XOD Series at Royal Lymington Yacht Club

XOD Series at Royal Lymington Yacht Club - Week 14

by Fenella Lees and Paul Fisher 30 Jul 2010 09:20 BST 24 & 28 July 2010

Close racing for 16 teams during Saturding racing for the XODs in Lymington © Fenella Lees

A windy Wednesday race for the XODs in Lymington © Fenella Lees

Saturday Series Race 14 (24 July)

16 competitors enjoyed a lovely day and very close racing in 16-19 knot south-westerly breeze. A medium length leg to windward to Pennington mark was followed by a run during which the fleet spilt into two closely bunched groups. The fleet was then sent to the Isle of Wight shore and then downwind before commencing a tricky leg across the ebb tide to Jacksons.

X-Ray (Robin Balme) timed his croosing perfectly and led comfortably from Xoanon (Paul Fisher) followed by Lone Star (Stuart Jardine). The fleet then sailed two 2 windward legs and 1 spinnaker reach before heading for home to finish up-river at the Club line. At the turning mark at the river mouth XL (Ben Paton) just got through into 3rd place.

Wednesday Series Race 14 (28 July)

Lymington XOD sailors had a windy race on Wednesday - a Westerly Force 6 with wind against tide. The first leg was a wet beat to Hurst Buoy followed by a long run back to Tanners where X Ray took the lead and held it for the next few legs.

This was a good test for boats before Cowes Week - 14 boats came to the start but only 9 finished the Race, there was no damage but some skippers were concerned about preserving their boats for Cowes Week which is the National Championships for XODs.

There are 88 Xs enterered with 21 from Lymington and the others coming from Poole, Yarmouth, Hamble, Cowes and Itchenor. The XODs is by far the largest class and the Captain's Cup will be hotly contested with several World Class sailors competing.

Saturday Series Results after Race 14:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1	119	Lone Star	Stuart Jardine	31	1	1	3	6	3	1	5	2	1	31	1	4	10
2	140	Lucrezia	Ado Jardine	2	3	3	17	2	11	31	4	1	2	4	3	31	16
3	164	Diana	Eric Williams/Rory Paton	4	4	6	1	3	4	3	1	31	31	3	2	31	17
4	117	X-Ray	Robin Balme	6	5	12	10	1	10	6	3	31	31	1	8	1	23
5	178	Beatrix	William Norris/Bill Dunsdon	5	2	2	5	14	1	9	31	4	6	19	12	31	25
6	92	Persephone	Richard Field	1	9	8	31	11	5	9	31	5	13	2	12	13	39
7	161	Mayday	David da Cunha	8	6	5	11	5	13	5	6	10	7	12	31	31	42
8	33	Clair de Lune	Ian Burr	9	8	13	4	15	17	9	31	31	3	6	7	7	44
9	179	Xpeditious	James Markby	31	16	4	15	9	14	31	7	3	31	8	6	8	45
10	8	Annex	John Morrow	31	12	11	2	13	8	2	31	31	31	31	4	31	52
11	175	Xenon	John Olliff-Cooper/Dunlop Stewart	31	7	9	7	31	31	9	31	7	31	10	31	5	54
12	57	Red Coral	Robert Young	31	31	7	9	18	6	9	8	9	9	11	12	11	57
13	34	Mersa	Karl Thorne	100	11	15	12	10	7	31	31	6	5	7	31	31	58
14	170	Oyster	David & Fenella Lees	3	19	10	13	12	15	9	10	31	4	13	31	31	61
15	53	Quest	James McGill/Manfred Schepers	7	14	18	16	18	9	9	31	8	8	9	31	12	62
16	9	Zest	Rick Walters	31	18	17	14	4	2	31	16.7	31	31	15	9	9	69.7
17	69	Helena	Peter Halliwell	10	15	19	31	8	21	9	11	12	31	31	31	15	80
18	42	Julia	Stephen Whiteman	31	31	31	6	31	31	9	9	31	31	5	12	10	82
19	156	Gleam	Michael Strange	100	10	31	8	7	18	31	2	11	31	31	31	31	87
20	XN1	Xoanon	David Harris, etc	31	13	14	31	31	12	31	31	31	11	31	31	2	114
21	56	Xanthus	William Westmacott	100	31	31	20	18	31	31	31	13	10	16	31	16	124
22	142	Dolce Vita	Peter Fryer	31	17	16	31	31	16	31	31	14	12	31	31	31	137
23	87	Excalibur	Adrian Summers	31	31	31	31	31	31	4	31	31	31	31	5	6	139
24	48	XL	Ben Paton	100	31	31	31	31	21	31	31	31	31	31	31	3	179
25	16	Mystery	John Miller/John Colwell	100	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	14	31	14	183
26	114	Cariad	Adam Sharpe	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	217
27	83	Seamist	Greg Ansell	100	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	217
27	88	Ting How	Mike Grocott	100	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	217
27	105	Blue Phantom	Pieter Venke	100	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	217
27	176	Crumpet	Peter Lashmar	100	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	217

