Northern Area Championships - Derwent Reservoir

39 boats made the long journey to Derwent Reservoir, Northumberland from as far away as Ireland and the Isle of Wight to take part in the 2006 FF Northerns.

Conditions were a race officer’s nightmare. On Saturday with the wind was from the North, and shifting through up to 90 degrees, though at least the wind was mostly around 5-10 mph. Sunday had almost no wind at all.

Race 1: The fleet got away with Nigel & Gavin Tullett tacking onto port from the pin end, proceeded to cross the fleet and were never headed. Given all the shifts, this was a most impressive performance. Neil Platt held second for most all the race, again coming out of the port end of the line.

Race 2: After the obligatory set of false starts, once more in fluky conditions, the start and first beat once more proved all important. Ian Linder led to the first mark, and held that lead for almost the whole race, only to be just caught by Charles Apthorp on the finish line, with the consistent Steve Goacher very close behind, giving him a slight lead at the end of day 1.

Despite all the chilli con carne for the evening meal, there was no wind to be found on Sunday, so racing was cancelled, leaving the results to stand from the 2 races of day 1. So Steve Goacher and Phil Evans are the current Northern Area FF Champions. In the closely fought Silver fleet honours went to Russ Clarke and Graham Massey of Dovestone SC, and the Classic prize was retained by Keith Jameson and Maf Smith of Bassenthwaite.

Sailed:2, Discards:0, To count:2
Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1	Open	3721	Steve Goacher	Phil Evans	Royal Windermere	4.0	3.0	7.0	7.0
2	Open	3591	Charles Apthorp	David Ricards	Hayling Island SC	8.0	1.0	9.0	9.0
3	Open	3760	Jeremy Davy	John Mildred		6.0	4.0	10.0	10.0
4	Open	3817	Mike Hart	Tim Hall	Port Dinorwic SC	3.0	9.0	12.0	12.0
5	Open	3716	Justin Waples	Iain Stowe	Grafham Water SC	9.0	6.0	15.0	15.0
6	Open	3851	Ian Linder	Kevin Sweetman	Burghfield SC	14.0	2.0	16.0	16.0
7	Open	3770	Neil Platt	Tim Harper	Bolton & West Kirby SC	2.0	14.0	16.0	16.0
8	Open	3853	Robert Hogben	Glynn Morgan	Bewl Valley SC	15.0	5.0	20.0	20.0
9	Open	3805	David McKee	Chris Hewkin	Dovestone SC	10.0	11.0	21.0	21.0
10	Open	3818	Gill Browning	Simon Hunt	Hayling Island SC	7.0	16.0	23.0	23.0
11	Open	3816	Nigel Tullet	Gavin Tullet	Royal Windermere	1.0	24.0	25.0	25.0
12	Open	3737	Simon Robinson	Dave Vasey	Derwent Reservoir SC	19.0	8.0	27.0	27.0
13	Open	3801	John Hardisty	Roger Errington	Derwent Reservoir SC	5.0	23.0	28.0	28.0
14	Open	3786	Alan Bax	Dave Scott	Hayling Island SC	12.0	19.0	31.0	31.0
15	Open	3736	Peter Bannister	Sue Bannister	Hayling Island SC	17.0	15.0	32.0	32.0
16	Open	3695	Tony Lee	Chris Hough	Derwent Reservoir SC	16.0	17.0	33.0	33.0
17	Open	3835	Andy Goddard	Colin Pierce	Dovestone SC	24.0	12.0	36.0	36.0
18	Silver	3271	Brian Campbell-Bottoms	A Boyd	Hayling Island SC	32.0	10.0	42.0	42.0
19	Open	3590	David Douglass	Andy Weatherspoon	Derwent Reservoir SC	11.0	31.0	42.0	42.0
20	Silver	3381	Russ Clark	Graham Massey	Dovestone SC	22.0	21.0	43.0	43.0
21	Open	3790	Peter Kitchen	David Kitchen	Tees & Hartlepool YC	20.0	25.0	45.0	45.0
22	Open	3806	Peter Hogg	A Dobson	Dovestone SC	26.0	20.0	46.0	46.0
23	Open	3787	David Brockbank	J Brockbank	Royal Windermere	13.0	34.0	47.0	47.0
24	Open	IRL 3803	Morgan Sheehy	Alan Green	National YC	DNC	7.0	48.0	48.0
25	Silver	3362	Scott Train	Graham Lamond		30.0	18.0	48.0	48.0
26	Open	3611	S Douthwaite	P Averley	Derwent Reservoir SC	37.0	13.0	50.0	50.0
27	Silver	3296	Adrian Simpson	Carl Whitehill	Hayling Island SC	31.0	22.0	53.0	53.0
28	Open	3612	David Giles	Sue Giles	Ullswater SC	21.0	33.0	54.0	54.0
29	Open	3734	Howard Green	P Hodgkins	Leigh & Lowton SC	25.0	29.0	54.0	54.0
30	Open	3681	Pip Hudson	Jeremy Hudson	Broxbourne SC	18.0	38.0	56.0	56.0
31	Open	3640	Paul Wright	Mark	Derwent Reservoir SC	28.0	30.0	58.0	58.0
32	Open	3675	Adrian Tattersall	Tim Smart		23.0	36.0	59.0	59.0
33	Open	3827	Andrew Millband	A Millband	Cowes Corinthian SC	27.0	32.0	59.0	59.0
34	Classic	1117	Keith Jameson	Maf Smith	Bassenthwaite SC	35.0	26.0	61.0	61.0
35	Open	3636	Robin Jefferson	D Dymond	Derwent Reservoir SC	33.0	28.0	61.0	61.0
36	Open	3815	Athol King	Trevor Bellis	Derwent Reservoir SC	36.0	27.0	63.0	63.0
37	Open	3829	Terry Crumpton	John Mathie	Derwent Reservoir SC	29.0	35.0	64.0	64.0
38	Open	3628	Monty Priede	N Marshall	Peterhead YC	34.0	37.0	71.0	71.0
39	Silver	3105	D Christie	M Taylor	Derwent Reservoir SC	38.0	39.0	77.0	77.0

