Ramsgate Week 2018 - Overall
by Martin Law 27 Jul 2018 19:17 BST
22-27 July 2018
The final day of Ramsgate Week sees IRC and cruiser classes compete on the same race course for the Gold Cup event. 50 yachts motored out to the offshore start line and were met by calm hazy conditions. There was a pause of around 45 minutes for the wind to fill in and all competitors subsequently got underway during slack tide.
The upwind conditions were tricky with 7-8 kts from the East with rapidly oscillating wind-shifts concealing an underlying veer to the south. Those who spotted the this and went right up the beat came out ahead. Meanwhile the tide was strengthening to the North creating problems rounding the windward mark for some of the slower boats. At least one cruiser dropped the hook for an hour or so, had lunch, put the sails back up when the breeze built and faired none the worse for it. The IRC classes managed two laps of the triangle-sausage course and the cruiser course was shortened.
In IRC 1 Peter and Judith Jackson's Pronavia 42 Assassin came off the start line well and led around the first mark only to be over-hauled by Team Heiner, and Kym and Heather Leatt's Corby 36, Kylla, whose excellent form have seen them dominate the series this week with four first and two second places. A consistent performance by Team Heiner in their Max Fun 35 put them second for the week ahead of Richard Matthew's Oystercatcher XXXI in third.
In IRC 2, the Gold Cup winner was Niek Spiljard's X332 Vanilla giving them second place overall for the week. Mike and Jo Brand's X-34 Foxy was second on the day giving them the IRC 2 overall series win. Third place for the series went to Peter Pearson and Mike Lilwall's Elan 333, Buccaneer.
The cruiser classes had a hard day of it with the wind/tide making for some long spells of treading water and several retirements. The Class 6 Gold Cup win was taken by David Preston's Beneteau First Class 8, Luna, which was definitely the right boat for the conditions today. Second was Mallard, Howard Bates' Westerly Fulmar. Miss Amelia, Andy Ketteringham's Beneteau First 30 was third on the day but had done enough earlier in the week to ensure a first in the series, with Luna second overall, one point clear of Mallard.
Class 5 Gold cup was won by Martin Ross's Sunfast 37, Entropy, with Frank Barrett's Maverick second and Nick Moulton's Sunfast 3200, Dabtoe, third. Maverick take the overall Class 5 cruiser series win by two points ahead of Ken Lees' Rush with Donald Gray's Jeanneau 42, Blown away in third.
In Class 7 Andy Renshaw's Impala, Wild Rover, made up for yesterday's retirement with a win today to take the Class 7 series win overall. Second on the day was Splash, Ken Welch's Oceanis 34 giving them second place overall. Third on the day was Bernard Sealy's Weswind 38 Karibia Breezes. Third overall was Susan Anderson's Gibsea 262 Impulse from Margate Yacht Club.
