JP Watersports RS200 Scottish Tour at Loch Tummel Sailing Club

by Fiona Rigg 7 Oct 2014 08:26 BST 4 October 2014

JP Watersports Scottish Tour at Loch Tummel © Fiona Rigg

The final event of the 2014 RS200 JP Watersports Scottish Tour took place at Loch Tummel Sailing Club on 4 October. The 10 boats that braved the drive through the monsoon like conditions that were engulfing Scotland that morning arrived at a rather soggy Loch Tummel to find the rain clearing and, bang on 11:00 as forecast, a light westerly breeze filled in.

The first race got away at the first attempt in a reasonably consistent (for Loch Tummel) F2. Taking advantage of the shifts upwind and finding the gusts downwind proved to be key. Racing was close throughout with the lead chopping and changing between Chris Perry/Kirsty Lyton, Tim Ellis/Niamh Harper and Fiona Rigg/Ashly Martin.

On the approach to the final leeward mark Team 'soon to be Perry' had a self diagnosed 'rabbit in the head lights moment' and ended up taking penalty turns dropping them back to 4th on the water although they subsequently found out they had been OCS. This allowed Team 'Riggartin' to take the first race win followed by Team 'Ellisarper' in 2nd and Ewan/Robbie Wilson in 3rd.

The westerly breeze then disappeared and had a brief flurry of blowing from the south. Rather than waste time resetting courses the race officer wisely decided to send the competitors in for a rather earlier than planned lunch. Once fully fed and watered the competitors returned afloat and were greeted with rather stronger westerly breeze for the start of the second race. This did however gradually drop as the race progressed allowing the lightweight teams of Riggartin and Bess/Andrew Homer to claw their way through the fleet to finish 1st and 2nd with Allan/Amy Lennox in 3rd. A similar affair followed in race 3 with Team Riggartin managing to squeeze through for a third win with Team Lennox improving to 2nd and Team Ellisarper in 3rd.

Race 4 and the breeze had picked up to a fairly solid force 4. Team Wilson took advantage of the breezier conditions to take the win and Team Lennox were starting to put together a consistent string of results with another 2nd place and Gavin/Finlay Mackinnon picking up a 3rd. The breeze dropped a notch for the final race but with the race officer running this one to the full 5 laps the hiking muscles were definitely starting to ache. Local duo Ellisarper managed to take the final bullet of the day with Ben Wilcox/Rachel Offer enjoying the breezier conditions in 2nd and Team 'soon to be Lytton' in 3rd.

Once the boats had returned ashore and the points had been counted Team Riggartin had done just enough in the final race to secure the overall win. Team Ellisarper's win in the final race gave them 2nd and Team Lennox 3rd.

The competitors then enjoyed some fantastic catering by Loch Tummel sailing club followed by the class AGM, series prize giving and prize draw. Stuart Teasdale's name came out of the hat in the hat for the new jib kindly donated by our sponsor JP Watersports and the overall series prizes went to:

1st Fiona Rigg and Liz Copland/Paul Rigg/Ashly Martin
2nd Allan and Amy Lennox
3rd Bess and Andrew Homer

Thanks must go Loch Tummel for a great event that wrapped up a fantastic season for the Scottish RS200 fleet. Plans are well under way for the 2015 series - let's make it even better!

Loch Tummel Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	600	Fiona Rigg	Ashly Martin	1	1	1	7	4	7
2	925	Tim Ellis	Niamh Harper	2	5	3	4	1	10
3	1571	Allan Lennox	Amy Lennox	4	3	2	2	6	11
4	866	Bess Homer	Andrew Homer	5	2	5	8	5	17
5	1530	Ewam Wilson	Robbie Wilson	3	6	8	1	11	18
6	623	Ben Wilcox	Rachel Offer	7	7	6	5	2	20
7	1203	Gavin Mackinnon	Finlay Mackinnon	6	4	7	3	11	20
8	809	Chris Perry	Kirsty Lytton	11	8	4	6	3	21
9	1101	Denise Logan	Nicki Scott	8	9	9	10	7	33
10	1027	Tim Jones	Carol Jones	9	10	10	9	8	36

JP Watersports RS200 Scottish Tour Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Fisherrow	Port Edgar	ELYC	Prestwick	ASYC	Tummel	Best 3
1	Nessie	600	Fiona Rigg	Liz Copland/Paul Rigg/Ashly Martin	ELYC	1	1	4	31	31	1	3
2		1571	Allan Lennox	Amy Lennox	ASYC	31	5	1	31	2	3	6
3		866	Bess Homer	Kirsty Higgins/Andrew Homer		31	3	2	31	31	4	9
4		942	Stuart Teasdale	Andy Stewart/Kirsty Teasdale	Kinghorn	6	2	6	31	5	31	13
5	Skulduggery	1203	Gavin MacKinnon	Finlay MacKinnon	Dalgety Bay	5	31	9	2	31	7	14
6		809	Chris Perry	Kirsty Lytton	ASYC	31	4	7	31	3	8	14
7	Wee Blue Penguin	930	Martin Faulkner	Freya/Bill Forsyth	Largs SC	10	31	5	1	31	31	16
8		1281	Neil Manderson	Alice Meaden	Helensburgh SC	8	31	11	3	31	31	22
9	Puffin	1027	Tim Jones	Carol Jones	FYC	9	8	15	31	31	10	27
10		1393	Stuart Moss	Ruaridh Moss	Largs SC	12	31	14	5	31	31	31
11		1176	Graham Tait	Vicki Tait	ASYC	3	31	31	31	4	31	38
12		1167	Ronald Millar	Andrew Homer/Tor Miller	RFYC	2	6	31	31	31	31	39
13	Bonus	1425	Emily Robertson	Ewan Rycroft		4	31	31	31	7	31	42
14		623	Ben Wilcox	Rachel Offer	ELYC	31	31	31	31	6	6	43
15		777	Douglas Paton	Va Va Simpson	Largs SC	31	7	8	31	31	31	46
16	Arwen	1405	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	Loch Ryan SC	7	31	12	31	31	31	50
17	Katniss	661	Alison Holstead	Claire Duncan	FYC	13	10	31	31	31	31	54
18	Pat	1254	Robbie Wilfred Burns	Va Va Simpson	Largs SC	31	31	31	31	1	31	63
19		925	Tim Ellis	Niamh Harper	Loch Tummel	31	31	31	31	31	2	64
20		1369	Phil Smith	Naomi Smith	Bassenthwaite	31	31	3	31	31	31	65
21		774	Ally Paton	Amanda Patton	Helensburgh SC	31	31	31	4	31	31	66
22		1530	Ewan Wilson	Robbie Wilson	Loch Tummel	31	31	31	31	31	5	67
23		1025	Alex Beaney	Francine Cousell	ASYC	31	31	31	31	8	31	70
24		1101	Denise Logan	Nicki Scott	Loch Tummel	31	31	31	31	31	9	71
25		925	Niamh Harper	Richard Harper	Loch Tummel	31	31	31	31	9	31	71
26			Neil Wood	Ben		31	9	31	31	31	31	71
27		594	Lynne Skinner	Tracey Flynn	ASYC	31	31	31	31	10	31	72
28		820	David Gebhard	Jackie Gebhard	Derwent Reservoir SC	31	31	10	31	31	31	72
29		782	Colin Robertson	Stephanie Robertson	FYC	11	31	31	31	31	31	73
30		911	Ditta Rose	Phil Rose	ASYC	31	31	13	31	31	31	75