Dorothy Winfrey Cup Results
1 Jambo
2 Wildebeest
3 Dragan
1 Jambo
2 Wildebeest
3 Dragan
There were 30 yachts entered for the 2018 Helford to L’Aber Wrac’h race. It was a race of variable winds! Very light winds, if any, for the majority of the fleet, for the first six hours or so then it blew ENE 6 for the rest of the passage. Fourteen yachts finished and sixteen retired, some of whom motored towards France until the wind filled in.
Results
The winner this year was Richard Hall in his Westerly, Physis, with French yachts in 2nd and 3rd place.
Results for racing last Wednesday 1 July are as follows:
Race 1
1. Wildebeest
2. Avocet
3. Jambo
4.Dragun
5. Grumpy
Race 2
1. Jambo
2. Dragun
3. Avocet
4. Widebeest
5. Grumpy
Hi Everyone
I’ve taken over as Captain Yachts this year. My aim for the next three years is to:
Make yachting as easy and enjoyable as possible for all
Introduce more dinghy sailors and social members to yacht racing
Entice more boats onto the water and boost racing on Wednesday nights
Help sociable sailors to communicate and cruise in company
Picture © Dom Brandreth
Late Summer Series 2018
Results as of 16:15 on August 16, 2018
Due to family commitments and PTBO work I’ve been a bit slow getting the results out for the last two weeks. Here are the combined results for 16 and 23 May. Note, due to my poor sailing instructions I have had to split the results by fleet, creating two parallel race series. I will update the instructions for the Mid-Summer Series so that we the PY fleet can race against the 707s. Dom.
Near Roskruge Beacon looking back to Helford. Picture © Dom Brandreth
Race 3
A breezy easterly, sometimes a bit NE. Mild easterly swell with sets of waves coming every 10 mins or so. I didn’t take any sailing photos, so this pic was from the journey home. If anyone has any photos to share please either email me or post them on the Facebook group.