Lymington Town Sailing Club Winter Series - Day 6

by Richard Russell 26 Nov 2018 18:15 GMT 25 November 2018

There was a good turn out for the Lymington Town Sailing Club winter series race 6 despite the cold overcast conditions. The fast handicap got away to a four-lap triangular course on time, but the large medium fleet were too enthusiastic with most of the fleet over the short line well before the start time the race officer postponed their start.

After a delay to get the fleet back and change the start line the medium fleet made a clean start. Enjoying the fresh conditions, the Merlin Rocket sailed by David and Vicky Lenz and the Scorpion sailed by Ryan Buchanan and Alex Hayman quickly established themselves at the front of the medium fleet.

At the finish after three laps David and Vicky had extended their lead and were 1 minute 28 second ahead of Ryan and Alex when the results were calculated, with the Merlin Rocket sailed by John Cooper and Becci Wigley third. Nigel King sailing his Phantom for the first time was the first non-spinnaker boat in forth.

In the fast handicap fleet Nigel Walbank lead the way round in his Musto Skiff with Richard Lilley second and Richard Keeton third sailing RS700s.

Medium Handicap Results:

Pos	Boat	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Pts
1	Snowy	Tasar	363	Richard Russell	Sylvia Weger	LTSC	OOD
1		Merlin Rocket	3778	Dave Lenz	Vicky Lenz	LTSC	1
3	Blue Steal	Scorpion	2028	Ryan Buchanan	Alex Hayman	LTSC	2
4		RS Aero 5	1209	Dave Ellis		LTSC	RIB
4	NKS	Merlin Rocket	3732	John Cooper	Becci Wigley	LTSC	3
6		Phantom	1391	Nigel King		LTSC	4
7		Laser	207749	Robby Boyd		LTSC	5
8	Fluffy	Merlin Rocket	3719	Rob Martin	Jan Martin	LTSC	6
9	Bluebird	Merlin Rocket	3863	Chloe George	Ben George	LTSC	7
10		Solo	5130	Mark Lee			8
11		RS Aero 7	1806	Simon Maguire		LTSC	9
12		RS Aero 5	1302	Jenny Bennett		LTSC	10
13		RS Aero 7	2318	K.Thorne		LTSC	11
14		Laser	204915	Tim Knight		RLymYC	12
14		RS Aero 9	2369	Tom Ehler		LTSC	RIB
16		Solo	5796	Andy Hyland		LTSC	13
17	Rattler	Solo	5570	Malcolm Buchanan		LTSC	14
18		RS Aero 5	2100	Julie Willis		LTSC	15
19		420	4	Tig Williams	Peter Conway	LTSC	16
20	Sno Joke	Europe	330	Pete Bell		RLymYC	17
21	Oli‑‑‑	Laser Radial	200874	Philip Gwyther		LTSC	18
22		RS Aero 9	1402	Steve Homewood		LTSC	19
23		Solo	5778	Shaun Welsh		LTSC	20
24		Contender	558	Mike Sleigh		LTSC	21
25		Wayfarer	4047	Annie Pike	John Sims	LTSC	22
26		Laser Radial	130303	David Smethurst		LTSC	23
27		RS Aero 7	1457	George Richard			DNF
27	Bella	Contender	2389	Phillip Lee		LTSC	DNF
27		Solo	5371	Jeff Dalton			DNF
27		Scorpion	1859	Nick Mowl	Clare Sleigh	LTSC	DNS
27		Laser 2000	21230	John Mat	Brice Smart	LTSC	DNS

Fast Handicap Results:

Pos	Boat	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Pos
1	Jigalong	Musto Skiff	394	Nigel Walbank		LTSC	1
2	Bravo	RS 700	945	Richard Lilley		LTSC	2
3		RS 700	954	Richard Keeton		LTSC	3
4		Musto Skiff	294	Gary Stones		LTSC	4
5		D‑One	409	Dave Gorringe		LTSC	5
6		RS 400	1236	Mike Baker	June Baker	LTSC	6
7	Southern Soul	RS 700	769	Paul Hemsley		RLymYC	7
8	Nessie	RS 800	1212	Chloe George	Sarah Russell	LTSC	DNF
8		29er	1194	Findlay Bignold‑Kyles	William Homewood	LTSC	OOD
8	Tiddler	Formula 18	NED 50	Dougal Harris	Henry Castledine/Kate VS	LTSC	DNF
11		29er	137	Euan Etheridge	Ted Ward	LTSC	RIB