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North East & Yorkshire Youth Sailing Association Open at Ripon Sailing Club

by Lucy Priest 1 May 2024 01:53 PDT 27 April 2024

Ripon Sailing Club took its turn hosting a round of the North East & Yorkshire Youth Sailing Association travellers series on Saturday 27th April.

With entries ranging from Laser 2000s to Optimists the race officer was never going to have an easy job. It was made even less easy by the wind speed and direction limiting course setting to the end of the lake nearest the club house, but the RO did an excellent job getting the course set and the fleet away for the first race right on time at 10.30. As the first boats approached the windward mark the wind started to drop so that the leading Lasers sneaked round the mark leaving the leading Toppers stranded and the rest of the fleet drifting in to add to the chaos.

Fortunately, the wind never died completely and soon started to fill back in, leaving the committee boat calling for reinforcements to help record lap times. Ethan Wild (Ripon SC) never lost his lead in that first race but was pushed all the way by Hannah Marks (also Ripon SC). The places were tight on the water but even tighter on handicap with Henry Blades (Scaling Dam SC) in a Laser 4.7 and Sebastian Vials (Derwent Reservoir) in an Optimist splitting the two Laser Radials in the final results with the Toppers of George Spence (Ripon SC and Kyla Baxter (Covenham SC) in 5th and 6th.

The second race was run back-to-back on the same course and this time it was Hannah who got away from Ethan and held on to take the win, with Henry Blades again splitting the two radials on handicap. Fourth place was taken by another Radial with Oscar Trenholme (Ripon SC) pushing himself hard to stay with the two leaders on the water while Aleks Svietek (Ulley SC) in his Tera took 5th. With two good races completed the race committee sent the fleet ashore for lunch.

While the fleet was ashore the wind changed, leaving large areas of wind shadow on the lake and making the Race Officer's job even harder than it had been in the morning. The race committee finally got a course set that looked sensible, only for the wind to swing again during the start sequence, leaving a very biased first beat. Those who got the start right generally did pretty well in this race and the top of the fleet didn't see much change, although Henry Blades definitely had a race to forget and several of the regatta fleet sailors pulled off some very good results.

The wind direction swung a little more during the race and then settled, allowing the Race Committee to change the course again for the final race of the day. On the water the battle again appeared to be between the Laser Radials, with Hannah initially taking the lead but eventually being overtaken by Ethan, who made some good tactical decisions at critical mark roundings. However, the final win was eventually taken by George Spence, chased all the way by Oscar Manning (Ripon SC) who took 2nd place. Ethan finished 3rd, with Henry taking 4th and pushing Hannah back in to 5th place.

The prize-giving was held in the club house, with recognition for the Rookie fleet sailors. The Endeavour award went to Hazel Wright (Ripon SC) and club awards went to Noah Gaunt (Yorkshire Dales SC) and Curtis Armstrong (Ripon SC). First place in the regatta fleet went to Callum Priest (Ripon SC) with Freddie Price (Covenham SC) in second and Joshua Wright (Ripon SC) in third. The event winner was Ethan Wild (Ripon SC) with Henry Blades (Scaling Dam SC) in second and George Spence (Ripon SC) in third.

Overall Results:

PosClassPYNHelm NameClubFleetR1R2R3R4Pts
1stILCA 61154Ethan WildRipon SCMain1‑3236
2ndILCA 41213Henry BladesScaling Dam SCMain22‑1748
3rdTOPPER1369George SpenceRipon SCMain5‑7319
4thILCA 61154Hannah MarksRipon SCMain41‑5510
5thOPTIMIST1628Sebastian VialsDerwent Reservoir SCMain3‑161913
6thTOPPER1369Kyla BaxterCovenham SCMain664‑1316
7thRS TERA SPORT1445Aleks SvietikUlley SCMain856‑919
8thTopper1369Oscar ManningRipon SCMain9‑1010221
9thMIRROR (D/H)1380Archie Tait & Roger TaitRipon SCRookie7‑1211624
10thTOPPER1369Simeon ShackletonOtley SCMain‑11117725
11thRS TERA SPORT1445Oliver SmithBassenthwaite SCMain‑2289926
12thTOPPER1369Lara EagletonScaling Dam SCMain1298(DNF)29
13thILCA 61154Oscar TrenholmeRipon SCMain204‑231135
14thOPTIMIST1628Callum PriestRipon SCRegatta1013‑291538
15thTOPPER1369Freddie PriceCovenham SCRegatta141515‑2244
16thRS TERA pro1364Hayden GridleyScaling Dam SCMain15.51416‑2045.5
17thTOPPER1369Toby EagletonScaling Dam SCMain19‑21131850
18thRS TERA SPORT1445Joshua WrightRipon SCRegatta1324‑261451
19thILCA 41213Joseph IsherwoodRipon SCRegatta‑2819211252
20thOPTIMIST1628Matthew MarksRipon SCRegatta212012‑2853
21stMIRACLE1200Katie Priest & Ian PriestRipon SCRookie‑2618142456
22ndILCA 41213Matthew McCandlessOtley SCMain23.51720‑2660.5
23rdILCA 41213Christa ShackletonOtley SCMain23.523‑251662.5
24thTOPPER1369Lucas DaveyCovenham SCRegatta1822‑312363
25thRS FEVA XL1244Grace Stockdale & Charlie RowellRipon SCMain17‑26242566
26thTOPPER1369Noah GauntYorkshire Dales SCRegatta‑3028182167
27thTOPPER1369Joe McCandlessOtley SCMain25‑33281972
28thTOPPER1369John Paul ShackletonOtley SCRegatta15.5‑30302974.5
29thRS Tera Sport1445Owen WilsonRipon SCRegatta31‑32192777
30thTOPPER1369Emma LongbottomCovenham SCMain29(DNF)331779
31stOPTIMIST1628Curtis ArmstrongRipon SCRegatta342722(DNC)83
32ndILCA 41213Mattias MacIntyreRipon SCRegatta272927‑3083
33rd20001118Isobel Arkle & Olivia ArkleSunderland YCMain3325‑353189
34thILCA 41213Jackson WebberRipon SCRegatta3231(DNC)DNC100
35thOPTIMIST1628Martha StaceyRipon SCRegatta(DNC)DNC3232101
36thRS Tera Sport1445Hazel WrightRipon SCRegatta(DNF)DNC34DNC108

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