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Saturday 13^th February saw the fifth & sixth races in The Gul Winter Series (Plymouth) 2010. Twenty Three dinghy crews raced in the wintry conditions resulting from a bitterly cold ENE wind which varied from force four to six in the gusts.

The Asymmetric class has seen a boost in numbers in 2010 with classes varying from an Hobie Tiger to Laser SB3 & an Hobie 405 to name a few. Despite the wide range of classes the racing has been close throughout the series so far. The squally conditions with gusts reaching force six at times saw Graeme Macloed & Chris Butler tame their tiger & race around the course at warp speeds to take first place in both races. The two
SB3’s also had a close race with positions changing between the two closely matched boats. George Barker from Oxford Sailing Club eventually managed to get the better of Stuart Jones in both races to claim second place despite the best efforts of Stuart Jones crew who had a their fair share of moments as did most of the fleet when the gust hit as they neared the leeward mark. Chris Davison was getting used to his Nacra Inter 20 cat  in only his second race in the boat & claimed a well deserved fourth spot.
Another notable achievement was Beth Mathews & Chloe Beavan – Smith  who must be congratulated after sailing a great race in the very difficult conditions to claim fifth place in their Hobie 405 which at 14 was a fantastic achievement.

The Fast Handicap fleet saw more new entries with Jonathan Frary racing his RS300 for the first time in this series. He had a close race with John Bowers Phantom & Nigel Clatworthy’s Contender, however it was Dan Ellis in his laser Radial that took first place in race 5 ahead of John Bowers Phantom & Catworthy’s Contender with Ben Dodwell in fouth spot in another Laser Radial. The Sixth Race saw Nigel Clatworthy take first place ahead of Dan Ellis & Ben Dodwell with Dave Adams taking fourth place ahead of John Bowers phantom who found the down wind legs a little too much Rock n Roll with an inevitable swimming lesson that followed.

The Slow Handicap fleet saw the Plymouth University Firely’s take first & third place with RS Feva 1105 splitting the Fireflys to take a well deserved second place.

With six races completed the Asymmetric Fleet is being led by Graeme Macleod’s Hobie Tiger one point ahead of Jon & Nikki Buckler’s RS400 with Stuart Jones in the SB3 in third place. The Fast Handicap Fleet sees Nigel Clatworthy take over first spot in his Contender from John Bowers Phantom with Kieron & Betsy Kennedy in third place in their Kestrel. The Slow Handicap fleet has Plymouth University Team 3 leading the series with Plymouth University Team 6 in second place ahead of Guy Mitchelmore in third place in his Lightning.

Well done to all that took part & a special thanks to the line crew along with the safety boat crews from Plymouth Youth Sailing / Plymouth University / Hooe Point Sailing Club & RPCYC.

Pictures taken by Nikki Buckler of the days racing can be seen here

For the latest results of races 5 & 6 – please click here

For the Series results to date – click here

 Jon Buckler

The 2010 Plymouth Regatta looks set to be one of the dates not to miss this year, with numbers of dinghies racing in the port on the increase & competitive racing across a wide spectrum of dinghy classes.

Plymouth Sound is arguably one of the best stretches of water to race in on the South coast & provides a natural amphitheatre to watch from. 

Dinghy racing will be held on Wed – Friday evenings starting at 18:15 with results / food & drinks available after the racing at the Regatta Office (RPCYC). The weekend sees a whole day of racing on the Saturday followed by a great evening of entertainment with a live band playing at the RPCYC. Sunday is the final day of the racing which sees racing in the morning followed by the regatta prize giving.  

The racing will have committee boat starts & racing around navigation buoys in Plymouth Sound along with laid marks. Class racing will be offered for any class having more than six entries with handicap racing for Fast, Medium, Slow, Asymmetric  fleets.  There is also a team prize for the club with the best aggregate Overall score from three different classes. So why not encourage fellow competitors from your club to enter a team ?.

To encourage youngsters into the sport there will be a Youth Rookie Regatta  for under 19’s who are in their first season of racing & have only sailed at their own clubs in the past. The  races will be held on the same dates / times of the main regatta making it a Regatta for all of the family irrespective of experience.

The regatta committee have strived to keep the costs down for the 2010 Regatta & by entering early there are significant savings on the already very competitively priced regatta proving good value for money racing.  Additionally there is free dinghy parking at Elphinstone Dinghy park courtesy of Plymouth City Council.

So keep the 28^th July – 1^st August free in your diary so that you can take part in the Plymouth Regatta 2010 & enjoy some first class racing with some evenings to remember  !!.