LTSC Sunday Early Summer Points Series - Day 5
by Richard Lilley 14 Jun 2016 04:23 PDT
12 June 2016
Richard Russell & Sylvia Weger during LTSC Sunday Early Summer Points Series race 5 © David Ellis
A dull sky but reasonable breeze greeted the 17 competitors who arrived in the starting area for race 5 of the LTSC Sunday Early Summer Points Series.
With the wind almost due west, race officer Richard Lilley made use of Plus Mark (BHG), a movable mark and Jack in the Basket. To add a bit of challenge the movable mark was laid at such an angle that the asymmetric were unable to fly their spinnakers. The Contender, sailed by David Gautier, was first to the top mark, closely followed by the rest of the fleet that was packed together in hot pursuit.
In the medium fleet the race was dominated by the Tasar (Richard Russell ans Sylvia Weger) and the Farr 3.7 (Myles Mence) who had sailed over from Yarmouth to join the race. Race 2 saw Liam Willis in his RS400 pull off a near perfect port tack flyer, being just seconds too early to the line. Liam held the lead to the end benefiting from spinnaker trouble aboard the RS400 of Rob & Jan Martin. In the Medium Fleet Pete Barton (RS Aero 7) timed he start to perfecting arriving in the start area with just a minute to spare.
The perfectly laid start line enabled the fleet to split between port and startboard starts. The race was dominated by the Tasar, Farr 3.7 and the RS Aero, who did 3 laps whilst the remainder of the fleet completed 2 laps.
We would like to thank Harken who have generously donated prizes for this series.
Day 5 Results:
Race A
Fast Fleet
1st David Gautier (Contender)
2nd Rob & Jan Martin (RS400)
3rd Liam Willis & Julie Willis (RS400)
Medium Fleet
1st Myles Mence (Farr 3.7)
2nd Richard Russell & Sylvia Weger (Tasar)
3rd Chloe Martin (RS Aero7)
Race B
Fast Fleet
1st Liam & Julie Willis
2nd David Gautier
3rd Rob & Jan Martin
Medium Fleet
1st Richard Russell & Sylvia Weger
2nd Myles Mence
3rd Nigel & Suzie Brooke (Merlin Rocket)
There is no Club racing this weekend as LTSC is hosting the Volvo Noble Marine RS500 National Championships and the Magic Marine RS Southern Championship.