Broxbourne Classic

Light variable winds made for sometimes frustrating conditions during the Broxbourne Classic Flying Fifteen open meeting. The first race saw much place changing as the very light breeze switched direction from North to West and East. At the end Tim Tomlinson held off Simon Dangerfield for the win. In the second race conditions slightly improved giving a win to Bob Tait and Jerry Rogers after the wind switched from East to West. Everyone enjoyed the evening barbecue and soon forgot about the days frustrations.

Sunday dawned with a light northerly, or at least that is what the race officer apparently thought it should be as he sent the fleet off just as the wind flicked through ninety degrees. Graham Lamond in his vintage boat then proceeded to pull away only to be caught on the last lap by Tim Tomlinson who then promptly infringed, dropping to third after his turns. Any of three boats could have won at the start of the last race though Graham again demonstrated his mastery of the conditions with another fine win followed by Tim Tomlinson and Bob Tait. As to the form book for the next meeting at Llangorse, perhaps all that could be discerned was that my name is Bob is the most popular name for a helmsman with three entries.

Results

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Nett
1	617	Graham Lamond	Scott Train	South Windermere SC	4	2	1	1	4
2	2433	Tim Tomlinson	Mark Greer	Middle Nene SC	1	3	3	2	6
3	2606	Bob Tait	Jerry Rogers	Broxbourne SC	3	1	2	4	6
4	2523	Bob Falconer	Rosie Winckle	Broxbourne SC	DNF	4	6	3	13
5	3031	Brian Turner	Jackie Burns	Broxbourne SC	7	7	4	5	16
6	598	Geoff Town	Hazel Town	Broxbourne SC	5	6	5	6	16
7	2791	Tony Judkins	Mick Musgrove	Broxbourne SC	8	8	7	7	22
8	2587	Bob Meachem	Steve Carmichael	Broxbourne SC	6	10	9	9	24
9	3284	David Alleeson	Ashley Smith	Broxbourne SC	9	9	8	8	25
DNQ	2663	Simon Dangerfield	David Hemmingway	Llangorse SC	2	5	DNC	DNC	18

Southerns at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy

The Flying Fifteen class made its first visit to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy for their 2006 Southern Area Championship. A strong fleet of 45 saw a mixture of boats, some familiar faces, and some new ones.

PRO Frank Newton and his team took the fleet out into Weymouth bay for Saturday's racing, and the fleet were rewarded with a solid breeze and surfing conditions off wind.

