Royal Southampton Yacht Club Double-Handed Regatta
by Simon Forbes 17 Jul 2006 09:45 BST
15-16 July 2006
The Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s first ever Double–Handed regatta attracted 53 entrants © Eddie Mays
53 boats race in first Double-Handed Regatta
The Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s first ever Double–Handed regatta attracted 53 entrants. Two races on Saturday saw 10-15 knots easterly wind while Sunday’s race was postponed two hours awaiting a light sea breeze. The varied fleet included a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45.2, a Folkboat and a Seacart 30 trimaran as well as nine J-Boats. The regatta was sponsored by MDL Marinas which promoted a good gathering of competitors at the Yacht Club in Ocean Village Marina on the Saturday evening.
The Race Management team set the fleet away on both days from off the Lee on Solent area.
Class 1 (IRC), was won by J/92 Jos of Hamble (Clemency Williams/Nick Bubb) with a score of 4,2,1 beating by one point the Dehler 36DBS Draig O’R Mor (Chris Rustom/Nathan Salt) with third J/105 Voador (Simon Curwen/Paul Peggs).
Class 2 (IRC), was won by J/80 Hoolinkazan (Steve Sault/Sachiko Suzuki) by one point from Laser 28 The Flying Fish (Kathy and Rupert Smalley) and First Class 8 Moonshine (Douglas Watson).
Class 3 (Club-rated) saw J/80 Savage Sailing(Chris Savage/Richard Hughes) win by 4 points from the Hunter 707s Feeling Rough (Jason Foster/Andrew Baird) and Tigerfeet (Stephen Mayer/Ed Rogers).
Class 4 (Club-rated) results were based on two races and saw the Wauquiez Pretorien Pavo (David/Mary Greenway) win by 3 points from Westerly GK29 Green Kestrel (Jon Woolgar/Richard Davison) and third was Folkboat Svenja ( Michael Stoner/Rebecca Meigh).
In the Multihull Class, Dragonfly 920 Force X (George Burn/Mark Griffiths) won all three races to win from Dragonfly 800 Scooby III (Simon Forbes/Erna Wegman) with third Seacart 30 Buzz (Phil Cotton/Ian Andrew).
The RSYC Double-Handed series continues with the Nab Double 12 August and Island Double on 2 September. For details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 8022 3352 or email racing@rsyc.org.uk
Overall Results:
| Class: 1 IRC |
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| 1 | Jos of Hamble | J/92 | Clemency Williams/Nick Bubb |
| 2 | Draig O’R Mor | Dehler 36 DBS | Chris Rustom/Nathan Salt |
| 3 | Voador | J/105 | Simon Curwen / Paul Peggs |
| Class: 2 IRC |
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| 1 | Hoolinkazan | J/80 | Steve Sault/Sachiko Suzuki |
| 2 | The Flying Fish | Laser 28 | Kathy/Rupert Smalley |
| 3 | Moonshine | First Class 8 | Douglas Watson |
| Class: 3 Club |
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| 1 | Savage Sailing | J/80 | Chris Savage/Richard Hughes |
| 2 | Feeling Rough | Hunter 707 | Jason Foster/Andrew Baird |
| 3 | Tigerfeet | Hunter 707 | Stephen Meyer/Ed Rogers |
| Class: 4 |
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| 1 | Pavo | Wauquiez Pretorien | David/Mary Greenway |
| 2 | Green Kestrel | Westerly GK29 | Jon Woolgar/Richard Davison |
| 3 | Svenja | Folkboat | Michael Stoner/Rebecca Meigh |
| Class: Multihulls |
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| 1 | Force X | Dragonfly 920 | George Burn / Mark Griffiths |
| 2 | Scooby III | Dragonfly 800 | Simon Forbes / Erna Wegman |
| 3 | Buzz | Seacart 30 | Phil Cotton / Ian Andrew |