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A.L. STORMS THRO SIMON'S TOWN

 By Jason Acar

It was a case of perfect preparation and perfect execution for A.L as they steamed to victory in the Intasure Spring Regatta at the False Bay Yacht club over the long weekend.

Sailors enjoyed mixed weather with Friday being calm and beautiful - providing real "gentleman's" sailing. Saturday saw the wind come up and give entrants a real test with large swells and a strong South-Easter.

The tough conditions saw a number of incidents occur, as well as a crew member go overboard. Tokai's Mathew Wentworth, on Felix the Cat, went up to unwrap their kite when the lifeline broke and saw him thrown into the deep blue. Luckily, he was plucked out of the water a few minutes later by the crew aboard Fascination of Power and suffered no injuries.

Sunday saw slightly calmer conditions once more, but rain and overcast weather ensured that the excitement continued on the water.

A.L skipper Robert van Rooyen sailed to victory in five of the eight races and finished with 8.5 points in IRC Division 1. He placed second in the first race of the event and discarded his fourth place finish in the last race to secure a comfortable victory.

"We very happy with the win. We sailed with 14 people, which is a lot of people, but we did it because we saw that the wind was going to be quite strong and we knew the number would be correct," he said after the event.

"We prepared the boat very well, we sailed very well and that is the number one formula to win."

Gordan Kling, aboard Lobelia, came in second place with 16.5 points while Jan Reuvers steered Corum into third with 25 points.

Division 2 was dominated by Simons Town resident David Shilton on Bertha's Restaurant. The local crew took advantage of their knowledge of the waters to finish first with nine points.

"It was a good regatta for us, we won last year and we defended it this year," said Shilton.

The highly competitive Division 3 was topped by Vitor Medina on Far-Med with six wins in eight races. A disastrous final race saw them finish 10th, but they discarded the result to secure a comfortable win.

Division 4 had the most entries and saw Garmin Fiesta take the spoils once again. Richard Gie skippered the entry and ended with eight points. The division also hosted the Buccaneers who took part in the first Buccaneer Nationals in over 20 years, running alongside the Spring Regatta.

Hayden Taylor, on Hayvan, beat off strong competition to secure the national title in the event. Bruce Williams rounded off the Spring Regatta with victory in the cruising class aboard Baysider.

From Trygve Roberts - un-edited!

As a first time competitor in this event, I found it generally to be a very enjoyable experience, although there are one or two points worth mentioning to make things a bit better for 2011

Pro’s:

1.       Excellent sailing waters – really nice to sail on a clean ocean!

2.       Excellent facilities – Good, clean club house and well staffed bar. Enough hot water. Spotless ablutions.

3.       Friendly and welcoming club.

4.       Length of races very well worked out with minimal waiting between races.

5.       Efficient but tolerant bridge crew. They did a good job.

6.       Lovely scenery around the racing area.

7.       Highly competitive fleet.

What can be improved on:

1.       Format of racing becomes boring. Not 8 x windward/leeward races please. Having every race over exactly the same wind angles favours certain boats. The gybe mark was not a true gybe mark, but more of an offset downwind mark. The sports boats had to gybe twice to get to the gybe mark. Perhaps employ the Lipton format, where a different course is sailed for each race. Eg. Windward/ Leeward; Olympic; Square; 3 x triangles with true 90 degree reaches; and a medium distance race. A variety of courses does mean more work for the bridge and mark layers, but it would make this event very much more enjoyable, testing and interesting  for all competitors.

2.       Parking is a problem.

3.       FBYC website not updated.

4.       Results not always correct. Better to show actual finish times so competitors can identify mistakes earlier.

5.       Ensure the mark layers have sufficient fuel so marks can be reset/adjusted when necessary (as in Race 8)

RESULTS

These results are in the abbreviated format for this Blog.
Full details on http://www.fbyc.co.za/

CRUISING CLASS

SA2118	Thalassa	William Brooks
SA2976	Silhouette	V. Schnugh
SA3477	Baysider	Bruce Williams
3132	Nautiash	Piet Groenhoff
SA1875	Inca	Martin Mills
SA2259	Cool Runnings	W. Clarke

CLASS 2

Sail No	Boat	Helm
24	Green Light Race Ahead	Marlon Jones
SA4000	Raging Bull	Mantin Fine
43	Escape/ Eko Energy	Rodney Tanner
52	Bertha's restaurant	David Shilton
SA1340	Megafreight	J Ocenasek
16	Ebbtide	Anne Lomax
SA1994	Umoya Omusha	D.J. Herman
63	Wykco	Jan Delport
SA3633	Afallon	Jeremy Walter
SA1665	Faraway	Chris Sutton
45	Warlock	Ian Slatem

CLASS 4

31	Cumulus	John Leslie
25	Scottishe	Chris Lee
B67	Hayvan	Hayden Taylor
F71	Illusion	Paul Dennitt
9	Jabulani	Geoff Olive
SA1273	Bonnie Lass	Pieter Struik
SA2513	Nebulae	AJ Bowes
5	Orbis Fushion	Sibosiso Sizathu
29	Panache	R Windebank
B25M	Manta	Tom Garvin
6	Buccaneer	Jonathan Cole
B71	Waveguide	Marco Valentini
45	Fire Fly	Andre Baas
SA2510	Garmin Fiesta	Richard Gie
SA394	Pure Magic	Peter Hansen
3457	Celeste	Silke Carstensen
23137	Umoya	Philippe Pringiers
B25R	Rondinella	Isobel Baleto
SA8	Bandit	Jimmy Douglas

