Bell Lawrie Scottish Series - day 1

by PR on 27 May 2006 On the opening day of the 2006 Bell Lawrie Scottish Series, the 9 -boat entry was greeted by a brisk 5-20 knot south-easterly breeze and an unwelcome drenching of rain. But it s the racing that attracts some of Europe s top raceboats to Tarbert, and the conditions were ideal for a morning of tight competition.

The first starts were scheduled for 030, and a steady breeze ensured the fleets got away on time. For the big boats on the Graham Technology course it was Richard Loftus sleek Hotel California which made the best of the starboard-biased line to lead Class , closely followed by Graham Hutchinson s new J/ 33 Jaru. By the windward mark the order of the fleet was pretty settled with Hotel California holding a slim lead from Jaru . However the race was Jaru's, and at the finish she was over three minutes ahead of Jonathan Anderson s Playing FTSE , with last year s overall winner Tiamat third.

North Sails Jeremy Robinson was calling tactics on Jaru, which notched upa victory in its first outing in the Kip Regatta earlier this month. That was a light wind affair, so the team was pleased to see the boat could perform in more breeze. We ve done a bit of work on the rig to get a bit more out of it, explained Robinson.

In class two eyes were rightly trained on 2004 Bell Lawrie Scottish Series winner Anthony O Leary, sailing his Corby 36 Antix with a crew which includes his two sons. Antix had to work hard following a poor start, We had to dig ourselves out of a hole, explained Anthony s eldest son, Peter. We carried a lot of breeze down one of the runs which meant we managed to claw back a couple of minutes on the guys in front. In the breezy stuff we ve always felt she was quick.

The distinctive red Corby 36 Rosie of Roy Dickson sailed well to take second ahead of Chris Bonar s former Series winner Bateleur 97 .
In Class 3 Bengal Magic from Bangor sailed an almost perfect race to take the gun some four minutes ahead of second-placed Equinox . We worked out which way to go at the start and just kept on pulling away from everybody, commented owner Chris Ferres. Third was last year s Class 3 winner Howard Morrisons Sigma 38 Enigma .

After a lengthy wait as the breeze dropped and became rather shifty, a second race was started at 500hrs, but abandoned as the lead boats roundedthe windward mark and the breeze dropped completely and then swung through 80 degrees.

Meanwhile the Talisker fleet had a full day of racing. The Sportsboat class was dominated by Sonars, which took the top two places in the first race and the top five places in race two. Grouse won the first two races, but was pushed down to fifth in race three, which was won by Hamish MacKay's Jazolino

The Sonata class saw the return of Steve Goacher in Eric the Boat who dominated to win all three races of the day. Steve has won the series in a Sonata before, but that was back in 993.

The 720s also managed three races, with former Series winner Ruairidh Scott on King Quick taking the first race by over a minute, and also notched up a win in race three. However Scott, who originally hails from Tarbert, didn t have things all his own way as he was forced to settle for second in race two behind Charles Frize in Buddy White .

Bell Lawrie Scottish Series, Tarbert, Loch Fyne 26-29 May 2006

Results from Day One, Friday 26 May:

IRC Class 1, Race 1:
1 Jaru (G Hutchinson) corrected time: 2:18:35
2 Playing FTSE (J Anderson) 2:21:53
3 Tiamat (T Costello) 2:22:28

IRC Class 2, Race1:
1 Antix (A O¹Leary) 2:13:24,
2 Rosie (R Dickson) 2:14:23,
3 Bateleur 97 (C Bonar) 2:15:56

IRC Class 3, Race 1:
1 Bengal Magic (Moorehead/Ferres) 1:39:00,
2 Equinox (E McDonald) 1:39:57
3 Cactus Jack (N Spurr) 1:40:14

IRC Class 4, Race 1:
1 Thirty Something (Hall/McDonnell) 1:43:31
2 Shadowfax (B Forteith) 1:44:38
3 RoBo (J Blair) 1:44:48, CYCA

Class 6, Race1:
1 Blyth Spirit (M Blyth) 1:36:27
2 Guilty (D Clow) 1:37:14
3 Crown Duel (Hayes/Carson/McCabrey) 1:38:02

CYCA Class 6 Race 2:
1 Exile (G Ratter)1:31:40
2 Crown Duel (Hayes/Carson/McCabrey) 1:31:48
3 Blyth Spirit (M Blyth) 1:32:22

