International Etchells South Coast Championship at the Royal London Yacht Club
by Jan Ford 21 Jun 2022 16:45 BST
18-19 June 2022
This weekend saw the Etchells South Coast Championship and world qualifier take place in the Solent organised by the Royal London Yacht Club under PRO Peter Taylor.
Day one of racing was slow to start with four general recalls before racing finally got under way for the twenty Etchells in the fleet.
The race committee worked hard to deliver three great races in continuously changing conditions.
After three races, 'Mila', Lawrie Smith was leading the pack followed by 'Louise Racing', Grant Gordon, and 'Tango', Chris Hampton in third.
The Corinthian fleet was lead by 'Swedish Blue', Ante Razmilovic, followed by 'Ziggy', Rhys Lewis and 'Shamal', Anthony Parke.
Points were close so it was all to play for on the second day.
Day two, saw three more races completed with some very shifty up winds making racing very challenging.
After the first race, the black flag was brought out and three boats were unfortunately disqualified.
After some very close races the final results were, 'Mila', first overall sailed by Lawrie Smith, Richard Parslow, Gonçalo Riberio and Ben Saxton.
First youth and Corinthian went to 'Ziggy' sailed by Rhys Lewis, Joe Bradley, Mike O'Donovan and Olly Dawson-McGill.
Big thank you to the Royal London Yacht Club for running a great event, the next event is the Saida Cup with the Royal Thames Yacht Club which is the final world qualifiers on the 2nd and 3rd of July.
The World Championship takes place in Cowes 18th - 24th September.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper / Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 1434 | Mila | Lawrie Smith / Richard Parslow / Gonçalo Ribeiro / Ben Saxton | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | AUS 1503 | Tango | Chris Hampton / Elliot Hanson / Sam Haines | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | 1495 | Louise Racing | Grant Gordon / Luke Patience / Greg Siegwart / James Williamson | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | GBR 1352 | Jolly Roger | Tom Abrey / Matt Reid / Callum Healy | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | GBR 1493 | Eat
| Paul Ward / Charlie Cumbley / Ruaridh Wright | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | GBR 1460 | MBF | Paul Brotherton / Hannah Peters / James Fawcet / Alain Sign | 1 | 2 | RET | 8 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 7 | GBR 1441 | Highlife | Peter Rogers / Mark Lees / Duncan Yeabsley | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | GBR 1459 | Exabyte | Shaun Frohlich / Duncan Truswell / TBC | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | GBR 1432 | Desperate | Rob Tyrwhitt‑Drake / Ben Cassford / Rupert Anderson | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 42 |
| 10 | GBR 1271 | Ziggy (Corinthian) | Rhys Lewis / Joe Bradley / Mike O'Donovan / Olly Dowson‑McGill | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 48 |
| 11 | GBR 927 | Shamal (Corinthian) | Anthony Parke / Ross Mackley / Josie Meredith | 13 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 12 | GBR 1438 | Swedish BLUE (Corinthian) | Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / James Downer | 12 | 4 | 3 | 12 | BFD | DNC | 52 |
| 13 | GBR 957 | Currigee (Corinthian) | Angus Galloway / Matias Sabate / Ben Hazeldine / Josh Dawson | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | BFD | 13 | 58 |
| 14 | GBR 1227 | Bounce Back (Corinthian) | Allan Manuel / Stephen Rarity / David Kelly | 18 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 58 |
| 15 | GBR 1439 | Rocketman (Corinthian) | Rob Goddard / James Skurczuk / George Graham | 15 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 61 |
| 16 | GBR 782 | Pulse (Corinthian) | Simon Hall / Evie Snedker / Kate MacAdory / James Clemetson | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | RET | DNC | 61 |
| 17 | GBR 1353 | The Plant Hunter | Malcolm Offord / Laurence Mead / Jaydon owusu | 6 | 17 | 9 | DNS | DNS | DNC | 74 |
| 18 | GBR 1014 | Palavar (Corinthian) | Azat Ulutas / Brandom Morales / Seun Williams / Christopher‑Joel Frederick | 19 | 13 | 15 | 18 | BFD | DNC | 86 |
| 19 | GBR 1194 | Mano (Corinthian) | Josh Adams / Alex Guiterrez / James Cunnsion / Gabrielle Mascio | 20 | RET | 18 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 86 |
| 20 | GBR 1409 | Ada (Corinthian) | David Maclean / Quentin Bes‑Green / Sul Sahota | 17 | 16 | 19 | 17 | DNC | DNC | 90 |