Winning streak continues for Pace

Two more light wind races held at the RORC IRC Nationals

Saturday July 6th 2013, Author: Louay Habib, Location: none selected

The RORC IRC Nationals fleet took another day trip to Portsmouth for their second day of racing with Hayling Shoal chosen as the combat zone. With five races now completed, the cream is starting to rise in the five classes competing. Day two was another light winds 3ith the wind speed barely reaching 10 knots,affair with the 54 strong fleet being led once again to the best sailing grounds available.

Some yachts were over eager with several general recalls and a number were called OCS. Only two of the scheduled three races were sailed today, however the race management team was roundly applauded for getting in two good races despite the difficult weather conditions.

In IRC Zero Johnny Vincent's TP52 Pace had a perfect scoreline winning both of today's races by a handsome margin from Sir Keith Mills' TP52 5°West. “I have to say Pace is definitely quicker in the light than 5°West,” admitted Pace's navigator Luke McCarthy. “Also our crew work was slicker today and our new fast drop system was working very well.”

In IRC One Andrew Pearce's Ker 40 Magnum III has retained the class lead, despite failing to win either of today’s races. Jeff Blue's Farr 45 Espresso Martini got a cracking start and got the right side of a wind shift to win the first race of the day. The last race of the day went to Piet Vroon's Dutch Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens. “I would give the crew 11 out of 10 today,” smiled Vroon. “We got two great starts but it is difficult to make up our time handicap in these conditions but I couldn't have asked any more of the crew today.”

Magnus Leask's Swan 42 Magical Mystery Tour had a great day on the water scoring two podium finishes to move up to third in class.
In IRC Two Olivier Pesci's French Grand Soleil 40 Beelzebuth 3 leads the class after five races. “Beelzebuth is a heavy boat and difficult to race in light winds but the crew did well today especially at mark roundings keeping the momentum going,” commented Pesci.

Peter Rutter's Grand Soleil 43 Trustmarque Quokka has moved up to second in class while Adam Gosling's Corby 36 Yes! slips a place to third. There were wins today for Richard and Paul Harris' Sydney 36 Tanit and Andrew Christie's J/111 Icarus.

In IRC Three J/35 Bengal Magic's fantastic championship continued. James Chalmers and his crew from Weymouth scored a win and a second place today to lead the class and have the lowest net points score overall for the entire fleet. Reigning RORC IRC National Champion, David Franks’ JPK 10.10 Strait Dealer won the first race of the day and placed third in Race 5 to move up to second place by just half a point from Peter Morton's Corby 33 Salvo.

“We have put in a lot of preparation for this event,” commented James Chalmers, skipper of Bengal Tiger. "We are proud to say we are a Weymouth boat and would love to take the silverware back to Dorset but we will have to see how things go tomorrow.”

Nick and Adam Munday's J/97 Induljence had a perfect scoreline this morning, but the Hamble-based crew was OCS in today's first race an error that cost them dearly. However, Induljence is still leading the class but discarding an eighth place means one more slip up will see them move down the leaderboard. Tied on points for second place are Richard Sparrow's J/97 Who's To No and Michael Kershaw's Half Tonner Chimp. Alex Eagleton's Half Tonner Chia Chia is just a point behind in third.

“My son Adam put in a lot of hard work getting Induljence race prepped and we have all been sailing through the cold winter months to enjoy this weekend's beautiful sunny weather,” commented Nick Adams. “We are delighted to be doing so well and it really is all down to preparation but we still have one more day to go.”

Results

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Type	Owner	TCC	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot

		IRC 0
1	GBR528R	Pace	TP 52	Johnny Vincent	1.372	1	1	2	1	1	4
2	GBR1851	5 West	TP 52	TeamOrigin LLP	1.381	2	2	1	2	2	7
3	GER6365	Shakti	Rogers 46	C Avenarius & G Gondesen	1.278	3	3	3	3	3	12

		IRC 1
1	GBR39R	Magnum III	Ker 40	Andrew Pearce	1.192	1	1	2	4	2	6
2	NED46	Tonnerre de Breskens 3	Ker 46	Piet Vroon	1.272	9	4	1	2	1	8
3	GBR42L	Magical Mystery Tour	Swan 42	Magnus Leask	1.165	7	2	12	3	3	15
4	GBR9160T	Espresso Martini	Farr 45	Jeffrey Blue	1.217	3	13	6	1	8	18
5	GBR5940R	Tokoloshe	King 40	Michael Bartholomew	1.12	2	7	3	7	6	18
6	NED40010	Baraka GP	Ker 40	Harmen J de Graaf	1.194	11	3	9.5	9	5	26.5
7	IRL3939	Antix	Ker 39	Anthony O'Leary	1.136	6	9	7	6	9	28
8	GBR9181R	Chaos	Mills 43 Custom	Mark Lloyd	1.172	12	6	4	14	7	29
9	IRL39000	Zero II	Mills 39	Cowes Race School	1.11	4	5	9.5	11	12	29.5
10	GBR8888N	Cobra	King 40	Seb Blair	1.118	8	10	5	15	11	34
11	GBR741R	Hooligan VII	Ker 40	Edward Broadway	1.193	10	8	11	8	10	36
12	GBR5955T	Kolga	Farr 45	British Keelboat Academy	1.215	15	18	8	10	4	37
13	GBR1513L	Il Corvo	Grand Soleil 43	Astrid De Vin	1.109	5	12	13	13	14	43
14	GBR45R	Wisc	Swan 45	Glynn Williams	1.179	17	11	15	5	13	44
15	GBR8448R	Rebel	Farr 45	Stewart Whitehead	1.218	13	16	18	12	15	56
16	BEL4701	Moana	First 47.7	François Goubau	1.109	14	14	14	17	17	59
17	GBR236R	Erivale III	Ker 39	Michael Greville	1.115	16	15	16	16	16	63