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IRC 1 Results:
Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Type | Owner | Club | Handicap | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Series Points |
1 | 4866 | Kylla | Corby 36 | Kym & Heather Leatt | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 172 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | 7020 | Team Heiner | Max Fun 35 | Team Heiner | WV Zeewolde | 165 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 4321 | Oystercatcher XXX1 | Humphreys 39 | Richard Matthews | West Mersea Yacht Club | 1.152 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
4 | 906 | Assassin | Pronavia 42 | Peter & Judith Jackson | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 1.145 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
5 | 1391 | Full Tilt | Arcona 400 | Ross Eldred | Medway Yacht Club | 138 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
6 | 2186 | Principessa | Grand Soleil 43B | Andy Beaumont-Hope | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 161 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
IRC 2 Results:
Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Type | Owner | Club | Handicap | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Series Points |
1 | 9344 | Foxy | X-34 | Mike & Jo Brand | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.998 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | 5859 | Vanilla | X332 | Niek Spiljard | WV Arne | 0.977 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
3 | 8764 | Buccaneer | Elan 333 | Peter Pearson & Mike Lilwall | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.957 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
4 | 6733 | Black Diamond | Beneteau Figaro | Graham Eggleton | Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club | 0.96 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 |
5 | 6455 | Slingback | SJ320 | John Barrett & Paul Woodward | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.968 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
6 | 347 | Cobra | First 34.7 | Matt & Roger Green
Paul Thomas & Will Stevens | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.988 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
7 | 1804 | Xpedite | X99 | Julian Poupard | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.979 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
8 | 9700 | Only Magic | J97 | Richard Sparrow | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.984 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 38 |
9 | 8806 | Scorchio | SJ320 | Paul Glover | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.966 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
10 | 5952 | Shear Joy | Dehler 34 | Simon Farren | Dabchicks Sailing Club | 0.925 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 42 |
11 | 9746 | Zephyros | Dehler 34 | Tim French | Medway Yacht Club | 0.927 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
12 | 3505 | Excalibur | X99 | Owen Croft | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.972 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 56 |
13 | 581 | Antix | X-302 | John Allen (wed-frid) | Whitby Yacht Club | 0.926 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 59 |
14 | 9983 | Flyer | Dehler 34 | Robin Impey | Colne Yacht Club | 0.922 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 62 |
15 | 2603 | Bad Boys | Corby 26 | Anthony Dale | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.938 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 68 |
16 | 4227 | Lyra of London | Swan 431 | Miles Delap | Royal Corinthian Yacht Club | 0.998 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 71 |
Cruiser 5 Results:
Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Type | Owner | Club | Handicap | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Series Points |
1 | 6333 | Maverick | Elan 333 | Frank Barrett | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.962 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
2 | 4530 | Rush | Sigma 35 | Ken Lees | Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club | 0.953 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
3 | TBA | Blown Away | Jeanneau 42 DS | Donald Gray | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
4 | 3782 | Dabtoe | Sunfast 3200 | Nick Moulton | Walton & Frinton Yacht Club | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
5 | 3167 | Pippy | Sun Odyssey 37 | John & Michelle Stonely | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.942 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
6 | 5276 | Roxanne | Jeanneau Sunshine 38 | Rick Elliott | Rye Harbour Sailing Club | 0.945 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
7 | 8389 | Entropy | Jeanneau sun fast 37 | Martin Ross | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.99 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
Cruiser 6 Results:
Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Type | Owner | Club | Handicap | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Series Points |
1 | 8890 | Miss Amelia | Beneteau First 30 | Andrew Ketteringham | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 3133 | Luna | Beneteau First Class 8 | David Preston | Rye Harbour Sailing Club | 0.93 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
3 | 1284 | Mallard | Westerly Fulmar | Howard Bates | Rye Harbour Sailing Club | 0.883 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 193 | Amelie | Juoet 760 | Rick Archer | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.82 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
5 | 971 | Eroica | Beneteau First 25 | Gary Lewis | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.815 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
6 | 2903 | Caroline | Dehler 29 | Andy Ellis | Marconi Sailing Club | 0.925 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
7 | 5212 | Manana | UFO31 | Chalky White & Candida Ownes | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.88 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
Cruiser 7 Results:
Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Type | Owner | Club | Handicap | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Series Points |
1 | 9598 | Wild Rover | Impala 28 | Andy Renshaw | Queenborough Yacht Club | 0.884 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
2 | TBA5 | Splash | Oceanis 34 | Ken Welch | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.885 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | TBA2 | Impulse | Gibsea262 | Susan Anderson | Margate Yacht Club | 0.744 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
4 | TBA4 | Karibia Breezes | Westwind 38 | Bernard Sealy | Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club | 0.885 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
5 | 4419 | Avventura | Franchini 43L | Mark Andrews & Jonath Hague | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.94 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
6 | TBA3 | Cordyll 11 | Dufour Arpege | Carine Bishop & Maria Wilcock | Royal Temple Yacht Club | 0.844 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 |