Race one saw the fleet champing at the bit, and with the tide pushing the fleet towards the line, this lead to an inevitable general recall. Line honours went to Jeremy Davy & Simon Childs from Northampton SC with Steve Goacher/Phil Evans (Royal Windermere) second and David McKee/Chris Hewkin (Dovestone) third. Honours in the Classic fleet went to Simon Dangerfield/David Hemmingway (Llangorse).

After a quick resetting of the course, race 2 was underway, and again the fleet was keen, leading to some competitors getting OCS'd. For the rest of the fleet, a shifty wind caught out those who went hard right, resulting in them overstanding the first mark, elsewhere close racing all the way around resulted in Goacher/Evans winning with Barry Parkin/Mark Darling (Hayling Island) second and Davy/Childs third. Once again Classic fleet honours went to Dangerfield/Hemmingway.

For the third race, the fleet switched to a windward/leeward course. Those competitors coming out of the leeward gate and going right tended to be those making gains. The eventual winners being Davy/Childs with McKee/Hewkin second and Parkin/Darling third. Dangerfield/Hemmingway completed a hat trick in the Classic fleet.

Sunday morning brought warm sunshine, but very little in the way of wind. Racing was moved to Portland Harbour. After a delay of half an hour the wind had filled in enough to get racing underway, and the fleet got away at the second attempt. Those who went hard right made big gains, with Mike Hart/Tim Hall (Port Dinorwic) leading Goacher/Evans and Tony Lee/Chris Hough (Derwent Reservoir) around the first mark. These three continued to lead until the run on the second lap. With the wind dying over much of the course, those a little further back were able to go hard left and sail around the flat patch, leading to a large raft at the final mark. Charles Apthorp/David Ricards (Hayling Island) emerged first from the pack to take the gun followed by Greg Wells/Andy Weatherspoon (Hayling Island) and Davy/Childs. In the Classics honours went to Ian and Gavin Shaw of Carsington.

Race 5 saw the return of a solid breeze, and the fleet were away at the second attempt. The tide on the weather mark caught some of the fleet out, leading to some large place changes in the pack. Line honours went to Goacher/Evans with Alan Bax/Paul Busby (Hayling Island) second and Parkin/Darling third. In the Classics, Dangerfield and Hemmingway returned to their winning ways.

After a closely sailed series, the eventual results saw Goacher/Evans and Davy/Childs tied on points, the tie break meant that Goacher/Evans took the title for the sixth time.

