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Bart’s Bash at Lantau Boat Club - don't underestimate the tide!

by Stephen Devlin, Lantau Boat Club on 19 Sep 2016
Ready for the off. Bart's Bash 2016. Lantau Boat Club. Lantau Boat Club
The run out to the start looked promising under blue skies. About 10 knots of puff was coming from the north, and so Race Officer Sidney Leung elected for course 4 which was a 22 nautical mile clockwise run to Kau Yi Chau with a sausage between Datum Rock and Sui Kau Yi Chau thrown in. This would have been a great course in a steady 10 kts, but unfortunately the breeze disappeared just before the start, and the current from a fast-running tide took its place, forcing the entire fleet to scratch over the line.

David Hopgood caught a puff and thought he had everyone's measure, until he found Simon Ludlow's Rock and parted company with the last two inches of his dagger board. Peter Davies, David Clacher and Tom Nunan led the fast cats’ pursuit of the 'not so fast cats' - Gilles, Tristan and Al Doherty. Quite a few underestimated the speed of the tide and ended up between Kau Yi Chau and her smaller sister, moving south with the tide only to claw their way north and back on course, and then south again as the wind died!

Steve Devlin and Pete Williams used a bit of cunning and fine spinnaker work to pass Tom Nunan and Gabriel Kicks and be first around Kau Yi Chau. Tristan Stewart mistook the wave measuring buoys for Datum Rock (hint: it's a rock!) and then remarkably a large portion of the fleet behind followed him. Who said lemmings can't swim?

After an average 3 hrs of beating sun and much cussing, the fleet retired to the beach for cold beers, Sammy's great tucker and a spot of prize giving. Tall tales sailing heroics followed, and we were joined by our friends from the Discovery Bay Yacht Club on the beach under a clear and moonlit sky.

In closing: another great Bart's Bash event, and my thanks go to our Club Admin Officer Cindy Chung, Chief Knucklehead Marc Holm, Richard Carey, Simon Ludlow and Sidney Leung for a magnificent day.

Congratulations to the winners of the three divisions that were racing:
Div A: Kei Lun, Richard van den Berg
Fast Cats: F16, Tom Nunan
Other cats: Hobie 16, Clara Ng

For more information visit www.lantauboatclub.com

Overall Results:




































Overall RankDivisionBoat NameBoat TypeHelmSail NoHKPN/PYSCHRSStartFinishElaspedCorrectedPosHKPNOverall (using HKPN/DBPN/PY)
14Div ABoadecia Hanse 400Chris Gordon HKG2381959 11:10:0015:24:5504:14:5504:25:49295904:25:49
1Div AKei Lun Beneteau First 45FSRichard van den BergHKG1691898 11:10:0014:10:3603:00:3603:21:07189803:21:07
16Div ALegs 11 Adams 11.9Nick von der LuhueHKG2336 922 11:10:0015:21:2104:11:2104:32:37392204:32:37
RETDiv ASapphireBeneteau First 40.7Richard CarreyHKG23041009 11:10:00RET     
RETDiv AZhuluBavaria 46Andy PicklesHKG22811014 11:10:00RET     
RETDiv BSpeedy GonzalesBeneteau First 7.5Stephan Kottek 01139 11:05:00RET     
RETDiv BShockwaveFormula One ODMatt SwedenklefHKG12881177 11:05:00RET     
RETDiv BSquare BearSeawind 40Ben WilsonHKG23381253 11:05:00RET     
RETDiv BOvertime00HKG18281086 11:05:00RET     
RETDiv BTsuru00C7571200 11:05:00RET     
4Fast Cat F18David Clacher1600784111:30:0014:15:5002:45:5003:31:31378403:31:31
6Fast Cat F18Peter Davies2358784111:30:0014:20:3302:50:3303:37:32478403:37:32
3Fast Cat F18Steve Devlin1487784111:30:0014:09:5902:39:5903:24:04278403:24:04
15Fast Cat F18David Hopgood 1854784111:30:0014:59:4303:29:4304:27:30878404:27:30
12Fast Cat F18Aaron Metz1443784111:30:0014:32:3803:02:3803:52:57778403:52:57
DNCFast Cat F18F184537841 DNC     
8Fast Cat F16Andy Keith44829.47215811:30:0014:33:2003:03:2003:41:01582903:41:01
11Fast Cat F16Cindy Cheung 43811.4413511:30:0014:36:4103:06:4103:50:04681103:50:04
2Fast Cat F16Tom Nunan344811.4413511:30:0014:14:1002:44:1003:22:19181103:22:19
DNFOthers Cat/Boat Dart 18KY Lai76189611.22611:25:00DNF     
DNCOthers Cat/Boat Dart 18Stefan Estlinbaum31489511.213 DNC     
DNFOthers Cat/Boat Dart 18Joesph Shieh76209611.22611:25:00DNF     
DNFOthers Cat/Boat Hobie 16Phil Balmer1114399341.19111:25:00DNF     
7Others Cat/Boat Hobie 16Al Doherty1118329341.19111:25:0014:50:1503:25:1503:39:45293403:39:45
DNFOthers Cat/Boat Hobie 16Tristan Fischer 1122119341.19111:25:00DNF     
9Others Cat/Boat Hobie 16Gilles Francony 1096369341.19111:25:0014:52:3603:27:3603:42:16393403:42:16
DNCOthers Cat/Boat Hobie 16Juan Mas1114889341.191 DNC     
5Others Cat/Boat Hobie 16Clara Ng1121379341.19111:25:0014:48:0303:23:0303:37:24193403:37:24
DNCOthers Cat/Boat Hobie 16Johnnie Yuen 1128889341.191 DNC     
DNFOthers Cat/Boat Hobie 16069341.19111:25:00DNF     
13Others Cat/Boat Nacra 500Mark McKim43559151.16711:25:0015:13:1303:48:1304:09:25591504:09:25
DNCOthers Cat/Boat ShadowCathy Lam778751.117 DNC     
10Others Cat/Boat RS500Clement FranconyHKG516973011:25:0014:54:0203:39:2903:45:35497303:45:35
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