Wednesday Series Results after Race 14:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1	140	Lucrezia	Ado Jardine	1	3	1	1	1	10	6	4	3	2	2	1	6	6	9
2	119	Lone Star	Stuart Jardine	3	2	2	2	5	3	30	3	1	1	3	3	9	2	13
3	164	Diana	Eric Williams/Rory Paton	5	6	3	3	2	9	11	2	8	30	1	5	4	30	20
4	117	X-Ray	Robin Balme	8	30	4	7	3	8	7	1	9	30	30	4	2	1	22
5	178	Beatrix	William Norris/Bill Dunsdon	11	4	5	9	7	1	30	6	12	12	6	30	1	30	30
6	161	Mayday	David da Cunha	2	12	12	8	4	4	15	5	7	3	11	30	11	13	33
7	33	Clair de Lune	Ian Burr	6	7	6	6	9	5	9	30	5	8	5	2	5	13	34
8	42	Julia	Stephen Whiteman	30	1	8	12	16	6	5	10	4	30	4	30	7	30	35
9	57	Red Coral	Robert Young	30	30	17	5	10	2	1	10	18	7	8	30	12	9	42
10	175	Xenon	John Olliff-Cooper/Dunlop Stewart	7	5	9	4	6	12	13	30	6	13	7	30	10	30	44
11	53	Quest	James McGill	10	13	14	10	11	13	2	30	10	5	10	30	15	7	54
12	170	Oyster	David & Fenella Lees	4	11	11	11	12	14	4	7	15	10	9	30	30	30	56
13	XN1	Xoanon	David Harris etc	9	9	10	13	8	15	14	30	14	30	30	30	30	3	66
14	142	Dolce Vita	Peter Fryer	13	10	13	14	30	16	10	10	11	30	30	30	30	8	75
15	48	XL	Ben Paton	30	14	30	30	30	30	3	10	30	9	30	30	8	4	78
16	69	Helena	Peter Halliwell	12	15	15	15	14	11	30	10	30	30	12	7	14	13	79
17	9	Zest	Rick Walters	30	8	7	30	13	7	30	30	30	30	30	30	3	13	81
18	176	Crumpet	Barry Dunning	30	30	30	30	30	30	12	10	30	4	30	6	30	5	97
19	56	Xanthus	William Westmacott	30	30	30	30	30	30	16	30	13	11	15	30	30	10	125
20	87	Excalibur	Adrian Summers	30	30	30	30	30	30	8	10	30	6	30	30	30	30	144
21	34	Mersa	Karl Thorne	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	2	30	30	30	30	30	182
22	179	Xpeditious	James Markby	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	10	30	30	30	30	30	30	190
23	16	Mystery	John Miller	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	13	30	193
24	8	Annex	John Morrow	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210
24	83	Seamist	Greg Ansell	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210
24	88	Ting How	Mike Grocott	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210
24	92	Persephone	Richard Field	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210
24	105	Blue Phantom	Pieter Vinke	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210
24	114	Cariad	Adam Sharpe	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210