Sailed:5, Discards:1, To count:4
Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Nett
1	Open	3721	Steve Goacher	Phil Evans	Royal Windermere	2	1	4	(5)	1	13	8
2	Open	3760	Jeremy Davy	Simon Childs	Northampton SC	1	3	1	3	(10)	18	8
3	Open	3630	Barry Parkin	Mark Darling	Hayling Island SC	(9)	2	3	4	3	21	12
4	Open	3591	Charles Apthorp	David Ricards	Hayling Island SC	(17)	7	5	1	6	36	19
5	Open	3817	Mike Hart	Tim Hall	Port Dinorwic SC	5	8	9	(10)	4	36	26
6	Open	3786	Alan Bax	Paul Busby	Hayling Island SC	4	5	15	(28)	2	54	26
7	Open	3805	David McKee	Chris Hewkin	Dovestone SC	3	4	2	(23)	21	53	30
8	Open	3776	Greg Wells	Andy Weatherspoon	Hayling Island SC	11	11	(DNC)	2	7	77	31
9	Open	3727	Andy Palmer	Steve Carson	Grafham Water SC	10	9	12	(18)	9	58	40
10	Open	3734	Howard Green	Johnathan Bullen	Leigh & Lowton SC	(22)	13	11	7	13	66	44
11	Open	3777	Geoff Bayliss	Tom Bayliss	Hayling Island SC	14	10	8	14	(22)	68	46
12	Open	3716	Justin Waples	Iain Stowe	Grafham Water SC	19	6	10	(24)	18	77	53
13	Open	3603	Brett Dingwall	Ben Dingwall	Grafham Water SC	13	14	13	(15)	15	70	55
14	Open	3563	Mike McIntyre	Angus McIntyre	Hayling Island SC	18	(21)	7	19	14	79	58
15	Open	3736	Peter Bannister	Sue Bannister	Hayling Island SC	15	(46 OCS)	14	13	17	105	59
16	Open	3851	Ian Linder	Kevin Sweetman	Burghfield SC	8	22	(23)	11	19	83	60
17	Open	3695	Tony Lee	Chris Hough	Derwent Reservoir SC	(26)	18	18	16	8	86	60
18	Open	3681	Pip Hudson	Jeremy Hudson	Broxbourne SC	12	12	17	(34)	20	95	61
19	Open	3842	Simon Kneller	Dave Lucas	Grafham Water SC	20	17	6	22	(24)	89	65
20	Open	3675	Adrian Tattersall	Tim Smart		23	24	(26)	9	12	94	68
21	Open	3835	Andy Goddard	Colin Pierce	Dovestone SC	6	(46 OCS)	16	25	25	118	72
22	Open	3816	Nigel Tullet	Sam Rayner	Royal Windermere	21	27	19	8	(46 DNF)	121	75
23	Open	3615	Roger Palmer	Barbara Palmer	Hayling Island SC	24	23	24	(29)	5	105	76
24	Open	3853	Robert Hogben	Adrian Simpson	Bewl Valley SC	16	26	(46 OCS)	6	31	125	79
25	Open	3818	Gill Browning	Simon Hunt	Hayling Island SC	25	15	20	(30)	28	118	88
26	Open	3806	Peter Hogg	Emily McKee	Dovestone SC	(27)	25	21	20	23	116	89
27	Open	3791	Keith Aldridge	Chris Jermyn	Parkstone YC	33	19	28	(38)	16	134	96
28	Open	3679	Ian Cadwallader	Dave Sweet	Chew Valley Lake SC	7	16	(46 OCS)	31	46 DNF	146	100
29	Open	3790	Peter Kitchen	David Kitchen	Tees & Hartlepool YC	28	(32)	30	17	26	133	101
30	Open	3783	Barry Rolfe	Matt Southam	Parkstone YC	32	31	27	(33)	11	134	101
31	Open	3758	Ian Lamey	Ron Elliot	Parkstone YC	29	20	(33)	21	32	135	102
32	Classic	2663	Simon Dangerfield	David Hemmingway	Llangorse SC	31	28	22	(40)	27	148	108
33	Open	3625	Mike Kilbee	Tony Cox	Parkstone YC	30	30	25	(35)	29	149	114
34	Silver	3271	Brian Campbell-Bottoms	Martin Grady	Hayling Island SC	(36)	29	36	27	30	158	122
35	Open	3827	Andrew Millband	Andrea Millband	Cowes Corinthian SC	37	(DNC)	32	12	46 DNF	173	127
36	Open	3711	Phil Owen	Gordon Elliott	Parkstone YC	34	33	29	(43)	33	172	129
37	Open	3554	M Thompson	A Bones	Chew Valley Lake SC	35	34	34	(37)	34	174	137
38	Classic	798	Ian Shaw	Gavin Shaw	Carsington SC	(DNC)	36	37	26	38	183	137
39	Classic	2523	Bob Falconer	Rosie Winckles	Broxbourne SC	(39)	35	35	32	36	177	138
40	Open	3843	A Edmonson	M Edmonson	Draycote Water SC	42	37	31	(46 OCS)	39	195	149
41	Classic	1117	Keith Jameson	John Washington	Bassenthwaite SC	38	38	38	36	(40)	190	150
42	Open	3611	Paul Averley	Steve Cousins	Derwent Reservoir SC	40	40	(42)	39	37	198	156
43	Open	3414	Crispin Farrant	Ann Marsh	Bewl Water SC	(43)	39	40	42	35	199	156
44	Classic	2655	Ian Horton	Philip Straw	Cardiff Bay YC	41	42	39	(44)	41	207	163
45	Classic	630	Stephen Clark	Phil Gray	Cardiff Bay YC	(44)	41	41	41	42	209	165

Draycote Water Sailing Club

Fifteen boats entered the Draycote Open on the weekend of the 20^th/21^st May, less than usual perhaps due to the weather forecast. The fleet was greeted by a cold and damp day, with the south westerly wind a constant force 4 gusting force 5.
The first race, which proved to be the windiest, got away to a clean start, with the fleet splitting on both sides of the beat. First to the windward mark, from the starboard side of the course, was Rupert Mander, crewed by Paul Busby, closely followed by Simon Patterson & Simon Thompson from the port side. These two proceeded to sail away from the fleet, but were closely matched, Rupert leading to the last windward mark. Simon managed to take the lead on the final run, taking the winning gun, followed by Rupert. Keith Snow & Geoff Huett took 3^rd place. Further down the fleet FF 797, Graham Randall & Chris Smith and FF 2523 Bob Falconer & Rosie Winkle enjoyed a close race with FF 797 just beating FF 2523 to the finish line.

