Keyhaven Yacht Club holds Regatta Week
KEYHAVEN Yacht Club held a successful Regatta Week over six days combining all its sailing sections.
Twickenham Yacht Club came down on their annual trip with a number of their members enjoying the freedom of sailing on open waters.
The Pirates Day was as ever popular with the juniors, and a pirate ship was anchored off the club pontoon – the highlight was commodore Andy Ash-Vie walking the plank.
The weather throughout gave the race management team plenty of headaches with varying wind conditions and speeds which resulted in completing all the week's racing apart from one race.
The structure of the week was based on handicap racing with gold and silver fleets combining with a youth fleet racing every day in the Solent. On three days there was separate racing for the juniors and the Get Sailing Group.
First race, sponsored by Hurst Marine, was the gold fleet, won by Roddy Steel in a Finn, followed by Ian Sanderson in a Blaze, and Rob Langley in Laser 1 third.
Silver fleet: 1, Andy Ash-Vie, Scow; 2, Simon and Rachael Verdon, Scow; 3, Jo and Richard Edwards, Scow.
Youth fleet: 1, Alfie Crane and George Bence, Zest; 2, Caitlin Johnson, RS Feva; 3, Tom Craig, Laser Radial.
The Solent Series followed with combined results.
Gold fleet: 1, Ian Sanderson, Blaze; 2, Roddy Steel, Finn; 3, Rob Langley, Laser 1. Silver fleet: 1, Andy Ash-Vie, Scow; 2, Willard & Bridget Flossie, Scow; 3, Jo and Richard Edwards, Scow. Youth fleet: 1, Raffy Seddon, RS Tera; 2, Jackson Mann, RS Quba; 3, Samuel Pontefract, RS Feva. Highest Twickenham boat Nick Titley.
The West Solent Boat Builders single race results were – gold fleet: 1, Ian Sanderson, Blaze, 2, Rob Langley, Laser 1; 3, Raffy Seddon, Laser 4.7. Silver fleet: 1, Tom and Natalie Hill, Quest; 2, N and C Langford, Scow; 3, Rupert Williams, Scow. Youth: 1, George Bence and Alfie Crane, Zest.
Junior Division combined: 1, Daisy Heron and Eliza, Scow; 2, Martha Heron and Estelle Murray, RS Quba; 3, R Unwind and H Pemberton, Zest. GSG overall: 1, Stuart Rowney, Scow; 2, Felicity Boot, Scow; 3, Richard and H Cossey, Scow. Both fleets were sponsored by Seahorse International.
The final day saw the David Jupp Pursuit Race Trophy in fairly difficult conditions which completed a successful week for Ian Sanderson, first in his Blaze, second was Marcus Edwards in Laser 4.7, and third John Phelps in a Laser Radial.
The prizegiving was held with special 'legend' awards to Malcolm Lee from Keyhaven and David Wolsey from Twickenham, and Special Boat of the Week to Tim Reed.
The club thanked all sponsors including Harken UK.
