Dinghy Racing: Spring Weekend Series Results

ByJeff

7 Races 5 to count – Race officer scores average points

 

  Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7    
Race Date 5th May 13th May 20th May 20th May 27th May 2nd June 10th June    
Helm               Total score Position
Phil Philpott & Carrie Hoskins   3 1 2 1 2 1.8 7.8 1
Andy & Karen Biggs   1 3 6 3 2.8 1 10.8 2
Roger Mac & Beccy Kestin 1 3.2 3 4 5 3 5 14.2 3
Olly Berryman & Ed Bolitho   4 5 3 2 5 6 19 4
Stephen Brooks 3 5 7 9 9 4 3 22 5
Anton Chamberlain   2 6 7 8 7 6 28 6
Adam Mason 2 14 2 1 14     33 7
Phil Samuel     14 14 4 1 2 35 8
Tony Statham 14 14 9 5 6     48 9
Emily Broad     14 14 14 6 4 52 10
Rob Floyd 4 6 14 14 14     52 11
Matt Ridout   14 8 8 14 14   58 12
Richard G Vivian   14 14 14 7 12.6   61.6 13

 

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Dinghy Racing: Sept 6th

ByJeff

Thursday Evening Summer Series – Triangle-Sausage UCD, QD  18:54 Start

Helm
Crew
Class
Name-No.
PY

Min
Sec
Sec
Correct
Pos

Adam Mason

Solo
4099
1150

31
35
1895
1648
1

Andy Biggs
Karen Biggs
Nat 12
3326
1104

35
0
2100
1902
2

Phil Philpott
Carrie Hoskins
RS400
766
948

35
0
2100
2215
3

Emily Broad
Tom Lake
RS200
1145
1057

40
50
2450
2318
4

Ed Hosken

Topper Byte

1190

DNF

Chris Hosken

Laser II
100
1035

DNF

Roger McDonald
Beccy Kestin
RS400
958
948

Ave Points

With the course shortened to the triangle Biggs and Philpott seemingly held hands at the finish 4 minute behind the Solo and Emily Broad managing to complete the course ahead of a valiant attempt by a tandem of Hoskens.Light air specialist Adam Mason left the fleet far behind in real and corrected time Thursday.  Without apparent sense of urgency the racers sailing wind against tide meandered through the Narrows towards Trebah.  Race Officer McD with plenty of time to lay a Triangle / Sausage course and ponder the upcoming RS400 nationals Torquay 8th -12th September could only persuade his charges to start 25 minutes late.  It was quite apparent the only custom for Paul Greensmith in safety would be the big tow home as the wind failed all except the Solo.Light Airs Grace Adam Mason

Results: Adam Mason 1, Andy Biggs 2, Phil Philpott 3

Captain Dinghies Beccy Kestin thanks all those supporting the fleet on the day

Race Officer: Roger McDonald
Safety cover: Paul Greensmith & Tony Marsland

Dinghy Racing: May 2nd

ByJeff

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Thursday Evening Spring Series 2nd May 19:18     Laser Race NW3-1                   Triangle BUV

Aeolus favours McDonald

A rising neap tide found just enough water to launch for the first of the Laser Plate series on the Helford. Race Stewards Phil Philpott & Carrie Hoskins chose a short triangular course for the light North Westerly breeze knowing that light airs would fade to nothing close to shore. Being one of the most environmentally friendly of sports sailors know they must rely on their wits & their gods rather than petrol.  McDonald’s wits got him first past the Pin at the start from Bosahan for a beat north and west to Trebah. Rewarding McD’s knowledge of Helford’s tides and winds Aeolus was waiting to throw a couple of extra puffs at the laser pushing it around Trebah and beyond the reach of his frustrated rival Biggs. Trusting his own judgement Brooks went the wrong way and found himself in picturesque gyrations with the Radials about Trebah before a mine sweeping duty with trailing mainsheet catching buoys at Voose. Beccy & Emily heading the smaller sailed radials performed slow motion ballet as they gracefully interchanged lead – resorting only to petrol for the tow back courtesy Messer’s Greensmith & Glossop Results: 1st Roger McDonald, 2nd Andy Biggs, 3rd Stephen Brooks

Laser Race
19:18

02-May-13

SW2

35:08

Standard Corrected Time

Helm
Class

Sail No.

PN

Elapsed

Correct

POS

PY Achieved

%

 

time

time

 

performance

 

Roger McDonald
Laser

100387

1087

37:32

34:32

1

1069

-1.7%

Andy Biggs
Laser

138471

1087

38:49

35:43

2

1105

1.7%

Stephen Brooks
Laser

179651

1087

45:49

42:09

3

1304

20.0%

Emily Broad
Radial

179728

1117

47:44

42:44

4

1359

21.7%

Beccy Kestin
Radial

171278

1117

47:58

42:57

5

1366

22.3%

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those supporting the fleet on the day Committee Boat: Phil Philpott & Carrie Hoskins Safety cover: Paul Greensmith & Nick Glossop Guest Photographer: Paul Greensmith

Dinghy Racing: April 15th

Dinghy Racing: April 15th

ByJeff

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shifty northerly 3 – 4 RYA Average Lap Series – 2 triangular races

Berryman and Bolitho: on the art of brinkmanship

In the finest tradition of “never first – always second”, Ollie Berryman ably supported by Ed Bolitho, recover from the “Rear Brake” manoeuvre gifting the trawler of Roger McDonald and Beccy Kestin with a race winning 0.4sec.

