2017 Evening Race Series – Overall report

by Rod Nicholls on 17 Aug 2017

Island Sailing Club Evening Race Series Hamo Thornicroft

Although only 44 boats turned out for week 17 of the Island Sailing Clubs 18 week Tuesday Evening Series all classes had some good racing. With a WSW wind of 16 to 19 knots and an ebb tide two good beats for each class was the order for the day.

In Class 1 the scratch boat in her class had their first win of the series, Martin Dent’s JElvis. Not to be beaten In Class 2 Marc Giraudon in his RS Elite OD also had a season’s first win. The Sonar Class winner was Barry Byham in Dolphin who should be the series winner. Class 4 Winner Myles Uren in Gwen Glas also had a first win of the season.

With only one more weeks racing it is still all to play for in some of the classes.

Provisional Results:

Class 1 - Fast Handicap
1st	JElvis
2nd	Challenger
3rd	Whooper

Class 2 – Medium Handicap
1st	Excalibur
2nd	A nice cup of tea & a sit down
3rd	Haggis 2

Class 3 – Sonars
1st	Dolphin
2nd	Jenny
3rd	Ed Suckling

Class 4 - Slow Handicap
1st	Gwen Glas
2nd	Jiminy Cricket
3rd	Kaallista

Class 5 – Flying Fifteen
1st	Fifty Fifty6
2nd	Fflasback
3rd	Ffuraha

Class 6 – X One Design
1st	Aora
2nd	Blue Phantom

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