Royal Southampton YC Spring Series Race 5

by Simon Forbes on 10 Apr 2006 The fifth race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s Spring series was held on Sunday 9 April and saw a north-westerly breeze averaging 10 knots, gusting up to 18 knots.

The Race Management Team set the Committee Boat off the Netley shore. Due to the wind shifting racing got underway 25 minutes late.

Class 1 IRC saw Paul King’s Prima 38 Serendip take line honours but victory on corrected time went to John Noe’s X-332 La Nef IV by 2 minutes from Serendip. Third place went to Jacob MacKenzie’s Evolution 22 Glass Onion. One race remains in the series with La Nef IV holding a 4 point lead over Richard House’s Laser 28 Wacky Racer III.

Class 3 Club Class saw Nick Margee’s Beneteau 40.7 take line honours but victory on corrected time went to the Contessa 32 A Tout Vitesse (Chris Smith). Second was Peter Slimming’s Hunter 30 Anne Louise and third Ian Townend and John Cooper’s Hunter 707 Tigerfeet. Overall in the series Andrew Campbell’s Bavaria 44 Faze 3 leads by one point from Anne Louise with Tigerfeet a further two points behind.

In the Multihull Class, first to finish and first on corrected time was George Burn’s Dragonfly 920 Force X, with second Roderick Walker’s Farrier F27 Tinkerbell and third Tim Wilson’s Dragonfly 920 Blue Minnell II. Overall in the series Blue Minnell II leads by two points from Ben Goodland’s Raider 30 Team Eberspacher.

The RSYC Spring series concludes on Sunday morning 23 April.

For details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 80 223352 or email racing@rsyc.org.uk

Provisional results race 5:
Class: 1
1  La Nef IV  X-332  John Noe
2  Serendip  Prima 38  Paul King
3  Glass Onion  Evolution 22  Jacob Mackensie

Class: 2
1  A Tout Vitesse  Contessa 32  Chris Smith
2  Anne Louise  Hunter 30  Peter Slimming
3  Tigerfeet  Hunter 707  Ian Townend & John Cooper

Class: Multihulls
1  Force X  Dragonfly 920  George Burn
2  Tinkerbell  Farrier F27  Roderick Walker
3  Blue Minnell II  Dragonfly 920  Tim Wilson