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Erith Yacht Club

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Erith Yacht Club
Anchor Bay,
Erith, Kent, DA8 2AD
Tel. 01322 332943
Secretary (PO Box 231, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 9AZ) Tel 0208 310 2686
email - secretary@erithyachtclub.org.uk

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Erith Yacht Club Racing Results 2010
Diamond Series Race 6
Diamond series race 6 Thursday 8th July. Five boats entered the race in a gentle Southerly breeze. Starting upriver from the Club line gave a close reach to the buoy off Erith town. The start was close with Grand Panjandrum taking an early lead, Cassie passing Marlin with Snuggles then passing Cassie. Rounding the mark GP sailed in amongst the barge moorings on the Kent shore and dropped back a little. Marlin and Act flew their spinnakers on the next leg up to the barges on the Essex shore, Marlin making the mark first. Round the mark it was hard on the wind against the flood tide. Marlin, Snuggles and GP held the first tack over to the Kent shore and were carried well upriver. Tacking back and crossing to the Essex shore again hardly any progress downriver had been made and only GP and Snuggles were able o creep across the front of the barges into the slack water on the Essex shore. A couple more tacks and a lucky lifter enabled Marlin to creep round the buoy too. Cassie and Act were also carried well upriver and came back in the slack water on the Essex shore. Unfortunately this meant they went to the North of the moored barges passing them on the same side as they did going up so had not in fact rounded them and were classed as DNF. Snuggles and Marlin kept to the Essex shore on the way back while GP tried the Kent shore, this failed to pay and Snuggles and Marlin gained significiantly. GP did however round the last mark just ahead, taking line honors, Snuggles was close behind, Marlin however just pipping her on the line. Snuggles though had done enough to take the race on handicap - Running Results....
Yacht/Dinghy Crew PY Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Points
Name Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Pos Points Total
Marlin Richard Banner 1065 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 12
Act Andy Wollard 1045 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 DNF 6 16
Cassie Malcom Tuck 990 3 3 1 1 4 4 3 3 4 4 DNF 6 21
Crystal Wave Bill Baily Alfredo 1250 DNS 7 DNS 7 1 1 4 4 5 5 DNS 7 31
Snuggles Robert Hall 1128 DNS 7 DNS 7 DNS 7 DNS 7 2 3 1 1 32
Grand Panjandrum Duncan Thomson 875 DNS 7 DNS 7 DNS 7 DNS 7 DNS 7 3 3 38
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Snuggles  Robert Hall  1128  Pegasaus  20  33  58  1  3  58  0  56  42 
2  Marlin  Richard Banner  1065  Tarentelle 27  20  33  56  1  3  56  1  0  1 
3  Grand Panjandrum  Duncan Thomson  875  SJ  20  33  5  1  3  5  1  12  5 
DNF  Act  Andy Wollard  1045  Intro  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNF  Cassie  Malcom Tuck  990  Feeling  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Diamond Race 5
Results of Diamond Race 5 Start Time 19:00
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Marlin  Tarentelle  1065  Richard Banner  20  23  2  1  23  2  1  17  57 
2  Snuggles  Pegasus 700  1128  Robert Hall  20  32  18  1  32  18  1  21  49 
3  Act  Intro  1045  Andy Wollard  20  28  50  1  28  50  1  25  0 
4  Cassie  Feeling  990  Malcom Tuck  20  24  36  1  24  36  1  25  27 
5  Crystal Wave  Westerly 25  1250  Bill Baily Alfredo  21  8  0  2  8  0  1  42  24 
Diamond Race 4
