53 boats race in first Double-Handed Regatta

by Simon Forbes on 18 Jul 2006 The Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s first ever Double–Handed regatta attracted 53 entrants. Two races on Saturday saw 10-15 knots easterly wind while Sunday’s race was postponed two hours awaiting a light sea breeze.

The varied fleet included a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45.2, a Folkboat and a Seacart 30 trimaran as well as nine J-Boats. The regatta was sponsored by MDL Marinas which promoted a good gathering of competitors at the Yacht Club in Ocean Village Marina on the Saturday evening.

The Race Management team set the fleet away on both days from off the Lee on Solent area.

Class 1 (IRC), was won by J/92 Jos of Hamble (Clemency Williams/Nick Bubb) with a score of 4,2,1 beating by one point the Dehler 36DBS Draig O’R Mor (Chris Rustom/Nathan Salt) with third J/105 Voador (Simon Curwen/Paul Peggs).

Class 2 (IRC), was won by J/80 Hoolinkazan (Steve Sault/Sachiko Suzuki) by one point from Laser 28 The Flying Fish (Kathy and Rupert Smalley) and First Class 8 Moonshine (Douglas Watson).

Class 3 (Club-rated) saw J/80 Savage Sailing(Chris Savage/Richard Hughes) win by 4 points from the Hunter 707s Feeling Rough (Jason Foster/Andrew Baird) and Tigerfeet (Stephen Mayer/Ed Rogers).

Class 4 (Club-rated) results were based on two races and saw the Wauquiez Pretorien Pavo (David/Mary Greenway) win by 3 points from Westerly GK29 Green Kestrel (Jon Woolgar/Richard Davison) and third was Folkboat Svenja ( Michael Stoner/Rebecca Meigh).

In the Multihull Class, Dragonfly 920 Force X (George Burn/Mark Griffiths) won all three races to win from Dragonfly 800 Scooby III (Simon Forbes/Erna Wegman) with third Seacart 30 Buzz (Phil Cotton/Ian Andrew).

Provisional results:

Class: 1 IRC
1  Jos of Hamble  J/92  Clemency Williams/Nick Bubb
2  Draig O’R Mor  Dehler 36 DBS  Chris Rustom/Nathan Salt
3  Voador  J/105  Simon Curwen / Paul Peggs

Class: 2  IRC
1  Hoolinkazan  J/80  Steve Sault/Sachiko Suzuki
2  The Flying Fish  Laser 28  Kathy/Rupert Smalley
3  Moonshine  First Class 8  Douglas Watson

Class: 3  Club
1  Savage Sailing  J/80  Chris Savage/Richard Hughes
2  Feeling Rough  Hunter 707  Jason Foster/Andrew Baird
3  Tigerfeet  Hunter 707  Stephen Meyer/Ed Rogers

Class: 4 
1  Pavo  Wauquiez Pretorien  David/Mary Greenway
2  Green Kestrel  Westerly GK29  Jon Woolgar/Richard Davison
3  Svenja  Folkboat  Michael Stoner/Rebecca Meigh

Class: Multihulls
1  Force X  Dragonfly 920  George Burn / Mark Griffiths
2  Scooby III  Dragonfly 800  Simon Forbes / Erna Wegman
3  Buzz  Seacart 30  Phil Cotton / Ian Andrew

The RSYC Double-Handed series continues with the Nab Double 12 August and Island Double on 2 September.