VPRS National Championships 2019 hosted by the Chichester Cruiser Racing Club
by Keith Lovett 29 May 2019 13:36 BST
26 May 2019
Following hospitality at the Island Sailing Club on Saturday evening, 19 yachts representing 5 clubs made their way into a blustery Eastern Solent for the annual VPRS National Championships hosted this year by Chichester Cruiser Racing Club on Sunday 26th May.
Racing from the mainland shore three alternative course were used - Olympic, windward/leeward and a typical Solent round the cans - giving competitors plenty of challenges.
At times very blustery conditions limited most to reefs and only a few brave yachts flew spinnakers.
Split into two fleets, Class One for larger yachts was completely dominated by Ivor Graham and Brian Thompson in their Dehler 36 'Deity' from Poole Yacht Club scoring three first places in back to back races in 20 to 25 knots. Showing their heavy weather skills, 'Deity' regained the title she had previously won in 2017.
Second place with a consistent score line of two seconds and a fifth was Bob Garrett from host club CCRC racing the DuFour 365 'Intrepid'. The largest boat in the fleet and leader on the water in two of the three races was Poole Yacht Racing Association captain Rob Gibson racing the Humphreys 50 'Hope & Glory'.
In Class Two a battle ensued between Keith Lovett from the Royal Motor Yacht Club in his Ecume de Mer 'MS Amlin QT' and Poole Yacht Club's Quartet 'Genesis' owned by Terry Stewart. 'MS Amlin QT' was to emerge the victor and Class Two National Champion with 2 firsts and a second.
Susan Rutter racing her beautiful classic British Folkboat revelled in the strong winds to secure third place under the CCRC burgee.
The event concluded with a packed prize giving at the Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club.
More photos (Anne Bonwit) and videos (Bob Garett) are available at www.ccrc.co.uk/vprs-nationals-2019-report
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat Type | Hcap | Boat Name | Owner | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
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| VPRS 1 |
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| 1 | GBR 8644L | Dehler 36SQ | 0.988 | Deity | Ivor Graham/Brian Thompson | Poole YC | ‑1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | GBR2496L | DUFOUR 365 | 0.898 | Intrepid | Bob Garrett | CCRC | 2 | 2 | ‑5 | 4 |
| 3 | GBR641 | Humphreys One Off | 1.116 | Hope & Glory | Rob Gibson | Poole YC | ‑5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 9909 | SWAN 36 (1988) | 0.961 | Markova | Gavin Marriot | CCRC | ‑6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | GBR4631L | Dehler 29 | 0.927 | Vento Novo | Brendon Pell | Poole YC | 3 | ‑5 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | Clyde Linear 30 | 0.944 | Mikado | Michael Briggs | CCRC | 4 | 6 | (DNC) | 10 |
| 7 | GBR4353 | Sigma 33OD | 0.909 | Blues | Will Dennis | Poole YC | ‑7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | GBR4664 | Sadler Starlight35 | 0.932 | Moonbeam | Jeremy Kaye | CCRC | ‑9 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | GBR3877L | Jenneau Sun Odyssey 349 | 0.964 | Chimera | Keith Warren | CCRC | ‑8 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | GBR743 | Pogo 2 Mini 650 | 0.982 | Shed of Arjuna | Rod Harris | Parkstone YC | 10 | (DNC) | DNC | 21 |
| VPRS 2 |
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| 1 | GBR 1972 | Ecume de Mer | 0.836 | MS Amlin QT | Keith Lovett | The Royal Motor Yacht Club | 1 | 1 | ‑2 | 2 |
| 2 | GBR6216Y | Quartet | 0.83 | Genesis | Terry Stuart | Poole YC | ‑2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FB172 | British Folkboat | 0.773 | Folkdance | Susan Rutter | CCRC | 3 | ‑5 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 6526 | HUSTLER SJ30 | 0.89 | Celebration | Mike & Helen Smith | CCRC | 4 | 3 | (DNC) | 7 |
| 5 | 264 | Beneteau 285 | 0.855 | Fraid S'Eau | Roger Bond | Poole YC | ‑5 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 4367 | PARKER 275 | 0.867 | Oi Oi | Paul Raymond | CCRC | 6 | 7 | (DNC) | 13 |
| 7 | 48 | Elizabethan 29 | 0.785 | Skykomish | Robert Wheeler | PYRA | 8 | 6 | (DNC) | 14 |
| 8 | 47518 | JeanneauSunway 29 | 0.862 | Calypso | Andrew Reed | CCRC | 7 | 8 | (DNC) | 15 |
| 9 | GBR9470Y | Freedom 25 | 0.861 | Squirrel | Graham Smyth | Royal Victoria YC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 20 |
