Dinghy Racing: July 2nd

ByJeff

Spring Evening Series Thursday 2nd July : Average LapW/L, Wind SSW 2-4

Dave & Phil Philpott found the best course for a sloppy southerly on Thursday. Rather than race, Beks Hosking preferred to revise for a Spanish final exam with Ben Johns in the rescue boat – guessing there wouldn’t be much call for their services until the tow home as the wind faded.

The trick for the evening was to catch or rather anticipate where a fickle wind might be. Brooks caught a buoy just before the 1st race and came last behind Andrew Hosking. Hugo, our gallant Gallic guest for the week pipped Beccy Kestin by one fine second per lap but could not quite emulate the grace of Andy & Karen Biggs in their National 12, 2nd behind McD who had all his gyros spinning in the right direction

Sandwiched between an Aeronaut and Hugonaut at the Pin end at the start of the second race Brooks remembered that sticking his craft amidships onto the nose of Ginnie’s laser wouldn’t do the entente cordial much good either in France or Falmouth and aborted the manoeuvre.   Meeting at the Windward mark the Naut’s continued their congenial tour and went left while Andy & Karen N12’s slippery hull sent them gliding like a swan to victory. Andrew found wind & form moving to within 5 seconds of McD but after another great sail Beccy snuck in front of McD for 2nd

Results

Race 1    1st R McDonald, 2nd A Biggs, 3rd le Hugonaut

Race 2     1st A Biggs, 2nd R Kestin, 3rd R McDonald

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those in support of the fleet on the day

Safety Boat: Phil Samuel & Andrew Hosking, Chris Broad.

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Dinghy Racing: May 21st

Dinghy Racing: May 21st

ByJeff

Spring Evening Series Thursday 21st May 2015 : Linestart NW, Wind W-NW 3-4

A Hot Line

Starting in the middle of the river between Bosahan and Durgan HRSC’s PY fleet set of on Thursday evening’s NW course into variously a W-NW moderate breeze and a perfect flooding tide.   Just back from an Italian job, a thirsty McD executed a perfect manoeuvre to get to the head of the Bosahan cream tea queue; except this was race night and the rest of the fleet had gone to Trebah, the short way.

Phil Philpott’s Blaze with its 125sq ft Halo was the first to elegantly round Trebah before the gentle run out to the Gew. Luring no one with him, McD’s Laser rejoined the main peloton at the rear, chattily working his way through its congenial ranks to within 30 seconds of Andy Biggs’ Laser, himself 30 exhausting seconds behind the understated gentleman on the Blaze.

Out racing for the first time this season, Andrew Hosking anticipating a forecast gentle breeze soloed his immaculate Laser 2 against the refurbished Radial rig of his daughter Beks. Both found themselves performing limbo dance like as the shifty gusts on the beat over powered their sails; the more supple Beks finally chalking up a good two minutes ahead of her father.

Phil Samuel’s Solo and Beccy Kestin’s Radial stuck glue like to the Peloton the entire race; their dogged persistence & skilful navigation paid off at the final accounting – Beccy piping the Solo for first by 3 small seconds, and the Blaze with Bronze a further minute behind.

Results 1st R Kestin. 2nd P Samuel 3rd P Philpott

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those in support of the fleet on the day

Safety Boat & Photography: Stephen Brooks

 

Dinghy Regatta Results

ByJeff

Results are final as of 16:43 on June 22, 2016
Feva Fleet
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Rating system: PY, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
R1
R2
R3
Total
Nett

1st
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5444
St Mawes SC
Henry Hallam
Ashley Hill
1235
1.0
1.0
2.0
4.0
4.0

2nd
Feva

RS FEVA XL
6112
St Mawes SC
Amy Boyle
Kit Gordon Brown
1235
2.0
2.0
1.0
5.0
5.0

3rd
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5443
St Mawes SC
Max Fisher
Tristan Young
1235
3.0
3.0
3.0
9.0
9.0

4th
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5452
St Mawes SC
Lottie Hack
Daniel Brigg
1235
4.0
4.0
4.0
12.0
12.0

Laser 4.7 Fleet
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Rating system: PY, Entries: 10, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
R1
R2
R3
Total
Nett

1st
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185336
St Mawes SC
Lawrence Calverley

1195
1.0
1.0
3.0
5.0
5.0

2nd
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
68927
St Mawes SC
Joe Pothecary

