Photos: Action at Dartmouth Royal Regatta

Farr 45 and IRC racing up west

The Farr 45 Nationals took place at Dartmouth Royal Regatta from 29 August-2 September, with the class level rating amongst themselves.

The fleet of eight 45's were joined in their level rating class by two DK46s - Shockwave and Dark and Steamy. The Farr 45 National title went to Jerry Otter's Werewolf on 19 points, with Alice 2 second and Fortis Excel third after nine races.

The yachts also raced to their (slightly different) IRC handicaps in IRC class 0 - which was won by Peter Rogers and Roger Duckworth's TP52 Highlife

An additional 3 IRC classes, dinghies and Cornish Shrimpers and Devon Yawls competed in Dartmouth. A feature of the week is a flypast down the River Dart by the Red Arrows - just metres above the yachts' masts.

Farr 45 Nationals results:

	Boat	Owner	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	R 5	R 6	R 7	R 8	R 9	Total
1	Werewolf	Jerry Otter	2	1	3	-5	3	4	1	2	1	17
2	Alice 2	Simon Henning	1	4	2	1	4	2	-6	1	3	18
3	Fortis Excel	Agne Nillsson	5	5	1	2	1	3	5	-7	5	27
4	John Merricks	Volvo RYA Keelboat Programme	4	2	4.5	6	6	1	3	4	-7	30.5
5	Henri Lloyd - Cutting Edge	Robert Lutener & Martin Elwood	6	6	-7	3	5	5	2	5	2	34
6	Exabyte Four	Shaun Frohlich	3	(9 DNF)	4.5	4	7	8	4	3	6	39.5
7	Fraxious	Jack Pringle	7	7	6	7	2	7	-8	6	4	46
8	Atomic Of Cowes	Tony Langley	-8	3	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	56

For full results click see here: http://www.royaldart.co.uk/index_regatta.htm

For more images of the scene on the shore as well as the water see here: http://www.dartmouthregatta.co.uk/