RS200 SW Ugly Tour at Parkstone Yacht Club

by John Teague 18 Aug 2015 10:23 BST 15-16 August 2015

RS200 SW Ugly Tour at Parkstone © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com

So imagine you had to organise a sailing event, with 4 races, in your ideal world what would you have before and after racing? Free bacon rolls tea and coffee before launching feature, bet it did, how about a BBQ and beer on arriving ashore? This ideal world was reality at Parkstone YC, where the RS200 fleet travelled for the 4th round of the SW Ugly Tour sponsored by www.2ndhanddinghies.com, if Carlsburg did sailing events...

Launching into the sunny Poole Harbour, the fleet were treated to a f1-3 shifting wind, with plenty of snakes and ladders. Race 1 got away cleanly, with the left hand side paying dividends up the first beat and a big tidal influence at the windward mark catching a few people out in the light winds. The wind died almost completely on the 2nd lap, but it was Matt Mee/Emma Norris who took the win from Kirsten/Duncan Glen and Edd/Carl Whitehead.

Race 2 saw the left pay again up the first beat, this time with Glen/Glen in control, chased by Mee/Norris and Kevin Druce/Izzie Frasier putting in their best performance of the day in 3rd position. The 3rd race saw a change at the top, with Dan Vickers/Toby Lewis taking the lead at the first mark to the finish, with the wind shifting left up the second beat, the race officer wisely shortened the course to 2 laps, with the fleet tightly bunched John Teague/Naomi Pound held off Karen Baker/Jo Allam to take 2nd and 3rd respectively.

RS200 SW Ugly Tour at Parkstone - photo © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com

So going into the 4th and final race, favourites for the win were Mee/Norris and Glen/Glen, with a few other people in with a shout, and all to play for in the fleet with the very close racing. Mee/Norris were pushed hard, but finished their day with another bullet, from Glen/Glen and Baker/Allam. With their top hospitality, Parkstone clearly thought all aspects of the day through, and arranged a blasting kite reach in sunshine back to the club in a building breeze, what more could you ask for??

Back ashore the smell of burgers on the BBQ wafted across the boatpark, which the fleet dutifully consumed, washed down with a beer. The prize giving was held at the BBQ, with Matt Mee/Emma Norris from Red Wharf Bay SC taking the win, from local Parkstone sailors Kirsten Glen/Duncan Glen in 2nd place, who had a superb day, also scooping first Silver fleet boat and Junior prize with Dan Vickers/Toby Lewis from Parkstone rounding off the top 3. In the silver fleet, 2nd position went to Chris/Alice Bailey from Parkstone followed by Kevin Druce/Izzie Frasier from Burghfield in 3rd. The bronze fleet was won by the Exe duo of Victoria Upton/Jess Harding who had a brilliant day, finishing in 12th position overall, from Shuan Robson/Marie Smith from Parkstone and Izzy Savage/Paul Williams from Bristol Corinthian in 3rd.

RS200 SW Ugly Tour at Parkstone - photo © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com

After a very satisfying day on the water, what more could you want to do than sit back on a sunny balcony with beer in hand overlooking the very picturesque Poole Harbour, yep Parkstone even arranged that! So that leaves one event remaining on the SW Ugly Tour Calendar, which is Chew Valley Lake SC on October 17th. Its all still to play for with several possible winners in each fleet, don't miss it!

More David Harding photos from the event are available to purchase here.

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Boat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	Gold	Pingu	1566	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Red Wharf Bay SC/BSC	1	2	‑6	1	4
2nd	Silver	Snowy	861	Kirsten Glen	Duncan Glen	Parkstone YC	2	1	‑5	2	5
3rd	Gold	Mañana	1545	Dan Vickers	Toby Lewis	Parkstone YC	4	‑17	1	4	9
4th	Gold	Crunchy Nut	1541	Karen Baker	Jo Allam	Parkstone YC	‑12	4	3	3	10
5th	Gold		1365	John Teague	Naomi Pound	Bristol Corinthian YC	‑9	5	2	8	15
6th	Gold	Alfatronix	1490	Andy Hadfield	Millie Alcock	Parkstone YC	5	6	4	‑12	15
7th	Gold		1562	Edd Whitehead	Carl Whitehead	Filey SC	3	8	‑26	6	17
8th	Gold	Tallulah	855	Tom Brophy	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone YC	6	‑9	8	5	19
9th	Silver	Nipper	1286	Chris Bailey	Alice Bailey	Parkstone YC	7	‑11	9	9	25
10th	Silver		1605	Kevin Druce	Izzie Fraser	Burghfield SC	‑20	3	15	11	29
11th	Silver	Born to Run	1230	Chris Bower	Lindsay Powell	Parkstone YC	8	12	13	‑21	33
12th	Bronze		522	Victoria Upton	Jess Harding	Exe Sailing Club	10	10	‑16	13	33
13th	Silver		1132	Peter Loretto	Frances Bursey	Parkstone YC	11	14	10	(DNS)	35
14th	Bronze	The Narwhal	983	Shaun Robson	Marie Smith	Parkstone YC	17	‑19	14	7	38
15th	Bronze	Kubix NRG	374	Izzy Savage	Paul Williams	Bristol Corinthian YC	19	‑20	11	10	40
16th	Bronze	Sassy	224	Milly Pugh	Helena Pugh	Parkstone YC	16	7	19	‑20	42
17th	Silver		422	Owain Hughes	Sam Norman	Parkstone YC	‑18	18	7	17	42
18th	Silver	Josie	1458	Alice Eyre	Paul Hine	Parkstone YC	14	‑22	12	19	45
19th	Bronze	Tiger Feet	1585	Dave Pointer	Jan Pointer	Parkstone YC	13	‑23	17	16	46
20th	Bronze		1079	Ben Palmer	Kathy Cashman	Baltic Wharf SC	15	‑28	20	14	49
21st	Bronze	Life on Ma'rs	1284	Tony Wilkinson	Max Carey	Parkstone YC	22	16	‑23	15	53
22nd	Bronze	Charlie Ravioli	1330	Pete Haddrell	Flea Haddrell	Burghfield SC	‑29	13	18	24	55
23rd	Bronze		361	Grant Boorer	Jonathan Carr	Starcross YC	‑25	15	22	23	60
24th	Bronze		519	Sue Brannam	Mike Proven	Burghfield SC	21	21	24	‑25	66
25th	Bronze		411	William Rhodes	Charles Richardson	Bristol Corinthian YC	23	26	‑28	18	67
26th	Bronze		811	Mike Christopher	Caroline Christopher	Parkstone YC	24	‑25	21	22	67
27th	Bronze	AJ	933	Peter Milligan	Rebecca Milligan	Parkstone YC	26	24	‑27	27	77
28th	Bronze	Cautious	1577	Roger Storey	Brigitte Fung	Parkstone YC	‑28	27	25	26	78
29th	Bronze		1516	Martyn Stubbs	Yvonne Smith	Chew Valley Lake SC	27	‑29	29	28	84
30th	Bronze	Barely A Wake	1081	David Bradbury	Claire Maclean	Rickmansworth SC	‑30	30	30	29	89