Steve and Alison Hall, sailing on a Merlin Rocket, took the lead on the 2023 edition of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Snow Globe, by winning the first two races of the series, over the Remembrance Day, 11th of November 2023.
A sunny and crisp day, with a westerly wind and ebbing tide, saw Mark Flynn, the Race Officer, set a Town Course, starting on the club line with an outer distance marker, beating towards West Quay, downwind to Fairway 3 and back through the gate, with a target time of 40 minutes per race.
The usual mix of Lasers/ILCA, Blazes and RS200 was spiced up by the addition of a Merlin Rocket, a Laser 2000 and even a Streaker, to bring the fleet up to 24 boats, with the regular RCYC dinghy sailors being joined by eight Royal Corinthian Otters, guests from Burnham Sailing Club and Up River Yacht Club, and the RCYC Commodore, Phill Aspinall, in his first dinghy event of the season.
The conditions made for interesting tactical choices, with the fleet splitting in two on the downwind legs, some choosing less tide in favour of stronger wind, and with quite a few competitors pushing too hard on the short tacking upwind legs and meeting the muddy bottom of the north shore.
The first two races see Steve and Alison on 1st overall, with 2 points, followed by James on 2nd with 4 points and Keith and Nathan, with 9 points each, on 3rd and 4th, respectively.
The series takes place between 11th of November and 9th of December 2023, with the next event taking place on 18th November, at Royal Corinthian Yacht Club.
Results after day 1:
Pos Fleet Class PY Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 Pts
1st Fast MERLIN‑ROCKET 980 3645 Steve Hall Alison Hall RCYC 1 1 2
2nd Fast LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6 1150 209087 James Hutton‑Penman RCYC 2 2 4
3rd Fast LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6 1150 213598 Keith Gilmore RCYC 3 6 9
4th Fast LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6 1150 209957 Nathan Flynn RC Otters 4 5 9
5th Fast BLAZE 1033 854 Charlie Matthews RCYC 10 3 13
6th Fast LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6 1150 161435 Nick Peel RCYC 6 9 15
7th Fast BLAZE 1033 830 Nick Milton RCYC 12 4 16
8th Fast BLAZE 1033 854 Robert Coyle RCYC 13 7 20
9th Fast LASER 4.7/ ILCS 4 1210 179051 Lucie Prior RC Otters 5 16 21
10th Fast LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6 1150 203945 Phil Aspinall RCYC 9 12 21
11th Fast 2000 1114 2882 Nic Barnes Freddie Barnes RC Otters 7 17 24
12th Fast RS 200 1046 1152 Jo Tribe Marcus Collingbourne BSC 17 8 25
13th Fast LASER 4.7/ ILCS 4 1210 172147 Charlie Rawling BSC 8 18 26
14th Fast BLAZE 1033 680 Jason Phelps RCYC 18 11 29
15th Fast LASER/ ILCA 7 1101 108378 James VanSchagen BSC 16 14 30
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