The second race saw the wind moderate, but the rain persisted. Again the fleet got away to a clean start. This time Rupert made sure of a victory, by leading from start to finish. Simon Patterson was second and Rodger Webb & Kevin Holliday finished third.

Sunday dawned, still raining, but the wind had moderated to a south easterly force 3. The third race again started cleanly with Rupert crewed by his father John Mander. Rupert soon forced himself to the front, however, Simon Patterson got away to a poor start. Graham Randall, in FF 797, sailed an excellent race holding second place throughout the race and holding off a charging Simon Patterson to the finish. Richard Hope & Pete Gough had shown well in this race until a broken main outhaul forced an early retirement.

After lunch, race four saw the wind freshening to a force 4, again a clean start from the fleet, with Rupert Mander and Simon Patterson establishing themselves at the head of the fleet. This was a very closely fought race with tacking duels on the beats, Rupert managed another win. Richard Hope & Pete Gough came through to take third.

One or two of the fleet decided not to contest the last race for various reasons, notably Rupert Mander and Graham Randall. A clean start saw Simon Patterson lead at the windward mark, closely pursued by Rodger Webb, Chris Avery and Matt Isherwood. Chris Avery took the lead on the first run, to be finally overhauled by Simon Patterson on the last lap. The finishing positions being Simon Patterson, Chris Avery and Rodger Webb.

A big thank you goes out to Race Officer Mike Burgoine and his team and Bob Cragg for getting the booze (A job he relishes).

Final Positions:

1	3779	Rupert Mander	Paul Busby/ John Mander	D.W.S.C
2	3795	Simon Patterson	Simon Thompson	D.W.S.C
3	3712	Keith Snow	Geoff Huett	D.W.S.C
Silver Fleet:
3083		Brian Glover	Bill Bennett	D.W.S.C
Vintage, Classic and Millennium Trophy (first boat under 3000)
797		Graham Randall	Chris Smith	D.W.S.C
First Visitor:
2523		Bob Falconer	Rosie Winkle	Broxbourne

Report by Chris Avery

Llangorse Sailing Club

A total of 19 boats (8 visitors) were met with a rather bleak and windy Llangorse Lake. There were 3 Open boats 3 Silver and 13 Classics. It was agreed to have 1 start.

The 1^st race started in 12 to 15 knots of breeze with a number of boats spotting the port bias on the line. From this Simon Dangerfield FF 2663 established an early lead which he held for the whole race. Behind him there were a number of place changes especially on the beats with Tom Tomlinson FF 2443 battling past Roger Finch FF2658 with Scott Train 3362 and David Duke 3794 closing all the time but unable to stop the Classics having 1,2 3 in Race 1

The fleet for the 2^nd race were a little eager resulting in a general recall. The OOD took the opportunity to change the course and reset the line. The restart had a few incidents resulting in penalty turns for some. Again there was some close racing with 4 boats battling for the lead. After the second lap David Duke established a lead which he held to the end. Behind him the final beat was very close with Roger Finch 2^nd and Nick Taylor securing a hard worked 3^rd place.

After the racing the competitor were well fed from a BBQ and some late Llangorse sunshine.

Sunday dawned even less inviting with gusts of 20 knots of breeze and heavy rain.

For Race 3 the fleet was sent on a testing beat to the South mark in the far corner of Llangorse Lake. This beat saw a couple of horizontal 15 caught by some big gusts, but no damage. The off wind legs gave good planing together with some crowded gybe marks. .The result was 3794 then 2443 and Colin Fletcher 2695 3^rd.

After this race the Open and Silver results were clear but the Classic result would need to be decided on the last race between 2663, 2443 and 2658.

