Setley Cup and Seahorse Trophy Junior Model Yacht Regatta
by Stuart Jardine, PRO 26 Dec 2011 10:57 PST
26 December 2011
Multihull mellee during the Setley Cup and Seahorse Trophy junior model yachting near Lymington © Michael Derrick
Back on Setley Pond after last year’s ice saw a full Boxing Day attendance for the annual Junior Model Yacht Regatta. As in previous years boats came in all shapes and designs, from classic to the latest carbon fibre back shed developments in monohulls to multihulls fabricated out of drinks bottles. This year there were 18 monohulls compared to 28 multihulls. As forecast, competitors and spectators were greeted with a dry but a cloudy day and a fresh South West breeze.
Never-the-less, the gusts that did come made it tricky resulting in some over-canvassed craft capsizing. Robert Jardine in the rescue boat was kept busy, especially between races recovering those that could not make the crossing.
Five races were completed with one discard in both fleets.
The top two monohulls were on an equal 6 points but “Hugo Boss” sailed by James Nicholson just pipped by virtue of a 4th place, Annabel Hutchinson with “Skittle Boat” with a 5th place, to the post to win the Setley Cup, with third place going to Jessica Nicholson with an identical boat to James.
In the multihull class “Big Apple”, probably the first true bottle boat to win, sailed by Flynn Luxton with two firsts, a 2nd and a 4th won the Seahorse Trophy, followed by “Maxicat” sailed by Alex Walters and one point behind Alex was Emma Bennett with “Wildcat” in third place.
Once again many thanks to the starting/finishing line teams of Chris Baldwick, Chris Neve, Rick Walters and Ado Jardine and our recorders Ann Brunskill and Hannah Neve.
Overall Results: (top six)
Setley Cup (Monohulls)
1st James Nicholson – Hugo Boss
2nd Annabel Hutchinson – Skittle Boat
3rd Jessica Nicholson – Pink Rose
4th Jake Walters - Planet
5th Peter Bennett - Skylight
6th William Heathcote – Blue Pearl
Seahorse Trophy (Multihulls)
1st Flynn Luxton – Big Apple
2nd Alex Walters - Maxicat
3rd Emma Bennett - Wildcat
4th Hattie Rogers - TRI
5th Iona Morris – Iona
6th Sophie Chartres - Sophie