2019 RG65 Travellers Series 2 Bournville RS&MBC Race Report.

The RG65 circus came to Bournville and what a cracking do! 18 skippers from the length and breadth of the country, Keigthly, Birkenhead to Portsmouth and most places in between.

To say Bournville was surprised and delighted was an understatement, there is a burgeoning fleet of RG’s growing there and after seeing how these cracking little boats perform it will grow again. So, a win win for all. The wind was a nice top suit breeze from the far end of the lake allowed RO Peter Moore to set a course that used the lake fully in a two-lap figure of eight configuration.

There was a good spread of the current designs, Scurry’s, Sledges, Syth’s and the odd Pocket Rocket a mix of carbon and glass hulls, most had swing rigs. Using the long race format Peter got in 12 races during the day with not too much time out. John Tushingham lead the way to come out the winner on the day, Clive Cockayne was second, Mark Dicks third and Liz Tushingham fourth.

For a full set of results click here: RG65 Travellers Series 2- Bournville Results

The racing, as always, was tight throughout the fleet and it was excellent sailing across the board. It can all be wrapped up with that very apt but totally applicable “A jolly good time was had by all” and Bournville is looking forward to the circus coming back again next year.

Thanks to Bill Green for the race report and Peter Moore for the pictures.