Stewart Brewing RS200 Scottish Travellers at East Lothian Yacht Club
by Antony Gifford 10 Jun 2022 16:18 BST
4-5 June 2022
Peter Collings and Emily Hill win race 5 - RS200 Scottish Travellers at East Lothian © ELYC
The Scottish RS200 travelling posse were treated to the usual glorious conditions at North Berwick over the weekend 4/5th June. Almost wall to wall sunshine and a pleasant force 3 - just typical for this favourite venue.
With twelve boats, including the very welcome visit by three from England, there was good racing through the weekend for all (well almost all).
Brendan Lynch & Ellen Clark shot off in the first race showing they had no intention of stopping their recent dominance of the class up here. During the weekend they even practised giving the fleet a small headstart, just to have the sport of overtaking us. The strategy only back-fired once, on Sunday, when Peter Collings & Emily Hill established such a lead that they led to the finish.
Fiona Rigg and Helen Wightman showed extreme consistency (including a string of three second places on Sunday) to take.... second. For those still reading - yes that does mean that they also beat Brendan and Ellen in their 'bad race'.
The fleet was a floating advert for what makes the class the biggest double-handed class at these events, with couples, parent/teenager, all-female combinations and a lot of other people sailing together just because they are friends!
The club, once again, produced good racing, a great welcome and stunning weather. The sponsor, Stewart Brewing, produced some pretty fine brews.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
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| 1st | 1510 | Ellen Clark | Brendan Lunch | ELYC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2nd | 600 | Fiona Rigg | Helen Wightman | ELYC | 4 | ‑6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3rd | 1120 | Peter Collings | Emily Hill | Castle Semple SC | 3 | 2 | 6 | ‑10 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 4th | 1642 | John Wilson | Laura Glover | ELYC | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑6 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 5th | 1283 | Gillies Munro | India Gill | Royal Findhorn YC | ‑6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 6th | 1397 | Antony Gifford | Rory Gifford | Royal Tay YC | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ‑8 | 8 | 30 |
| 7th | 1560 | Jonathan Ward | Heather Ward | Budworth SC | 5 | ‑8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
| 8th | 1068 | Martin Smith | Barbara Smith | Yorkshire dales SC | 8 | (DNF) | DNC | 9 | 5 | 7 | 42 |
| 9th | 1549 | Paul Rigg | Duncan Rigg | ELYC | 10 | 9 | (DNF) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 42 |
| 10th | 1003 | Armstrong Innes | Justine Davenport | Burwain SC | 9 | 7 | 8 | ‑11 | 11 | 10 | 45 |
| 11th | 866 | Ben Homer | Bess Homer | Dalgety Bay SC | ‑11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 47 |
| 12th | 1027 | Callum Masson | Ben Hay | ELYC | 12 | 11 | (DNF) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 59 |