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Topper Traveller at Tarbert Loch Fyne Yacht Club

by Bill Young 14 Jul 2003 02:07 PDT

A weekend of fine weather and variable winds saw a fleet of 49 Toppers come to Tarbert, Loch Fyne for the fourth Scottish Traveller of the year. The main fleet of 29 boats and Development (Regatta) Fleet of 16 represented clubs from all parts of Scotland. Local Scottish Squad sailor, Nell Hardie showed guests the way round the course, taking her first race win in a Traveller, with promising Helensburgh sailor, Gavin Jeffrey chasing in second place. In the Development fllet new sailor to the Travellers, Andrew Homer set out his intentions of winning this keen fleet. Race 2 in the main fleet saw unbeaten traveller sailor, Robin Paris come into contention with the ever present Harry Calvert taking the third race. At the end of the first day it was all Helensburgh with Gavin Jeffrey and Andrew Homer sitting at the top of the results sheets. Sunday brought finer weather after the fourth race, which was won by another Helensburgh Scottish Squad member, Andrew Clegg. Yet another n ew name appeared on the results sheet for the fifth race, Scottish Squad member, Craig Paul, and finally Robin Paris secured the event with a first in the sixth race. Andrew Homer took the development fleet ahead of three Tarbert sailors competing in their first traveller.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
Topper Fleet
1 44777 Robin Paris HSC 9 1 2 4 2 1 10
2 44494 Andrew Clegg HSC 15 7 4 1 3 2 17
3 42307 Craig Paul LYC 4 9 7 3 1 5 20
4 40122 Harry Calvert Spey Valley 6 5 1 DNF 5 3 20
5 44328 Gavin Jeffrey HSC 2 2 3 8 8 14 23
6 26734 Sam Rupar Spey Valley 3 6 9 2 9 20 29
7 44078 Iain Docwra HSC 10 3 6 5 7 10 31
8 44476 Euan Ross Spey Valley 20 8 5 9 4 9 35
9 43579 Nell Hardie TLFYC 1 13 12 7 10 6 36
10 44127 Alastair Milton HSC 12 4 11 12 13 4 43
11 44012 Thomas Ward ASYC 5 16 14 10 11 15 55
12 44233 Alasdair Young TLFYC 21 10 13 11 14 7 55
13 40040 Sam Room St Andrews SC 14 15 8 13 6 16 56
14 22783 Cameron Steele LLSC 24 14 15 6 12 17 64
15 41670 Magnus Popplewell CCC 17 11 18 14 15 13 70
16 42563 Jack Calvert Spey Valley 11 17 20 20 16 11 75
17 40238 Callum Calder Cramond SC 7 21 16 19 19 23 82
18 44505 Alistair Shepherd LYC 13 24 24 23 22 8 90
19 36521 Rona Young TLFYC 8 18 21 21 23 25 91
20 43911 Alex Norman 29th Glasgow Sea Scouts DSQ 19 22 22 20 12 95
21 9289 Adrian Stansfield HSC 25 25 17 16 18 19 95
22 26384 Niall McLeod TLFYC 26 20 19 17 21 18 95
23 41095 Graham Farrar TLFYC 16 12 10 DNS DNC DNC 98
24 31151 Alistair Homer HSC 23 22 23 15 17 22 99
25 19257 Clare Sheppard LYC 19 23 25 18 26 21 106
26 44589 Peter Irwin Linlithgow Loch SC 18 26 28 24 25 26 119
27 40212 Katharine Annan Loch Tummel SC 28 29 26 25 24 24 127
28 44404 Nicola Lapraik CCC 22 27 27 DNF DNC DNC 136
29 33083 Ewan Paul LYC 27 28 DNC 26 DNC DNC 141
Topper Development Fleet
1 23460 Andrew Homer HSC 1 1 2 2 2 2 8
2 36531 Iain Johnstone TLFYC 8 3 3 1 1 1 9
3 36760 Gary Ferguson TLFYC 7 2 1 4 3 3 13
4 365331 Matthew Mundell TLFYC 4 8 4 3 4 4 19
5 42472 Kian Sterritt Spey Valley 3 6 6 6 9 6 27
6 36535 Liam Tinney TLFYC 12 4 5 8 5 5 27
7 43814 Ailsa Skuodas Spey Valley 6 4 DNC 5 6 11 32
8 40452 Angus McMillan TLFYC 2 10 9 10 10 7 38
9 36533 Gael Hardie TLFYC 11 7 DNS 7 7 10 42
10 28657 Iain Kelly TLFYC 13 12 6 9 11 DNC 51
11 111 Shona Ross Spey Valley 9 DNS DNS 11 8 8 53
12 28372 Megan Rupar Spey Valley 5 11 DNS 12 DNC 9 54
13 29338 Freddie Calvert Spey Valley 10 9 8 DNF DNC DNC 61
14 36520 David Johnson TLFYC 15 13 DNS 13 DNC DNC 75
15 36536 Shaun Johnson TLFYC 16 14 DNS 14 DNC DNC 78
16 36519 Euan Plater TLFYC 14 DNS DNS DNC DNC DNC 82

Results generated and submitted using Sailwave sailing scoring software

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