RC Laser TT at Poole Radio Yacht Club
by Dave Fowler 19 Mar 2014 02:52 NZDT
15 March 2014
Poole RYC got the first RC Laser TT of 2014 under way with perfect sailing conditions, sun and wind. Spring was definitely here.
The local club sailors were out in force, with 4 visitors from afar. OD Peter Wiles and his team moved the marks around and set a triangular course using the middle 2/3 thirds of the lake, with a gate at the leeward end of the course this made for more tactical planning for which mark was better, allowing helms some big gains during the day when they got it correct with the wind shifts.
With the morning racing underway Dave Fowler stamped his authority on the proceedings (or was he still buzzing from the 4 cappuccinos he had on the 3.5 hour drive down) by winning 4 of the 7 pre lunch races, with Chris Treagust taking 2 wins and Laurie Draper 1 just before lunch, Local helm Peter Pritchard, pulled in a 2nd and a 3rd, but wasn't consistent, and kept on getting hit by starboard boats for some reason.
After lunch 8 races were sailed it similar wind strengths, on the boarder between 'B' & 'C' rigs, there was quite a lot of swapping, but the top 3 mostly remained in the 'B' rig with all helms dropping to the 'C' for the last race of the day, as the wind increased. Fowler once again showed a clean pair of heals to the others buy winning 7 of the races, with Treagust wining the other.
The results don't pay justice to the tight racing had between the top 4 helms, and the groups further down the ranking, with a lot of place changes, with the tactical racing that this one design boat gives to the helms. The days racing was very enjoyable and very well managed by the OD and his team.
A big thank you to Poole Radio Yacht Club for putting on the event.
More photos can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/swiftly/sets/72157642508291333
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 7 | Dave Fowler | Kingsmill | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 97 | Chris Treagust | Gosport | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | 7 | Laurie Draper | Poole | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | 34 | Peter Pritchard | Poole | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | 699 | OliverMiles | Poole | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 64 |
| 6 | 66 | Steve Brown | Poole | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 84 |
| 7 | 99 | Badg Champion | Poole | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 106 |
| 8 | 23 | Jim McGregor | Poole | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 107 |
| 9 | 619 | Lou Reynolds | Poole | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 108 |
| 10 | 908 | Nick Hodgson | Gosport | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 121 |
| 11 | 789 | Andy Rushton | Poole | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 141 |
| 12 | 70 | Richard Cake | Poole | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 149 |
| 13 | 8 | John Armstrong | Two Islands | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 182 |