89 boats registers, 87 boats started and 65 boats finished a classic Susan Hood Trophy Race.
This may be one of the slowest races in its almost 60 year history; with only two boats in PHRF and one boat in IRC recording an elapsed finishing time under 24 hours and the rest of the race finishing under 27 hours elapsed time. You can be sure that it produced some interesting results on corrected time.
Unlike previous races that started under light and variable wind conditions, the wind in year’s race did not pick up at either turning mark or anywhere in between. No significant storms, not many clouds to speak of either. Constantly shifting the wind provided an excellent challenge that kept everyone on their toes looking for an advantage on the fleet.
5 EYC boats participated – and all finished.
- Malcolm Little, on Little Bird, finished 2nd in his fully crewed whitesail fleet.
- Mac McKenzie, on Worthy Pearl, finished 3rd in his single-handed spinnaker fleet.
- Mac Sadowski, on Zoom, also finished 3rd, in his IRC fleet.
- Ron Ander, on Alchemist, finished 6th out of 9 in his fully crewed spinnaker fleet, or, as Ron likes to put it, 12th out of 59 overall.
- Les Wardrop, on Shockwave, finished 9th in his fully crewed spinnaker fleet.
If I missed anyone, please update me.
Mac, 27 hours of single-handed spinnaker racing in flukey winds; are you nuts?
PCYC did well in this event, taking 6 of the 14 firsts available.
For full results of the “Hood”; read more…
LOSHRS – It was a great start to the shorthanded racing season with favourable weather and wind for all racers. 59 boats in 10 divisions crossed the start line to compete in a dynamic 17nm Course Race (PCYC – Clarkson — Gibraltar) on Sunday June 1st. Read more…
See you aBout!
Sailing With Devious, 2014 