RS Tera and Topper Open at Royal Harwich Yacht Club
by Laurie Vanner 12 May 2015 13:15 BST
3-4 May 2015
RS Teras at Royal Harwich © Laurie Vanner
Another excellent weekend of sailing at the RHYC saw 17 Teras, a fast single handed dinghy much favoured by younger sailors, turning up on Sunday to have a coaching day before the main racing event on Monday. This was part of the Club's initiative to drive a growing interest in sailing at all levels.
Brisk winds and plenty of rain started the day but failed to dampen enthusiasm and as things improved parents were able to view progress from the clubhouse lawn. On Monday the Club hosted a Topper and Tera open race with a total of 41 boats competing and representing a number of local sailing clubs. The starts for all the fleets were very competitive and racing remained tight throughout, there being a great tussle between many of the competitors.
In the Tera Pro fleet Lucy Greenwood, Tim Hire and William Caiger battled for the lead with Tim and William achieving 2 wins each. However, the consistency of Lucy with three seconds secured top spot. 1st Lucy Greenwood, 2nd Tim Hire and 3rd William Caiger
In the Tera Sport fleet the battle was between Matt Taylor, Jack Oakley and Blake Tudor and Matt with 2 good wins secured top spot. 1st Matt Taylor 2nd Jack Oakley and 3rd Blake Tudor
Young James Ashley secured the glassware for the 4.2 Topper and the battle for the main fleet was between Ollie Dixon, Joseph Drake and Piers Luxford, Ollie with 2 wins came out on top 1st Ollie Dixon 2nd Joseph Drake 3rd Piers Luxford. A special mention for our oldest competitor who is not far from that ripe old age of 60, Graham Ireland, who took all the gentle ribbing from club members in good spirit and finished a creditable 5th, the comment from Graham was that he needed a real blow. The Race officer managed to fit in 4 races giving everyone a chance to discard their lowest placing.