The Fife Regatta

Results

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Class 1 Results Class 2 Results

'The Kyles of Bute Race' - Thursday 26th June

Wow, what a day! Glorious sunshine, amazing scenery, perfect breeze and beautiful yachts. Thursday began with the fleet motoring through the East Kyle and Burnt Islands to the start area at Kames Bay off Tighnabruaich. They were greeted with an 8-12 knot southerly. The course, south through the West Kyle, around the south of Bute and back to Largs, meant that once again, the race was purely upwind.

Race officer David Witton started Class 1 at 11.30am, and it soon became evident that the yachts which could point the highest had a big tactical advantage short tacking up the West Kyle of Bute. 'The Lady Anne' once again led the fleet south towards Inchmarnock Island.

Class two similarly saw close tacking, with many boats opting to tack up the west shore looking for wind and tidal advantages. 'Pierrette', 'Jap' and 'Rosemary' jossled for the lead south through the Kyle.

As the yachts made their way south past Inchmarnock Island, the wind strength began to decrease to 4-8 knots, forcing the race officer to shorten Class 1 at the southern end of Bute, and Class 2 to the south of Inchmarnock.

'The Lady Anne' crossed the finish line at 3.02pm to take her third win and Class 1 victory. 'Belle Aventure' had by far their best race of the week and finished at 3.14pm to take second, just three minutes behind 'Anne' on corrected time. 'Moonbeam' finished at 4.01pm with seconds to spare before the race time limit expired one hour after 'The Lady Anne's' finishing time. The remainder of Class 1 were unfortunately unable to finish the race.

In Class 2, 'Pierrette' sailed well in the dying breeze and adverse tide to take line honours from 'Rosemary' and 'Jap'. But it was a first race win for the well-sailed Conway One Design 'Thelma III', with 'Pierrette' and 'Rosemary' taking second and third respectively. Despite being beaten by 'Thelma' in the race, 'Rosemary' did enough with her third place to take the Class 2 win.

'The Rothesay Race' - Tuesday 24th June

Tuesday's race, 'The Rothesay Race', saw the fleet sailing down the Clyde from Rhu to Rothesay. The wind, a westerly swinging southwest and varying in speed from 6 to 16 knots, allowed the entire fleet to complete the passage, albeit Class 2 finishing just east of Rothesay Bay in a dying breeze.

Class 1 started at 11.30am, with yachts opting either to the Greenock or Kilcreggan shores. 'The Lady Anne' complemented her good start by choosing the right hand side of the beat, towards Kilcreggan, and found the best wind to lead round Cloch Piont.

The Class 2 fleet, unfortunately without 'Hatasoo' which developed hull problems during Sundays race, started at 11.40am. 'Rosemary' sailed well to lead the class past Cloch Point, closely followed by 'Tern' and 'Jap'.

The wind settled for the upwind leg to Toward lighthouse, and 'The Lady Anne', leading Class 1 on the water, soon reached her turning mark to the north of Cumbrae, and crossed the finish line at 2.29pm. She was soon followed by 'Belle Aventure', and 'Mikado' and 'Sonata' who finished within two seconds of each other. In a very close race, 'The Lady Anne' won her second race of the week by just 30 seconds on corrected time from 'Mikado', with 'Sonata' taking third.

The finish for Class 2 was shortened slightly, and 'Rosemary' stayed ahead to take line honours and a win on corrected time from 'Jap' and 'Tern'.

The results from 'The Rothesay Race' mean both Classes 1 and 2 have tied points for first position. 'The Lady Anne' and 'Mikado' both have 7 points in Class 1, and in Class 2 'Rosemary' and 'Thelma III' are both on 11 points, setting up an exciting finish in Largs on Thursday.