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by pltm
Skillful boatmen Mark Sanders and Rory Greenan dominated weekend’s sea scavenge, November 5, earning the big win in the inaugural Carey Olsen Double-Handed Race, Racing Division, aboard Sanderling.
The race organized by the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC) saw thirteen boats, sailed by two persons each, racing through a 20 mile course-- Buck Island, out around Cooper Island and Dead Chest before crossing back to Buck Island and reaching to the finish, all amidst 12-18 knots of breeze, sunshine and no rain.
Sadly, the quickest boat in this fleet, The Black Pig, sailed by Gilbo Simpson and Tim Parsons suffered a broken tiller extension. The boaters then elected not to fly their spinnaker on the final leg to the finish, and managed to hold on for class line honours ahead of Chris Haycraft and Matt Hood on the IC24 Latitude 18, who secured second spot.
Third across the line were Mark Sanders and Rory Greenan in the Soling, followed by Aaron Gardner and Tom MacKellar on Bravissimo.
In the Cruising Division, Wicked Winch, sailed by David Lake and Eric Ball, walked away with top prize.
The race saw the participants rounding Hog Vally Green and then headed east Buck Island, before beating across to round Dead Chest, crossing back over the channel to Hog Valley Green, returning to the Rhone anchor dive ball and then back downwind.
Bill and Mike Hirst on Adagio came in at second place, while taking line honours after three hours and 23 minutes of racing was MJ, sailed by Tamsin Rand and Mandi Atack.
In their first RBVIYC race on the vessel Dancing Lady, Jacques Roux and Becky Paull followed, with Stephen St Leger Moore and Brian Edmunds on Sapphire Breeze finishing just 7 minutes ahead of Dancing Lady but not enough to beat them on corrected time, ending their day in fifth.
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