Volvo October Series at Galway Bay Sailing Club - Day 4

by Dave Vinnell 25 Oct 2005 16:38 BST

Smyth finally puts the fleet to bed!

Day 4 of the Volvo October series at Galway Bay sailing club saw two excellent races being run in near perfect conditions. 13 boats hit the start line for races 5 and 6 of this exciting series, which has proved extremely popular with all competitors with its short two race per day formula.

Race 5 saw Race officer Dave Vinnell set an excellent triangular course. Current league leaders Peugeot Motoc ycles suffered from a bad start, which saw the larger boats take an early lead. "Now What" sailed by the Heskin and Grealish families was first around the windward mark followed by Tommy Smyth's "Catalpa" and "That's Life!" . After working their way through the larger boats in the fleet and an exciting mark rounding in close proximity to "That's Life" Peugeot Motocycles ended up second on the water to Brendan McInerny's JS 9000 followed very closely by "Catalpa" and "Quelle Surprise".

General mayhem was to be seen at the start line of race 6 and after one general recall the fleet eventually got cleanly away except for "Peugeot Motocycles" and "That's Life!" who's rigs became temporarily entagled after a very close encounter at the back of the committee boat. Brendan Mac Inerney's JS 9000 under Dan the Kiwi's command also nearly impaled the committee boat in a bout of over enthusiasm.

"Catalpa" got off to an excellent clean start however and established a useful lead early on in the race. Despite "Peugeot" and "That's life!" efforts, excellent crew work and mark roundings saw "Catalpa" achieve an excellent 1st place by a large margin. A first and a sec ond on day 4 sees a change in the leader board with "Catalpa" displacing "That's Life!" from second place.

Next Sunday sees the final instalment in this exciting series and full results can be found on www.gbsc.ie

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Fleet	Boat Name	Rating	02-Oct	09-Oct	16-Oct	16-Oct	23-Oct	23-Oct	Pts
1	1ECHO	Peugeot MotorCycle	1.088	-6	1	2	1	3	2	9
2	2ECHO	Silver Foam	0.885	2	3	5	-6	4	5	19
3	1ECHO	Quelle Surprise	1.013	5	4	6	-8	2	6	23
4	2ECHO	White Dolphin	0.827	(15.0 DNF)	2	1	3	13.0 DNF	9	28
5	1ECHO	Catalpa	1.054	11	(DNC)	3	4	7	3	28
6	1ECHO	Thats Life	1.024	4	6	(13.0 DNF)	9	6	4	29
7	1ECHO	Joie de Vie	1.032	(DNC)	DNC	9	2	1	1	30
8	1ECHO	Addict	0.933	7	5	4	5	-11	10	31
9	1ECHO	Starlet	0.964	3	7	7	-10	8	7	32
10	2ECHO	RhoCoDar	0.924	9	8	8	-11	9	8	42
11	1ECHO	Now What	1.112	(DNC)	DNC	10	7	5	12	51
12	1ECHO	Ibariki	1.013	8	11.0 DNF	(DNC)	DNC	10	11	57
13	2ECHO	Siamsa	0.94	12	11.0 RAF	11	12	(DNC)	DNC	63
14	1ECHO	Valfreya	0.989	1	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	69
15	2ECHO	Thataway	0.883	10	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	78
16	1ECHO	Golden Eagle	0.944	15.0 DNF	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	83
1	1IRC	Peugeot MotorCycle	1.028	-7	1	1	1	1	2	6
2	1IRC	Catalpa	1.034	8	(DNC)	2	2	2	1	15
3	1IRC	Thats Life	1.024	1	4	(13.0 DNF)	4	4	3	16
4	1IRC	Quelle Surprise	0.962	3	2	4	-8	3	5	17
5	2IRC	Silver Foam	0.892	2	5	7	-12	8	8	30
6	2IRC	RhoCoDar	0.872	4	7	8	-9	7	6	32
7	1IRC	Starlet	0.918	6	8	5	-11	9	7	35
8	2IRC	White Dolphin	0.84	(14.0 DNF)	3	3	7	13.0 DNF	11	37
9	1IRC	Joie de Vie	1.033	(DNC)	DNC	9	3	5	4	37
10	1IRC	Addict	0.927	-12	6	6	10	11	10	43
11	1IRC	Now What	1.052	(DNC)	DNC	10	5	6	12	49
12	2IRC	Siamsa	0.894	9	11.0 RAF	11	6	(DNC)	DNC	53
13	1IRC	Ibariki	0.966	11	11.0 DNF	(DNC)	DNC	10	9	57
14	1IRC	Valfreya	0.921	5	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	69
15	2IRC	Thataway	0.889	10	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	74