Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Series

by Jon Buckler on 6 May 2010 The fourth race of the Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Series saw 39 dinghies racing in a gusty NNE wind which saw a few swimming lessons and the occasional spectacular wipeout. All the crews came back with big smiles on their faces following the race which saw a committee boat start in Jennycliffe Bay which proved popular with all the competitors.

The asymmetric fleet was somewhat decimated by the gusty conditions whith saw four retirements during the race. Cawsands Bay sailor Charlie Glasspool revelled in the gusty conditions to circulate the course a near light speed proportion in his Hobie Tiger to claim a well deserved first place ahead of Plymouth Youth Sailings Jamie and Betsy in their Laser 2000 with Russell Brown and Zoe Kendall also from Plymouth Youth Sailing in third place showing the rest of the fleet how it should be done – well done to all.

The fast handicap fleet saw some very close racing throughout the race with Lasers dominating the top six positions. Nigel Clatworthy unfortunately misread the course and sailed two legs in the wrong order but still finished a credible seventh place despite his mistake. The fourth lap saw Max Robinson finally pull away from Dan Ellis to claim first place by just eight seconds despite Dan’s best efforts with Chris Lloyd in third place.

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The Enterprise fleet as you would expect saw very close class racing with Peter Hickling and Phil Pascoe in 'Dyskenetic' making up for a pre start waterbourne excursion (capsize to everyone else !!) by taking first place by just five seconds over Pete Ganderton and Alan Scarlett’s enterprise 'Tacamahaca'. Dave Michell and Anna Mills fought off the rest of the class to claim a well deserved third place in 'Hell Bent'.

The slow handicap fleet saw a number of new entries in the form of Toppers which excelled in the conditions to claim the top three positions in the fleet with Robbie Robinson taking first place ahead of Ben Rollinson in second place and Emily Lloyd in third place.

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RPCYC Spring Series

Provisional Results as of 23:26 on May 5, 2010

Race 4 - Asymmetric Fleet

Start:Start 1, Finishes:Finish time, Time:18.30

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Asymmetric		HOBIE TIGER	462	Cawsand Bay SC	Charlie Glasspool	TBA	691	18.30	192348	0.53.48	5	1.17.51	0.75
2	Asymmetric		LASER 2000	21536	PYS	Jamie	Betsy	1089	18.30	192127	0.51.27	3	1.18.45	2.00
3	Asymmetric	Blue Skies	RS 400	503	RPCYC	Jon Buckler	Nikki Buckler	950			OOD			2.50
4	Asymmetric		VAGO	626	PYS	Russell Brown	Zoe Kendall	1066	18.30	192119	0.51.19	3	1.20.14	3.00
5	Asymmetric	Doris	RS 700	910	RPCYC	Mike Snelson		857			DNF			9.00
5	Asymmetric	May Contain Nuts	RS 400	772	MBC	Ben Gilbert	Anna Harlow	950			DNF			9.00
5	Asymmetric	Like Muppets	International 14	123	MSC	Neil Young	Will Garnier	898			DNF			9.00
5	Asymmetric		SB3	3199	PYS	TBA		925			DNF			9.00

Race 4 - Enterprise Fleet

Start:Start 3, Finishes:Finish time, Time:18.35

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Enterprise	Dyskenetic	ENTERPRISE	21784	RPCYC	Peter Hickling	Chris Tyrell	1116	18.35	192442	0.49.42	3	0.44.32	0.75
2	Enterprise	Tacamahaca	ENTERPRISE	16001	RPCYC	Pete Ganderton	Alan Scarlett	1116	18.35	192448	0.49.48	3	0.44.37	2.00
3	Enterprise	Hell Bent	ENTERPRISE	22666	RPCYC	Dave Michell	Anna Mills	1116	18.35	192529	0.50.29	3	0.45.14	3.00
4	Enterprise	No Handles	ENTERPRISE	22602	RPCYC	Martin Bevan	Nick Thomas	1116	18.35	192631	0.51.31	3	0.46.10	4.00
5	Enterprise	Worf	ENTERPRISE	19584	RPCYC	James Scrivens	Paul Scrivens	1116	18.35	192638	0.51.38	3	0.46.16	5.00
6	Enterprise		ENTERPRISE	21410	RPCYC	Neil Oxton	Martin Austin	1116	18.35	192727	0.52.27	3	0.47.00	6.00

