Helford River Sailing Club » Dinghy Racing: Sept 9th

Autumn Weekend Series – SW Pursuit T D U Q T U Q ( T C Q) 10:52 Start

Helm	Crew	Class	Name-No.	PY	Pos	HRSC Pursuit Time
						After Hooter
Phil Philpott	Carrie Hoskins	RS400	766	948	1	34:42
Andy Biggs	Karen Biggs	Nat 12	3326	1104	2	25:36
Emily Broad	Tom Lake	RS200	1145	1057	3	28:21
Stephen Brooks		Laser	179651	1085	4	26:43
Chris Hosken	Ed Hosken	Laser II	100	1035	5	29:38
Ginnie Sykes		Laser	134714	1085	Rtd	26:43
Jonathan Sykes	Katie Sykes	Enterprise	21399	1117	Ave Pts	24:51

Phil Philpott Devours the Fleet

Phil’s battleship grey RS400 was the perfect foil for duelling dinghies on a gusty grey day on the Helford. A Met office forecast for the Lizard suggesting SW 4 was mirrored on the river with Gusts to + 30 knots by race end.

The Biggs’ continuing their consistent form regardless of conditions this season , started first in their National 12 – only succumbing to the rapier like speed of the RS400. A minute after the N12 the lasers of Brooks & Ginnie Sykes commenced a chatty & congenial intercourse for the long planning run to Toll before separating for the hard beat upriver.

Both Emily Broad and Ginnie delighted in taking a warm spa treatment in the central section of the river – Ginnie, pausing for a restorative with her sister in law Katie at the safety boat. Emily & Tom with no further need of dagger board inspection saw of any further challenge from the lasers & Chris & Ed Hosken’s laser II.

Many’s the father and son team have graduated from the Laser II – an experience similar to formula one racing with wet spaghetti for control lines. Much to Ed’s chagrin the spinnaker would not deploy from behind the main halyard, thus reducing downwind speed – but which had nothing to do with their dunking on the long beat home after race end. Or for that matter 3 little dry ones by Brooks in front of the clubhouse where Phil and Carrie having not quite lapped him were found dry and the RS’s all stored away.