Light breeze for the other Spring Series

Simon Forbes reports on round five of the Royal Southampton YC series

The Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s Spring series race 5 held on Sunday 18th April saw a southwesterly breeze of around 10 knots which at times died away to less than 5 knots with an occasional gust over 15 knots and several long rain showers.

The Race Management Team set the Committee Boat, Pyxis, near Hovercraft 2
buoy.

Class 1, saw Mike Garvey’s X-332 X Parrott take line honours and victory on corrected time by 9 seconds from the J/80 Just Savage (Liz and Chris Savage) with The Flying Fish, Kathy and Rupert Smalley’s Laser 28 third. Overall in the series with one race to go The Flying Fish leads but is on the same number of points as X Parrott. X-332 Blue Moviez (Steve Flick) is in third place but is equal on points with Sigma 33 Hooligan (Steve Sault).

Class 3 saw Peter Sanders Dehler 41 take line honours and victory on corrected time by 71 seconds from Tigerfeet, Ian Townend and John Cooper’s Hunter 707, with third Richard Walker’s Urchin II a Micro Gem. Overall in the series Kraken leads Tigerfeet by 4 points with third First 211 Loki (Simon Potter and Marion Meunier).

In the Multihull Class, Ian Loffhagen’s F25C Sheik Yerbouti took line honours but victory on corrected time by over fourteen minutes went to George Burn’s F27 Smokey Bear from Sheik Yerbouti with Simon Forbes’ Dragonfly 800 Scooby III third. Overall in the series Smokey Bear leads by five points from Blue Minnell (Tim Wilson Dragonfly 800) with Sheik Yerbouti third.

The RSYC Spring series concludes on Sunday 25th April. For details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 80 223352

PROVISIONAL RESULTS RACE 5

Class: 1
1. X Parrot X-332 Mike Garvey
2. Just Savage J-80 Liz and Chris Savage
3. The Flying Fish Laser 28 Kathy& Rupert Smalley

Class: 2
1. Kraken Dehler 41 Peter Sanders
2. Tigerfeet Hunter 707 Ian Townend & John Cooper
3. Urchin II Micro Gem Richard Walker

Class: Multihulls
1. Smokey Bear Corsair F27 George Burn
2. Sheik Yerbouti Farrier F25C Ian Loffhagen
3. Scooby III Dragonfly 800 Simon Forbes