Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Series - Day 4

by Jonathan Buckler 6 May 2010 08:38 BST 5 May 2010

At last some wind!

The fourth race of the RPCYC Spring Series saw 39 dinghies racing in a gusty NNE wind which saw a few swimming lessons & the occasional spectacular wipeout. All the crews came back with big smiles on their faces following the race which saw a committee boat start in Jennycliffe Bay which proved popular with all the competitors.

The asymmetric fleet was somewhat decimated by the gusty conditions whith saw four retirements during the race. Cawsands Bay sailor Charlie Glasspool revelled in the gusty conditions to circulate the course a near light speed proportion in his Hobie Tiger to claim a well deserved first place ahead of Plymouth Youth Sailings Jamie & Betsy in their Laser 2000 with Russell Brown & Zoe Kendall also from Plymouth Youth Sailing in third place showing the rest of the fleet how it should be done – well done to all.

The fast handicap fleet saw some very close racing throughout the race with Lasers dominating the top six positions. Nigel Clatworthy unfortunately misread the course & sailed two legs in the wrong order but still finished a credible seventh place despite his mistake. The fourth lap saw Max Robinson finally pull away from Dan Ellis to claim first place by just 8 seconds despite Dan’s best efforts with Chris Lloyd in third place.

The Enterprise fleet as you would expect saw very close class racing with Peter Hickling & Phil Pascoe in “Dyskenetic” making up for a pre start waterbourne excursion (capsize to everyone else !!) by taking first place by just 5 seconds over Pete Ganderton & Alan Scarlett’s enterprise “Tacamahaca”. Dave Michell & Anna Mills fought off the rest of the class to claim a well deserved third place in “Hell Bent”.

The slow handicap fleet saw a number of new entries in the form of Toppers which excelled in the conditions to claim the top three positions in the fleet with Robbie Robinson taking first place ahead of Ben Rollinson in second place & Emily Lloyd in third place.

There are also some spectacular photos taken by Nikki Buckler which can be found here.

Results after Day 4:

Asymmetric Fleet

Pos	Boat Name	Boat Type	Sail No	Club	Helm	Crew	PY	R1	R3	R4	Pts
1st	Blue Skies	RS 400	503	RPCYC	Jon Buckler	Nikki Buckler	950	2	3	OOD	7.5
2nd		RS 200	246	RPCYC	Steph Newcomb	Denise Newcomb	1057	0.75	0.75	DNC	19.5
3rd		VAGO	626	PYS	Russell Brown	Zoe Kendall	1066	DNF	7	3	20
4th	Doris	RS 700	910	RPCYC	Mike Snelson		857	3	8	DNF	20
5th		LASER 2000	21536	PYS	Jamie	Betsy	1089	DNF	9	2	21
6th	May Contain Nuts	RS 400	772	MBC	Ben Gilbert	Anna Harlow	950	DNF	2	DNF	21
7th	Like Muppets	International 14	123	MSC	Neil Young	Will Garnier	898	DNF	4	DNF	23
8th		HOBIE TIGER	462	Cawsand Bay SC	Charlie Glasspool	TBA	691	DNF	DNC	0.75	28.75
9th	Tummy Tuck	HOBIE TIGER	1495	MBC	Graeme Macleod	Pam Lenden	691	DNF	5	DNC	33
10th		SB3	3199	PYS	TBA		925	DNC	10	DNF	37
11th		Nacra Inter 20	147	MSC	Chris Davison		652	DNC	6	DNC	42
12th		XENON	1	RPCYC	James Metcalfe	Henry Sells	1070	DNC	DNC	DNC	54

