Results 2007, Regattas and other events

Holm Regatta 2007

St. Mary´s in Holm was full of sailing boats the weekend of the 18th August 2007, with Holm Regatta on Saturday 18^th August, followed by the port to port race on Sunday 19^th.

The 2007 Holm Regatta attracted 35 boats from around the Orkney Islands. The weather settled down to a fine ENE breeze, and luckily most of the rain held off till later in the day. For the dinghies three class races were held in the morning, followed by a break for lunch. An Allcomers race was held in the afternoon to finish off the event.

Mixed Centreboard

The mixed centreboard class consisted of five boats, including a fireball, Dusty, from Longhope. The Albacore Barbarian was sailed well by Brian and David Pottinger to win the class. Neil Burgess came 2^nd in his new laser. Jammie Dodger sailed by Peter Mills with Mandy Sinclair came in 3^rd.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
Barbarian	Brian Pottinger	David Pottinger	.75	.75	.75	2.25
Laser	Neil Burgess		2	3	4	9
Jammie Dodger	Peter Mills	Mandy Sinclair	3	2	2	7
Best Kens	David Sabiston	Micheal Swanney	4	4	3	11
Dusty	K. Budge		5	5	5	15

Wayfarer

Four Wayfarers took part in the racing, Andante sailed by Malcolm Miller with his daughter Laura Miller was the champion winning all three races. Eclipse with D Sinclair came 2^nd, with Das Spoot sailed by Alan Hale coming in third.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
Andante	M. Miller	L. Miller	1	1	1	3
Eclipse	D. Sinclair		2	3	2	7
Fair Dinkum	S. Butcher		RTD	2	3	10
Das Spoot	A.Hale		3	4	4	11

Merlin Rocket

Harcus Hutchison, sailing Ella won all three Merlin Rockets races with Ganzie sailed by G Rendall coming 2^nd. Rural Girl sailed by Brian Kent from Westray sitting in third place.

Boat	Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
Ella	Harcus Hutchinson	1	1	1	3
Rural Girl	B. Kent	2	2	2	6
Ganzie	G. Rendall	3	3	3	9

Snipe

Fifteen boats raced in the snipe class, the largest class in the event. All of the Snipe class come from the Holm and Stromness Sailing Clubs, with Humdinger being sailed by John Love, a welcome visitor from South. Each of the three races was won by a different boat, showing how close the competition was at the front of the fleet. Overall the Stromness boat Go Quickly Red sailed by Malcolm Tipler with his son Peter managed to win. Wild Goose sailed by Mark Taylor finished second. Humdinger sailed by John Love from South with Alan Aim finished 3^rd.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
Go Quickly Red	Malcolm Tipler	Peter Tipler	4	2	0.75	6.75
Wild Goose	Mark Taylor	G. Kennedy	2	0.75	5	7.75
Umdinger	John Love	Alan Aim	3	4	3	10
Moonstone	Andrew Leslie	Rachel Roberts	0.75	6	4	10.75
Fiddlesticks	Neil Foubister		6	3	2	11
Aquamania	Malcolm Gordon	Lyndi Birss	5	7	6	18
Mercury Too	Freddy Johnston	Kenny Holland	9	5	7	21
Vendetta	James Stockan	Elinor Cole	8	8	12	28
Silver Fern	D. Harcus	Alan Long	10	11	8	29
Crewzen	L. Foubister	S. Taylor	12	9	9	30
Nemo	Carrie Stockan	Eloi Dronoiu	7	15	10	32
Bonxie	James Burgon	M. Rendall	11	12	11	34
Siesta	Tim Clewett	Lizz Clewett	14	10	13	37
Njord	John Robertson	Mark Causer	13	14	14	41
Snoopy	M. MacDonald	Alisdair Bews	15	13	15	43

Allcomers

25 boats took part in the Allcomers race. Best Kens, the 505 sailed by David Sabiston came in first across the line, but was beaten on handicap by the Albacore Barbarian. The first Snipe to finish was Moonstone, with Andrew Leslie and Rachel Roberts. Their performance was good enough to get 3^rd place on handicap.

