Loch Long One-Design 2022 National Championship at Cove Sailing Club

by Frank Kilg 30 Jul 2022 17:08 BST 24-29 July 2022

An impressive fleet of twenty-two boats took part in the Loch Long One-Design National Championship from 24th to 29th July 2022 on the Clyde. The event was hosted by Cove Sailing Club and supported by a number of generous sponsors including local businesses and private individuals.

The fleet comprised of eleven local boats and eleven boats who made the near 500 mile trip north from Aldeburgh in Suffolk with no less than 4 previous winners joining the fleet. They were competing for the Clyde Cup which was first presented in 1953 and the event also marked the 85th Anniversary of the Loch Long Class as well as the 50th Anniversary of the host club.

A total of 6 races were successfully completed and race officer Murray Caldwell set some fantastic windward-leeward courses. The majority of the races were sailed in wind of 10-18 knots and the competitors were treated to a mixture of wind directions and weather conditions. This made for good tight racing and this was reflected in the results with one of the races won by inches and there were two dead-heats further down the fleet.

The Clyde Cup was won by the father and son team of Alan and Robbie DeVenny of Cove in Electra (109). Electra set the pace by winning the first three races and then sailed with consistency to record a third and two fourths to record a low overall score of 10 points once a discard was factored in.

It was again a year for family sailing and runner up was Cove's Alan Harper crewed by daughter Rachel in Capricorn (66) with two race wins to their name and an overall score of 16 points. The Harper team just edged out the husband and wife team of Alan and Erin McLeod by just a single point. In turn they finished just a point ahead of Moonshine (102) helmed by Annie Burden and crewed by Eric Robertson. Duncan Farquhar with the help of Andy Glendinning and John Fitzgerald rounded out the top five in Sula (84).

The top visiting boat was George and Patrick Hill on Skye (142) securing the coveted traveller's trophy just ahead of Bruce and Claire Johnson in Hussar (110) who also scored a fine race win.

A special mention goes to Peter and Jeanette Redshaw in Doodie (133) who received the Vanduara trophy for the most improved boat during the regatta.

Jimmy's Cup for Endeavour was awarded to newcomer Tom Walker in Judy (77) who showed great determination around the race course and the James Powell Cup for best white sail boat went to Charles and Liz McDowell in Eden (138).

The week was rounded off with a prize-giving and buffet at Cove Sailing Club and Cove Commodore Wells Grogan thanked all those involved in putting on such a successful regatta. It was great to see new boats joining the fleet this year and both the sailing and social events meant that a good time was had by all.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	109	Electra	Alan DeVenny	1	1	1	3	4	4	10
2	66	Capricorn	Alan Harper	7	2	7	1	5	1	16
3	20	Pied Piper	Alan McLeod	9	6	4	2	2	3	17
4	102	Moonshine	Annie Burden	4	3	5	4	6	2	18
5	84	Sula	Duncan Farquhar	5	4	8	15	3	7	27
6	142	Skye	George Hill	3	22	3	8	7	8	29
7	110	Hussar	Bruce Johnson	15	7	2	12	1	12	34
8	139	Tantrum	Jonathan Evans	10	5	9	10	9	5	38
9	36	Faolag	Ian Gifford	6	8	6	10	11	11	41
10	138	Eden	Charles McDowell	12	12	12	6	8	9	47
11	25	Zimmer	Ari Liddel	8	10	11	13	14	6	48
12	33	Elizabeth	John McNeilage	11	11	18	7	10	9	48
13	92	Sonara	Keith Hall	2	9	13	17	12	15	51
14	117	Tarka	John McMurtrie	13	13	14	18	16	13	69
15	131	Mermaid	Paul Antcliff	16	15	17	5	18	18	71
16	3	Flight	David Keates	17	14	22	14	15	14	74
17	133	Doodie	Peter Redshaw	22	22	15	9	17	15	78
18	116	Allegro	John McMurtrie	22	22	10	16	13	22	83
19	121	Iona	James Powell	14	17	16	22	22	17	86
20	77	Judy	Tom Walker	19	18	19	19	19	20	94
21	23	Finola	Jill Leates	18	16	22	22	22	19	97
22	10	Minx	Martyn Murray	22	22	22	22	22	22	110