After a week of rain, and a forecast of more rain and 30mph winds, the traditional start of the Regatta on Friday - The River Race - was not looking good.
As it happened, Friday morning started off with bright sunshine and a clear sky - but with the wind blowing strongly and more promised from the south west, a couple of expected racers dropped out, leaving 3 boats to battle it out.
Saturday, and big gusts to 35mph meant that all the boats individually decided to sit and watch everyone else at the time of the first start! So Owen Delaney the Race Officer sensibly postponed the start for 2 half hours, hoping the wind would drop. As the boats were rigging for the first race it seemed doubtful, but actually the wind was "only" gusting to 30 mph for the first race.
Sunday saw a complete change in wind direction, with 10-20mph blowing from the north east, so any knowledge the visitors might have gained the day before about the shifts no longer applied!
Overall, Brimstone (Bryan and Jenny Riley) easily took the win, with last years winner Richard Smith and Graham Reeve in Flame in 2nd place. Then there were 3 boats all tied on points after the discard, with Silver Fox (Jimmy Tubby and Richard Parker) grabbing 3rd place (as the only other race winner) and Blood Eagle (Jono Brown and Chris Agar) in 4th. The Silver Fleet was won by Chris Schonhut and Lawrence Read in Paramour with Mayhem (Mark Thompson and Glen Pritchard) just 1 point behind.
MANY THANKS must go to the Safety team (led by Jon Ward) and the Race Officer team (led by Owen Delaney) for allowing us to have a great weekend of racing.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Boat Club Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1st 73 Brimstone WOBYC/RNSYC Bryan Riley Jenny Riley ‑4 1 1 1 1 4
2nd 802 Flame WOBYC Richard Smith Graham Reeve 2 2 3 4 ‑8 11
3rd 830 Silver Fox WOBYC Jimmy Tubby Richard Parker 1 3 5 ‑6 4 13
4th 142 Blood Eagle RCYC Jono Brown Chris Agar 3 5 2 ‑7 3 13
5th 128 Pani‑Munta WOBYC/SCYC Dave Best Steve Allso ‑5 4 4 3 2 13
6th 810 Clever Dick WOBYC/RNSYC Richard Sullivan Richard Fryer 6 6 ‑7 5 5 22
7th 90 Paramore WOBYC Chris Schonutt Laurence Read (DNF) 7 6 8 10 31
8th 754 Mayhem SCYC Mark Thompson Glen Prichard 7 8 8 ‑10 9 32
9th 40 Ruby WSC/RNSYC David Connell Bill Walker 9 9 9 ‑11 11 38
10th 766 Moonraker WOBYC Jordan Levett Gerard Gibson 8 11 10 ‑13 12 41
11th 744 State of the Heart WOBYC Fergal O'Driscoll Gerald McCormack 10 10 11 12 ‑13 43
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