Chester Race Week - Mixed bag on day 1
by Michael Browne on 16 Aug 2013
Returning champion J/111 “Blast” from Halifax, leads the Alpha 1 fleet to the top mark in the first race on opening day of Chester Race Week. Skippered by Mark Surrette, Blast took first place in the Alpha 1 fleet race. Tim Wilkes
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With Environment Canada calling for severe weather for the commencement of Chester Race Week, sailors wondered if the day would be cancelled as too dangerous for the classic wooden boat fleet. Instead, fog and calm blanketed Mahone Bay postponing all races, cancelling the day for the Bluenose, Classic and Cruiser fleets, and allowing only one race for the remaining fleets.
Results:
Alpha 1
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
Blast
|
J111
|
11105
|
RNSYS
|
Mark Surrette
|
00:54:43
|
|
2
|
Climax
|
1D35
|
35026
|
DYC
|
Reece/ Comtois
|
00:55:02
|
|
3
|
Team Ocean
|
Melges 32
|
USA 135
|
RNSYS
|
John Roy
|
00:55:15
|
Alpha Distance 1
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
Brilliance
|
J120
|
144
|
RNSYS
|
Richard Calder
|
1:01:29
|
|
2
|
Agincourt
|
Nelson/ Marek
|
USA 430
|
CYC
|
Bob Cragg
|
1:02:30
|
|
3
|
Helms Deep
|
Soto 40
|
54340
|
RNSYS
|
Mike Sutton
|
1:02:37
|
Alpha 2
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
One More Time
|
Farr 30
|
USA 28
|
RNSYS
|
Rob Gale
|
0:53:24
|
|
2
|
Tangley
|
Farr 30
|
CAN 29
|
CharYC
|
Peter Toombs
|
0:53:38
|
|
3
|
Venturesome
|
Farr 30
|
47
|
RNSYS
|
Ben Maloney
|
0:54:14
|
Alpha Distance 2
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
WISC
|
J109
|
Can 311
|
RNSYS
|
Paul Rafuse
|
1:01:57
|
|
2
|
J’ai Tu
|
J35
|
41057
|
CYC
|
Rodney Johnstone
|
1:04:04
|
|
3
|
Posthaste/Njord
|
Beneteau 36.7
|
Can 54
|
DYC
|
Blaine McNeil
|
1:04:51
|
Bravo1
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
Brigand
|
Kirby 30
|
74074
|
CYC
|
Shawn Mulrooney
|
0:49:04
|
|
2
|
Defiant
|
C&C
|
142
|
DYC
|
Mark Gosine
|
0:49:57
|
|
3
|
Riff Raff aka ?
|
Olsen 29
|
2
|
SMSC
|
Robert Sweet
|
0:51:39
|
Bravo 2
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
Ping
|
Sonar
|
415
|
LYC
|
Kathryn Josenhan
|
0:31:13
|
|
2
|
Awesome 2.0
|
Sonar
|
366
|
LYC
|
Ron Whynacht
|
0:31:32
|
|
3
|
Black Russian
|
Kirby 25
|
85
|
RNSYS
|
Margo Coughlin
|
0:31:35
|
Bravo 3
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
|
1
|
Sisu
|
Tanzer 22
|
1857
|
MYC
|
David Peer
|
0:36:12
|
|
2
|
Freyja
|
Tanzer 22
|
1801
|
Grand Lake
|
Doug Caldwell
|
0:36:52
|
|
3
|
Daydreamer
|
Beneteau 285
|
285
|
DYC
|
David Farrell
|
0:42:13
|
One Design - J/24
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
|
1
|
Sunnyvale
|
J 24
|
3599
|
RNSYS
|
Peter Wickwire
|
|
2
|
Juvenile Delinquent
|
J 24
|
4013
|
RNSYS
|
Ted Murphy
|
|
3
|
Jamming
|
J 24
|
42
|
RNSYS
|
Nicholas Hamblin
|
One Design - J/29
|
Rank
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
|
1
|
Silver Woman
|
J 29
|
84675
|
RNSYS
|
Andrew Childs
|
|
2
|
Colmonell
|
J 29
|
135
|
RNSYS
|
Christie Bros.
|
|
3
|
Jaeger
|
J 29
|
329
|
CYC
|
Russ Compton
|
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