River island racer top1/3/2023 ![]() ![]() The dinghy entry was divided into three, with the Slow class won by RS Feva XL of Scarlett MacLennan, ahead of Charlotte Powell's ILCA4 and the Comet Duo (David & Liz Willey). Lucy Struth and Jackie Morley in Grey Goose during Mersea Week 2022 - photo © Chrissie Westgate The Fast section's first three were Rob Smith's Oceanis Clipper 323 Tamarisk, the Sigma 33 Starfall II of John Clifton and Andrew & Jill Stebbings Hanse 311 Seahawk. These boats are mainly more cruiser than racer and usually sail shorthanded, and two of the Slow group came out on top - the little Hustler 25.5 Ufo of Bob Mercer beating Jack Davis Sadler 32 Clockwise for the top position, with the one-off Hartley (Oliver Kearin) third Slow, down in seventh. The 15 strong White Sail class all started together, but were divided into Fast and Slow for prizes. In the 'B' Division, the C&C27 Algonquin (Barry Ashmore) won, with two MGC27s up next, Vic Prior's Skybird beating Tearaway (Richard Holroyd) into second overall. The Local Handicap keelboats saw Robin Page's Beneteau 31.7 Tigger from Brightlingsea dominate the 'A' division, ahead of David and Mike Banks recently acquired Hustler 32 Tramp, with a second 31.7, Stuart Howells's Wookie from Harwich in third. ![]() Gracie and Zest during Mersea Week 2022 - photo © Chrissie Westgateįresh from their National Championship at nearby Brightlingsea the previous week, the local Sonata class enjoyed some good one design racing, with Adrian Mathie's Exposition winning comfortably from Jess Gozzett & Partners in Wet Endeavour, Aubie Too (Tony Hawkes & Pat Hill) and Steve Phillips & Partners with Obsession eight of the ten Sonatas had at least one top three finish. ![]() In the 'B' division, the Gaff Cutter Nesta (Nancy Harrison) came out on top, with tie-break rules needed to separate the next three boats, Frederick Tester's little Kent based 19ft Gaffer Fifi, complete with topsail, Joe Kershaw's Buchanan Patica and Kim Holman's first ever design, Phialle (Stephen Jones) from Stour SC finishing second, third and fourth respectively. Seven of the eleven 'A' Division boats had at least one top three finish. ![]() Third was Robin Dutton's newly acquired Nordic Folkboat Strider from Stour SC, and fourth Amanda Stear's beautiful International OD Mitzi from the Orwell, whose week was sadly cut short when some of the crew went down with Covid. The large Classic Yachts & Gaffers entry of 21 boats was divided into two groups, with another Cowes Classics Week prize winner, Julian Lord's Tumlare Zest winning the final race and with it the 'A' Division by a single point from Richard Matthews Scorpio, the leading Stella. After enjoying a successful Cowes Classics Week, CK318 Alberta (skippered by Ross' son Connor Wey) was next up in fourth. Such an important part of the week, the nine Smacks looked spectacular, especially downwind with clouds of sail set, and the overall winner was Charlotte Cock's CK395 Puritan, beating Angus Millgate's CK171 Peace into second place by a single point, with CK52 Kate skippered by Ross Wey in third. Local Handicap Cruisers during Mersea Week 2022 - photo © Chrissie Westgate ![]()
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