Results of Diamond Race 4 Start Time 19:05
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Marlin  Tarentelle  1065  Richard Banner  20  29  0  1  24  0  1  18  52 
2  Act  Intro  1045  Andy Wollard  20  27  47  1  22  47  1  19  13 
3  Cassie  Feeling  990  Malcom Tuck  20  45  58  1  40  58  1  41  59 
4  Crystal Wave  Westerly 25  1250  Bill Baily Alfredo  21  22  5  2  17  5  1  49  40 
Diamond Series Race 3
Results of Diamond Race 3
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Crystal Wave  Westerly  1320  Bill Bailey, Alfredo  20  36  20  1  36  20  1  12  58 
2  Act  Intro  1045  Andy Wollard  20  19  35  1  19  35  1  16  9 
3  Marlin  Tarentelle  1065  Richard Banner  20  22  45  1  22  45  1  17  41 
4  Cassie  Feeling  990  Malcom Tuck  20  17  30  1  17  30  1  18  16 
Brunton Cup Race 2
Brunton Cup Race 2, Start 13:30 Overall results
Race 1 Race 2 Overall Points
Windshift Laser Richard Sheridan 1 1 1
Top Cat Dart 16 Jon Haile 5 2 7
Dom Laser Richard Banner 2 6 8
Mother's Ruin Miracle Jeremy Michell 4 5 9
Topper 46774 Topper Aaron Reynolds 6 4 10
Moo GP 14 Steve Soutar 9 3 12
Laser Laser Gino Daghini 3 11 14
Topper Topper Matteo Daghini 7 11 18
Bunny Bob Saunders, Nigel Field 8 11 19
Topper Topper Rachel Sheridan 11 8 19
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
01  Windshift  Laser  1078  Richard Sheridan  13  53  53  0  23  53  0  22  9 
02  Top Cat  Dart 16  1099  Jon Haile  13  58  34  0  28  34  0  25  59 
03  Moo  GP 14  1127  Steve Soutar  13  59  46  0  29  46  0  26  24 
04  Topper 46774  Topper  1290  Aaron Reynolds  14  4  9  0  34  9  0  26  28 
05  Mothers Ruin  Miracle  1178  Jerry Michell  14  2  19  0  32  19  0  27  26 
06  Dom  Laser  1078  Richard Banner  14  8  30  0  38  30  0  35  42 
DNF  Topper  Topper  1290  Rachal Sheridan  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Topper  Topper  1290  Matteo Dagini  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Bunny    1289  Bob Saunders Nigel Field  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Laser   Laser  1078  Gino Dagini  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Brunton Cup Race 1
Brunton Cup Race 1, start 12:00
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
01  Windshift   Laser  1078  Richard Sheridan  13  16  51  0  16  51  0  15  37 
02  Dom  Laser  1078  Richard Banner  13  17  22  0  17  22  0  16  6 
03  Laser   Laser  1078  Gino Dagini  13  18  21  0  18  21  0  17  1 
04  Mothers Ruin  Miracle  1178  Jerry Michell  13  22  28  0  22  28  0  19  4 
05  Top Cat  Dart 16  1099  Jon Haile  13  21  20  0  21  20  0  19  24 
06  Topper 46774  Topper  1290  Aaron Reynolds  13  26  28  0  26  28  0  20  31 
07  Topper  Topper  1290  Matteo Dagini  13  26  49  0  26  49  0  20  47 
08  Bunny    1289  Bob Saunders Nigel Field  13  27  50  0  27  50  0  21  35 
09  Moo  GP 14  1127  Steve Soutar  13  28  16  0  28  16  0  25  4 
10  Topper  Topper  1290  Rachal Sheridan  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Diamond Series 2
Thursday the 10th June saw the second for the Diamond trophy. Three boats entered Act, Cassie and Marlin. wind was quite fresh from the North, the course was round the barge mooring off Erith Town, round the Jenningtree buoy, the lighters on the Essex shore, back to the barge mooring then round the lighters and home. Marlin chose to put in a reef which paid massive dividends on the upwind leg to the Jenningtree buoy with Act and Cassie well overpressed. Off the wind however the tables were turned. The final results however were very close with only 32 seconds separating the boats on handicap.
