After a frustrating early part of the season when Red Funnel’s Cowes Keelboat Championship either sustained no wind or very light winds, Royal London Yacht Club’s event on the Solent last weekend was blessed with a Force 4-5 on both days.

A windward/leeward format was adopted using the new RLYC day-glo orange buoys which were widely praised by the competitors as far more visible than other types of inflatable

racing marks. In the Etchells class the weekend was dominated by Tim Daughton’s Mayhem, who won three out of the four races. In one race he was forced to retire due to damage leaving Wobbegong sailed by D Flynn to take line honours. The Daring class produced consistent results from Giles Peckham’s Dauntless with two firsts, a second and a third in a 20-boat fleet.

The Dragon class produced a whitewash by the boat Princess Jalina, sailed by D. Palmer scoring no less than four firsts.

Results

Saturday

Etchells

Race 1

1st Mayhem ( T Daughton)

2nd Woobegong (D Flynn)

3rd Blue Genes (D Lees)

Race 2

1st Woobegong

2nd Blue Genes

3rd Evelina (P Kelsey)

Darings

Race 1

1st Dauntless (G A Peckham, P I Porter & M B Carver)

2nd Audax (M Bilbo, F

Haynes)

3rd Division Belle (C N C Hill, M C Sillars, Major B J W Green, J H Reynolds)

Race 2

1st Double Knot ( J W Hackman, C I C Mackinnon, A J Crean, G Crewdson)

2nd Dreamer (Mrs L A Perry, R Perry)

3rd Dauntless

Dragons

Race 1

1st Princess Jalina (D Palmer)

2nd Stampede (N Payne, J Mortimer, S

Richardson, D Ross)

3rd Apalala (C Caws, C P Field, E E Field, J Field)

Race 2

1st Princess Jalina

2nd Aimee (J & G Bailey)

3rd Caramba (C Brittain)

Sunday

Etchells

Race 1

1st Mayhem

2nd Wobbegong

Race 2

1st Mayhem

2nd Wobbegong, 3rd Palaver (R Thompson)

Darings

Race 1

1st Darius (T M Parr, M A Dunleavy, C S V Kenyon)

2nd Dauntless

3rd Defiant (C A G Perry, Lord Kingsland, R A Aisher, P L F French)

Race 2

1st Dauntless

2nd Defiant

3rd Darius

Dragons

Race 1

1st Princess Jalina

2nd Stampede

3rd Caramba

Race 2

1st Princess Jalina

2nd Virago (P G Nicholson, P D Lloyd, T Squire-Sanders)

3rd Caramba