A note from Tim Duguid:
Well done Pete and Kevin, comfortably taking the Partington Plate Series Trophy for a second time in two years!!However, the day belonged to Alan on his Dart way ahead of the fleet!!Team Odin also put one over Flirt this time, even with the handicap.A nice series to sail and good to see the bigger Van der Stadts,Thetas, etc involved.I hope that this trend continues next year!!Well done to all and thanks to the Race Officers for doing duty.
Peter "The Pink Pantser's" race report:
Race Officers Roy Shooter and Elspeth Gray set a long course for the final event of the Partington Plate series amidst building winds and a threatening storm. The course started at the Jetty to # 1, across to # 7 (Ashley / Pylon Bay), back to # 1, to # 6, to Finish at the jetty.
A good fleet of 10 boats lined up in the growing Easterly of about 10 to 12 knots.
Rob T on the 29er, Anton E on Dynamite and Alan B of the Dart were off to a quick start in the strong winds, and they raced off to # 1 outer can.
John Bellinger on JB 20 snarled a radio sailing buoy and that was the end of his race.
The torrential rain set in with scattered thunder and lightning in the distance. It became a very wet race but most of the time the wind held well after shifting to the west.
Tony / Hank on Odin were the first boat from the “rest of the fleet” to round # 1, then a fetch from # 1 towards # 7 at Pylon Bay. Flirt passed Odin (with No 1 Vs blade up) and led to # 7, and then all the way back to # 1 with Odin changing back to genoa 'on the run'. Flirt rounded # 1 and sat in the only hole of the dam as the wind went back to NE, allowing Odin to catch up.They were neck and neck down to # 6 where Odin edged ahead in the dying wind.
Knip, the Stadt 26 'Cheers', with Rob Atwell skippering, and Richard / Mary on Hunter 'Country Morning' caught the wind from behind and appeared from nowhere to catch the front runners.
In the end, a very close tussle and some great catch-up racing saw Odin, Flirt, Knip, Cheers and Country Morning finish within 11 minutes of each other after 2 hours of racing.
Alan B took line honours by over an hour on the Dart and Rob T and Anton E both showed DNF’s so not sure what happened to both these boats as they were so far ahead for much of the race.Thanks to Roy and Elspeth for doing bridge duty and to all participants for an enjoyable Partington Plate Series.
HMYC "heads - up" - UPDATE
* SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY - HMYC/QUANTUM SAILS NINE HOUR
THE BIG ONE - HMYC's SAILING EVENT OF THE YEAR
* Sunday 6 March - Class Champs #7 and Monthly Mug cancelled, after consideration of impact of HMYC boats participating in Hunter Provs in Witbank)
( Hunter Mpumalanga Provs - Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March-Witbank)
Travellers to date are: Essex Girl; Bad News; Odin's Eye (Any others ????)
* Sunday 13 March - Sailing training and Dam Bottle Sprints
* Saturday 19 to Monday 21 March - HUNTER CLASS NATIONALS - DAC - VAAL DAM
WHERE ARE THE HMYC HUNTER RAIDERS ??????????????Listed so far:Essex Girl; Bad News; Odin's Eye; Country Morning; Flirt; Paradigm Shift;Knip. And who else ?????
* Sunday 3 April - Class Champs and Monthly Mug #8
Final event of the series - Briefing 10h30
* Sunday 10 April - Autumn Handicap
* Sunday 17 April - 2010/2011 Closing Cruise
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