Solo Offshore Racing - Truant wins first race

by Offshore Solo on 28 Mar 2012 A total of twenty yachts set off for the Nab Tower from the JOG line to the west of Cowes at 1000hrs on Sunday morning with a five knot easterly breeze and a strong flooding tide. Most of the fleet prudently motoring hard well up tide before the starting sequence to avoid being carried over the line before the start, all boats passed this test.

The second challenge was to safely navigate through Snowden and Prince Consort Buoys set by race officers Dave Giddings and Kisteen Donaldson to minimize the risk to shipping. The wind dropped and four boats were swept outside this gate which was impossible to re-round given the tide. Over the next hour the true wind more or less disappeared and progress was only possible with the two knots of tide giving boats some control drifting to the east.

The teasing south easterly wind eventually filled in around noon shortly before the tide turned, most of the fleet continued on starboard tack past Portsmouth, while Solan Goose, Voador and Fastrak tacked in towards the island to avoid the increasing ebbing tide.

Sadly the wind dropped again and with slow progress against the ebbing tide the race officers advised by VHF of a shortened course at the Nab Tower. At 1400hrs many yachts on the mainland shore had almost completely lost the wind again, some lost patience and retired. Yachts close to the island had better breeze and experienced a large veer to the west when the breeze began to fill in which made prospects look very good, particularly Voador who maintained the longest course close to the island.

As the breeze built it started to back significantly which dealt a great hand to the boats on the left hand side of the course, the main beneficiaries were Ian Hoddle on Figaro 2 Rare who went on to take line honors and Steve Thomas on HOD 35 Truant who went on to win class two and overall IRC, also John Baily on Elan 340 Nereid notched up his first class three win and podium under overall IRC.

Class 1 First Solan Goose, Second Rare, Third Mint Julip
Class 2 First Truant, Second Voador, Third Juliette
Class 3 First Nereid, Second Edith, Third British Beagle

Overall IRC

First: Steve Thomas -Truant HOD 35
Second: Simon Curwen Voador J105
Third: John Baily Nereid Elan 340

Next race is the RIOW Solo on 28th April 2012, all welcome including multihulls for this classic.

 