The 4th outing of the spring HRSC dinghy series saw tight racing in capricious winds. Doldrums off Durgan and the occasional sailor’s gale by Bosahan tested the most experienced. A figure of eight rounding at Bosahan during a 6ish gust left Adam Mason to contemplate a future in holy orders. Solus cum Deo solo. First race excitement was provided by the duelling RS400s of Roger McDonald & crew Beccy Kestin and Ollie Berryman & crew Ed Bolitho. Mid stream runs turned to reaches favouring Ollie who took full advantage to blast home with all sails flying. Approaching from the opposite reach the same winds turned the McD RS into a trawler at spinnaker downhaul. Ed Bolitho’s six pack maintained boat trim nudging Ollie’s RS ahead – only to be piped overall by an average lap speed of 0.4sec in McD’s favour.

It was Phil Philpot’s tacking on each wind shift on the beat to Durgan that held his Solo in contention for the finish of the 2nd race. Hitherto, Andy Biggs had masterfully wrestled his Laser around the course threatening even Ollie’s RS. Phil took full advantage of Andy’s distraction (forthcoming nuptials?) and the gift of a breeze to tightly round the now infamous Bosahan mark and get above Andy on the beat to the committee boat. Sailing a tight proper course on the final tack firmly held Andy in the rear and Phil to 2nd place.

Helm
Crew
Class
Name-No.
PY
Race 1
Lap Sec
Race 2
LapSec

Roger McDonald
Beccy Kestin
RS400
958
948
1
589.3
1
577

Ollie Berryman
Ed Bolitho
RS400
588
948
2
589.7
3
738

Phil Philpott

Solo
4785
1150
3
819
2
861

Andy Biggs

Laser
138471
1085
4
788
5
881

Adam Mason

Solo
4099
1150
5
866
4
900

Stephen Brooks

Radial
179651
1110
6
847
6
931

Captain Dinghies Beccy Kestin thanks all those supporting the fleet on the day

Marshalls: Steve Kestin & Margaret Statham Safety Cover & Love Boat: Sammy Hubbard & Jack assisted by K&J Hubbard

Photography: Robert Floyd 157 photos – Outstanding! Victuals wet & dry – Ben Williamson for staying open

Average lap race accounting whilst demanding of logistics and support is deemed fairest to PY dinghy competition. A great credit to all those behind the action for selflessly putting themselves forward for duty.

Grab a gust – get on a reach

Aim for the windward mark

Take the power off and leave time to………..

Take in all the washing and close haul

That would be ALL the washing

Closing on the trawler

and work off that lunch

The overtaking red RS of Berryman & Bolitho keeps clear

Gotcha! Leaving Ed Bolitho time to inspect the trawler’s mackerel haul

Outstanding Sportsmanship – Rear Brake applied at the committee boat

How many have we caught now Beccy?

Berryman & Bolitho take a premature – if not a well earned rest by the committee boat leaving McD and Beccy to take honours.

A gutsy performance from Andy Biggs […]

Dinghy Regatta: July 11th

ByJeff

HRSC 67th Dinghy Regatta 2015 Saturday 11th July Wind WSW 4-6

67th Helford Regatta

Helford’s Senior racers were as delighted with the performance of their Junior section, as the Juniors themselves.  In the combined Youth & Senior fleets, Youth Laser 4.7 sailors Olly Chamberlain and Beks Hosking relieved the seniors of their two largest pieces of silverware; Phil Philpot left content with a Bronze for his Blaze.

Race organiser Andy Biggs had been promised a breezy days sailing all week by Culdrose, and he wasn’t disappointed with an average of 12 knots and double again in the gusts.  Four racers and three generations of the Philpott family were out on the water, proving dinghy sailing is for all ages, taking prizes in youth, senior and overall categories.

There were thrills and multiple spills for most, yet peri octogenarian, Grandfather Dave Philpott kept his immaculate middle aged wooden Solo upright and raced all five races with panache – to the envy of everyone.  Phil Samuel had a promising morning with a modern Solo, and with 3 good races under his belt had rightly every expectation of a podium finish had not Aeolus tripped him up.  Getting the Solo out of an inversion & going again is an exhausting exercise, given a cockpit as large as a double bath.

With room to bath a rugby scrum, three conventional double handers out racing would try at all costs to avoid capsize.

Roger Philpott and his young crew Gabriel in a Graduate were holding nicely to middle orders; nevertheless it was too gusty for their large sail area and retired.  Team Kestin & McDonald on a second outing racing Beccy’s Wayfarer decided there was no profit to be had flying a big yellow kite on the short downwind course and shorter reaches; a wise choice as they stayed dryish and medalled.   Anton Chamberlain’s Comet Trio needed a crew and reef both, which he finally got after lunch, when a brave Jack Lawrence joined him after abandoning an exhausting wrestle with his over powered Laser in the morning.  Jack gave the Comet  just the edge needed in the battle royal that had being going on all day with Andrew Hosking’s Laser.  Just as Andrew was really showing superiority over Brooks and Anton in the stiffer winds of the afternoon, he threw it all away with a moment’s indiscretion on the penultimate gybe.

