Race Results Service...

 

Spring Double* (round the cans): 1st - a light airs race with a shortened course

Weymouth Double Leg 1 (Solent to Weymouth): 8th - Down wind light airs

Weymouth Double Leg 2 (Weymouth to Solent): 8th - Direct down wind all the way - medium/heavy

Cherbourg Double (Solent to Cherbourg): 3rd - Medium reach decreasing - we ripped our Asymmetric early on before wind dropped and really needed it later

Island Double* (Round the Isle of Wight): 4th - Light/Medium airs

Brixham Double (Solent to Brixham): DNF - Light airs: insufficient time to get there and back

Nab Double* (Solent to Nab Tower and back): 1st - Upwind light airs - course shortened at Nab

Autumn Double*: (round the cans): 8th - Very light airs with lots of holes and a tidal gate at East Bramble; badly messed up start

 

We raced in RSYC Club Class (as opposed to IRC which is full of J-Boats with very high tech sails).  Across the whole Series we had two discards, taking these out we were second in class overall by one point behind a mini Transat.  We beat a Bavaria 44 into 3rd, a Dufour 44 into 4th, a Westerly GK33 into 5th, a Maxi 1100 into 6th and a Sun Odyssey 45 into 7th.

 

There is a separate prize for the Inshore Series - the four races marked with an asterisk with no discard.  In this we won our class by six points overall.

 

In summary we are very satisfied with Scorpio and believe she is pretty competitive.  We are going to get a full symmetric spinnaker for next season to help our down wind performance.  I just hope that this and our result do not impact our handicap too much.

 

Ed