2015 RM Canada Cup and Games 4 Results

Tony Edwards racing a Paradox, one of a growing number of older ‘pimped’ Marbleheads, has taken out the Canada Cup/Games 4 at Poole’s Longham Lakes venue.
Full report by Roger Stollery

Canada Cup – GAMES 4 at Poole

Tony Edwards sailed an upgraded PARADOX very consistently to win this magnificent silver trophy engraved with winners going back to the 1950s. Poole Radio Yacht Club at their superb sailing water at Longham Lakes ran 16 good races in 7-14mph variable WNW winds.

12 competitors from the South-Western, Met and Southern and Eastern districts enjoyed some exciting racing in B or C rigs, plenty of fast planing on the downwind legs and tricky wind shifts on the beats. These wind shifts and the poor visibility of the windward mark made rounding it difficult at times. Despite the inevitable contacts, penalty turns were carried out without any outstanding protests.

This event was a good example of how competitive older Marblehead designs can be if carefully prepared and upgraded. Robbie Nevitt’s PARADOX finished 3rd splitting the more modern boats of John Shorrock’s QUARK and Hugh McAdoo’s PRIME NUMBER, which finished 2nd and 4th respectively. Rob Vice’s upgraded MAGIC was 5th despite some radio gremlins throughout the day.

There were a few technical problems and boats going out of range twice caused PRO Peter Wiles to struggle against the wind in the electric powered rescue boat to recover boats sailing beautifully to windward to the far side of the lake.

The prizewinners thanked Poole’s race team for running a good event and particularly Leslie Wiles for providing some absolutely superb cakes to go with the coffee that was available throughout the day. It is great to see more sailors in the South-Western district to taking up Marblehead racing with a strong entry anticipated for the SW district Marblehead ranking event at Yeovil on 3rd of October. The next GAMES event is at Rotherham on 13 September.

Results:

1st Tony Edwards Yeovil PARADOX 22
2nd John Shorrock Guildford QUARK 34
3rd Robbie Nevitt Yeovil PARADOX 47
4th Hugh McAdoo Guildford PRIME NUMBER 49
5th Rob Vice Clapham 66
6th Roger Stollery Guildford UPROAR 69
7th Alf Reynolds Chelmsford PARADOX 73
8th Dick Jobbins Solent CONSTELLATION 73
9th John Bennett Eastleigh PARADOX 89
10th Philip Udall Eastleigh CRAZY TUBE FREE 149
11th CJ Vice Clapham 157
12th Alan Veal Guildford ROAR EDGE 169.