Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).
Date Submitted: 02/05/2024
Regatta: Eastern Cape Dinghy Regional Championship
Venue: Redhouse Yacht Club
Organised by: SASEC.
Start Date: 21/04/2024
End Date: 22/04/2024
Total Races Sailed: 5 over 2 Days.
Day 1:
35 entrants in 6 Fleets contested the Eastern Cape Dinghy Regional Championship:
- ILCA: Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Rating system: PY, Entries: 11
- Sprog: Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Rating system: PY, Entries: 6
- Finn: Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Rating system: PY, Entries: 6
- Open A: Sailed: 1, Discards: 0, To count: 1, Rating system: PY, Entries: 1
- Open B: Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Rating system: PY, Entries: 7
- Junior Fleet: Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Rating system: PY, Entries: 4
Sailing Clubs represented: RYC (20), ELYC (5), GQYC (2), GLYC (2), KYC (6)
Two races were sailed on 21 April 2024 with the fleets starting off of two starts.
Conditions were South East of around 15 knots.
ILCA and Finn class started in the first start and the rest of the fleets in the second class.
Fleets sailed a tradition RYC River Course taking around 50 minutes to complete the races.
In the ILCA Fleet 3 female helmed boats sailed Radial, 1 male helmed boat sailed radial and the remaining male helms all sailed full rig.
In the Sprog Fleet 5 male helmed boats, 1 female helmed boat and 4 female crew participated.
In the Finn fleet 6 male helms participated.
The Open A Fleet failed to finish any races.
The Open B Fleet consisted of: 1 x Mirror, 2 x Pico, 1 x Topaz, 3 x Gypsey Dinghies with 7 male helmsmen and 2 female crew.
The Junior Fleet consisted of 3 x Optimists and 1 x Tera with 3 male helmsmen and one female helm.
Day 2: On Sunday a delayed start to 12:00 pm whilst we waited for the tide to fill in.
The wind was South South East of around 18 knots.
The first race saw two starts as per the first Day.
The last start saw only the Finn class start first with the ILCA Class moving to the second start.
The rising wind strength – reaching 25 knots saw only two Finns start the last race.
The last race was started at 1:45 pm with no more races possible as no racing was allowed to start after 2:00 pm.
The capable Redhouse Yacht Club bridge crew under the watchful eye of scorer Pam Miller did duty.
First three in each class:
- ILCA: 1. Warren Harvey, 2. Sigi Bailes, 3. Patrick McCarthy
- Finn: 1. David Shilton, 2. Yogi Divaris, 3. Dudley Isaacs
- Sprog: 1. Drew Scott, 2. Malcolm Osborne, 3. William Pierce-Jones
- Open B: Morgan Rusch, 2. Troy Du Plooy, 3. Wayne De Klerk
- Junior Fleet: 1. Ruan Labuschagne, 2. Dillon Wreathman, 3. Sheldrene Fick
Results:
Signed by: Alan Straton on 02/05/2024
SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO
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