawrie Draper & Helen Jones (Stokes Bay SC) 62pts
23 6895 O-Pair, Bill Parker & Andy Baldwin (Parkstone YC) 66pts
24 7699 Titanic Aka Le Vela, Adrian Falck & Matt Laing (Parkstone YC) 70pts
25 316 Chris Phillips & Renato Hidalgo (South Bank SC) 70pts
26 7792 Patrick Mulligan & Emily Mulligan (Parkstone YC) 75pts
27 4693 Mrs Norris, Cat Lee-Elliot & Marian Hallett (Parkstone YC) 76pts
28 7167 Dirty Dog, Tom Parker & Alex Parker (Netley SC) 87pts
