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Emphatic victory at the Murphy & Nye 1720 Europeans for the King Quick crew

A good thing happened on the race track yesterday at the Murphy & Nye 1720 European Championships; having waited for Lake Garda’s famous Ora breeze to work it’s renowned 20 knot magic for two days, on Thursday it finally did: Grazie!

The warning signal for Race 7 sounded with just 6 to 8 knots across the lake, but by the first leeward mark kites were dropping in a full-on 18 to 20 knot foam up. Ruairidh Scott in King Quick held it all together and took the bullet with Maurice ‘Prof’ O’Connell sailing Des Faherty’s Aquatack second and Andrew Smith’s Twister, helmed by Shaun Barber third.

A port/starboard incident on the final beat resulted in a fairly dramatic ‘coming together’ of two boats, both of which were holed, one extremely seriously. Nobody hurt, the rescue boats of Fraglia Vela Riva did an incredible job buoying the fast sinking ship (above) and the boat was quickly recovered by the Riva’s volunteer fire department’s work boat.

Race 8 commenced as soon as the excitement was over and Anthony O’Leary in Antix lead from the off and held it all together until the finish line with the flying Scotsmen in King Quick hot on his heels. Greg O’Brien, sailing Gul Purple Marine.com, finally found some of his usual form and sailed an intelligent race, crossing the line in third.

The final race of the day, Race 9, belonged to Ruairidh Scott and his team in King Quick, Wow was second with Oi! third, and as we go into the final day of racing, with two races scheduled, this positioning reflects the overall placing at the regatta.

But that’s not the whole story: this is a one discard series but Ruairidh Scott and team don’t need to sail today. Having raced 1720s for six years, the King Quick team has finally won the Murphy & Nye 1720 European Championship: pretty convincingly by all accounts. Well done to helmsman Ruairidh, tactician Ben Field, trimmer (and Dad) Graeme Scott, Chris Scott (no relation), Mark Goalen and bow-chick sister Anna ‘The Bear’ Scott. We are impressed and we are delighted to sail against you.

Results:

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Tot
1	KING QUICK	SCOTT RUAIRIDH	GBR 1777	-5	1	5	2	1	3	1	2	1	15,0
2	WOW	CLARKE CONOR	IRL 1759	1	3	12	13	9	-19	8	4	2	51,8
3	OI !	COOPER JOHN	GBR 1715	8	9	13	1	-15	5	4	13	3	55,8
4	SMITH ANDREW	TWISTER	GBR 1741	2	14	4	16	8	9	3	6	(ocs)	62,0
5	ANTIX	O'LEARY ANTHONY	IRL 1807	16	6	(dsq)	24	2	8	6	1	4	66,8
6	AQUATACK	DES FAHERTY	IRL 1804	21	11	3	7	3	11	2	(dsq)	9	67,0
7	TACKTICK	CARVETH GEOFF	GBR 1743	18	4	1	-26	10	23	7	7	6	75,8
8	SWORDED FISH	BLAKE SIMON	GBR 1767	-20	8	14	17	4	1	11	12	11	77,8
9	DARK SIDE	SWINGLAND CHARLES	GBR 1797	10	16	11	21	5	2	9	9	(ocs)	83,0
10	BOATS.COM	ATKINS IAN	GBR 1785	9	12	10	4	-17	15	15	8	12	85,0
11	MAD COW	BAKER DARREN	GBR 1742	3	7	6	14	14	14	13	-17	15	86,0
12	DRUID MAGIC	ECKSTEIN ROBERT	ITA 1720	4	2	2	15	6	29	19	(dsq)	18	95,0
13	YOKE	EVANS MIKE	IRL 1773	15	17	15	3	-27	4	23	5	13	95,0
14	MARTIN REILLY MOTORS	MAGUIRE DAVID	IRL 1843	6	5	16	20	16	17	(dsq)	14	5	99,0
15	KEY EVENTS	BYRNE MARTIN	IRL 1808	11	20	8	9	12	10	-22	19	10	99,0
16	LUVLY JUBLY	PETERS JAMES	GBR 1770	-26	10	22	5	18	6	18	20	8	107,0
17	GUL/PURPLE MARINE.COM	O'BRIEN GREG	GBR 1790	7	-29	18	25	13	18	10	3	17	111,0
18	G & T	LOVEJOY PAUL	GBR 1710	14	24	17	8	7	16	16	10	(ocs)	112,0
19	LA LICORNE	GREENAWAY MARK, . .	GBR 1701	22	18	20	12	19	12	17	11	(ocs)	131,0
20	LEMON	GALAVAN COLIN	IRL 1751	23	19	25	19	-28	20	5	16	7	134,0
21	THE FLYING DUCKMAN	DUCKER CHRIS	GBR 1773	(dsq)	21	19	10	24	21	14	15	19	143,0
22	O'FIVER	SMEDLEY VAUGHAN	GBR 1702	13	15	24	6	23	22	-26	25	22	150,0
23	GO FERRET	MCIRVINE ANDREW	GBR 1712	28	13	9	11	20	7	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	150,0
24	SPLASH TEST HONEYS	MCLELLAND JANE	GBR 1774	24	-28	7	23	26	24	20	21	14	159,0
25	BABBALAAS BACH	RICKARDS JOHN	GBR 1721	19	23	28	-30	22	13	12	24	21	162,0
26	STORM	ARMSTRONG NORMAN	GBR 1766	25	27	27	18	25	-28	25	22	16	185,0
27	KICK 'EM JENNY	LANGLEY BARRY	GBR 1789	17	25	23	27	29	25	21	18	(ocs)	185,0
28	IT WASN'T ME	MACPHEE DUNCAN	IRL 1722	27	26	26	29	11	-30	24	23	20	186,0
29	INCOGNITO	MACDONALD COLIN	GBR 1798	12	22	21	22	21	26	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	186,0
30	CELTIC CHALLENGER	TINN TERRY	GBR 1704	29	30	(ocs)	28	30	27	27	26	ocs	228,0