Saturday, November 22, 2014

Point Yacht Club Dinghy Class Champs Day One


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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