Race 4 - Fast Handicap Fleet

Start:Start 2, Finishes:Finish time, Time:18.30

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Fast Handicap		LASER	189355		Max Robinson		1080	18.30	192544	0.55.44	4	0.51.36	0.75
2	Fast Handicap		LASER RADIAL	197629	RPCYC	Dan Ellis		1101	18.30	192657	0.56.57	4	0.51.44	2.00
3	Fast Handicap		LASER	71785	RPCYC	Chris Lloyd		1080	18.30	192740	0.57.40	4	0.53.24	3.00
4	Fast Handicap		LASER	192719		Ben Dodwell		1080	18.30	192838	0.58.38	4	0.54.17	4.00
5	Fast Handicap		LASER	189086	RPCYC	David Adams		1080	18.30	192856	0.58.56	4	0.54.34	5.00
6	Fast Handicap		LASER RADIAL	190861	RPCYC	Rob Lloyd		1101	18.30	193027	1.00.27	4	0.54.54	6.00
7	Fast Handicap		CONTENDER	483	MBC	Nigel Clatworthy		993	18.30	192746	0.57.46	4	0.58.10	7.00
8	Fast Handicap		LASER	152517	RPCYC	Dave Bogart		1080	18.30	193317	1.03.17	4	0.58.36	8.00
9	Fast Handicap		LASER RADIAL	188304				1101	18.30	192243	0.52.43	3	1.03.50	9.00
10	Fast Handicap		HAWK	278	Horizons	Derry Bowman		1103	18.30	192813	0.58.13	3	1.10.22	10.00
11	Fast Handicap		LASER RADIAL	184949	PYS	Robyn Edgecombe		1104			DNF			14.00
11	Fast Handicap		LASER	166610		Howard Irons		1080			DNF			14.00
11	Fast Handicap		LASER	5298	RPCYC	Ted Graham		1080			DNF			14.00

Race 4 - Slow Handicap Fleet

Start:Start 4, Finishes:Finish time, Time:18.35

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Slow Handicap		TOPPER	44517		Robbie Robinson		1290	18.35	192717	0.52.17	3	0.40.32	0.75
2	Slow Handicap		TOPPER	46349	RPCYC	Ben Rollinson		1290	18.35	193018	0.55.18	3	0.42.52	2.00
3	Slow Handicap		TOPPER	44749	RPCYC	Emily Lloyd		1290	18.35	193058	0.55.58	3	0.43.23	3.00
4	Slow Handicap	Blue Moon	LIGHTNING 368	230	RPCYC	Hugh Spencer		1152	18.35	192538	0.50.38	3	0.43.57	4.00
5	Slow Handicap		LIGHTNING 368	151	RPCYC	Rob Beaton		1152	18.35	192559	0.50.59	3	0.44.15	5.00
6	Slow Handicap		LIGHTNING 368	309	HPSC	Steve Oliver		1152	18.35	192641	0.51.41	3	0.44.52	6.00
7	Slow Handicap		LIGHTNING 368	144	MSC	Guy Mitchelmore		1152	18.35	192837	0.53.37	3	0.46.33	7.00
8	Slow Handicap		SOLO	1166	RPCYC	Chris Rollinson		1155	18.35	193456	0.59.56	3	0.51.53	8.00
9	Slow Handicap	Double Trouble	TOPPER	45826	RPCYC	Harry Scrivens		1295	18.35	192208	0.47.08	2	0.54.36	9.00
10	Slow Handicap		TOPPER	36396		TBC8		1290	18.35	192333	0.48.33	2	0.56.27	10.00
11	Slow Handicap		TOPPER	15273		TBC2		1290	18.35	192454	0.49.54	2	0.58.01	11.00
12	Slow Handicap		LASER PICO Single Handed One Sail	11	RPCYC	Matt Adams		1259	18.35	192352	0.48.52	2	0.58.13	12.00
13	Slow Handicap		Europe	320	RPCYC	Veronica Rollinson		1139	18.35	192041	0.45.41	2	1.00.10	13.00

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