Race 4 saw the majority of the fleet made a good start but Tim Tomlinson 2443 made an excellent start to establish himself 1st at the windward mark From here he controlled the race holding his lead to the end and winning the Classic series.
Behind him there was again some close racing between the Classics Silver and Open fleet boats. David Duke was 2^nd with Scott Train 3^rd and Simon Dangerfield 4^th.

Results Open Fleet FF 3794 David & Carole Duke
Silver FF 3362 Scott Train & Graham Lamond
Classic FF 2443 Tim Tomlinson & Mark Greer

Sailed:4, Discards:1, To count:3, Ratings:PY, Entries:19
Pos	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Nett
1	3794	David Duke	Carole Duke	Grafham	(5.0)	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0
2	2433	Tim Tomlinson	Mark Greer	Middle Nene	2.0	(5.0)	2.0	1.0	5.0
3	2663	Simon Dangerfield	David Hemingway	Llangorse	1.0	(4.0)	4.0	4.0	9.0
4	2658	Roger Finch	Jim Reid	Middle Nene	3.0	2.0	6.0	(9.0)	11.0
5	3362	Scott Train	Graham Lamond	Llangorse	4.0	(9.0)	5.0	3.0	12.0
6	2695	Colin Fletcher	David Travis	Llangorse	(6.0)	6.0	3.0	5.0	14.0
7	3575	Nick Taylor	Claire Taylor	Llangorse	(7.0)	3.0	7.0	6.0	16.0
8	3605	John Craddock	Chris Holt	Llangorse	8.0	7.0	(11.0)	7.0	22.0
9	2606	Bob Tait	Robin Fletcher	Broxbourne	(9.0)	8.0	8.0	8.0	24.0
10	2626	Richard Taylor	Rosie Wiltshire	South Cerney	(14.0)	11.0	9.0	10.0	30.0
11	1155	Duncan Baird	Tim Bowen	Llangorse	11.0	10.0	10.0	(13.0)	31.0
12	2481	Ian Howie	Lynne Travis	Llangorse	12.0	12.0	13.0	(15.0)	37.0
13	3339	Hank Jackson	Mick Saunders	Llangorse	10.0	14.0	16.0	(17.0)	40.0
14	3288	Alex Tatlow	Mike Tatlow	South Cerney	15.0	13.0	(DNC)	12.0	40.0
15	2645	Mike Jones	Peter Smith	Llangorse	13.0	(15.0)	14.0	14.0	41.0
16	2655	Ian Horton	Phil Williams	Grafham	16.0	(18.0)	15.0	11.0	42.0
17	55	Jeremy Soulsby	Katherine Soulsby	Llangorse	(20.0 DNF)	16.0	12.0	16.0	44.0
18	2582	D. Oatley	T Greeves	South Cerney	17.0	17.0	17.0	(18.0)	51.0
19	1459	Lee Harringan	Alan Jones	Llangorse	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	20.0 DNF	60.0

Report from David Hemmingway

Cardiff Bay Yacht Club

The sun shone brightly in clear skies for the 16 boats that turned out for the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club Flying Fifteens Classic.

Despite high pressure and clear skies and a forecast of 5 knot wind, there was a F2 sometimes F3 in shifty conditions on the Saturday for the 2 scheduled races

In R1 the fleet was chomping at the bit and there were 2 general recalls and when finally the race started an OCS.

Leading at the windward mark was 2004 winner Simon Dangerfield who was also the 2003 FF Classic World champion, he was crewed by Dave Hemingway from Llangorse. They were hotly pursued around the windward mark by local sailors Duncan Baird/Tim Bowen.

Dangerfield/Hemingway managed to maintain their lead ahead of their rivals Roger Finch and Dennis Manning from Middle Nene who finished 2^nd, in 3^rd place was Colin Fletcher/Dave Travis from Llangorse.

In Race 2 the line honours went to Bob Tait/Robin Fletcher from Broxbourne who had an OCS in race one. 2^nd was Colin Fletcher/ Dave Travis with Dangerfield/Hemingway 3^rd.

Beer and BBQ was then welcomed by most sailors who made the most of the clubs extensive facilities.

Sunday morning saw the start of racing postponed as Cardiff Bay was like a looking glass. Cardiff Bay is formed from the barrage holding the waters of the river Taff and Ely and is therefore non-tidal and more or less fresh water. Fortunately the predicted wind appeared mid morning to eventually reach about F2 and a shorter course was set than the previous day.

