LLYC member,
Anthony Llewelyn-Davis, comes first equal
in the Two Handed Channel Triangle Race.
Anthony Llewelyn-Davis, a long standing member
of LLYC, has reported that he and his crew,
Marc Smith, on his boat Doris Minor, a Sigma
362, came equal first in the Channel Triangle
Two Handed Race. Sadly they were downgraded
to 2nd on the count back. Even more satisfying
to Anthony than this superb result in the
two handed class was that they came equal
2nd overall, downgraded to 3rd on the same
basis.
This event is organized by Royal Southampton
Yacht Club and was held on 4-11 June 2005.
It goes from the Solent to Deauville, then
to St Peter Port returning to the Solent
for the last leg. Fun both from a social
point of view and for the sailing. The only
time Doris had to beat was from St Peter
Port past the Casquets. The last leg was
exciting and hard work, with five gybes in
the last hour up the West Solent with only
two up with and Doris’s biggest spinnaker.
On that leg a dozen boats finished with 5
minutes of each other so as you can imagine
there was serious competition up to the line.
Doris even overtook a Swan 40, 200 metres
from the line!
Unfortunately the Solent/Santander race,
again organized by Royal Southampton, was
not quite so successful for Doris. The race
started on 2 July and a bad first night against
a SW5/6 did not serve Doris well, but from
17th out of 18 at Ushant they got back to
12th by the time they got to Spain. At one
time off Ushant they had a SOG of 1.5 kts,
but were doing 7.5 knots through the water,
some tide! They almost had a 200 mile 24
hour run through the Biscay but fell 9 miles
short. Anthony stated that it made him think
back to all those moments when one could
have perhaps pushed that bit harder. Having
started on Saturday at 11.00am they got to
Santander early afternoon on Wednesday. This
race on Doris was Anthony with Struan Wallace,
and as Anthony said it is a lot easier to
take the ferry. He questioned whether he
was getting a bit too old for this short
handed stuff and that a club cruise seems
rather more comfortable.
Anthony and Doris Minor looks forward to
seeing us all out there.
Anthony Llewelyn-Davis
(as edited by Lawrence Nicholls)
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