CVRDA Rally at Clywedog Sailing Club

by Peter Vinton 25 Sep 2018 22:31 PDT 15-16 September 2018

CVRDA rally at Clywedog © Peter Vinton

The CVRDA made their annual visit to Clywedog again on 15/16 September. A very mixed fleet took part consisting of pairs of Flying Fifteens, Merlin Rockets, low rider Moths and Finns, with single representatives of YW Day Boat, International Canoe, Pegasus, Albacore, Pegasus, Streaker, National 12, OK and a Mirror.

With a good breeze and sunshine on Saturday Mick the race officer decided to hold 3 races in advance of possibly worse weather on Sunday. The first race experienced a very rare event and perhaps the first for the CVRDA, a general recall and a black flag restart! With strong gusts coming down from the hills the right hand side of the course paid up the beat and then a series of broad reaches down the lake were arranged so that each gybe was close to the hills in the strongest gusts!

Out in front in each race Paul Hignett and Lyndon Beasley were sailing their Lowrider Moths very well with Keith Rollison in his Flying Fifteen and Peter Vinton in his Finn doing their best to get among them. The second and third races were sailed in similar conditions but with the wind becoming slightly weaker and less predictable and at the back of the fleet Roger Oliva Knight was doing very well on handicap in his Mirror. In the evening a very good meal was enjoyed in the clubhouse.

Sunday started, as forecast, with rain and very strong gusts but by the time we went afloat the wind was more manageable than it looked. 2 races were held back to back and then a relieved fleet came in to pack up and enjoy lunch. Overall Paul won in his Moth, Peter was 2nd in his Finn and Roger was 3rd in his Mirror, a triumph for the CVRDA handicapper!

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Class	Sail No	Club	Helm	Crew	USPN	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1st	Moth	International Moth (Magnum 7‑8)	3911	Loch Lomond S.C.	Paul Hignett		90	1	1	‑2	2	1	5
2nd	Old	Finn (old cvrda)	469	Staunton Harold S.C.	Peter Vinton		92	2	2	5	1	(DNC)	10
3rd	Old	Mirror (cvrda)	46625	Shearwater S.C.	Roger Oliva‑Knight		127	(DNF)	5	1	3	2	11
4th	Old	International Moth (Magnum 7)	4066	Greensforge S.C.	Lyndon Beasley		92	‑4	3	3	4	3	13
5th	Old	Albacore (old cvrda)	5198	Shearwater S.C.	Sandy Lavelle	Pat Jones	92	‑7	4	7	5	4	20
6th	Classic	Merlin Rocket (classic cvrda)	799	Clywedog S.C.	Roger Devereux	Tracey Pryce	91	(DSQ)	8	4	6	8	26
7th	Old	Flying Fifteen (old cvrda)	1855	Clywedog S.C.	Keith Rollinson	Rod Townsend	87	8	6	‑10	7	5	26
8th	Old	OK (old cvrda)	1954	Hunts S.C.	Vanessa Weedon‑Jones		97	9	‑10	9	8	6	32
9th	Classic	Finn (classic cvrda)	60	Severn S.C.	Keith Tunstill		94	3	7	6	(DNC)	DNC	35
10th	Old	Flying Fifteen (old cvrda)	2946	Clywedog S.C.	Nicholas Johnson‑Walker		87	11	11	‑12	9	7	38
11th	Classic	Merlin Rocket (classic cvrda)	507	Shearwater S.C.	Chris Barlow	Lois Barlow	91	5	9	8	(DNC)	DNC	41
12th	Old	International Canoe (classic cvrda)	184	Port Dinorwic S.C.	Amy Barlow		80	14	‑15	13	10	DNF	49
13th	Old	Flying Fifteen (old cvrda)	3312	Clywedog S.C.	Ian Stanley	Caroline Moscrop	87	13	‑16	14	12	DNF	51
14th	Old	Streaker	1182	Attenborough S.C.	Paul Jago		95	6	12	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	56
15th	Old	International Moth ‑ 1970‑75ish	4027	Greensforge S.C.	David Morrice		97	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	11	9	58
16th	Vintage	National 12 (vintage cvrda)	33	Salcombe S.C.	John Wylie	Neil Wylie	106	10	14	DNS	(DNC)	DNC	59
17th	Old	Yachting World Dayboat	463	Shearwater S.C.	Mike Dickens		100	12	17	11	(DNC)	DNC	59
18th	Old	Pegasus (cvrda)	199	Clywedog S.C.	Steph Feeley	Paul Feeley	92	(DNC)	13	DNC	DNC	DNC	70