		IRC2
1	FRA5040	Beelzebuth 3	Grand Soleil 40	Olivier Pesci	1.063	5	1	1	5	2	9
2	GBR2215L	Trustmarque Quokka 8	Grand Soleil 43	Peter Rutter	1.097	3	2	5	3	9	13
3	GBR4863R	Yes!	Corby 36	Adam Gosling	1.068	1	5	2	7	7	15
4	GBR1111X	Jitterbug	J/111	Cornel Riklin	1.094	12	3	4	4	8	19
5	GBR731T	Tanit	Sydney 36	Paul and Richard Harris	1.054	6.5	4	11	1	8	19.5
6	GBR3213L	Dusty P	First 40	Richard Patrick	1.08	2	7	6	10	6	21
7	GBR42N	La Réponse	First 40	Andrew McIrvine	1.086	4	8	3	6	11	21
8	GBR4070L	Incognito	First 40.7	Paul McNamara & Tony Lowe	1.052	6.5	13	12	2	3	23.5
9	GBR60R	Jeronimo	J/133	Jackie and Robert Dobson	1.098	11	9	8	8	4	29
10	GBR1010L	Xinska	X 40	Bernard Olesinski	1.06	8	6	9	9	10	32
11	GBR7383R	Puma Logic	Reflex 38	Sailing Logic	1.065	10	10	7	11	12	38
12	GBR7404R	Interceptor	First 40.7	Stuart Wilkie	1.055	9	11	10	12	16	42
13	GBR8711R	Icarus	J/111	Andrew Christie	1.092	16	16	16	16	1	49
14	GBR7207T	Playing Around	First 40.7	Nick Rawbone	1.057	13	12	13	13	16	51
15	GBR1602R	Parallel Blue	First 40.7	Ivan Snell	1.057	14	16	14	14	14	56

		IRC3
1	IRL725	Bengal Magic	J/35	James Chalmers	1.015	1.5	4	1	2	1	5.5
2	GBR1250N	Strait Dealer	JPK 1010	David Franks	1.012	3	1	5	1	3	8
3	GBR73R	Salvo	Corby 33	Peter Morton	1.038	1.5	2	3	3	2	8.5
4	FRA38902	Raging Bee	JPK 10.10	Louis-marie Dussere	1.009	4	3	2	5	4	13
5	GBR1405R	Elaine	Elan 37	Mike Bridges	1.009	5	5	6	4	5	19
6	BEL3537	Tontin	A 35	Wouter Borghijs	1.03	6	6	4	6	6	22
7	IRL29832	Aztec	A 35	Julian Tickner	1.034	7	7	8	7	7	28
8	GBR3047L	Niftydrifter	Dufour 40 Performance	Jessica Bowden	1.023	9	8	7	8	8	31

		IRC4
1	GBR1497R	Induljence	J/97	Nick & Adam Munday	0.978	1	1	1	8	3	6
2	GBR9250R	Who's To No	J/92	Richard Sparrow	0.976	3	2	3	5	4	12
3	GBR5261	Chimp	Half Tonner	Michael Kershaw	0.93	2	3	4	3	8	12
4	GBR584	Chia Chia	Half Ton Welbourn	Alex Eagleton	0.943	8	7	2	2	2	13
5	GBR2697R	Jiggery Pokery	J/97	Charles Ivill	0.975	6	5	7	4	5	20
6	GBR581R	Antix	X 302	John Allen	0.929	5	6	6	6	7	23
7	GBR50R	Espada	Quarter Tonner	Louise Morton	0.905	12	12	12	1	1	26
8	GBR6733R	Black Diamond	Figaro Solo	Mark Brown & Justin Leese	0.966	9	4	8	9	6	27
9	NED118	Winsome	S&S 41	Harry Heijst	0.988	4	9	5	12	11	29
10	NED317	Cisne	Swan 43	David Collins	0.981	7	8	10	7	9	31
11	GBR3033L	Wild Child	Corby 30	Brian Wilkinson	0.985	10	10	9	10	10	39