Mumbles Long Distance Cat Race at Mumbles Yacht Club
by Colin Jenkins 4 Jul 2001 09:18 BST
As MYC's first attempt at a long distance cat race, the cautious decision was made to sail large laps around the bay rather than sail off down the Gower coast; which, because of the success of the event, we're likely to do next year.
Perfect sailing conditions, force 4-5 and sunshine, ensured that everybody had a ball on the water regardless of how well
they did in the race.
The three Tresaith visitors sailed off into the distance in their Hurricanes leaving the home fleet,
dominated by Dart18s, to their own race over the water. Unfortunately the two home boats (iF20s) that would have given the 5.9s a race
over the water had to retire with gear failure; including a dislocated knee!
Line honours went to Hurricane 5.9 086 sailed by Liz Howell & Steve Williams from Tresaith, with
Colin Jenkins & Jo Mullett in Dart 18 4784 taking first place on handicap.
Along with the regular volunteers from Mumbles Yacht Club, special thanks must go to Chris Coode for organising the
event and Swansea Sub-Aqua & Yacht club for providing mark yachts and other safety craft. To quote Chris, "it was a hoot"!
Overall Results:
| Pos |
Boat Name |
Class |
Sail No |
Crew |
Club |
Elapsed / Laps |
SCR |
Corrected |
Pts |
| 1st |
Hooch |
Dart 18 |
4784 |
Colin Jenkins & Jo Mullet |
Mumbles |
3:27:39 / 5 |
1.18 |
3:31:10 |
1 |
| 2nd |
Mad Cow's Revenge |
Dart 18 |
5162 |
Charlie Hillier & John Munrow |
Mumbles |
3:41:12 / 5 |
1.18 |
3:44:57 |
2 |
| 3rd |
Twix |
Dart 18 |
6444 |
Paul Jenkins & John Shapton |
Mumbles |
3:43:09 / 5 |
1.18 |
3:46:56 |
3 |
| 4th |
Catastrophy |
H5.9 |
086 |
Liz Howell & Steve Williams |
Tresaith |
3:50:36 / 6 |
1.01 |
3:48:19 |
4 |
| 5th |
Elmar |
H5.9 Sport |
427 |
Steve Leonard & Tom Jefferys |
Tresaith |
3:52:24 / 6 |
0.99 |
3:54:45 |
5 |
| 6th |
Dau Dwpsyn |
H5.9 Sport |
369 |
Pete Jones & Fraser McMillian |
Tresaith |
3:54:05 / 6 |
0.99 |
3:56:27 |
6 |
| 7th |
Hasta La Vista |
Dart 18G |
5937 |
Mark Pressdee & Andy Neill |
Mumbles |
4:06:03 / 5 |
1.16 |
4:14:32 |
7 |
| 8th |
Catastrophy |
Dart 18 |
5316 |
Dave Hall-Davis & Alex Evans |
Mumbles |
3:20:46 / 4 |
1.18 |
4:15:13 |
8 |
| 9th |
It's not the Winning |
Dart Hawk |
711 |
Chris Coode & Julia Thompson |
Mumbles |
3:43:24 / 5 |
1.01 |
4:25:26 |
9 |
| 10th |
Shamaal |
Hobie 17 (2 up) |
2627 |
Geoff Parr & Peter Williams |
Mumbles |
3:41:38 / 4 |
1.18 |
4:41:44 |
10 |
| 11th |
Itchy Pussy |
H5.9 |
351 |
Steve Davies & Chris Osborne |
Mumbles |
|
1.01 |
DNF |
17 |
| 11th |
A Bit of Freedom |
Dart 18 |
7489 |
Dave Hall & Website |
Mumbles |
|
1.18 |
DNF |
17 |
| 11th |
Andy Pandy |
Dart 18 |
5480 |
Ron Heaven & Andrew Smith |
Mumbles |
|
1.18 |
DNF |
17 |
| 11th |
Adagio |
Dart 18 |
4520 |
Dave Williams & Chris Fry |
Mumbles |
|
1.18 |
DNF |
17 |
| 11th |
Slapper |
Inter 20 |
181 |
Dave Charles & Martin Stephens |
Mumbles |
|
0.94 |
DNF |
17 |
| 11th |
Buffy |
Inter 20 |
164 |
Simon Jenkins & Steve Masterman |
Mumbles |
|
0.94 |
DNF |
17 |
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