Musto Vice Admiral's Cup - Action aplenty on day 1

by Fiona Brown on 18 May 2013 The 2013 Musto Vice Admiral’s Cup, hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, is now underway. With up to four frenetic races, there was plenty of action for the 56 competitors taking part in today's opening round in Cowes. The three-day event features seven classes, ranging from the SB20s at one end of the spectrum, all the way to the TP52s at the other.

Race Officers Bob Milner, officiating for the bigger boats, and Robert Lamb, on the small boat course, kept their customer's good and busy with some great windward leeward racing on Central Solent courses in a variable 8-15 knots from the north east. The smaller boats managed three races whilst the larger boats pushed through and went for a fourth.

Class 0, for the 50-52 footers, was an all TP52 affair and Tony Langley's Weapon of Choice, Keith Mills 5 West and Johnny Vincent's Pace enjoyed fantastic racing with each boat claiming a victory. Weapon of Choice was the only boat to claim two wins, in races one and two, and as a result now leads the class by a single point from 5 West. Pace claimed race three and 5 West race four, but overall 5 West takes second with Pace a single point behind in third.

Class 1, for the 44-46 footers, featured three Farr 45s and was equally close. This time Jeff Blue's Expresso Martin was the boat that claimed races one and two and they followed this up with a third and second to lead the fleet overall by two points. Stewart Whithead's Rebel and Ash Holmes' Kolga won a race each and tonight the boats are tied on nine points with Kolga claiming second place on count back despite scoring an OCS in race two.

Class 3s six J/111s proved to be a three way battle between James Arnell's Jeez Louise, David and Kirsty Apthorp's J-Dream and Duncan McDonald and Phil Thomas's Shmokin' Joe. The only boat that was able to challenge the trio all day was Tony Mack's McFly who made the podium twice with a second in race two and a third in race four, which put them into fourth overall at the end of the day. With a 1, 3, 3, 1 scoreline it was Jeez Louise that took J/111 of the day by a single point from J-Dream. Shmokin' Joe showed great speed, but a lost protest in the fourth race, which means that although they still hold onto fourth place they are now four points behind J-Dream and only a single point ahead of McFly.

Class 6, for the 39-43 footers, was the final group on the big boat course and with only two entries it was more a case of match racing than fleet racing. Mark Lloyd's Mills 43 Chaos took on Andrew Pearce's Ker 40 Magnum III but could only gain the upper hand in the final race of the day. As a result Magnum III goes into day two with a two-point lead over Chaos.

What the fleets on the small boat course lack in size they more than make up for in numbers. Class 4 featured thirteen J/109s with a different winner for each of their three races. First to show was David Richard's Jumping Jellyfish who claimed race one and went on to add a third and a fourth to their scoreline to take the overall lead with eight points. Andy Johns and David Rolfe's Shadowfax got her regatta off to a slightly wobbly start with a seventh place but won race two and took third in race three to claim second place overall on eleven points. Just one point behind them is Steve and Jody Maine's J2eau who won the final race of the day.

As usual some of the closest racing of all was to be found among the revival Quarter Ton Class which attracted fifteen entries. This fleet always delivers spectacularly close racing and today was no exception with boats finishing neck and neck both on the water and on corrected time in every race. The closest finish of the day was a dead heat for second place in race one between Peter Morton's Bullit and Sam Laidlaw's Aquila. Winner of races one and two was Ian Southworth sailing Whiskers. Sadly for Southy his luck didn't hold in the final race where he finished sixth putting him into second overall. After their dead heat for second in race one Aquila went on to take two more seconds giving them the overall lead with 6.5 points, a point and a half ahead of Whiskers. Peter Morton's wife Louise, sailing Espada, had an excellent day and tonight lies in fourth place just 3.5 points behind her husband who is in third having added a fifth and a third to his card.

The SB20 fleet may be last in our report, but they are by no means least with the largest entry of all the classes at sixteen boats. Race one went to Scott Graham's Chill Pill + but they couldn't maintain their supremacy and it was the Llewellyn/Wakefield/Virgus partnership aboard Henri-Lloyd/Forelle Estates that charged through to win races two and three and take the overall lead by a single point from Chill Pill +. Craig Burlton's Gill Race Team put in a steady opening day and their 2, 3, 6 scoreline gives them eleven points and third overall, four behind Chill Pill +. The top five is completed by Tom Foskett's What Recession? on thirteen points and Jerry Hill's Sportsboatworld.com on 14.

After racing competitors enjoyed the Musto Competitor's Drinks Reception where daily prizes were presented.

The regatta continues until Sunday with up to 12 races scheduled. Tomorrow the wind is forecast to go round into the west at around seven to ten knots with the first warning signals planned for 10.25.