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Cassie  Feeling  990  Malcom Tuck  20  45  30  1  15  30  1  16  15 
2  Act  Intro  1045  Andy Wollard  20  50  15  1  20  15  1  16  47 
3  Marlin  Tarentelle  1065  Richard Banner  20  51  52  1  21  52  1  16  52 
London River Travellers EYC Leg
The first leg of the London River Travellers Trophy took place on Saturday the 5th June at Erith Yacht Club. Thre were entries from Erith Yacht Club, Greenwich Yacht CLub, Thurrock Yacht Club and Gravesend Sailing Club. The course was from the EYC line down to Stoneness buoy off Greenithe and back upriver to the Jenningtree buoy before returning to the EYC line. Light winds at the start gave a concern of yachts being carried across the line but there was a clean start with yachts beating down river on the last of the ebb. The wind died as the fleet drifted toward the Dartford Bridge ane there was concern if we would all be able to make the downriver mark. Fortunately the wind picked up and everyone made the mark and ran back up river, most yachts setting spinnakers. Rounding the Jenningtree it was a challange working back over the tide to EYC but all yachts made it, only to find it even more of a challenge spotting the line markers against the background of EYC's new Clubhouse. For those who were able to stay there was a barbeque in the evening.
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
01  Cirrus    1118    15  5  22  3  20  22  2  59  13 
02  Scamp    1118    15  14  40  3  29  40  3  7  32 
03  Act    1045    15  2  5  3  17  5  3  8  35 
04  Gamekeeper    1028    15  12  30  3  27  30  3  21  50 
05  Sarah    1060    15  21  20  3  36  20  3  24  5 
06  Match    1118    15  34  55  3  49  55  3  25  38 
07  C Harp    1010    15  13  30  3  28  30  3  26  26 
08  Marlin    1065    15  25  18  3  40  18  3  26  51 
09  Bolero    1093    15  32  35  3  47  35  3  28  13 
10  Socrates II    1098    15  37  5  3  52  5  3  31  22 
11  Irene    900    14  55  20  3  10  20  3  31  28 
12  Cassie    990    15  21  30  3  36  30  3  38  41 
13  Morningsong    951    15  13  35  3  28  35  3  39  19 
14  Leopard    1211    16  23  25  4  38  25  3  49  54 
15  Lili    1180    16  22  35  4  37  35  3  55  14 
16  Aeolus    1159    16  30  50  4  45  50  4  6  37 
17  Loucha    1240    16  53  30  5  8  30  4  8  47 
DNF  Kingfisher    1118    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Diamond 1
The first race of the evening Diamond series for cruisers took place on Thursday 3rd June. Three boats started Act, Cassie and Marlin. Course was upriver to the Erith causeway buoy leaving that to starboard, Jenningtree to starboard across the river to the barge on the Essex shore back round the caueway buoy and across the Club line. The race took place on the first of the ebb so there was little help from the tide to be found. Marlin tried keeping closer to the Kent shore while Act and Cassie stayed further out in the river. Cassie and Act rounded first, unfortunately rounding a yellow lighter mooring instead of the causeway buoy! Marlin followed rounding the correct buoy. Cassie and Act kept close together for the rest of the race with Marlin a couple of minutes behind, Cassie crossing the line first. Due to the low evening sun making it difficult to see the bouys off Erith town from the Club Cassie and Act were awarded a 1 minute time penalty instead of disqualification meaning Act just took the rac on handicap.
