Team BVI Secure Podium Spots In Regional Regattas

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Team BVI finish third at Caribbean Dinghy Championships

(PLTM) - Last weekend, October 8-9 was an energetic one for members and racers of the BVI Yacht Club, who competed in regattas in St. Maarten and St. Thomas, claiming podium spots for the Territory in both events.

In St Maarten, Alec Anderson, Mike Hirst, Chris Haycraft, Nathan Haycraft and Nici Haycraft raced to defend the BVI title at the 2016 Caribbean Dinghy Championships in St. Maarten, while twelve other members competed at the Columbus Day Regatta in St Thomas, namely Rayne Duff, Max Reshetiloff and Ryan Lettsome in the Championship fleet, Samuel Allen, Kael Chalwell, Victoria Rowlette and Amanda Plaxton in the green fleet and the new BVI Laser team - Noah George and Stephen Ganga in the 4.7, with Alex Rambarose, Stephon Ganga and Jerome Parkins in the Radial.

In St. Thomas, Samuel Allen took an emphatic first place in the Optimist Green Fleet with seven race wins in the 12 race series. Kael Chalwell finished in sixth place with consistent finishes throughout the weekend and best scores of third in races seven and eight.

Competing at their first away regatta, Victoria Rowlette finished in eighth place and Amanda Plaxton in tenth. Both sailors improved their scores on Sunday after a steady first day. Rowlette's best finishes were second in race 10 and third in race 12, whilst Plaxton went out on a high with her best results a fifth in the final race. The Championship fleet of 18 boats completed six races and the BVI’s Rayne Duff finished up in third place. A black flag in the final race was not the end he would have liked and saw him drop from second to third overall.

Max Reshetiloff finished in 14th place overall, saving his best until last with an eighth in the final race. Just seven points behind was white fleet racer Ryan Lettsome who finished up fourth in his age category and 16th overall. Eleven Club 420s had a close contest throughout, with the overall win going to the ISV’s Christopher Sharpless and BVI sailor Sam Morrell finishing second. Three race wins for Morrell and consistent top four results on his score card were not quite enough to take the overall win which he missed by just two points. The BVI’s new Laser Team racing with four sailors competing for honours in the Laser Radial and one 4.7 sailor, resulted in a close tussle between Noah George and Stephon Ganga, with George taking the win by just one point. Ganga achieved more race wins but George counted first and second place finishes in all races to come out on top. Alex Rambarose finished third and Jerome Parkins fourth.

Meanwhile, in St. Maarten, six teams went head to head for the title of 2016 Caribbean Dingy Champions.

The teams were made up of five sailors, who all competed in the Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist and RS Vision categories. Results from each category determined the overall country winner.

BVI’s Nathan Haycraft achieved a clean sweep of first place finishes to secure a clear victory in the Optimist class, whilst Alec Anderson in the Laser Radial also claimed the overall win with nine wins from the eleven race series.

Fortunes were not so good for Mike Hirst in the Laser or Chris Haycraft and son Nici in the RS Vision, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

The end of the competition saw Trinidad and Tobago emerging as overall winners with 88 points, Barbados finished second with 102 points and the BVI claimed third with 104 points.

The next regatta scheduled for team BVI’s attendance is the St. Criox International Regatta in November 2016. BVI placements for Columbus Day Regatta (St. Thomas)

Optimist Green fleet 1. Samuel Allen 6. Kael Chalwell 8. Victoria Rowlette 10. Amanda Plaxton

Optimist Overall 3. Rayne Duff (3rd red) 14. Max Reshetiloff (6th red) 15. Ryan Lettsome (4th white)

Club 420 2. Sam Morrell

Laser Radial 1. Noah George 2. Stephon Ganga 3. Alex Rambaros 4. Jerome Parkins

Laser 4.7 1. Stephen Ganga

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