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18 September
Battle of the Classes 2010
Report by Richard Nurse
Light winds favour the smaller boats more handy at short tacking, but the 505 crews still did well starting 35 minutes after the first boat and being the first trapeze boat to finish.
Light winds favour the smaller boats more handy at short tacking, but the 505 crews still did well starting 35 minutes after the first boat and being the first trapeze boat to finish.
By 1015 all four of the sailing 505 team members had made their way to the Royal Victoria Docks, the time the team members took getting there ranging from 40 minutes to 4 and a half hours.
Launching in a light westerly wind was staggered in class starting order by the beach master. The 505s started 35 mins after the first start so were some of the last onto the water. We knew it was our start when a guy up on the top balcony removed the number 35 from a flip board. The race started with a short beat to just the other side of the footbridge (around 100 metres) and then onto a run downwind and then back upwind. The whole course was no more than twice as long as the Excel centre itself. Gaining height out of the leeward mark was the most important move, as there was little to no wind on the bottom left hand side of the beat, something that Charlie and Dougal had picked up last year and Matt and Richard soon learnt (first time round). The gap between the two 505's was set within the first lap and then the two boats slowly worked their way past some of the fleet, but the light 'odd' wind favoured the smaller boats more handy at short tacking.
Launching in a light westerly wind was staggered in class starting order by the beach master. The 505s started 35 mins after the first start so were some of the last onto the water. We knew it was our start when a guy up on the top balcony removed the number 35 from a flip board. The race started with a short beat to just the other side of the footbridge (around 100 metres) and then onto a run downwind and then back upwind. The whole course was no more than twice as long as the Excel centre itself. Gaining height out of the leeward mark was the most important move, as there was little to no wind on the bottom left hand side of the beat, something that Charlie and Dougal had picked up last year and Matt and Richard soon learnt (first time round). The gap between the two 505's was set within the first lap and then the two boats slowly worked their way past some of the fleet, but the light 'odd' wind favoured the smaller boats more handy at short tacking.
(59 boats, 51 finishers)
1 Stephen Cockerill & Harry Kennedy Graduate
2 Neville Herbert & Mark Fowler Albacore
3 Allen Burrell Finn
4 Tom Gillard Streaker
5 Nigel Wakefield & Emily Saunderson Firefly
1 Stephen Cockerill & Harry Kennedy Graduate
2 Neville Herbert & Mark Fowler Albacore
3 Allen Burrell Finn
4 Tom Gillard Streaker
5 Nigel Wakefield & Emily Saunderson Firefly
6 Mark Maskell
Solo
7 David Beaney & Alex Beaney Enterprise
8 Tony Cooper Solo
9 Will Gulliver & Wendy Pickstock Alba core
10 Pete Evans Phantom
25 Charlie Walters & Dougal Cram 505
28 Matt Hart & Richard Nurse 505
Full results and pictures on http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=150137
7 David Beaney & Alex Beaney Enterprise
8 Tony Cooper Solo
9 Will Gulliver & Wendy Pickstock Alba core
10 Pete Evans Phantom
25 Charlie Walters & Dougal Cram 505
28 Matt Hart & Richard Nurse 505
Full results and pictures on http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=150137
