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Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 18th April 2008
Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 25th April 2008
The second week of racing in the Plym Yacht Club Friday Series saw 21 boats out on a dull but fine evening. With a force 3 S W Wind the course was set beating out to New Ground Buoy then on to Duke Rock before returning to the Mallards.
Paul Hollett in De Tox took an early lead in the Fast A Group closely pursued by Chris Cload in Abrasive but over three rounds neither was able to hold off Ashley Crawford in Mischief who won on corrected time.
In the PYA Group Chris Compton in Marcus J took the honours ahead of Peter Hickling’s Summertime with Janie Smallridge in Duchess third.
Close racing in the PYB Group ended with a win for Geoff Phillips in Hilarity over Jason Hamlyn’s Jelly Bean, clearly seen with her new spinnaker displaying the Jellies. Adrian Bishop in Samurai came in third place.
We had three boats out in the PYC Group and Mike Foulkes in Strange Magic took line honours ahead of Paloma with Celia Coleman who was the only other finisher.
And they all finished before the remaining light disappeared.
Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 2nd May 2008
A South Easterly breeze of just about force 4 allowed a course to be set from the Mallards out to Duke Rock then off to Yachthaven before returning to the start line. Three varied laps made for interesting sailing for all twenty boats that were out.
In the Fast A class Ashley Crawford in Mischief made an excellent start and won on corrected time over Jeff Foster in Persuasion with Pete Duffy in Exstatic coming third.
Chris Compton’s Marcus J took line honours in the PYA Group with Janie Smallridge in Duchess not far behind. Peter Hickling in Summertime was third but still holds the lead in the series so far.
Very close racing in the PYB class ended with a win for Jason Hamlyn in Jelly Bean with Adrian Bishop in Samurai close on his heels. Patrick Chapman took third place in Sixpence on corrected time.
Finally the PYC Class gave a win to Mike Foulkes in Strange Magic over Celia Coleman in Paloma with Graham Norris in Solitude coming third.
Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 16th May 2008
18 boats out on an overcast evening with very light winds that were always likely to drop away even further. A reasonably short course, reduced to two laps, was set to allow for the 4 knot breeze taking the boats out to F Buoy and on to Melampus and North West Winter before returning to the Mallards.
In the Fast PY Group John McClaren’s Jimini took an early lead over Paul Hollett in De Tox, a lead that in spite of some close jockeying, he never lost. Jeff Foster in Persuasion had an excellent race to claim third place.
The PYA Group was led from early on by Duchess after Janie Smallridge had overcome a false start when she went over the line too early but recovered to lead the fleet home in very good time. Second came Chris Compton in Marcus J with Peter Hickling in Summertime taking third.
A welcome first place for Patrick Chapman in Sixpence in PYB, in a very close finish in this class, ahead of Jason Hamlyn in Jelly Bean on corrected time with Adrian Bishop in Samurai taking third. All boats in this class striving to beat the very fluky wind before time ran out.
Only one boat finished a one lap course in PYC. Mike Foulkes in Strange Magic keeping his lead intact in the series
Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 23rd May 2008
With the St Peter Port Race for the RNSA commencing at 1900hrs we set a course to Duke Rock then on to Dunston Buoy to keep the way clear for the RNSA Boats.
With a light but freshening breeze we had 13 boats competing in 3 groups only as the PYA Fleet were all at Dartmouth for the Ballad Championship.
In the Fast PYA group the five boats were led out by Robin Butterworth’s Soundbite followed by Phil Atkins in Spellbound but both were overtaken by Xstatic and Jimimi before the first mark. Rounding Dunston Buoy we found Jeff Foster’s Persuasion had sailed into 3rd place, a position which he held to the finish where he claimed affine win on corrected time. Spellbound took 2nd place with Soundbite in 3rd. The two faster boats couldn’t beat their handicaps and Xstatic missed a buo9y and was disqualifid.
The PYB Fleet really had a grand race with only 4 minutes separating the 7 boats on actual time after three laps. The winner was Jason Hamlyn in Jelly Bean with Dave Warn’s Pantomime just a minute behind and Sixpence with Patrick Chapman only seconds more on corrected time.
Mike Foulkes with Strange Magic was the sole participant in the PYC class and put up a spirited performance in staying very close to the B Fleet and would have done very well on handicap against them.
Friday Races at the Plym Yacht Club 9th May 2008
Only 2 boats started but never reached the first mark. The rest were lefft drifting backwards with the tide and never made the start line.
Plym Yacht Club Friday Series Results
A South Easterly breeze of just about force 4 allowed a course to be set from the Mallards out to Duke Rock then off to Yachthaven before returning to the start line. Three varied laps made for interesting sailing for all twenty boats that were out.
In the Fast A class Ashley Crawford in Mischief made an excellent start and won on corrected time over Jeff Foster in Persuasion with Pete Duffy in Exstatic coming third.
Chris Compton’s Marcus J took line honours in the PYA Group with Janie Smallridge in Duchess not far behind. Peter Hickling in Summertime was third but still holds the lead in the series so far.
Very close racing in the PYB class ended with a win for Jason Hamlyn in Jelly Bean with Adrian Bishop in Samurai close on his heels. Patrick Chapman took third place in Sixpence on corrected time.
Finally the PYC Class gave a win to Mike Foulkes in Strange Magic over Celia Coleman in Paloma with Graham Norris in Solitude coming third.