Royal Gourock Yacht Club hosted this year's Etchells Scottish Championship over the weekend of 5th/6th August which was sponsored by James Watt Dock Marina.
It was hoped to have up to four races on Saturday, however three races were completed in the light and variable wind conditions, apart from one vicious rain squall during race two which provided helms and crews with some challenges!
After a successful championship dinner at RGYC on Saturday evening for over forty competitors and volunteers, the James Watt Dock Etchells Scottish Championship 2023 continued on Sunday. The forecast was for wind to fill-in from the West after 11:00am and it had been hoped to get two more races to allow each boat to discard their worst result. However, despite the Race Officer's (Rob Brown) very best efforts, only one race was completed in a reasonably steady Westerly wind between 5 and 10 knots.
The Clyde Etchells Youth (18-25) Academy boat Extravaganza helmed by Thomas Goodman, who stood in for Jake Miller at short notice, finished in a very noteworthy 5th place out of the 16 boat fleet.
Many thanks to all the volunteers on the Committee Vessel and mark-laying RIB's. Thanks to Steve Cowie for lending his RIB. Special thanks to Rob Brown for being Race Officer and allowing his boat to be the Committee Vessel. Thanks to the Clyde Etchells Fleet for organising the event and to Royal Gourock Yacht Club for hosting the event.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 GBR1175 Geoffrey Howison 1 2 2 6 11
2 GBR1009 Ian Marshall 7 3 7 2 19
3 GBR1196 Steve Cowie 2 1 10 8 21
4 GBR1113 Graeme Galbraith 6 12 1 3 22
5 GBR1075 Jake Miller 13 4 3 5 25
6 GBR 1115 Tom Lang 3 6 13 4 26
7 GBR1227 Stephen Rarity / Alan Manuel 9 7 5 7 28
8 GBR1005 Colin MacDonald 4 10 15 1 30
9 GBR972 Andy Holmes & Peter Judd 8 13 6 11 38
10 GBR938 D & M Todd 5 11 12 13 41
11 GBR1173 Alan Gilkison 12 9 11 9 41
12 GBR1033 K Wedderburn & K Coupland 15 5 8 15 43
13 GBR1059 Ted Johnston 11 8 14 10 43
14 GBR845 Rod Stuart & Bill Ram 10 14 9 12 45
15 SUI 3 David Macnab 14 15 4 14 47
16 GBR 1266 Malcolm Offord 16 16 16 16 64
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