Starcross Yacht Club on the banks of the River Exe hosted the first Hurricane event of the year on the 21st and 22nd of May. The Devon club welcomed 12 travelling crews from Essex, Yorkshire and Hampshire joining 8 from the home club.
After a full day of solid twin wiring weather and frantic action, the fleet enjoyed a leisurely afternoon followed by a BBQ over looking the estuary in the sun! The leader board was tight with 4 boats on 11 points.
Sunday dawned and despite a short hold on shore the fleet were keen to get on the water as the sea breeze filled in again, knowing they were in for another day of racing in idyllic sailing conditions.
In the end it was Alex & Miles who took the win showing great consistency on both days. Ben & Kez managed to drag themselves up to second and Jeremy & Julian in third. All in all, a great weekend of racing in fantastic weather and great conditions. The Hurricane is proving itself to be a versatile boat with crew ranges from 13 to 70 plus and a special mentions to Miles who is 15 years old (and won!), our youngest sailor Oliver Fellows at 13 sailing his first open meeting with his father having bought their SX in October joining Eloise, Freddie, Caleb and Jack who are all under 16 and had a great weekend.
The Hurricanes next TT is July 2nd and 3rd at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club.
Overall Results:
,Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 436 Alex Farrall Miles Mawditt Thorpe Bay YC 3 ‑5 3 2 2 4 14
2 429 Ben Cutler‑Sharp Kez Cutler‑Sharp Starcross YC 8 4 ‑9 1 1 1 15
3 455 Julian Reichert Jeremy Sandford Thorpe Bay YC 7 2 2 4 ‑9 3 18
4 454 John Donovan Harry Durant Starcross YC 4 1 6 6 3 ‑11 20
5 487 George Warrington Howard Warrington Thorpe Bay YC 5 ‑8 4 3 4 7 23
6 359 Alex Warrington Sam Osborne Thorpe Bay YC ‑6 3 5 5 6 5 24
7 423 John Ready Will Powell DSC West Mersea 2 6 7 8 ‑15 2 25
8 112 Harry Boygle Sophie Boygle Thorpe Bay YC 1 9 1 ( RET 12 16 39
9 428 Adam Charlesworth Rich Robinson Stokes Bay ‑16 7 10 13 7 10 47
10 485 Graham Buxton‑Smith Jack Solly Starcross YC 10 10 ‑17 16 8 9 53
11 456 Geoff Tindale Hebe Hemming Stone SC 9 11 12 9 ‑16 15 56
12 102 Adrian Bunting Stephanie Bunting Thorpe Bay YC 12 16 8 ‑17 13 8 57
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