Edinburgh Regatta 2022 at Granton, Edinburgh

by Sarah Robertson 29 Jun 2022 16:55 BST 25-26 June 2022

The Edinburgh Regatta took place on 25/26 June at Granton, Edinburgh, jointly hosted by Royal Forth YC and Forth Corinthians YC. It was last held in 2019 like so many other events.

Traditionally all keelboats are invited to this regatta on the Forth for both windward/leeward racing for Fast & Slow yachts and Sports/Day boats as well as passage races for Cruisers.

Entries were difficult to predict so the organising committee were delighted to receive 26 entries from the host clubs as well as Port Edgar and Burntisland. Port Edgar SC organised a feeder race on Saturday morning which delivered their boats to Granton just in time for the first start. Unfortunately Covid and other unfortunate events had started to impact the fleet even before the start and Saturday racing started with 22 boats spread across 5 classes - six 707s and handicap complications warranted a separate result for this class.

A brisk SW wind resulted in some exciting racing for all classes. The cruisers started first on a 10-mile race followed 15 minutes later by the other classes. The 2 windward/leeward races were exciting to watch with some close racing in the 707s and some spectacular broaches as the wind picked up. At the end of the 2 races James McDougall and team in Beneteau First 30E "Shoki" was 1st in the Fast class, Justin Venton in "Jetstream" led the 707s, John Lane in H-Boat "Humdinger" was leading the Sports/Day boats and Brian Pennycook in Maxi 84 "Misty Blue" had led the Cruiser fleet home. Racing was followed by a barbeque and drinks on the RFYC terrace - great to see visitors after the long wait.

Sunday's racing was in a very unusual SE wind which was gusting between 12 and 28 knots and swinging constantly by 30 degrees. The fleet was further reduced due to more Covid and the forecast. Nevertheless the ROs managed to set the cruisers off on an exciting 12-mile tour and the other fleets managed another 2 races before the ROs and a number of boats decided to call it a day. Ian Hard's Div1 "Hardslog" dominated the Fast class on day 2, Ronnie Millar in "Cacciatore" had a better day in the 707 (albeit with some "interesting" spinnaker work) and Tim McBride's team in Hawk 20 "Bonnie" gave a great lone performance to win the Slow fleet. The Sports/Day boat turnout had reduced to zero.

Ian Rogers and crew in their Achilles 24 "Amare" were presented with the Britannia Trophy for the performance that most impressed the Race Officers due to their resilience in the wind and waves plus 2nd place overall in the Cruiser fleet. They were allowed to hold this historic trophy for photographs before it was returned to it's home on the RFYC wall!

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat	Class	Sail No	Owner	Club	Rating	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
707 Division
1st	Cacciatore	707	7115	Stewart Robertson	RFYC	927	‑3	1	2	1	4
2nd	Jet Stream	707	7102	Justin Venton & Bill Hmilton	PEYC	927	1	2	‑3	2	5
3rd	Racing Demon	707	7084	Adam Wallace	PEYC	927	2	3	1	(DNS)	6
4th	Eastlander	707	7041	Pawel Byszyimski	PEYC	927	(RET)	4	4	3	11
5th	Isbean	707	7068	Richard Gibson	PEYC	927	4	5	(DNC)	DNC	15
Cruiser Class Division
1st	Misty Blue	Maxi 84	822C	Brian Pennycook & Eddie North	FCYC	1030	1	1			2
2nd	Amare	Achilles 24	561	Ian Rogers	RFYC	1150	2	2			4
3rd	Timania	Elizabethan 30	2855	Richard Maspero	RFYC	1060	4	4			8
4th	Apparition	Sloop	930C	George Mackay	FCYC	1025	DNF	3			13
5th	Indulgence	Beneteau First 30	8641	Peter Douglas	FCYC	1069	3	RET			13
6th	Kentra	Sadler 29	169	Paul Copp	Burntisland SC	1072	5	DNC			15
7th	Kashangi II	Westerley Griffin	GN188	John Anderson	FCYC	1228	DNF	DNC			20
7th	Pole Star	Hunter Horizon 23	65	Rob Garner	FCYC	1242	DNF	RET			20
7th	Seahorse	Westerley Centaur	CR1017	Dougal Burnett	FCYC	1207	RET	DNS			20
Fast Yachts Division
1st	Hardslog	DIV1	7349	Ian Hards	PEYC	859	1	‑2	1	1	3
2nd	Shoki	Beneteau First 30E	03C	James McDougall	PEYC	923	‑2	1	2	2	5
3rd	Sara	Sigma 33 Cruiser	06L	Thomas Louth	FCYC	959	3	(DNS)	RET	DNS	13
4th	Smij of Antrim	Hustler SJ30	K‑6666	Nicolas Janke	FCYC	959	(DNC)	RET	DNS	DNS	15
Slow Yachts Division
1st	Bonnie	Hawk 20/Class 3	260	Tim McBride	RFYC	1115	‑1	1	1	1	3
2nd	Cloud 9		C9	Jude Beimers	BSC	1050	2	2	(DNC)	DNC	7
Sports/Day Boats Division
1st	Humdinger	H‑BOAT	DEN518	John LAne	RFYC	996	2	1	(DNC)	DNC	8
2nd	Wizz Too	DRAGON	GBR343	Henry Boyd	RFYC	985	1	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	11
3rd	Kismet	DRAGON	GBR508	Cathy Ogden Sheena Kerr	RFYC	984	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	15
3rd	HizzYaWizz	H‑BOAT	GBR 43	Ken Allan	RFYC	1002	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	15