1195
3.0
6.0
1.0
10.0
10.0

3rd
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
108868
Helford River SC
Beks Hosking

1195
5.0
4.0
2.0
11.0
11.0

4th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
208210
St Mawes SC
Kieran Andrews

1195
4.0
3.0
4.0
11.0
11.0

5th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
20311
Helford River SC
Ollie Chamberlain

1195
6.0
2.0
5.0
13.0
13.0

6th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
88716
St Mawes SC
Ollie Croft

1195
2.0
8.0
8.0
18.0
18.0

7th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
179728
Helford River SC
Matthew Broad

1195
10.0
5.0
6.0
21.0
21.0

8th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
58039
St Mawes SC
Stuart Freeth

1195
8.0
10.0
7.0
25.0
25.0

9th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
133333x
Helford River SC
Ed Hosken

1195
9.0
7.0
9.0
25.0
25.0

10th
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185655
St Mawes SC
Nyles Thomas-Horton

1195
7.0
9.0
10.0
26.0
26.0

PY Fleet Fleet
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Rating system: PY, Entries: 13, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
R1
R2
R3
Total
Nett

1st
PY Fleet

LASER
201511
Helford River SC
Roger Macdonald

1095
1.0
4.0
1.0
6.0
6.0

2nd
PY Fleet

SOLO
4785
Helford River SC
Phil Samuel

1140
3.0
2.0
2.0
7.0
7.0

3rd
PY Fleet

RS 400
588
Helford River SC
Ollie Berryman
Ed Bolitho
943
7.0
1.0
6.0
14.0
14.0

4th
PY Fleet

LASER RADIAL
171278
Helford River SC
Beccy Kestin

1136
4.0
5.0
5.0
14.0
14.0

5th
PY Fleet

LASER
138471
Helford River SC
Andy Biggs

1095
2.0
3.0
10.0
15.0
15.0

6th
PY Fleet

LASER
179651
Helford River SC
Stephen Brooks

1095
6.0
6.0
3.0
15.0
15.0

7th
PY Fleet

BLAZE
604
Helford River SC
Phil Philpott

1021
9.0
7.0
4.0
20.0
20.0

8th
PY Fleet

LASER
133333
Helford River SC
Andrew Hosking

1095
5.0
8.0
7.0
20.0
20.0

9th
PY Fleet

COMET TRIO
412
Helford River SC
Anton Chamberlain

1086
10.0
10.0
8.0
28.0
28.0

10th
PY Fleet

SOLO
1360
Helford River SC
Dave Philpott

1140
12.0
9.0
9.0
30.0
30.0

11th
PY Fleet

BYTE CII
2621
Helford River SC
Fin Walsh Newton

1148
8.0
11.0
12.0
31.0
31.0

12th
PY Fleet

RS VAREO
252
Helford River SC
Chris Hosken

1071
11.0
12.0
11.0
34.0
34.0

13th
PY Fleet

WAYFARER
5
Helford River SC
Matt Palmer
Ben Clayphan
1107
14.0 DNC
14.0 DNC
14.0 DNC
42.0
42.0

R1 – Feva Fleet
Start: Start 1 – Fevas, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5444
St Mawes SC
Henry Hallam
Ashley Hill
1235
1
1.0

2
Feva

RS FEVA XL
6112
St Mawes SC
Amy Boyle
Kit Gordon Brown
1235
2
2.0

3
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5443
St Mawes SC
Max Fisher
Tristan Young
1235
3
3.0

4
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5452
St Mawes SC
Lottie Hack
Daniel Brigg
1235
4
4.0

R2 – Feva Fleet
Start: Start 1 – Fevas, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5444
St Mawes SC
Henry Hallam
Ashley Hill
1235
1
1.0

2
Feva

RS FEVA XL
6112
St Mawes SC
Amy Boyle
Kit Gordon Brown
1235
2
2.0

3
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5443
St Mawes SC
Max Fisher
Tristan Young
1235
3
3.0

4
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5452
St Mawes SC
Lottie Hack
Daniel Brigg
1235
4
4.0

R3 – Feva Fleet
Start: Start 1 – Fevas, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Feva

RS FEVA XL
6112
St Mawes SC
Amy Boyle
Kit Gordon Brown
1235
1
1.0

2
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5444
St Mawes SC
Henry Hallam
Ashley Hill
1235
2
2.0

