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Southampton Water Sailing Association Evening Series Race 1

by Chris Waddington 11 May 2011 00:24 BST 26 April 2011

First race ecstasy for Erik and Ex-Tip

Many new faces appeared for the first race in Southampton Water Sailing Association’s 2011 evening series. This popular interclub event saw a total of 13 boats came to the line in a North Easterly wind occasionally gusting to force 4. Starting toward the North the fleet initially reached along the Weston Shore before bearing away around Hovercraft 4 towards the New Forest shoreline. In class 1, Bernard Fyne of Warsash Sailing Club took an early lead in the slender Mustang 30. Holding his spinnaker well on the reaching legs Fyne stretched his elapsed lead to more than 15 minutes over the 2 laps and secured 1st place over Roger Lockett of Hythe Sailing Club in his Ballad 28 Blueprint. Third place went to Peter Hairsnape and Jonathon Tickner sailing their distinctive yellow coloured mini tonner Calypso..

In class 2 the story was similar with newcomer Cuan Marsh of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club running from the front in his Limbo 21 Ex-Tip and finishing well in front of second placed Ricky Yardley of Southampton Sailing Club, third place going to Brian Allen of Hythe Sailing Club in a Sunfast 20. Well represented with a 6 boat diverse fleet, Hythe Sailing Club’s entrants also included Trevor Tenison’s one-off wooden classic Dream Weaver.

The SWSA evening Series continues at fortnightly intervals through to September. For more information, please see www.swsa.org.uk

Race 1 Results:

PosBoat NameBoat TypeSkipperClub
Class 1
1st Erik the Red Mustang 30 Bernard Fyans Warsash S.C.
2nd Blueprint Ballad Roger Lockett Hythe S.C.
3rd Calypso Limbo 6.6 Peter Hairsnape Southampton S.C.
4th Dream Weaver One Off Trevor Tennison Hythe S.C.
5th Firefly Bavaria 30 Chris Glanton RAFYC
6th Hullabaloo Too Beneteau 260 Spirit Simon Walley Hythe S.C.
7th Symphony First 305 Alex Bell Warsash S.C.
Class 2
1st Ex-Tip Limbo 21 Cuan Marsh RSYC
2nd Bianca Dufour 1800 Ricky Yardley Southampton S.C.
3rd Izzie Too Sunfast 20 Brian Allen Hythe S.C.
4th Caroden II Dolphin 31 Michael Thomas Hythe S.C.
5th Kajsa Shipman 28 Roger Hayward Hythe S.C.
6th First Impulse First 285 Malcolm Kirk Southampton S.C.