CYCA Class 7 Race 1:
1 Tangle O¹ the Isles (J Gough)1:37:14
2 Shoki (J McDougall) 1:37:17
3 Cara of Kip (G Goudie) 1:37:54

CYCA Class 7, Race 2:
1 Shoki (J McDougall) 1:08:46
2 Cara of Kip (G Goudie) 1:09:50
Supernova (A Boslem) 1:10:31

CYCA Class 8, Race 1:
1 Meteor (L Jacobsen) 1:34:27
2 Hopscotch (R Brownlie) 1:36:04
3 Nimrod (C Evans) 1:39:23, CYCA Class 8

Race 2:
1 Meteor (L Jacobsen) 1:14:39
2 Hopscotch (R Brownlie) 1:15:06
3 Pointer (B Robertson) 1:24:11

CYCA Restricted Sail Class 9, Race 1:
1 Zara of Doon (Wilson/Lyall) 1:37:28
2 Hansebacker (P Watson) 1:37:36
3 Skywalker (I Laidlaw) 1:43:04

CYCA Restricted Sail Class 9, Race 2:
1 Hansebacker (P Watson) 1:21:12
2 Zara of Doon (Wilson/Lyall) 1:21:23
3 Skywalker (I Laidlaw) 1:24:10

Restricted Sail Class 10, Race 1:
1 Mallie (McClelland/McFadyen) 1:36:35
2 Mersonary (R Angus) 1:39:36
3 Chimaera (G Baird) 1:45:24

CYCA Restricted Sail Class 10 Race 2:
1 Mersonary (R Angus) 1:13:16
2 Mallie (McClelland/McFadyen)1:18:25
3 Lyrebird (C Reeves) 1:23:44

Sigma 33 Class, Race 1
1 White Mischief (T Goodbody) 1:20:42
2 Carmen (P Scutt) 1:20:53
3 Sigmatic (D
McLaren) 1:21:21

Sigma 33 Class, Race 2:
1 Carmen (P Scutt) 00:58:31,
2 Sigmatic (D McLaren) 00:59:37
3 White Mischief (T Goodbody) 01:00:38

Sigma 33 Class Race 3
1 Sigmatic 00:40:11
2 Carmen 00:42:36
3 White Mischief 00:42:54

Impala 28 Class, Race 1:
1 Bambi (P Doig) 1:23:42
2 Bluestreak (C Hussey) 1:24:52
3 Lammergeyer (J Lloyd) 1:40:37

Impala 28 Class, Race 2:
1 Bambi (P Doig) 1:01:56
2 Orrkid (A Orr) 01:03:58
3 Bluestreak (C Hussey)01:04:23

Impala 28 Class, Race 3:
1 Orrkid 00:44:12
2 Bambi 00:44:20
3 Bluestreak 00:44:40

National Sonata Class, Race 1:
1 Eric the Boat (S Goacher) 1:27:25
2 Pied Piper (A Harper) 1:28:46
3 Scruples (C Tait) 1:30:55

National Sonata Class, Race 2:
1 Eric the Boat (S Goacher) 01:04:33
2 High and Dry 01:05:01
3 So (McLure/Stewart) 01:05:12

National Sonata Class Race 3:
1 Eric the Boat 00:45:41
2 High and Dry 00:49:49
3 Saraband (M Taylor) 00:51:42

1720 Sportsboat, Race 1:
1 King Quick (G Scott) 01:14:10
2 Buddy White (C Frize) 01:15:34
3 Lemon (C Galavan) 01:15:47

1720 Sportsboat, Race 2:
1 Buddy White (C Frize) 00:58:51,
2 King Quick (G Scott) 00:59:16
3 Lemon (C Galavan) 00:59:32

1720 Sportsboat Race 3:

1 King Quick 00:35:58
2 Tabula Rasa (C Frize) 00:38:13
3 Buddy White 00:39:37

Sportboat Class, Race 1:
1 Grouse (Pender/Hardy) 1:08:54
2 Halfing a Laugh (Wylie/Miller) 1:09:48
3 Carpe Diem (Patience/Ross) 1:09:53

Sportboat Class, Race 2:
1 Grouse (Pender/Hardy) 00:53:29
2 Carpe Diem (Patience/Ross) 00:54:28
3 ASBOat (G Whyte) 00:55:17

Sportboat Class, Race 3:
1 Jazolino (H Mackay) 00:34:40
2 Carpe Diem 00:36:41
3 Wombat 2 (E MacKay) 00:36:44