Hurricane 5.9 SX TT at Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club

by Ben Cutler-Sharp 25 Jul 2022 17:57 BST 24 July 2022

The third stop of the 2022 Hurricane 5.9 SX circuit was a visit to the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club in Bridlington. The fleet were greeted on the Saturday morning with glorious sunshine and a cross onshore force 4. With Sunday's forecast looking much windier and squally the call was made to run four races back-to-back on the Saturday.

Race 1 got under way and it was Julian Reichert & Jeremy Sandford from Thorpe Bay YC who started well off the pin end and got to the top mark first. They were followed round by John Ready & Will Power from Dabchicks SC and then a tight mid fleet.

With close racing from places 3 to 10, the front two got away and Julian & Jeremy took the win from John & Will and Richie Hanmore & Matt Kimber from Stone SC taking third.

Race 2 was a little closer, this time John & Will sneaking ahead off the start and being chased by Jeremy & Julian. George & Howard Warrington from Thorpe Bay Yacht Club got the best of the rest taking third from Richie and Matt.

Race 3 was more of the same fast powered racing with some fun waves to play with downwind. The top two were joined by Trevor Bawden & Jack Tindale from Stone SC who had suffered a broken spinnaker pole in race 1 but managed a fast pitstop to get back out for race 3 despite the race officers amazingly fast turn around between races!

It was John & Will who won making it two wins in a row.

Race 4 was started as the wind died down. Heading off the start, the 4 boats who went inshore then benefited from a 90 degree windshift with locals Kev Porter & Ian Sanderson reaching in to the top mark followed by Trevor & Jack, Richie & Matt and Ben & Kez Cutler-Sharp all within a few boat lengths at full speed, spinnakers up, surfing the swell into the leeward gate.

The wind kept shifting round making the course unsailable and so the Race Officer made a great call to restart it.

The second race 4 got under way with a gusty offshore breeze and Trevor & Jack enjoying a close battle with Jeremy & Julian followed by Richie & Matt, Ben & Kez and Howard & George trading places throughout all three laps.

Saturday night brought a well needed BBQ, drinks and disco/karaoke to bring respite to some very tired bodies! Sunday dawned and with a few hefty squalls coming through, and the sensible and correct decision to abandon racing was made.

Despite the long distance travelled, Saturdays sailing more than made up for it and a great time was had by all old, new and returning members of the Hurricane family.

The last event of the year is coming up with the fleet heading to Stone SC for the 2023 nationals on the 19th/20th and 21st of August.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	WeirdFish / 455	455	Julian Reichert	Jeremy Sandford	TBYC	1	2	2	2	7
2nd	The Presidents	423	John Ready	Will Powell	Dabchicks	2	1	1	5	9
3rd	Cool Running	370	Richard Hanmore	Matt Kimber	Stone SC	3	4	4	3	14
4th	Made in Essex	487	George Warrington	Howard Warrington	TBYC	4	3	7	6	20
5th	Flying Colour	101	Ben Cutler‑Sharpe	Kez Cutler ‑Sharpe	Starcross YC	7	5	5	4	21
6th		368	Alex Warrington	Peter Broomfield	TBYC	5	8	6	7	26
7th		419	John Tuckwell	Luke Furber	Bala SC	6	7	8	9	30
8th	Ajin	351	Mike Abbey	Harry Pickering	RYYC	8	6	11	8	33
9th		481	Trevor Bawden	Jack Tindale	Stone SC	RET	DNS	3	1	38
10th		486	Nick Elmore	Teddy Elmore	TBYC	10	9	9	11	39
11th	Punisher	46	Steven Bissell	Steven Fowler	RYYC	12	11	13	12	48
12th		338	Tom Broomfield	Jen Epps	TBYC	11	10	12	RET	50
13th		340	Kev Porter	Ian Sanderson	RYYC	RET	RET	10	10	54
14th		483				9	RET	DNS	DNS	60
15th	Mean Machine	152	Mark Simmonds	Angus Winchester	Castle Semple	13	DNF	DNS	DNS	64
16th		454				DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	68