Chris Hosken boldly went where he had never been before,  into an RS Vareo, and probably wished he hadn’t on this particular day, but made sure he gave it a wash – in fact several – out of gratitude to Tom Smith, its owner.

Phil Philpott’s Blaze, a veritable aquatic version of his Ducati, roared ahead of the fleet, yet did on occasion, skid on gravel around the leeward bend; there being no ABS on the big red beautiful beast, still at least the landing was soft.

In the first race Phil’s nephew Sam was third in a 1, 2, 3 triumvirate of youth Laser 4.7’s.  For the first 3 races it was Olly Chamberlain […]

Dinghy Racing: May 3rd

Dinghy Racing: May 3rd

ByJeff

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E-ESE 2-3 Helford RYA PY Dynamic Line start East Triangular (U)CD, UCD, UCD


Bonnie Triumph for Solo Artist

A Solo helm rarely reveals the elation brought on by the promise of a leaden sky, a gentle breeze and a line start handicap race. The rest of the PY fleet has about it an air of resignation – and not even the prospect of Sophie Greensmith wake boarding behind the safety boat will lift their spirits. Ollie Berryman might, we fancy, toy with the idea of taking his cabinet making skills in the form of a chainsaw to the Solo’s handicap. Perhaps Ed Bolitho could be tempted to add a few concrete blocks to the Solo’s ballast.

Working his way to the start line close to the North shore, Adam Mason is reminded that the slightest hint of hubris invites Nemesis. A thump to Pants looked promisingly painful were it not for the shear pin on the tripping centre board. Chastened – Adam at the favoured Pin end kick-starts his campaign as leeward boat to B&B persuading the RS400 to reconsider its course. Returning the favour Ollie tacks ahead of Adam – encouraging the Solo to enter the larger swell of Bosahan. From here on, the classes buddy up for close racing.

Following last week’s dunking Nick Maidwell’s laser is now firmly in control and scampers after the Solos praying for a stiffer breeze to threaten. In the faultless tussle between RS400’s it’s not Ed’s six pack that will help. In gentle breezes – it’s his skill at capturing each gift of a favourable puff with spinnaker.

Phil Philpott is always in contention, but ventures a little too close to the slap of the south shore swell on the way to Central. Bantam weight Adam runs the Solo flat and level from Durgan to Trebah whereas Phil tilts hull 15 degrees to port – reducing wetted area & thereby gaining considerable ground – but not quite enough. A Matchless performance by the Solos but with Trophy’s to Adam & Sarah.

Helm
Crew
Class
Name-No.
PY
Race
Elapsed
Correct

Adam Mason

Solo
4099
1150
1
42.32
3698

Phil Philpott

Solo
4785
1150
2
43.27
3772

Ollie Berryman
Ed Bolitho
RS400
588
948
3
36.15
3824

Roger McDonald
Beccy Kestin
RS400
958
948
4
37.14
3928

Nick Maidwell

Laser
170605
1085
5
45.16
4172

Captain Dinghies Beccy Kestin thanks all those supporting the fleet on the day.
Marshalls: Sarah Mason & Stephen Brooks
Safety: Chaperone Paul Greensmith & Sophie
Photography: Stephen Brooks

A great credit to all those behind the action for selflessly putting themselves forward for duty.

Dinghy Racing: Sept 1st

ByJeff

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Sunday 1st September   Summer Weekend Series NW 4-10kts 90min Pursuit NW

Close racing in the final minutes of Sunday’s pursuit saw Ollie Berryman & Ed Bolitho get to within 10 seconds of race leaders Andy & Karen Biggs having started 11 minutes after Roger and Sam Philpott in 3rd.  Brooks and Andrew Hosking enjoyed their scrap at the rear of the fleet but could not sustain their advance on the leaders.  Carol Lawrence in safety who’d been busy the previous day on the hospital ship for the breezy Chamberlain regatta and yet had energy enough to take 60 wonderful photos Sunday.

Results:
Race 1: 1st Andy Biggs 2nd Ollie Berryman & Ed Bolitho, 3rd Roger & Sam Philpott

Captain Dinghies Andy Biggs thanks all those supporting the fleet on the day

Safety & Photography: Carol Lawrence

Sunday 1st September  Summer Weekend Series NW 4-10kts

90min Pursuit NW

G U V ( G C B ) All Marks To Port

Helm
Crew
Class

Name-No.

PY

HRSC Pursuit Time

Pos

After Hooter

Andy Biggs
Karen Biggs
Nat 12

3326

1104

25.36

1

Ollie Berryman
Ed Bolitho
RS400

588

947

34.35

2

Roger Philpott
Sam
Graduate

1918

1141

23.26

2

Stephen Brooks

Laser

179651

1087

26.35

4

Andrew Hosking

Laser II

180

1087

26.35

5