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Royal Harwich Yacht Club host a round of the local Beastie event

by Gordon Sutton 11 Sep 01:20 PDT 7 September 2024
Royal Harwich YC host local Beastie event © Laurie Vanner

Royal Harwich Yacht Club hosted a round of the local Beastie event last Saturday. On the lead up to the event we found that we had two main fleets, 18 Teras and 33 Optimists. With this in mind the club decided to lay on a second committee boat giving both fleets separate courses on the river.

On arrival visitors were greeted with blue skies, sunshine, very lights winds and a terrific view over the river Orwell.

Race officers went on the water straight after the briefing and were soon greeted with 6 to 10knts of wind from the East. For racing on the river that was perfect for us to lay Trapezoid courses,with a start line where they would need to approach against the tide. Because of this we were able to get four races off without any hitches or General Recalls.

For the Oppies, Stella Davey had won it by the end of race three with three wins. Callum Marshall second and Oscar Coates third.

For the Tera Pros, William Osborn finished first, Ferguson Anderson second and Harry Calver third. For the Tera Sport, George Panos finished first, Annabel Hooton second and Monty Mawditt third.

All of the race courses were out of the channel on the opposite shore and visible to all the parents on the lawn.

We are very grateful to all the visitors that made the effort to come to Royal Harwich and hope to greet them again for the event next year (date to still be decided).

Optimist Results:

PosSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4Pts
16660Stella Davey111‑33
26657Callum Marshall2‑6215
36432Oscar Coates35‑7210
46563Rupert Purnell‑643411
56330Thomas Child73(DSQ)515
66144Monty Levell4‑85615
76107Rory Luddington5‑1110823
86551Elvi Coates878‑1023
96490Lucas Day‑14106925
105997Issac Thomas99‑11725
11583Sebastian Richardson102‑141426
126229Kit Bentall11‑1341126
135690Jess Cunningham13‑2091537
146489Jacob Richardson‑1712121337
155725Claudia Bentall121615‑1843
165754Phoebe Phillpot‑1818131647
175837Sam Webb16‑25161749
186307Oscar Purnell1515‑202050
195748Harley Ford2219‑291253
205806Harriet Fletcher2514‑312160
215676Theo Harris‑Page201724‑2761
225590Lila Coates‑2624181961
235958Harry Cunningham23‑27172464
244404Henrietta Highfield19‑2821.52666.5
254834Hannah Child242121.5‑2966.5
266638Lexa Taylor‑Green‑2722232368
276163Arthur Rogers21‑29272573
285977Harrison White‑3326252273
296471Emily Hutton31‑33193080
305931Matthew Marshall2923‑322880
314276Dotty West283026‑3284
325262Henry Jones323128‑3391
335504Athan Pullinger30‑32303191
344654Jack Embling(DNC)DNCDNCDNC114
355215Angus Long(DNC)DNCDNCDNC114
366231Beatrice Long(DNC)DNCDNCDNC114
376203Cody Macdiarmid(DNC)DNCDNCDNC114

RS Tera Results:

PosBoatSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4Pts
1Tera Pro3597Willow Osborn211‑44
2Tera Pro2505Fergus Anderson14‑716
3Tera Pro3424Harry Calver3‑55210
4Tera Pro3263Jack Reeve426‑812
5Tera Pro4700Lily‑Rose Phillips534‑1112
6Tera Sport2652George Panos6‑82513
7Tera Sport4331Annabel Hooton‑873313
8Tera Sport4162Monty Mawditt768‑1021
9Tera Sport3564Emily Hooton‑12910625
10Tera Sport1993Ed Gould‑11109726
11Tera Sport4559Luke Miller101111‑1232
12Tera Sport2858Max Hillier91213.5‑1434.5
13Tera Sport2631Arthur Bullen‑141313.5935.5
14Tera Pro3109Oscar Bergfeld13‑14121338
15Tera Sport4511Martha Lister1515‑161545
16Tera Sport2664Dylan Cross161715(DNF)48
17Tera Sport4508Fraser Fletcher‑1716171649
18Tera Sport3087Celia Osborn‑1818181753

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