Class 0

Provisional Results 

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Hcap	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Nt Pts
1	GBR 5252R	Weapon of Choice	Tony Langley	1.373	1	1	3	2	7
2	GBR 1851	5 West	Sir Keith Mills	1.381	3	2	2	1	8
3	GBR 528R	Pace	Johnny Vincent	1.372	2	3	1	3	9

Class 1

Provisional Results 

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Nt Pts
1	GBR 9160T	Espresso Martini	Jeff Blue	1	1	3	2	7
2	GBR 5955T	Kolga	Ash Holmes	2	4/OCS	2	1	9
3	GBR 8448R	Rebel	Stewart Whitehead	3	2	1	3	9

 

Class 2

Provisional Results

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Nt Pts
1	GBR 5811R	Jeez Louise	James Arnell	1	3	3	1	8
2	GBR 7111L	J-Dream	David & Kirsty Apthorp	2	4	1	2	9
3	GBR 7611R	Shmokin' Joe	Duncan McDonald & Phil Thomas	3	1	2	7/DSQ	13
4	GBR 111N	McFly	Tony Mack	4	2	5	3	14
5	GBR 8711R	Icarus	Andrew Christie	5	6	4	4	19
6	BEL 11111	Djinn	Sebastien de Liedekerke	6	5	6	5	22

 

Class 3

Provisional Results 

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Nt Pts
1	GBR 2709R	Jumping Jellyfish	David Richards	1	3	4	8
2	GBR 7509R	Shadowfax	Andy Johns & David Rolfe	7	1	3	11
3	GBR 9694T	J2eau	Steve & Jody Maine	6	5	1	12
4	GBR 2986L	Jubilee	Tony Dickin	4	2	7	13
5	GBR 1466R	Diamond Jem	Robert Stiles	3	8	5	16
6	GBR 1L	Alice	Alastair Speare-Cole	2	6	9	17
7	GBR 9760R	Stalker	Steven Tapper	5	9	8	22
8	GBR 5109R	Designstar 2	Roger Phillips	11	10	2	23
9	GBR 2L	Jigsaw	Paul James	12	7	6	25
10	GBR 8809R	Inspara	Tor Mclaren	9	4	14/BFD	27
11	GBR 7901R	Basic Instinct	Jonathan Hearth	8	11	10	29
12	GBR 9091R	Juke Box	Chris Copeland	10	12	11	33
13	GBR 6603	Fardonyx	William Edwards	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	42

 

Class 4

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Hcap	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Nt Pts
1	GBR 8414R	Aguila	Sam Laidlaw	0.901	2.5	2	2	6.5
2	GBR 902R	Whiskers	Ian Southworth	0.899	1	1	6	8
3	FRA 7891	Bullit	Peter Morton	0.905	2.5	5	3	10.5
4	GBR 50R	Espada	Louise Morton	0.905	4	6	4	14
5	ESP 3090	Cote	Rob Gray	0.905	11	7	1	19
6	GBR 501	Illegal Immigrant	Willy McNeill & Mike Pascall	0.901	9	3	7	19
7	SWE 7744	Alice II	Rickard Melander	0.906	5	4	10	19
8	GBR 7259Y	Magnum Evolution	Eric Reynolds	0.866	7	8	5	20
9	GBR 222R	Per Elisa	Richard Fleck	0.904	6	10	8	24
10	GBR 7299	Panic	Geoff Gritton	0.901	8	11	9	28
11	GBR 2736R	Joker	Edward White	0.907	12	9	12	33
12	GBR 7557	Innuendo	Roger Swinney	0.905	10	13	13	36
13	GBR 502	Catch	Olivia Chenevix-Trench	0.913	13	12	11	36
14	GBR 6262	Rum Bleu	Lucy Wood & Tara Stone	0.859	14	14	14	42
15	FRA 9371	Menace	D Morland & T Rees	0.89	16/DNC	16/DNC	16/DNC	48

 

Class 5

Provisional Results 

Class: VAC Class 5
Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Nt Pts
1	GBR 3082	Henri-Lloyd/Forelle Estates	Llewellyn/Wakefield/Virgus	4	1	1	6
2	GBR 3710	Chill Pill +	Scott Graham	1	4	2	7
3	GBR 3042	Gill Race Team	Craig Burlton	2	3	6	11
4	GBR 3510	What Recession?	Tom Foskett	3	7	3	13
5	GBR 3339	Sportsboatworld.com	Jerry Hill	7	2	5	14
6	GBR 3276	Trouble & Strife	Ian Armstrong	11	5	4	20
7	GBR 3096	Red Kite	Roger Harford	8	11	8	27
8	GBR 3291	Stormforce Coaching 1	Doug Innes	6	10	12	28
9	GBR 3547	Trigger	Laurence Cross	10	8	10	28
10	GBR 3106	Whyaduck	Tom Clay	5	17/DNC	7	29
11	GBR 3041	Sharc	Charles Sheppard	9	9	11	29
12	GBR 3362	Polar Bear	Tim Newton	12	13	9	34
13	GBR 3560	Odontoblast	Dudley Stock	13	12	13	38
14	GBR 3069	Slinky	Ian Hudson	17/DNC	6	17/DNC	40
15=	GBR 3561	Wight Dragon	Mark Irons	17/DNC	17/DNC	17/DNC	51
15=	GBR 3010	Sbeed	Toby Litton	17/DNC	17/DNC	17/DNC	51

 

Class 6

Provisional Results

Rank	Sail No	Name	Helm	Hcap	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Nt Pts
1	GBR 39R	Magnum III	Andrew Pearce	1.193	1	1	1	2	5
2	GBR 9181R	Chaos	Mark Lloyd	1.172	2	2	2	1	7

 

There are 8 races scheduled in this series.