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Cygnets Model Boat Club
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Ronnie Richardson Sail Trophy 2009 - Round 1 to 3

Report by Nick Clayton, thank you Nick

Rounds 1, 2, and 3 were contested in variable winds – what more can I say... This year has been much of the same as last year – where is the wind?

We have approximately 20 yachts competing in this year’s races. Most skippers have opted to race the larger yachts in Class B. This has seen a trend where those skippers racing the ‘Seawind’ have dominated the races. It has been decided (subject to CMBC committee approval), to split the Class A yachts into two classes. This allows the ‘slower’ yachts in Class A to compete in their own class.

So the classes going forward are as follows:

Class A – Remains the same (This is a really competitive but small class).

Class B – ‘Seawind’ yachts only.

Class C – The ‘other’ yachts originally in Class B (Voyager, Emirates, etc.)

It should be noted that this allows skippers in Class A an ‘upgrade’ path for the future. Either to Class B (more expensive yachts) or Class C (less expensive).

Here are the points as of Round 3.

	Class A	Points	Class B	Points
1^st	Dave Tucker	47	Anthony Sisley Derek Filmer	43
2^nd	Paul Cooper	34	Dave Chalk	39
3^rd	Colin Bird	25	Chris Harding	24
4^th	David Elsworthy	15	Nick Clayton	20
5^th	Alex Bevan	14	Harry Hunt	14
6^th	Peter Daniels	12	Rita Holmes Greg Chalk	10
7^th	Trevor Bright	11	Les May	9
8^th			Kevin Chiles	6

After some ‘creative recalculation’ of the points when splitting Class B, the positions are as follows:

Class A

		Points
1^st	Dave Tucker	47
2^nd	Paul Cooper	34
3^rd	Colin Bird	25
4^th	David Elsworthy	15
5^th	Alex Bevan	14
6^th	Peter Daniels	12
7^th	Trevor Bright	11

Class B

		Points
1^ST	Anthony Sisley	43
1^st	Derek Filmer	43
1^st	Dave Chalk	43
4^TH	Chris Harding	28
5^TH	Nick Clayton	21
6^TH	Derek Hutchinson	0

Class C

		Points
1^ST	Harry Hunt	32
2^ND	Rita Holmes	25
2^nd	Greg Chalk	25
3^rd	Les May	23
4^TH	Kevin Chiles	7
5^th	Chris Chainey	0
5^th	Dave Penfold	0

It should be noted that Class C points are over 2 Rounds as the positions in the first round are unknown due to an administrative problem...

With this in mind the Class C championship will be held over 9 Rounds.

The Yacht Racing rules will be updated once approval has been finalised and will be in the next Bow Waves and on the website.