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Act  Intro  1045  Andy Wollard  20  10  10  0  55  10  0  52  47 
2  Marlin  Tarentelle 27  1065  Richard Banner  20  11  15  0  56  15  0  52  49 
3  Cassie  Feeling  990  Malcom Tuck  20  9  45  0  55  18  3  56  18 
Folgefonn Farewell Race 2
TBA
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Bosun xxxx  Bosun  1198  Sara Taylor, Adrian Reeves  13  35  48  0  35  48  0  29  52 
2  Bosun 2212  Bosun  1198  Hendrick Feddersen, Peter Payne  13  36  32  0  36  32  0  30  29 
3  Laser Stratos Keel    1100  Alan Cooper, Tina Fury, Simon  13  33  44  0  33  44  0  30  40 
4  Bosun 2331  Bosun  1198  Rachael Sheridan, Eve Peyto  13  37  52  0  37  52  0  31  36 
DNS  Topper 46822  Topper  1290  Patrick McQuilkin  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Topper 46774  Topper  1290  George Klarman  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Laser Stratos Keel Dudley D    1084  Monica, Richard, Christine  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Folgefonn Farewell Race 1
TBA
EYC
Position  Boat  Class  PY  Crew  Finish Hrs  Finish Mins  Finish Secs  Elapsed Hrs  Elapsed Mins  Elapsed Secs  Corrected Hrs  Corrected Mins  Corrected Secs 
1  Bosun xxxx  Bosun  1198  Adrian Reeves, Sara Taylor  11  39  33  0  39  33  0  33  0 
2  Bosun 2331  Bosun  1198  Eve Peyto, Rachael Sheridan  11  40  10  0  40  10  0  33  31 
3  Bosun 2212  Bosun  1198  Hendrick Feddersen, Peter Payne  11  41  50  0  41  50  0  34  55 
4  Laser Stratos Keel  Laser Stratos Keel  1100  Alan Cooper,Tina Fury, Simon  11  38  41  0  38  41  0  35  10 
DNF  Topper 46822  Topper  1290  Patrick McQuilkin  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNF  Topper 46774  Topper  1290  George Klarman  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
DNS  Laser Stratos Keel Dudley D    1084  Monica, Richard, Christine  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Easter Weekend 2010
Piper Cup Abandoned, but we still sailed…Read On! The Easter Weekend proceeded to conspire against the Piper Cup being raced at all. The blustery conditions on Good Friday (2nd April) saw 5 boats with 9 intrepid sailors take to the water. The rising wind to force 5 gusting 6 created some spectacular sights of dinghies planing up-wind with the crews hanging out by their toes. The windward leg from Essex to Erith was made more complicated by the arrival of a dredger coming up river and a small tanker coming down, meeting at the old Cleanaway Shed. This caused some moments of concern for the dinghies already committed to crossing the river, but all ended well. The race was abandoned as the conditions crossed over from a challenge to survival. With true EYC grit, all came off the water grinning at the exhilaration. However, after a lunch break and a moderation in the wind conditions, the RS 800 was unleashed with one novice (me) and a competent helm (Rich Sheridan) for an hour’s gusty blast and rapid learning. Easter Day (4th April) was to be the next in the Piper Cup, but conditions again were exciting. With only three boats on the water, the race was abandoned, but 5 sailors enjoyed the high winds and large waves, under the careful watch of Peter Dornan and Liz Maude. The RS 800 was un-stabled and let loose on the water provided some spectacular sights as it skimmed the water (Rich Sheridan & Peter Reeves). The afternoon saw it out again with Rich providing more tuition to a novice sailor (me again), using some strong and lengthy gusts to plane rapidly down river flying the spinnaker. Easter Monday (5th April) saw little change in the weather, so three Keels departed for an upwind/down wind race. Gear failure on one meant that a two boat race ensued between Richard Banner with Peter Paine, and Peter Reeves with Aaron Reynolds and Jeremy Michell. The first race was one by Richard, and the second by Peter. The strong windy conditions were enough to cause the Keels to plane down wind under main and jib only. With the racing over, the Keels were joined by the RS 800 under competent helm and crew, who showed Peter Reeves and myself how to do things properly! In all, while none of the Piper Cup races were completed, a lot of sailing went on over the weekend, and it is hoped more members will join in as the season continues and the weather improves. Thanks must go to Peter Dornan for his Safety Boat cover on all the days, and to his able assistant Liz. Jeremy Michell
EYC
Brass Monkey Series Race 8
Again we were able to use the Laser Keels for the 4th Day's racing in the Brass Monkey Series. Course was from a line just above the moorings round one of the barge moorings off Erith Town to port and back. The critical choice seemed to be how far out into the flood tide to go on the beat up.
