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Brass Monkey Trophy Race at Leigh-on-Sea Sailing Club

by Steve Corbet 19 Dec 2016 06:54 GMT 18 December 2016

The 2016 Brass Monkey Trophy Race was held on Sunday 18th December – with the tides available around Christmas this year the race was moved from the traditional Boxing Day to a very foggy day with very light winds. Recent years have seen a succession of very windy races so to be greeted by a breeze that didn't exceed 9 knots was a surprise. As the wind was due west the start was from the normal club fixed line to the first of the special laid marks.

The 25 boat fleet was led by the ISO sailed by Nick Veitch form the Essex YC closely followed by John Charles in his RS300 and only visitor Mike Izatt in an RS600, these boats lead away from the big group of Solos and Laser Radials as they tried to find the best way downwind. Alan Rogers lead the Solos with Colin Walker and Matt Tothill close behind, Daren Taylor was the leading LaserR at the end of the first round while other struggled with the lack of wind.

The race officer and his team in the race box decided to let the five fastest boats sail a third lap in a dying wind, while he finished the rest after two rounds. After calculating the average lap times for the whole fleet John Charles was declared the winner, Alan Rogers was second and Rob Tothill third.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoClubHelmCrewPYBrass MonkeyPts
1stRS 300384LSCJohn Charles 9791:12:03/31
2ndSOLO3587LSCAlan Rogers 11401:13:13/22
3rdSOLO3904LSCRob Tothill 11401:14:43/23
4thSOLO3987LSCMatt Tothill 11401:14:48/24
5thSOLO3249LSCRichard Knight 11401:15:13/25
6thSOLO4023LSCColin Walker 11401:15:29/26
7thLASER RADIAL204714EYCDarren Taylor 11351:16:36/27
8thSOLO3866LSCRussell Tredgett 11401:17:25/28
9thSOLO3355LSCTony Handfield 11401:17:50/29
10thWANDERER1039LSCMark EmmersonAndy Humphries11771:17:53/210
11thLASER RADIAL20900EYCWilliam Tayloir 11351:18:09/211
12thLASER RADIAL142204EYCDave Makkink 11351:18:26/212.5
12thTOPPER27370LSCNick Barnard 13411:18:26/212.5
14thGP1413003LSCSteve CorbetLiz Noblet11301:18:32/214
15thLASER RADIAL192991EYCAlex Pilrgim 11351:19:18/215
16thISO1197EYCNick VeitchDave Veitch9221:19:42/316
17thENTERPRISE21082LSCJames HudsonHarry Floyd11151:20:07/217
18thRS FEVA XL4071EYCTim Browne 12221:20:31/218
19thRS 600951King George SCMichael Iszatt 9201:20:40/319
20thRS 2001077LSCTim WrightPhil Dowsett10511:21:36/320
21stWAYFARER6126LSCJ P DeTourtoulonLottie deTourtoulon11071:21:59/221
22ndRS 400676EYCMichael MarriotRob Reman9431:23:48/322
23rdRS FEVA XL4056EYCAnton HaiserAlec Stenhouse12221:35:26/223
24thRS FEVA XL4924EYCBethany TaylorFreya Dumbell12221:42:11/224
25thRS FEVA XL1526EYCSam Veitch 1222DNF26

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