Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Series - Day 4

At last some wind!

The fourth race of the RPCYC Spring Series saw 39 dinghies racing in a gusty NNE wind which saw a few swimming lessons & the occasional spectacular wipeout. All the crews came back with big smiles on their faces following the race which saw a committee boat start in Jennycliffe Bay which proved popular with all the competitors.

The asymmetric fleet was somewhat decimated by the gusty conditions whith saw four retirements during the race. Cawsands Bay sailor Charlie Glasspool revelled in the gusty conditions to circulate the course a near light speed proportion in his Hobie Tiger to claim a well deserved first place ahead of Plymouth Youth Sailings Jamie & Betsy in their Laser 2000 with Russell Brown & Zoe Kendall also from Plymouth Youth Sailing in third place showing the rest of the fleet how it should be done – well done to all.

The fast handicap fleet saw some very close racing throughout the race with Lasers dominating the top six positions. Nigel Clatworthy unfortunately misread the course & sailed two legs in the wrong order but still finished a credible seventh place despite his mistake. The fourth lap saw Max Robinson finally pull away from Dan Ellis to claim first place by just 8 seconds despite Dan’s best efforts with Chris Lloyd in third place.

The Enterprise fleet as you would expect saw very close class racing with Peter Hickling & Phil Pascoe in “Dyskenetic” making up for a pre start waterbourne excursion (capsize to everyone else !!) by taking first place by just 5 seconds over Pete Ganderton & Alan Scarlett’s enterprise “Tacamahaca”. Dave Michell & Anna Mills fought off the rest of the class to claim a well deserved third place in “Hell Bent”.

The slow handicap fleet saw a number of new entries in the form of Toppers which excelled in the conditions to claim the top three positions in the fleet with Robbie Robinson taking first place ahead of Ben Rollinson in second place & Emily Lloyd in third place.

There are also some spectacular photos taken by Nikki Buckler which can be found here.

Results after Day 4:

Asymmetric Fleet

Enterprise Fleet

Fast Handicap Fleet

Slow Handicap Fleet