Tarka wins offshore

40.7 wins RORC's Myth of Malham Race

After a short postponement by the Race Committee for a large ship transiting to Southampton and a General Recall, the RORC 2004 Myth of Malham Race started from the RYS line at 1925 on Friday 11th June, sending the fleet west out of the Solent on a fixed course in the channel. The two new offshore marks, RORC Offshore Light Buoy positioned 15 miles south of St Alban’s Head and Ocean Safety Offshore Light Buoy positioned 16 miles south of Selsey Bill would be used for the first time during this race. The Myth of Malham Race would also form part of the English Team trials for this years Rolex Commodores Cup.

From the Needles Fairway Light Buoy the fleet headed to the RORC Offshore Light Buoy and then inshore to round Poole No 1 Light Buoy before heading east round the back of the Island to the Ocean Safety Offshore Light Buoy, and then the last leg through the Forts to the finish at Royal Albert Light Buoy, a distance of approximately 125 miles.

Taking line honours at 0812 was Venom, Derek Saunders’ Volvo 60, followed by Kit Hobday & Tim Louis’ Farr 52 Bear of Britain at 0833 and Tonnerre de Breskens, Piet Vroon’s Lutra 52 at 0908.

First of IRC 1 home was Maverick 2, Dominic Chappell’s IMX 40 at 1051, three minutes ahead of Jerry Otter’s IMX 40 Exabyte 2 and Tarka, Nick Jones’ First 40.7 at 1110.

Quokka, Peter Rutter’s Elan 37 lead the IRC 2 fleet home at 1148 followed by Carpetbagger, Michal Ronson’s HOD 35 and Tim Harrinton’s HOD 35 Capitali$m. The closest finish would also be fought out in IRC 2, Jeronimo, Jonathan & Lisa Goring’s J109 just keeping their nose ahead of Jim Macgregor’s Elan 37 Civils with Flair by 1 second.

In IRC 3 Arobase 3, Thierry LePrince’s First 31.7 crossed at 1421 with Whooper Giovanni Belgrano’s One Off not far behind at 1422.

Trophies and RORC medallions will be presented on Tuesday 15th June at the RORC Clubhouse, 20 St James’s Place, London, SW1 at 1930. All skippers and crews welcome.

IRC Overall:

Points	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place
100	GBR7080T	Tarka	First 40.7	Nick Jones	15:45:51	1.069	16:51:07	1
94	GBR1540R	Maverick 2	IMX 40	Dominic Chappell	15:26:15	1.095	16:54:15	2
90	IRL4500	Exabyte III	IMX 45	Shaun Frohlich	14:38:20	1.156	16:55:21	3
86	GBR2R	Fidessa - Fastwave	DK- 46	ACP Sailing	14:01:06	1.209	16:56:53	4
83	GBR940R	Exabyte 2	IMX 40	Jerry Otter	15:29:36	1.094	16:56:59	5
80	GBR1107L	El Gringo	Ker 11.3	Nick Hartshorn	14:41:50	1.156	16:59:24	6
78	NED118	Winsome	S & S 41	Harry Heijst	17:12:08	0.99	17:01:49	7
76	GBR9447R	Yes!	First 44.7	Adam Gosling	15:23:17	1.107	17:02:04	8
74	GBR1037L	Quokka	Elan 37	Peter Rutter	16:23:51	1.039	17:02:13	9
72	GBR7722R	Carpetbagger	HOD 35	Michael Ronson	16:28:41	1.036	17:04:17	10
70	GBR55R	Civils with Flair	Elan 37	Jim Macgregor	16:35:45	1.032	17:07:37	11
68	GBR39R	Magnum II	IMX 40	Andrew Pearce	15:55:26	1.077	17:09:00	12
66	GBR9359R	Capitali$m	HOD 35	Tim Harrington	16:35:15	1.037	17:12:04	13
65	GBR7716R	Psipsina	HOD 35	John Loden	16:57:16	1.015	17:12:32	14
64	GBR60R	Jeronimo	J 109	Jonathan & Lisa Goring	16:35:44	1.038	17:13:34	15
63	GBR236R	Erivale	DK 46	Mike Greville	14:16:43	1.207	17:14:03	16
62	GBR363	Whooper	One off	Giovanni Belgrano	18:57:16	0.91	17:14:55	17
61	GBR8170R	Euphorix	First 40.7	Paul & Joanna Dentskevich	16:05:50	1.073	17:16:20	18
60	GBR521R	Bear of Britain	Farr 52	Kit Hobday & Tim Louis	13:08:45	1.315	17:17:12	19
59	GBR998R	Bounder	IC 45	C G Little	13:57:22	1.239	17:17:30	20
58.5	GBR8415R	Charley J	J 120	Charles Ivill	15:56:18	1.088	17:20:27	21
58	GBR9210L	Minx	Corby 41	Andrew Ritchie & Alex Thomson	14:50:32	1.171	17:22:49	22
57.5	GBR7041R	Anticipation	First 40.7	Peter Newlands	16:13:38	1.075	17:26:39	23
57	GBR9641R	El Syd	Sydney 41	Ian McKinney	15:23:00	1.141	17:33:09	24
56.5	GBR979R	Malice	HOD 35	Michael J Moxley	16:53:47	1.04	17:34:20	25
56	FRA28410	Fleur de Lotus	X 362	Daniel Delacroix	17:02:30	1.034	17:37:16	26
55.5	FRA28918	Groupe Partouche	A 40	Christophe Coatnoan	16:00:34	1.102	17:38:33	27
55	NED27	Tonnerre de Breskens	Lutra 52	Piet Vroon	13:43:02	1.288	17:40:04	28
54.5	GBR955R	Marionette	J 120	Chris Dunning	16:14:26	1.09	17:42:08	29
54	GBR560	Simply The Best	Baltic 42	Philip Wood	17:07:29	1.036	17:44:28	30
53.5	GBR9205R	Diablo - J	J 105	Gary Fry & Nick Martin	17:37:37	1.013	17:51:22	31
53	GBR195T	Temptress of Down	Sun Odyssey 47	Kevin & Susie Harris	17:17:17	1.038	17:56:42	32
52.5	GBR7403T	Meta Baron	IMX 40	Sean Hurst & Ivan Fawcett	16:26:48	1.095	18:00:33	33
52	GBR3935R	Hooligan V	Max Fun 35	Edward Broadway	16:15:27	1.108	18:00:48	34
51.5	FRA28028	Arobase 3	First 31.7	Thierry LePrince	18:56:50	0.964	18:15:54	35
51	BER2000	Venom	Volvo 60	Derek Saunders	12:47:52	1.429	18:17:17	36
50.5	FRA18625	Idefix	First 31.7	Jean-Jacques Nere	19:26:27	0.964	18:44:27	37
50	GBR7891R	Braveheart	IMX 36	Sail UK	17:38:56	1.067	18:49:53	38
49.5	GBR3689	Mavis III of Gosport	IOR One Tonner	Stephen Winter	19:58:44	0.948	18:56:24	39
49	GBR6038T	Roaring Meg	IMX 38	Sail UK	18:40:49	1.072	20:01:31	40