Friday 15th – Sunday 17th April 2022
‘We couldn’t have wished for better’, was the prevailing sentiment following a wonderful event sailed in beautiful weather.
Courses were set just to the east of the moorings, except the first race on the third day when fickle winds and a building flood took us to the Jubilee area of the Roach.
Racing was competitive to say the least, with the first five races of the eight-race series all having different winners.
The event was not settled until the final mark of the final race, resulting in two teams on equal points with a double count-back to the highest number of seconds determining the winner, “Quicksilver VI” (Rob Campbell, Penny Anderson, Jonathan Hill & Matt Walker) ahead of “Beauty & The Beast” (Peter Marchant, Katie Cole & Andrew Norden).
It was wonderful to welcome a visitor from the Medway, “Fit Chick” (Chris Grosscurth & Emma York, joined by RCYC’s Harriet Norden), who were amongst the race winners. [scroll down for full race results.]
The social side was lively with excited chat in the bar after racing, a fish supper on the Friday night and a superb dinner on Easter Sunday.
Thanks all round to so many, but naturally to Class Captains Ian & Gerry Gray, Race Officer Edwin Buckley and his great Team Phoebe, to RCYC staff for looking after us ashore but probably most of all to the weather gods.
- Jonathan Hill
- Photo Credit: Roger Mant, Burnham
Dragon Easter Regatta 2022 Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
Results are provisional as of 13:54 on April 17, 2022
Overall
Sailed: 8, Discards: 1, To count: 7, Entries: 7, Scoring system: Appendix A
| Rank | SailNo | Boat Name | Club | HelmName | CrewName | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GBR788 | Quicksilver | RCYC | Robert Campbell | Jonathan Hill and Penny Anderson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | (6) | 2 | 21 | 15 |
| 2nd | GBR746 | Beauty and the Beast | RCYC | Peter Marchant | Katie Cole and Andrew Norden | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | (5) | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 |
| 3rd | GBR722 | Avalanche | RCYC | Mark Wade | Amanda Wade and Nigel Cole | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | (4) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 |
| 4th | GBR827 | Still Crazy | RCYC | Ian Gray | Ian Simons and Rene Nel | 4 | (5) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 22 |
| 5th | GBR753 | Fit Chick | Medway | Chris Grosscurth | Emma York and Harriet Norden | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | (6) | 5 | 5 | 36 | 30 |
| 6th | GBR760 | Hands Off | RCYC | Andrew Moss | Tim and Teresa Wilkes | 6 | 6 | 6 | (8 OCS) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 34 |
| 7th | GBR826 | Dublin Bay | RCYC | David Warner | David Clarkson and Geoff Butcher | (7) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 48 |