Enterprise Fleet

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Club	Helm	Crew	PY	R1	R3	R4	Pts
1st	Dyskenetic	21784	RPCYC	Peter Hickling	Chris Tyrell	1116	2	2	0.75	4.75
2nd	Tacamahaca	16001	RPCYC	Pete Ganderton	Alan Scarlett	1116	3	0.75	2	5.75
3rd	Hell Bent	22666	RPCYC	Dave Michell	Anna Mills	1116	0.75	4	3	7.75
4th	No Handles	22602	RPCYC	Martin Bevan	Nick Thomas	1116	5	3	4	12
5th	Worf	19584	RPCYC	James Scrivens	Paul Scrivens	1116	4	5	5	14
6th		21410	RPCYC	Neil Oxton	Martin Austin	1116	DNF	DNC	6	25

Fast Handicap Fleet

Pos	Boat Type	Sail No	Club	Helm	Crew	PY	R1	R3	R4	Pts
1st	LASER	189355		Max Robinson		1080	0.75	2	0.75	3.5
2nd	LASER	189086	RPCYC	David Adams		1080	2	0.75	5	7.75
3rd	LASER RADIAL	197629	RPCYC	Dan Ellis		1101	3	4	2	9
4th	LASER	192719		Ben Dodwell		1080	4	3	4	11
5th	LASER	71785	RPCYC	Chris Lloyd		1080	6	5	3	14
6th	CONTENDER	483	MBC	Nigel Clatworthy		993	5	8	7	20
7th	LASER RADIAL	184949	PYS	Robyn Edgecombe		1104	10	10	DNF	34
8th	LASER RADIAL	190861	RPCYC	Rob Lloyd		1101	DNC	6	6	37
9th	LASER	152517	RPCYC	Dave Bogart		1080	8	DNC	8	41
10th	HAWK	278	Horizons	Derry Bowman		1103	DNC	7	10	42
11th	LASER RADIAL	188304				1101	DNF	DNC	9	48
12th	LASER	2	RPCYC	Neil Roach		1080	DNF	DNF	DNC	52
13th	LASER RADIAL	171785	RPCYC	Cath Lloyd		1104	7	DNC	DNC	57
14th	LASER II	9942	RPCYC	David Bogart	Jeremy Goslin	1035	DNC	9	DNC	59
15th	LASER RADIAL	178347	UPSC	Clare Whitehill		1101	9	DNC	DNC	59
16th	LASER	5305		Jeremy Rogers		1080	DNC	DNF	DNC	63
17th	LASER	166610		Howard Irons		1080	DNC	DNC	DNF	64
17th	LASER	5298	RPCYC	Ted Graham		1080	DNC	DNC	DNF	64
19th	HOBIE 16	110103	MBC	Thomas Bohl	Neale Crump	802	DNF	DNC	DNC	64

Slow Handicap Fleet

Pos	Boat Name	Boat Type	Sail No	Club	Helm	PY	R1	R3	R4	Pts
1st	Blue Moon	LIGHTNING 368	230	RPCYC	Hugh Spencer	1152	0.75	3	4	7.75
2nd		LIGHTNING 368	151	RPCYC	Rob Beaton	1152	3	0.75	5	8.75
3rd		LIGHTNING 368	309	HPSC	Steve Oliver	1152	2	2	6	10
4th		SOLO	1166	RPCYC	Chris Rollinson	1155	4	7	8	19
5th		TOPPER	46349	RPCYC	Ben Rollinson	1290	DNC	4	2	26
6th		LIGHTNING 368	144	MSC	Guy Mitchelmore	1152	DNC	5	7	32
7th		LASER PICO Single Handed One Sail	11	RPCYC	Matt Adams	1259	DNF	DNC	12	38
8th		Europe	320	RPCYC	Veronica Rollinson	1139	DNC	6	13	39
9th		TOPPER	15273		TBC2	1290	DNC	8	11	39
10th	Double Trouble	TOPPER	45826	RPCYC	Harry Scrivens	1295	DNC	DNF	9	40
11th		TOPPER	44517		Robbie Robinson	1290	DNC	DNC	0.75	40.75
12th		TOPPER	44749	RPCYC	Emily Lloyd	1290	DNC	DNC	3	43
13th		TOPPER	36396		TBC8	1290	DNC	DNC	10	50
14th		TOPPER	44682		TBC3	1290	DNC	DNF	DNC	51