The Scorpion class made up the largest fleet at the two day Lymington Dinghy Regatta last weekend. The Lymington Dinghy Regatta is co-hosted by the two Lymington sailing clubs the "Royal" and the "Town" - don't ask, it's historic but we do come together for a lot of our racing and are friends really. Both clubs provided race, safety and slipway teams who did a fantastic job all weekend - who doesn't want someone to have their trolley waiting for them after three windy races?
The Scorpions had their own start and 3 races a day in a challenging Northerly airstream and springish tides. The sailors were put to a varied, but true and fair test over both days by Gary Barnett and his well organised race team.
All three races were won by Tom Gillard and Rachael Gray, with a master class in strong wind sailing particularly in the first race when they did a horizon job on Angus Hemmings and Rob Gardner in second. Pete Gray and Rich Pepperdine put up more of a fight in races 2 and 3 to run Tom and Rachael a bit closer. The rest of the placings were a mix with the remaining teams struggling for consistency - a small mistake always led to an unrecoverable lost place or 3!
The fleet were welcomed ashore with our legendary Tesco dog-nuts as a reward for signing back in, and an evening BBQ and quiz hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club followed.
Sunday was a lot calmer, although still with the shifty and puffy Northerly, it never topped 15 knots and sometimes went pretty light. The sun made a very welcome appearance and the tide switch was turned onto ebb for the majority of the three races to give our visitors a different challenge and the opportunity to do a hydrographic survey of the western shore whilst ducking the tide on the upwinds.
The morning's racing was once again dominated by Tom and Rachel, closely followed by Pete and Rich - both teams are definitely the class (apart) of the fleet at the moment.
Thanks again to all the visiting sailors, organisers and volunteers who made this a very memorable weekend and it was great fun to be part of a much larger 120 boat regatta.
For those who can make it see you in Sidmouth 15th & 16th June!
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st The Essence of Wetness 2057 Tom Gillard Rach Gray 1 1 1 1 1 (DNC) 5
2nd Just the tip 2058 Peter Gray Richard Pepperdine 3 2 2 2 2 (DNC) 11
3rd 2039 Neville Herbert Karl Thorne ‑7 4 4 6 4 3 21
4th Barbarians for breakfast 1958 Matt potter Kevin hope 4 6 3 4 ‑8 5 22
5th Water Please 1969 Garry Knott John Tailby 5 3 ‑9 9 7 2 26
6th Blue Steal 2028 Ryan Buchanan Tom Jeffcoate 6 7 5 8 6 (DNC) 32
7th 2042 Angus Hemmings Rob Gardner 2 5 (DNF) 5 3 DNC 35
8th Ice on Fire 1939 Adrian Smith Robert Smith 9 8 7 ‑10 9 4 37
9th Rigged by Marlow 1929 Joe Warwicker Lou 13 12 (DNF) 7 5 1 38
10th Drama queen 2005 Janet Ritchie Alan Ritchie 8 9 6 3 (DNC) DNC 46
11th Popping Polly 2019 Al Sim Malcolm James 10 11 10 ‑14 13 6 50
12th Wrecking Ball 2059 Edward Parsons Tony Hanlon 11 ‑13 11 12 10 8 52
13th Liquid Spirit 2048 Chris Yates Dave Barker 12 10 8 13 15 (DNC) 58
14th Up yours 2017 Jake Willars George Bender (DNF) DNC DNC 11 11 7 69
15th Dolly 1983 Cillian Dyne Georgia Riddell (DNC) DNC DNC 16 12 9 77
16th Jammy Dodger 1902 Phillip Dyne Jo Riddell (DNF) DNC DNC 17 14 10 81
17th Fac 51 1988 Barny Croft (DNC) DNC DNC 18 16 12 86
18th Polycrooz 19 Richard Gatehouse Lauren Wills (DNC) DNC DNC 19 17 11 87
19th La Belle End 1896 Robert York Jacqueline York (DNC) DNC DNC 15 18 DNC 93
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