Penarth Yacht Club Regatta 2024

by Martyn Bromley 3 Jul 2024 17:48 BST 29-30 June 2024

Penarth Yacht Club held their annual sailing regatta on the weekend of 29th and 30th of June. Despite a worrying forecast of very little wind, sailors from several clubs arrived to take part and their optimism was rewarded with six full races over the weekend.

All classes raced together with overall and individual class results. The racing saw some very even battles with several tie-breaks being required.

The closest battle for overall and class honours was in the Enterprise class between Phil Ford from Looe Sailing Club in Cornwall with local crew Jane Humpage, and Penarth helm Jeff Dyer crewed by Bethan Ashton on Saturday and Isabel Griffiths on Sunday. Phil and Jane dominated Saturday only for Jeff and Isabel to win all three races on Sunday evening the score and requiring a tie break which worked in their favour by virtue of winning the last race.

In the single-handed Laser class, there was an equally close battle between Savva Tretyakov from Penarth YC and John Lapes from Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club. Again, the tie-break favoured John by winning the last race.

The general handicap fleet was won by Ray Lien from Cardiff Bay Yacht Club sailing a 2000, with Clive Bowman in his K1second. Third were Honor Hopkin and Efa Thomas who were having great fun learning to sail their new 29er dinghy.

Overall, the balance of results saw Phil and Jane taking the overall prize by 1 point from Jeff and Bethan/Isabel by one point with John from Bristol in third.

After racing on Saturday competitors and friends enjoyed a barbecue in the club and a superb night of music by the reggae band Eden Roots.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Points
REGATTA OVERALL
1	Enterprise	23270	Phil Ford	Jane Humpage	Looe SC	9
2	Enterprise	22894	Jef Dyer	Bethan Ashton / Isabel Grffiths	Penarth YC	10
3	ILCA 7	179081	John Lapes		BCYC	18
4	Enterprise	23140	Richard Leach	Jane Pickford	Penarth YC	18
5	ILCA 6	183264	Savva Tretyakov		Penarth YC	23
6	Enterprise	22935	Chris Palmer	Claudia Haynes	Penarth YC	33
7	2000		Ray Lein		CBYC	37
8	Enterprise	22127	Steve Arthur	Sandra Arthur	Penarth YC	52
9	ILCA 7	186717	Keith edwards		Penarth YC	53
10	ILCA 6	183264	Hugh Skipper		Penarth YC	58
11	Enterprise	22901	Paul Young	Oliver Mason	Midland SC	60
12	Enterprise	22927	Alan Latts	Clare Griffiths	Penarth YC	64
13	Enterprise	23312	Peter Rendall	Helen Cummings	Penarth YC	66
14	Enterprise	22347	Rob Palfrey	Jackie Palfrey	Penarth YC	67
15	ILCA 7	146488	Will Griffiths		Penarth YC	68
16	ILCA 7	208129	Mike Dyer		Bowmoor	71
17	ILCA 7	130517	Ben Sibert		Penarth YC	80
18	ILCA 7	218343	Aran Pitter		CBYC	81
19	ILCA 7	181250	Nick Dermody		Penarth YC	82
20	ILCA 7	100297	Leigh Griffiths		Penarth YC	95
21	29er	2345	Honor Hopkin	Efa Thomas	CBYC	101
22	ILCA 7	126426	Dan Linfield		Penarth YC	106
23	K1	40	Clive Bowman		Penarth YC	108
24	ILCA 6	169225	Adam Partridge		Penarth YC	111
ENTERPRISE OVERALL
1	Enterprise	22894	Jef Dyer	Bethan Ashton / Isabel Grffiths	Penarth YC	7
2	Enterprise	23270	Phil Ford	Jane Humpage	Looe SC	7
3	Enterprise	23140	Richard Leach	Jane Pickford	Penarth YC	16
4	Enterprise	22935	Chris Palmer	Claudia Haynes	Penarth YC	24
5	Enterprise	22901	Paul Young	Oliver Mason	Midland SC	29
6	Enterprise	23312	Peter Rendall	Helen Cummings	Penarth YC	30
7	Enterprise	22127	Steve Arthur	Sandra Arthur	Penarth YC	30
8	Enterprise	22347	Rob Palfrey	Jackie Palfrey	Penarth YC	35
9	Enterprise	22927	Alan Latts	Clare Griffiths	Penarth YC	38
ILCA / LASER OVERALL
1	ILCA 7	179081	John Lapes		BCYC	7
2	ILCA 6	183264	Savva Tretyakov		Penarth YC	7
3	ILCA 7	186717	Keith edwards		Penarth YC	20
4	ILCA 6	183264	Hugh Skipper		Penarth YC	30
5	ILCA 7	146488	Will Griffiths		Penarth YC	30
6	ILCA 7	208129	Mike Dyer		Bowmoor	33
7	ILCA 7	130517	Ben Sibert		Penarth YC	35
8	ILCA 7	181250	Nick Dermody		Penarth YC	38
9	ILCA 7	218343	Aran Pitter		CBYC	39
10	ILCA 7	100297	Leigh Griffiths		Penarth YC	49
11	ILCA 7	126426	Dan Linfield		Penarth YC	54
12	ILCA 6	169225	Adam Partridge		Penarth YC	56
HANDICAP OVERALL
1	2000		Ray Lein		CBYC	37
2	K1	40	Clive Bowman		Penarth YC	76
3	29er	2345	Honor Hopkin	Efa Thomas	CBYC	91