Solo Offshore Racing Club Ltd     Solent Solo Series
Nab Tower  -  25 Mar 2012     Start Time:  10:05      Class 1
Provisional results
Boat	Type	Sail No	Owner or Skipper	TCF	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Place	Points	Comments
					Time	Time	Time
Solan Goose of Hamble	A35	GBR7835R	Peter Olden	1.032	16:03:25	5:58:25	6:09:53	1	1
Rare	Beneteau Figaro II	GBR5236R	Ian Hoddle	1.094	15:53:36	5:48:36	6:21:22	2	2
Mint Julep	J122	GBR122L	David Cule	9.999	16:20:00	6:15:00	62:29:38	3	3
Change of Course	C&C 115	GBR9070	Keith Gibbs	1.035	-	-	-		8	DNF
Ding Dong	Stewart 37	GBR7878R	Chris Rustom	1.085	-	-	-		8	DNF
Jbellino	J122	GBR9868T	Rob Craigie	1.076	-	-	-		8	DNF
Oojah	J122	GBR2207R	Peter Tanner	9.999	-	-	-		8	DNF
7  boats started of 7 entered
Results program © Jade Consultants (Cambridge) Ltd. Report created  26 Mar 2012 10:28
Solo Offshore Racing Club Ltd     Solent Solo Series
Nab Tower  -  25 Mar 2012     Start Time:  10:05      Class 2
Provisional results
Boat	Type	Sail No	Owner or Skipper	TCF	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Place	Points	Comments
					Time	Time	Time
Truant	HOD 35	GBR7580T	Stephen Thomas	1.009	15:58:16	5:53:16	5:56:27	1	1
Voador	J105	GBR722R	Simon Curwen	1.009	16:01:17	5:56:17	5:59:29	2	2
Juliette	J105	GBR9405R	Jerry Freeman	1.007	16:05:27	6:00:27	6:02:58	3	3
Fastrak VIII	Sunfast 3200	GBR4690R	Nigel Colley	1.003	16:10:05	6:05:05	6:06:11	4	4
Comedy of Errors	HOD 35	GBR735R	Tony White	1.006	16:17:35	6:12:35	6:14:49	5	5
Roxanne	Sunfast 3200	GBR2539L	Simon Mitchell	1.003	16:29:30	6:24:30	6:25:39	6	6
Velocity Girl	VQ32	GBR932R	Richard Lett	1.025	-	-	-		8	DNF
Juneau	J105	GBR1605	Oscar Mead	9.999	-	-	-		9	DNC
7  boats started of 8 entered
Results program © Jade Consultants (Cambridge) Ltd. Report created  26 Mar 2012 10:28
Solo Offshore Racing Club Ltd     Solent Solo Series
Nab Tower  -  25 Mar 2012     Start Time:  10:05      Class 3
Provisional results
Boat	Type	Sail No	Owner or Skipper	TCF	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Place	Points	Comments
					Time	Time	Time
Nereid	Elan 340	GBR1093L	John Baily	0.977	16:15:06	6:10:06	6:01:35	1	1
Edith	Elan 333	GBR6831T	Mike Saqui	0.952	16:32:15	6:27:15	6:08:40	2	2
British Beagle	Sigma 36	GBR3936	Charles Emmett	0.935	16:40:40	6:35:40	6:09:57	3	3
Fantasea	Dehler 36	GBR9142T	Tony Rowe	0.994	-	-	-		7	DNF
Geofon	Maxi	GBR1903	John Ford	0.951	-	-	-		7	DNF
Impro	Hunter Sonata	GBR8064N	Richard Breese	0.808	-	-	-		7	DNF
6  boats started of 6 entered
Results program © Jade Consultants (Cambridge) Ltd. Report created  26 Mar 2012 10:28
Solo Offshore Racing Club Ltd     Solent Solo Series
Nab Tower  -  25 Mar 2012    IRC overall
Provisional results
Boat	Type	Sail No	Owner or Skipper	TCF	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Place	Points	Comments
					Time	Time	Time
Truant	HOD 35	GBR7580T	Stephen Thomas	1.009	15:58:16	5:53:16	5:56:27	1	1
Voador	J105	GBR722R	Simon Curwen	1.009	16:01:17	5:56:17	5:59:29	2	2
Nereid	Elan 340	GBR1093L	John Baily	0.977	16:15:06	6:10:06	6:01:35	3	3
Juliette	J105	GBR9405R	Jerry Freeman	1.007	16:05:27	6:00:27	6:02:58	4	4
Fastrak VIII	Sunfast 3200	GBR4690R	Nigel Colley	1.003	16:10:05	6:05:05	6:06:11	5	5
Edith	Elan 333	GBR6831T	Mike Saqui	0.952	16:32:15	6:27:15	6:08:40	6	6
Solan Goose of Hamble	A35	GBR7835R	Peter Olden	1.032	16:03:25	5:58:25	6:09:53	7	7
British Beagle	Sigma 36	GBR3936	Charles Emmett	0.935	16:40:40	6:35:40	6:09:57	8	8
Comedy of Errors	HOD 35	GBR735R	Tony White	1.006	16:17:35	6:12:35	6:14:49	9	9
Rare	Beneteau Figaro II	GBR5236R	Ian Hoddle	1.094	15:53:36	5:48:36	6:21:22	10	10
Roxanne	Sunfast 3200	GBR2539L	Simon Mitchell	1.003	16:29:30	6:24:30	6:25:39	11	11
Change of Course	C&C 115	GBR9070	Keith Gibbs	1.035	-	-	-		19	DNF
Ding Dong	Stewart 37	GBR7878R	Chris Rustom	1.085	-	-	-		19	DNF
Fantasea	Dehler 36	GBR9142T	Tony Rowe	0.994	-	-	-		19	DNF
Geofon	Maxi	GBR1903	John Ford	0.951	-	-	-		19	DNF
Impro	Hunter Sonata	GBR8064N	Richard Breese	0.808	-	-	-		19	DNF
Jbellino	J122	GBR9868T	Rob Craigie	1.076	-	-	-		19	DNF
Velocity Girl	VQ32	GBR932R	Richard Lett	1.025	-	-	-		19	DNF
18  boats started of 18 entered
Results program © Jade Consultants (Cambridge) Ltd. Report created  26 Mar 2012 10:28

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