Point Yacht Club
Dinghy Class Champs
Harbour: Saturday 22 November
32 dinghies came out to enjoy the champagne sailing
conditions for the Point Yacht Club’s Dinghy Class Champs held in the bay on
Saturday 22 November.
A consistent 10
knot breeze with fairly flat waters enticed the sailors as they took on a
course where they had to round the harbour marks with the start / finish line
being set just off the sugar terminals. There were three starts for each race
with the faster boats doing two laps of the course. The juniors and the single
Mirror in the fleet only did one lap. The large fleet were split into five
divisions.
Three Flying Fifteens are all sitting on 4 points after
two races. Reigning KZN Flying Fifteen Champions, Patrick Harris and Jeremy
Kriek has a decent day on the water with two seconds. Jostling at the front,
Paul Changuion and Tim Duguid took the honours in the second race and third in
the first with Campbell Alexander and Chris Clark finishing third in the second
and winning in the first race.
Hillcrest’s Henri Frenkin is leading the Laser class with
two wins out of two. Durban North’s Frances van Breda is lying second. One of
only two ladies out on the water, van Breda showed off great form having just
returned from competing in France. This form was evident after her disastrous
first start with major rudder problems leading up to the hooter but still
managing to finish second in both races.
Two fast flying 29ers pushed each other hard around the
course but experience paid off with Rob Tarboton from Pietermaritzburg and his
able crewman Michael Dickinson edging out Benji Daniels and Euan Hurter.
A confused keeler also joined the festivities on the
water with the much smaller vessels, Denmar Nel and his crew taking the PYC
Challenger, an L26, out for spin. They didn’t manage to finish the first race
but came in first in their class in the second race.
The next race in the series is this coming Saturday and
the conclusion in early December. Another big event for Point Yacht Club is the
Captains Challenge on Sunday 30 November where they are hoping to get 80 boats
on the water for Hobie sailor, Aldino Gorlei.
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Results
Division F
1 Paul Changuion / Tim Duguid (Flying Fifteen), 2
Campbell Alexander / Chris Clark (Flying Fifteen), 3 Patrick Harris / Jeremy
Kriek (Flying Fifteen), 4 Gregg Hurter / Nik Albert (Flying Fifteen), 5 Michael
Boorman / Joel Walker (Flying Fifteen), 6 Craig Campbell / Ian Hogg (Flying
Fifteen), 7 Heidi Kavanagh / Michael Kavanagh (Flying Fifteen), 8 Sean Hurter
(Dabchick)
Division H
1 Dylan Albert (Hobie 14), 2 Bill Ellens (Paper Tiger), 3
Wayne Smith / Kate Ellens (Hobie 16), 4 Murray May / Clint de Toit (Hobie 16, 5
Justin Butler (Hobie 16), 6 Clynton de Fin / Jackie Barnard (Halcat 2up), 7
David van Niekerk (Hobie 14)
Division L
1 Henri Frenkin (Laser), 2 Frances van Breda (Laser
Radial), 3 Richard Bates (Laser), 4 Robbie Gouldin (Laser), 5 Denny Moffat
(Laser), 6 Anthony Arbounath (Laser), 7 Chad Stevenson (Laser Radial)
Division O
1 Trevor Gibb /Jessica Fennessy (Mirror), 2 Rob Tarboton
/ Michael Dickenson (29er), 3 Benji Daniels / Euan Hurter (29er), 4 PYC
Challenger / Denmar Nel (L26), 5 Jetrho Brophy Tintinger / Eli Brophy Tintinger
(420), 6 David Curtiss (Rebel), 7
Division T
1 Cameron Parle (RSTera), 2 Sven Paton (RSTera Pro), 3
Liam Fennessy (RSTera), 4 James Butler (RSTera Pro)
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