Etchells Spring Regatta at the Royal London Yacht Club
by Anthony Parke 16 Apr 2022 05:57 BST
9-10 April 2022
Etchells Spring Regatta 2022 © Etchells Cowes Fleet
The Etchells Spring Regatta, run by the Royal London Yacht Club with PRO Peter Taylor, the first event of the year, saw the 12 boat fleet treated to champagne sailing conditions of 6-12knts and sunshine on day one.
The day was dominated from the start by Lawrie Smith, with Richard Parslow, Goncalo Ribeiro and Ben Saxton scoring three bullets in a tricky fluctuating breeze. Closely followed by Graham Bailey, David Bedford, Will Bedford and Dilly Ala on Strait Dealer scoring a 6,4,1, with Malcom Offord in third after a 8,2,4.
Day 2 started light but a steady SE breeze built to provide another three great races in 8-15knts of breeze. Again Lawrie showed form with a 2,1,1, Youth and Corinthian team of Rhys Lewis, Alex Colquitt, Joe Bradley and Oliver Dowson-McGill, in their first Etchells regatta, on board Ziggy put in a solid day 2 with a 3,3,3.
The event finished with Lawrie Smith scoring an impressive 5 bullets from 6 races, being able to discard the 2nd place, second was well deserved by Strait Dealer finishing all but one race in the top 5, with the solid second day team Ziggy sailed away with 3rd place 1st Corinthian and 1st youth.
The next Etchells regatta is the Sir Kenneth Preston Trophy 30th April - 2nd May being run by the RYS which is a qualifier for the World Championship being held in Cowes in September.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
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| 1 | GBR 1434 | Alfie | Lawrie Smith / Richard Parslow / Goncalo Ribeiro / Ben Saxton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | GBR 1431 | Strait Dealer | Graham Bailey / David Bedford / Will Bedford / Dilly Ala | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | GBR 1271 | Ziggy (Corinthian) | Rhys Lewis / Alex Colquitt / Joe Bradley / Oliver Dowson‑McGill | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | GBR 1352 | Jolly Roger | Tom Abrey / Matt Reid / Bruno van Dyke | 4 | 6 | UFD | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | GBR 1460 | MBF | Paul Brotherton / James Fawcett / Hannah Peters / Alain Sign | 3 | 3 | UFD | 4 | UFD | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | GBR 1266 | Puffing Billy | Malcolm Offord / Laurence Mead / Sam Haines | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | GBR 1020 | Sumo (Corinthian) | Dylan Collingbourne / Ellie Clark / Tom Callan / Sophie Bentley | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | GBR 927 | Shamal (Corinthian) | Anthony Parke / Ross Mackley / Carys Randeria / Jonathan Mears | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | UFD | 33 |
| 9 | GBR 1014 | Palaver (Corinthian) | Azat Ulutas / Seun Williams / Alex Bouchereau / Huseyin Taraman | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 |
| 10 | GBR 1194 | Mano (Corinthian) | Kate MacAdorey / James Cunnison / Charlie Elise | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 43 |
| 11 | GBR 1409 | Ada | David Maclean / Quentin Bes‑Green / Sul Sahota | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 45 |
| 12 | GBR 1439 | Rocketman (Corinthian) | Rob Goddard / Philip Catmur / Matthew Hannaby | 11 | 12 | UFD | 9 | 8 | 7 | 47 |