Last weekend's regatta saw six races sailed over the weekend, run superbly by the Royal Western Yacht Club's race officer, Jerry Lock and his team, consisting of a mixture of W/L and longer races.
Going into the penultimate event for the series, the scores between the leading boats could not be closer, with just 6 points separating the top four boats. It was all to play for ahead of the final event of the series on the 8th and 9th October, which looks like being another close finish to a highly successful competitive series.
Saturday's wind of 10-15 knots, suited the two A35's, however Altura (Ben 34.7) - the leading series boat - posted a first and two seconds. Men Behaving Badly (Archambault A35) posted a 2nd and two 1st places to go into Sunday with a one point lead. Sunday was completely different with a wind strength of 5-10 knots, which played into Altura's hands, tipping the balance into her favour by being able to carry her big overlapping genoa to great effect in the light and fluky winds.
New for next year will be a RC1000 National Championships on the 22nd & 23rd July 2023 and whilst counting towards the series results will also be a stand-alone National Championships, giving not just the local boats but all out of port boats which fit into the RC1000 category a chance of being crowned the RC1000 National Champion 2023.
The last event of the year is on 8th & 9th October when the series winner will be crowned. Still all to play for so nothing is certain yet. As they say it is not over until the "Fat Lady Sings". Great thanks as always go out to our RC1000 class sponsor Salcombe Gin and to all the class supporters.
The RC1000 Class is sponsored by Salcombe Gin and supported by local South West business: Freshwave IT & Web, All Spars, Ullman Sails, PR Marine Systems, The Chandlery Plymouth, Stoneways Insurance, the Royal Western YC and Paul Gibbins Photography. With an established committee, a class constitution and funding, the RC1000 continues to develop solid foundations to grow and create close competitive yacht racing in south west Devon. Class website: rc1000.org
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Type Name Owner Hcap R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 GBR 1444L Beneteau F Altura Neil Cash 0.991 1 ‑2 2 1 1 1 6
2 ITA15415 A35 Men Behaving Badly Peter Wanstall 115 2 1 1 2 4 ‑5 10
3 GBR 6965T X362S Muskox Nevil Devonport 0.999 ‑5 3 3 5 2 2 15
4 GBR 7350R FIRST 35 Blackjack Adam James 18 3.5 5 5 ‑8 3 3 19.5
5 IRL29832 Archambaul JumpNShout Jon Harris 114 3.5 4 4 4 6 ‑9 21.5
6 GBR 9941T J109 Ju Kyu Peter Rowe 1 6 7 6 ‑10 5 8 32
7 GBR 8760R J Sunfast Little Wing Tom Dunstan 0.993 7 6 7 7 ‑9 6 33
8 GBR 6702R Beneteau F I Say Ding Dong Robert Fletcher 0.996 8 8 ‑9 6 8 4 34
9 3202 Sunfast 32 Sunfire Steve Andrew 11 (DNC) DNC DNC 3 7 7 39
10 9716 HUMPHREYS Bada Bing Mike Nuttal Worsley 0.994 9 9 8 9 ‑10 10 45
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