Place	Boat	Type	PY	Time	Corrected
1	Barbarian	Albacore	1066	42:52	40:12.8
2	Best Kens	505	902	37:31	41:35.6	1st over the line
3	Moonstone	Snipe	1117	46:44	41:50.3	1st Snipe
4	Wild Goose	Snipe	1117	47:19	42:21.6
5	Fiddlesticks	Snipe	1117	47:27	42:28.8
6	Humdinger	Snipe	1117	47:37	42:37.7
7	Ella	Merlin Rocket	1060	45:26	42:51.7	1st Merlin Rocket
8	Aquamania	Snipe	1117	48:46	43:39.5
9	Fair Dinkum	Wayfarer	1099	48:20	43:58.8	1st Wayfarer
10	Bonxie	Snipe	1117	49:12	44:02.8
11	Andante	Wayfarer	1099	48:27	44:05.1
12		Laser	1078	47:39	44:12.1
13	Silver Fern	Snipe	1117	49:50	44:36.8
14	Vendetta	Snipe	1117	49:54	44:40.4
15	Nemo	Snipe	1117	50:14	44:58.3
16	Eclipse	Wayfarer	1099	49:33	45:05.2
17	Crewzen	Snipe	1117	50:23	45:06.4
18	Mercury Too	Snipe	1117	50:47	45:27.8
19	Jammie Dodger	RS400	952	43:56	46:08.9
20	Siesta	Snipe	1117	52:50	47:18.0
21	Njord	Snipe	1117	54:09	48:28.7
22	Das Spoot	Wayfarer	1099	54:07	49:14.5
23	Go Quickly Red	Snipe	1117	56:10	50:17.0
24	Snoopy	Snipe	1117	02:11	55:40.2
25	Dusty	Fireball	982	56:57	57:59.6

Catamarans

The Three cats had three morning races, as well as a single race in the afternoon. Lee Thomson´s Kleen Gyte had a kleen sweep winning all her races. Katoosh with Erlend Tait and his daughter came in 2^nd, Banana Split with Peter Diamond and his daughter came third.

The Cats followed up with an afternoon race, the results did not change.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	PM Race
Kleen Gyte	Lee Thomson		1	1	1	3	1
Katoosh	Erlend Tait	K. Tait	2	2	2	6	2
Banana Split	Peter Diamond	E. Diamond	3	3	3	9	3

Yoles

Mohigan sailed by A Budge, M Harris and W Budge won the Yoles races, with Helga sailed by W Black, R Wilson and S Sinclair coming in 2^nd. Frances, sailed with Ian Richardson, Frances Richardson and Leyton Venables finished 3^rd.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	AM Race	PM Race
Mohigan	A. Budge	M. Harris, W. Budge	1	1
Helga	W. Black	R. Wilson, S. Sinclair	2	2
Gremsa	L. Wilson	M. Davidson, A. Kirkpatrick	3	3
Frances	I. Richardson	F. Richardson, L. Venables	4	4
Robin	R. Gillespie	S. Andrews	RTD

The event was a great success, having lots of support from various volunteers. Holm Sailing Club would like to thank the Race Committee, the Rescue boat crews, the Ladies who provided the lunch, as well as Alfie Flett and Jim MacDonald for their support.

Port to Port

On Sunday 19^th August seven snipe started the Port to Port race from St. Mary´s to St. Margaret´s Hope. The boats set off in a fresh Northerly breeze taking them quickly down to the Hope, with quite a tough slog back to St. Mary´s.

In the race South Moonstone (A. Leslie and R. Roberts) was the first boat to finish, getting a good start and maintaining her lead throughout the race. Aquamania sailed by M Gordon and Lyndi Birss finished close behind. Fiddlesticks finished 3^rd. Unfortunately Hamba, sailed by Darren McAddie and Mark Causer, capsized near the finish and was unable to continue racing.

Sailing back to Holm was hard work, particularly in the more exposed areas of the Flow where quite a chop had built up. Go Quickly Red sailed by Malcolm Tipler and his son Peter established a massive lead. Moonstone finished 2^nd with Fiddlesticks coming in 3^rd.

Boat	Skipper	Crew	Club	South	North
Moonstone	Andrew Leslie	Rachel Roberts	Holm	1:00.12	1:13.11
Aquamania	Malcolm Gordon	Lyndi Birss	Holm	1:00.46	1:17.29
Fiddlesticks	Neil Foubister	Robbie Stevenson	Holm	1:02.44	1:15.35
Go Quickly Red	Malcolm Tipler	Peter Tipler	Stromness	1:03.16	1:09.08
Mercury Too	Freddy Johnstone	John Robertson	Stromness	1:03.18	1:24.33
Humdinger	Chris More	Barry Jones	Stromness	1:03.34	1:17.29
Hamba	Darren McAddie	Mark Causer	Holm	DNF	DNC

Rhodes Island Games 2007

The Greek island of Rhodes hosted the 2007 Island Games event. The Island Games is a multi sport event which is run every two years. Sailing Competition is in Laser one design singlehanded dinghies. The sailing event attracts a high level of international competition. Orkney was represented by Ian Rushbrook and Lee Thomson sailing the Standard Rig and Andrew Leslie and David Clouston sailing the smaller Radial. The sailing conditions were characterised by bright sunshine, warm sea and strong breeze.

This was Ian Rushbrook's second Island Games event, he finished 21 place. Lee Thomson was also competing in his second Island Games event, he finished 23 place after eight races.

In the Radial class Andrew Leslie was competing in his second Island Games event, he finished 17 place. David Clouston was new to the Island Games and made a good effort finishing 22 place overall.