Southampton Water Sailing Association Evening Series Race 8
by Chris Waddington 2 Sep 2009 10:17 UTC
31 July 2009
Close finish for penultimate SWSA race
The penultimate race in Southampton Water Sailing Association’s evening series for sailing yachts saw some very close racing between 11 boats representing 5 clubs.
At the gun, Jonathan Tickner and Peter Hairsnape’s Calypso was first over the line and took an early lead, holding this to the first buoy (Netley). On the long reach to NW Netley the fleet opened up a little with Alex Bell and Paul Bush’s Symphony rounding in first place closely followed by Glass Onion, Zipper, and Puma of Pagelsham. With Spinnakers deployed on the downwind leg to Hovercraft 2 the wind eased and with the backdrop of a magnificent sunset the course was duly shortened
At the line, Alex Bell and Paul Bush’s Beneteau 305 Symphony continued her winning ways in class 1, narrowly beating Stephen Webb’s Malbec 240 Puma of Paglesham by under a minute on corrected time. In class 2, Costantino Corbari’s Glass Onion scored her second successive win over her main rival Mat Girling’s Zipper by a mere 5 seconds. Significant wins for both Symphony and Glass Onion as in both classes the series points difference between first and second places is now just 1. Therefore the last race in a fortnight’s time promises a highly competitive finale.
The SWSA evening series is open to members of the 16 SWSA member clubs and to individual members of the RYA. For more information, please see www.swsa.org.uk
Race 8 Results:
Class 1
1st Symphony, Beneteau 305, Alex Bell/Paul Bush, Warsash SC
2nd Puma of Paglesham, Malbec 240, Stephen Webb, RAFYC
Class 2
1st Glass Onion, Evolution 22, Costantino Corbari, Southampton SC
2nd Zipper, Quarter Tonner, Mat Girling, Fawley PSSC
3rd Calypso, Limbo 6.6, J.Tickner/P.Hairsnape, Southampton SC
4th Auriole, Trapper 500, Graham Harrison, Fawley PSSC
5th Blueprint, Ballad 28, Roger Lockett, Hythe Sailing Club
6th Bianca, Dufour 1800, Ricky Yardley, Southampton SC
7th Petite Folie, Trapper 501, Vaughan Tudor Williams, Southampton SC
8th Cindar, Pageant, Kelvin Gibson, Southampton SC
9th Killick, Four 21, Antoine Serruier, Southampton SC
10th Hasty, T24, Nigel Smith, Southampton SC