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Jeremy Michell, Enzo Daghini & Jack Stevens 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Alan Cooper & Robert Killick 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Peter Reeves & Aaron Reynolds 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Eve Peyto & Richard Banner 
5  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Sara Taylor & John Haile 
Brass Monkey Series Race 9
Crew and Helmsman swapped places for the second race. Learning from the first race and standing furthes out into the tide, choice now was when to tack to avoid overstanding the mark
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Banner & Eve Peyto 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Aaron Reynolds & Peter Reeves 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Jack Stevens, Jeremy Michell & Enzo Daghini 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Alan Cooper & Robert Killick 
5  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  John Haile & Sara Taylor 
Brass Monkey Series Race 10
Couple of Crew swaps for the third race over the same course
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Peter Reeves & Aaron Reynolds 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Jeremy Michell, Enzo Daghini & Jack Stevens 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Roberrt Killick & Alan Cooper 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Rachel Sheridan & Eve Peyto 
5  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Sara Taylor & John Haile 
Brass Monkey Series Race 6
For the 3rd days racing in the Brass Monkey series we were again able to borrow the LNS Laser Keels to run a one design race. Course was a down river start round the EYC moorings then a beat across the river to a buoy on the Essex shore. It was another close fought race although sadly a couple of boats were disadvantaged by gear failures (or possibly poor knot tying)
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard banner & Eve Peyto 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Peter Reeves & Enzo Daghini 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Roberrt Killick & Jack 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Alan Cooper & Rachel Sheridan 
5  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Sheridan & Jeremy Michell 
Brass Monkey Series Race 7
The wind had fallen lighter so the second race was shorter, 2 beats across the river and back but helmsman and crew changed places for another close fought race
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Peter Reeves & Robert Killick 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Jeremy Michell & Richard Sheridan 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Eve Peyto & Richard Banner 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Rachel Sheridan & Alan Cooper 
Brass Monkey Series Race 3
Due to an clash with a Training Course on Saturday 30th January 2010 we were unable to use the Club's Bosun Fleet as planned. Fortuitously however we were able to borrow 2 of the Laser Stratos Keels belonging to the London Nautical school which were on station and hold a one design race after all. Unfortunately due to halyard problems one boat missed the first race but there was a close fought contest between the other three
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Sheridan & Steve Soutar 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Banner & Eve Peyto 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Sara Taylor & Adrian Reeves 
Brass Monkey Series Race 4
Again helmsman and crew swapped places with the fourth boat now able to take part
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Steve Soutar & Richard Sheridan 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Eve Peyto & Richard Banner 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Alan Cooper & Rachel Sheridan 
4  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Adrian Reeves & Sara Taylor 
Brass Monkey Series Race 5
After a lunch (and warm up) break ashore crews were back on the water for the final race of the day. The light wind and strengthing ebb made reaching the top mark something of a challenge!
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Sheridan & Steve Soutar 
2  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Peter Reeves & Jeremy Michell 
3  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Rachel Sheridan & Alan Cooper 
DNF  Laser Keel  Laser Keel  Richard Banner & Eve Peyto 
Brass Monkey Series Race 1
The first race in the 2010 Brass Monkey series was held on Saturday 16th January. The Club Bosun fleet was used to ensure close one design racing.
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Bosun  Bosun  Richard Sheridan & Alex 
2  Bosun  Bosun  Richard Banner & Rachel Sheridan  
3  Bosun  Bosun  Peter Reeves & Ariane 
4  Bosun  Bosun  Jeremy Michell & Mark 
5  Bosun  Bosun  Adrian Reeves & Sara Taylor 
Brass Monkey Series Race 2
The second race was held straight after the first race with helmsman and crew swapping places
Position  Boat  Class  Crew 
1  Bosun  Bosun  Alex & Richard Sheridan 
2  Bosun  Bosun  Rachel Sheridan & Richard Banner  
3  Bosun  Bosun  Ariane & Peter Reeves 
4  Bosun  Bosun  Mark & Jeremy Michell 
DNF  Bosun  Bosun  Sara Taylor & Adrian Reeves 

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