CLASS 3

Sail No	Boat	Helm
SA909	Apple Pie	Peter Reece
SA103	Patches	Andrew Mackenzie
SA797	Iechyd	Stefan Hundt
SA818	Ava	K. Botwood
SA470	Savannah	K. Gemmell
SA219	Snow Goose	K Gemmell
SA1335	Far Med	Vitor Medina
SA469	Elwing	Adrien Pule
SA893	Chen	M. Saunders

IRC RESULTS

SA630	A.L.	Robbie Van Rooyen
SA2700	Lobelia	Gordan Kling
SA969	Corum	Jan Reuvers
SA3800	Puma Unleashed	Hylton Hale
SA2388	Benba.co.za	Dale Kushner
SA4227	Southern Storm	Harry Brehem
7	Felix the Cat	AnthonyWentworth
1796	Just Fun	Barry Preston
17	Regent Express	Trygve Roberts
SA3901	Cape Storm	Sean Cumming
SA1027	Auto Atlantic Thunderchild	G. Goldswain
1	Unmatched	Graham Wentworth
RSA410	Melges	Simon Eatwell

YACHT COMMENTS SENT IN BY EMAIL

Express – a Pacer 27 Sport sailed over from RCYC to Simonstown on Sunday 19^th September. They had an  interesting trip and also managed to take some photos. Full story posted on their website: http://www.pacer27.co.za/ under LATEST NEWS”

LINKS TO COMPETING YACHT'S BLOGS

PACER - http://pacer27.blogspot.com

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FINAL ENTRY LISTING

Div	Design	Boat Name	Sail No.	Skippers Name	Rating
2	Vd Stadt 34	Afallon	SA 3633	Jeremy Walter	0.96
2	L34	Ebbtide	O16	Brad Stemmett	1.015
2	Farr 40	Faraway	SA 1665	Chris Sutton	1.120
2	Simonis 35	Megafreight	SA 1340	J Ocenasek	1.050
2	L26	Escape/ eko Energy	O43	Rodney Tanner	0.955
2	L26	Warlock	O45	Ian Slatem	0.955
2	L26	Wykco	O63	Jan Delport	0.955
3	Miura 2	Raging Bull	SA 4000	Mantin Fine	0.960
3	Buccaneer	Bandit	SA 8	Jimmy Douglas	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Buccaneer	O6	Jonathan Cole	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Celeste	3457	Silke Carstensen	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Hayvan	B 67	Hayden Taylor	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Manta	B 25	Tom Garvin	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Orbis Fushion	5	Sibosiso Sizathu	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Rondinella	B 38	Isobel Baleto	0.800
3	Buccaneer	Waveguide	71	Marco Valentini	0.800
3	Flamenca	Cumulus	31	John Leslie	0.840
3	Flamenca	Fire Fly	45	Andre Baas	0.840
3	Flamenca	Jabulani	9	Geoff Olive/Guy Bury	0.840
3	Flamenca	Panache	29	R Windebank/A Stockdale	0.840
3	Flamenca	Scottisch	25	Chris Lee	0.840
3	Flamenca	Garmin Fiesta	SA 2510	Mike Clarke/Richard Gie	0.840
3	Sadler 26	Bonnie Lass	SA 1273	Pieter Struik	0.840
3	S26	Nebulae	SA 2315	A.J. Bowes	0.895
3	Magic Bus	Pure Magic	SA 394	Peter Hansen	0.890
3	Holiday 23	Umoya	23137	Philippe Pringiers	0.850
Cruising	Dufour 34	Baysider	SA 3477	Bruce Williams	0.995
Cruising	Leisure 42	Benba.co.za	SA 2388	Dale Kushner	1.093
Cruising		Cool Runnings	SA 2259	W. Clarke
Cruising	Holiday 34	Nautiash	3132	Piet Groenhof	0.970
Cruising	Med 37	Thalassa	SA 2118	William Brooks	0.905
Cruising	37 Mediteranne	Silhouette	SA 2976	V. Schnugh	0.900
IRC	Farr 38	A.L.	SA 630	Robbie Van Rooyen	1.012
IRC	Lavranos 52	Auto Atlantic Thunderchild	SA 1027	G Goldswain
IRC	Pacer 37.6	Cape Storm	SA 3901	Sean Cumming	1.099
IRC	Briand	Corum	SA 969	Jan Reuvers/G Grylls	1.130
IRC	Pacer 27 S	Felix the Cat	OO7	Anthony Wentworth	1.044
IRC	L26	Green Light	O24	Marlon Jones
IRC	Mount Gay	Just Fun	1796	Barry Preston	1.026
IRC	IMX 40	Lobelia	SA 3700	Gordan Kling	1.084
IRC	Melges 24	Melges	RSA 410	Simon Eatwell	1.034
IRC	Pacer 42	Puma Unleashed	SA 3800	Hylton Hale	1.177
IRC	Pacer 27 S	Regent Express	17	Trygve Roberts	1.044
IRC	Pacer 37.6	Southern Storm	SA 4227	Harry Brehm	1.119
IRC	Pacer 27	Unmatched	OO1	G. Wentworth	1.044
Miura	Miura	Apple Pie	SA 909	Peter Reece	0.910
Miura	Miura	Ava	SA 818	K Botwood	0.910
Miura	Miura	Chen	SA 893	M. Saunders	0.935
Miura	Miura	Elwing	SA 469	Adrien Pule
Miura	Miura	Far Med	SA 1335	Vitor Medina	0.910
Miura	Miura	Iechyd	SA 797	Stefan Hundt	0.910
Miura	Miura	Inca	SA 1875	Martin Mills	0.910
Miura	Miura	Patches	SA 103	Andrew Mackenzie	0.935
Miura	Miura	Savannah	SA 470	K Gemmell	0.910