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Salcombe Gin RS Summer Regatta – RS Vareos
With some last-minute cancellations just 4 Vareos travelled to Torquay to join RTYC VC Jim Short. Seeing the reducing numbers, Jim persuaded his son Jovian (an experienced Sailor in other classes including 29ers) to borrow another local boat to give us a fleet of 6.
The yellow course was set well out in the bay by race officer Bob Penfold and was shared with the 100s and 600s. After a short delay to allow for some of the fleet to get to the sailing area the Vareos were started first. Jovian got off to a good start followed by Richard Woods and Luke Fisher. With the wind not really filling in as expected the first beat was very long and after a gentle run down with the kites up the windward mark was moved down to shorten the beat (although for us pond sailors it still looked like a long way). In his first outing in the Vareo Jovian took an unlucky line downwind allowing Richard and Luke to get past. As the race progressed the 100s and 600s who started 6 minutes behind began to catch up giving us a larger fleet to contend with in the final run. Richard made the most of his new spinnaker (won at the Milton Keynes Inlands two weeks ago) to take the win from Luke then Jovian. At the back of the fleet Jim and Alan Basset were fighting for 5th and 6th as they did all afternoon…
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