Ramsgate Week 2024 at the Royal Temple Yacht Club - Day 4

by Karen Cox 16 Aug 2024 12:24 BST 11-16 August 2024

For the IRC classes, Thursday's racing traditionally comprises two windward leeward races for the QE2 Cup, starting and finishing was offshore from the Committee Boat.

Conditions were blustery with the winds building from 20 knots through the day. The windward fair tide beats were heavy going into a short sea followed by lively and fast spinnaker legs. Unfortunately, the second race had to be cancelled as conditions deteriorated with an increasing wind and the tide turning, creating foul tide conditions.

Classes 4, 5 and 7 had just the one race today and were sent on similar courses of varying lengths out to Deal Dolphin. All classes enjoyed the testing conditions with very few retirements in the strengthening winds.

Day 4 Results:

Pos	Yacht	Skipper	Club
IRC CLASS 1
1	Assassin	Peter Jackson	RTYC
2	Kabluzo	Rob Smith	RTYC
3	Sweet Caroline	William Sunnucks	HPYC
IRC CLASS 2
1	Buccaneer 2	Peter Pearson, Mike Lilwall, Chris Gouldstone	RTYC
2	Stiletto	John Barrett & Paul Woodward	RTYC
3	Warrior	Nick & Fiona Rawbone	RTYC
CLASS 4
1	Jura	Gary Walters	RTYC
2	Fox out of the Box	Mike & Jo Brand	RTYC
3	Dabtoe	Nick Moulton	Brightlingsea SC
CLASS 5
1	Zephyros	Andrew French, David Gould, Pete Schoff, Richard Fernandes, Richard Jones & Tim French	Medway YC
2	Tigger	Robin Page	Colne SC
3	Banzai	Russel Cockman	Pin Mill YC
CLASS 7
1	Scallywag	James & Lizzie Fisher	St Hellier YC
2	Avventura	Mark Andrews & Jonathan Hague	RTYC
3	Dipper	Dennis White & Steve Stokes	RTYC