Dangerfield/ Hemingway won the first race ahead of the consistent Finch/Manning. Baird/Bowen in a beautiful classic Chippendale 1155 took 3^rd place.

The final race was won by Colin Fletcher/Dave Travis from Llangorse ahead of the consistent Finch/Manning with third place going to Brian turner/Jackie Burns.

Overall winner and picking up the Dragon trophy for the second time was 2003 Classic World champion Simon Dangerfield and Dave Hemingway from Llangorse.

In second place was Colin Fletcher/Dave Travis from Llangorse and in third place was Roger Finch and Dennis Manning from Middle Nene.

Position	Helm	Crew	Sail number	R1	R2	R3	R4	Points
1	Simon Dangerfield	Dave Hemingway	2663	1	3	1	4	5
2	Colin Fletcher	Dave Travis	2695	3	2	6	1	6
3	Roger Finch	Dennis Manning	2658	2	10	2	2	6
4	Bob Tait	Robin Fletcher	2606	OCS	1	5	5	11
5	Duncan Baird	Tim Bowen	1155	5	4	3	6	12
6	Jeremy Arnold	Dave Brown	2684	4	5	4	7	13
7	Brian Turner	Jackie Burns	3031	6	8	8	3	17
8	Neil Bartholomey	Stuart Bartholomey	2700	9	11	7	9	25
9	Steve Clarke	Jane Boyd	630	7	6	12	13	25
10	Mike Jones	Cath Colleymore	2645	10	7	10	11	27
11	Peter Clarke	Chris Thompson	1333	12	12	9	8	29
12	Ian Horton	Mike O'Halloran	2655	11	9	11	10	30
13	Bill Turton	Richard Jennings	2492	8	13	15	12	33
14	Jayson Harrison	Mike Harrison	2163	14	15	13	14	41
15	Gareth Dickenson	Allen Dickenson	1295	13	14	DNS	DNS	44
16	Chris Barton	Chris Rogers	2162	15	16	14	15	44

Report from Ian Horton

Royal Motor Yacht Club

With temperatures in the 80’s and sea breezes giving a nice heel to the boat, the weather really turned it on for the Royal Motor Yacht Club’s open and classic regatta for Flying Fifteens.

Saturday’s races were set from the clubhouse starting line, and race officer Jane Latham set an Olympic style course around the harbour for the morning, and a similar course in the afternoon. Those competitors who were able to cope with the lumpy sea caused by so many powerboats fared better, and judicious use of the incoming tide benefited those quick enough to appreciate its help. In the evening competitors enjoyed an excellent barbeque on the club’s terrace watching the sun go down over the harbour.

On Sunday the start from a committee boat was delayed until the advent of the sea breeze just before midday. Race officer Bryan Drake again set an olympic style course using harbour marks, which ensured good racing and plenty of action.

In the silver fleet competition was particularly keen with a different winner in every race.

Results. Open.

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club
1	3779	Men Behaving Badly	Rupert Mander	Chris Hewkin	Draycote Water
2	3642	Deffiant	Richard Hope	David Nuttall	Draycote Water
3	3758	Ffloater	Ian Lamey	Ron Elliott	Parkstone
4	3794	Flo			Grafham Water
5	3711	Fifteen Love			Parkstone
6	3699	Anna Karenina			RMYC/Parkstone
7	3625	Tempus Ffugit			RMYC
8	3535	Blue			Parkstone
9	3467	Forgetmeknot			Parkstone
10	3632				Draycote Water
11	3843	Ffew			Draycote Water
12	3426	Puffin			Parkstone

Classic over 2700.

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club
1	2988	Ffelix	Sally Davis	Maggie Haxell	Royal Motor
2	2936	Sidewinder	Nick Cornish	Paul Litton	Royal Motor
3	2921	Thriller	Nigel Yeoman	Tessa Yeoman	Royal Motor
4	2999	Slipstream			Royal Motor
5	2743	Hunky Dory			Royal Motor
6	2810	Tawnie			Royal Motor
7	2931	Ffisticuffs			Royal Motor

Classic under 2700

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club
1	2562	Sandbagger	George Rock-Evans	Stuart Costigan	Royal Torbay
2	1035	U.F.O.	John Dinnie	Richard Chapman	Draycote Water
3	798	Phantom	Ian Shaw		Carsington

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