3
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5443
St Mawes SC
Max Fisher
Tristan Young
1235
3
3.0

4
Feva

RS FEVA XL
5452
St Mawes SC
Lottie Hack
Daniel Brigg
1235
4
4.0

R1 – Laser 4.7 Fleet
Start: Start 2 – L47, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185336
St Mawes SC
Lawrence Calverley

1195
1
1.0

2
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
88716
St Mawes SC
Ollie Croft

1195
2
2.0

3
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
68927
St Mawes SC
Joe Pothecary

1195
3
3.0

4
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
208210
St Mawes SC
Kieran Andrews

1195
4
4.0

5
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
108868
Helford River SC
Beks Hosking

1195
5
5.0

6
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
20311
Helford River SC
Ollie Chamberlain

1195
6
6.0

7
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185655
St Mawes SC
Nyles Thomas-Horton

1195
7
7.0

8
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
58039
St Mawes SC
Stuart Freeth

1195
8
8.0

9
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
133333x
Helford River SC
Ed Hosken

1195
9
9.0

10
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
179728
Helford River SC
Matthew Broad

1195
10
10.0

R2 – Laser 4.7 Fleet
Start: Start 2 – L47, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185336
St Mawes SC
Lawrence Calverley

1195
1
1.0

2
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
20311
Helford River SC
Ollie Chamberlain

1195
2
2.0

3
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
208210
St Mawes SC
Kieran Andrews

1195
3
3.0

4
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
108868
Helford River SC
Beks Hosking

1195
4
4.0

5
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
179728
Helford River SC
Matthew Broad

1195
5
5.0

6
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
68927
St Mawes SC
Joe Pothecary

1195
6
6.0

7
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
133333x
Helford River SC
Ed Hosken

1195
7
7.0

8
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
88716
St Mawes SC
Ollie Croft

1195
8
8.0

9
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185655
St Mawes SC
Nyles Thomas-Horton

1195
9
9.0

10
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
58039
St Mawes SC
Stuart Freeth

1195
10
10.0

R3 – Laser 4.7 Fleet
Start: Start 2 – L47, Finishes: Place

Rank
Fleet
Boat
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Place
Points

1
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
68927
St Mawes SC
Joe Pothecary

1195
1
1.0

2
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
108868
Helford River SC
Beks Hosking

1195
2
2.0

3
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185336
St Mawes SC
Lawrence Calverley

1195
3
3.0

4
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
208210
St Mawes SC
Kieran Andrews

1195
4
4.0

5
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
20311
Helford River SC
Ollie Chamberlain

1195
5
5.0

6
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
179728
Helford River SC
Matthew Broad

1195
6
6.0

7
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
58039
St Mawes SC
Stuart Freeth

1195
7
7.0

8
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
88716
St Mawes SC
Ollie Croft

1195
8
8.0

9
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
133333x
Helford River SC
Ed Hosken

1195
9
9.0

10
Laser 4.7

LASER 4.7
185655
St Mawes SC
Nyles Thomas-Horton

1195
10
10.0

R1 – PY […]

Dinghy Racing: June 21st

ByJeff

Spring Weekend Series Sunday 21st June 2015 : Linestart NW, Wind 4-5

Beccy Bests the Bunch

Walking and talking the dogs at 5am, is how Laser specialist Beccy Kestin starts her preparation on race days, and gets in two Sunday breakfasts before the farmers. To give the reader some indication of what Beccy does to win her races, do a search on You Tube for Hiking Tips from GB’s Nick Thompson 2016 Olympic hopeful or click here

youtube.com/watch?v=1fKYrWw6UNE

Race Officers Beks Hosking & Jim Lea set a superb course with a huge beat West up river that would test or rather remind racers they had abs and quads and needed to use them. Starting in the middle of the river off Grebe, the handicap fleet ran out of wind near the committee boat; on the opposite side 50 yards away Brooks was on a planeing reach to the Pin, but couldn’t quite make out the numbers on his stopwatch. Phil Philpott new exactly where and when he was going in the Blaze and the rest of the fleet followed, although Andrew Hosking did take pause to reconsider his options – twice – and came last.

Bionic man Andy Biggs knows how to keep a Laser flat, swapping the lead with a glistening Blaze in the unpredictable wind of the first Lap to eventually to come second. Phil Samuel a former exponent of the physical Laser seemed effortlessly to guide his Solo about the course but was denied a podium position by just one fine second.

With the wind shifting in the Blazes favour for the remaining laps Philpott together with Biggs stretched their lead, but were trumped by Beccy’s 4.7 at the final accounting

Results 1st R Kestin, 2nd A Biggs 3rd S Brooks

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those in support of the fleet on the day

Committee: R Hosking & J Lea

Dinghy Racing: May 17th

Dinghy Racing: May 17th

ByJeff

Spring Weekend Series Sunday 4pm 17th May 2015 : Pursuit S Wind SW3-5

Beccy’s Breeze

There’s nothing that Beccy Kestin likes more than a good breeze in a 4.7 Laser on the Helford and to prove the point sat at the head of the Helford PY fleet the entire race. Sitting is perhaps not an accurate description of what Beccy does on her sleek craft as she uses all are her skill and agility to keep it upright and pointing in the right direction. Setting of with Beccy were the two other 4.7’s of Beks Hosking, and on his first race of the season, Sam Philpott. Sam made the correct rounding of the Leeward mark at Toll without his mainsheet wrapped around the Laser’s stern. Unfortunately the race camera’s battery had already expired and thus DO Andrew Hosking was unable to capture the tender moment. Steam rose as Beks pulled her sail out of the water and spent the rest of the race chasing down Sam’s superbly prepared hull.

Phil Samuel having mastered a good breeze the previous weekend was well prepared for the gusts in his Solo but despite a sail near double that of the 4.7 at 90 sq ft was unable to quite catch Beccy on her breeze-around. Always putting every ounce of effort into his racing, Andy Biggs can and did catch Kestin at the final can; had he stayed on the same tack, his full rigged laser might have worn Gold. Phil Philpott’s Blaze wasn’t wearing its Halo – possibly needed if Phil could have wrestled the larger 124sq ft rig round the circuit but had nearly made it to the Solo.

Then came a threesome of double handers. Anton in the Comet Trio and Ben Johns in a Feva, risking it without crew, but definitely not risking their spinnakers. Both valiantly made it all the way round to the back of the fleet – but stayed dry. Brooks wisely had a crew, the very trusting novice Vinod Ghantiwala, on his first ever sail & race and was promptly tipped in on the first gybe at Toll. Much to his credit Vinod calmly did whatever he was told and thanked his helm for the experience of racing – keenly observed from the rear of the fleet.

Results 1st R Kestin 2nd A Biggs 3rd Phil Samuel
Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those in support of the fleet on the day

Safety Boat & Photography: A Hosking, N Glossop

Dinghy Racing: April 23rd

Dinghy Racing: April 23rd

ByJeff

Spring Series Thursday 23rd April 2015 : Triangular Average Lap x 2 UCD Wind ESE3

First Race
It’s always best to get the first race done discretely, particularly if the boat or brain were left in a metaphorical compost heap for the winter. In what could only be described as blatant trolley neglect McD spent most of Thursday evening swapping boats, sails, trolleys, & banter – in quite possibly a novel attempt to distract the opposition. Andy & Hamish Biggs in Committee boat – blissfully unaware of the protracted comings & goings at the dinghy park – had plenty of time to lay a delightful triangular course, and for a quick nap before the fleet’s tardy arrival.

For most of the week an easterly wind had piled surf and sunshine into the Helford, but abated as per forecast to a gentle ESE breeze & swell. Indistinct in the haze, the first mark at Central proved elusive as racers, dressed for Armageddon, sweated, and toiled on the beat to a fuzzy memory of where the mark should be. McD’s memory and strategy proved correct as he first rounded central for the reach to Durgan. Aided by a gentle swell on the shifty run to Trebah, Brooks was clearly overwhelmed by the idea of getting closer to the front of the fleet and went off in the wrong direction at the leeward mark. Phil Samuel’s immaculate boat preparation and bicycling throughout winter led to his seemingly effortless performance in a gleaming Solo as he elegantly cruised to a third, 5 close seconds behind the Lasers.

With a combined age in the region of 180 the top 3 helms on the day prove that competitive dinghy racing is suitable to all. Newcomers, are always welcome at HRSC so if simply dipping your toes in or ready to challenge our teenage hotshots contact Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs via 01326 231006

Results 1st R McDonald 2nd S Brooks, 3rd P Samuel

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those in support of the fleet on the day
Safety Boat: Andy & Hamish Biggs