Solent Super Series – Round 2 Gosport

Solent Tremendous Collection – Spherical 2 Gosport

by Mark Angell 28 Oct 11:00 PDT
26-27 October 2024

With a really mild and variable wind forecasted for the second spherical of the Solent Tremendous Collection issues have been wanting very tough this previous weekend for opponents and Race Committee alike.

Island Crusing Membership Race Officer Wealthy Palmer elected to delay racing by 2 hours on Saturday morning permitting tidal situations to be extra beneficial for sending the fleet to the East. At 12:30 the fleet acquired underneath approach in 4 to six knots of breeze beginning between the MarkSetBot and West Knoll buoy within the central Solent. As soon as began the little wind that acquired racing underneath approach determined to vanish leaving the fleet drifting on the tide. No boat reached the primary mark after 40 minutes of racing so the choice to desert was taken.

Because the fleet motored East some wind was detected by the Race Committee who shortly arrange the subsequent begin at Browndown – 5 knots of wind and beneficial tide acquired the fleet underneath approach with the JPK 1030 Insert Coin and Solar Quick 3300 Kestrel main the way in which. A giant cut up between each boats, one favouring the mainland shore with an uneven and the opposite on a symmetrical spinnaker. Insert Coin hunted the pulses of breeze additional away from the land got here out on high on the leeward mark occurring to take the win by three and a half minutes. A fantastic fleet achievement for all boats to complete, with a lot of the racing within the Solent cancelled.

Spherical 2 was supported and hosted by BOATFOLK Haslar Marina, groups welcomed aboard the spectacular Gentle Ship [a landmark in Portsmouth Harbour] to get pleasure from a heat Winter Pimms to observe the ultimate solar set of British Summer season Time. Groups recounted the day’s challenges and tales over dinner on the marina’s bar and restaurant ‘The Creek’, reviewing the times race information from the GeoRacing monitoring and looking forward to what Sunday had in retailer.

With an additional hour in mattress/bunk (A advantage of autumn racing) the situations have been surveyed over a bacon sandwich and occasional, and as soon as once more it seemed mild. Nonetheless, with 5 to six knots of wind the beginning line was set and ‘the race was dwell’, this time between the MarkSetBot and Gleeds, close to Spitbank Fort. Race 2 of the Spherical acquired underneath approach at 09:30 with tide beneath the fleet, two boats getting caught out and being known as OCS returning to clear themselves slowly towards the West going tide.

By the second Mark of the course Kemps Quay, simply to the North of Ryde Pier the wind (as per the forecast) began to turn out to be very patchy with the fleet stretched out. After 2 hours of racing and the approaching change within the tide making life very sluggish (Boats making 1 knot over the bottom) the choice was made to shorten the course at Peel Financial institution and ship opponents dwelling for early showers. Kestrel taking the win by 18 seconds over Insert Coin with the Dehler 30 One Design Black Betty in third place.

With 2 races accomplished for Spherical 2 the Solar Quick 3300 Kestrel takes the Spherical win on countback with a 2, 1 – the JPK 1030 Insert Coin in second with a 1, 2 and finishing the rostrum the double handed Solar Quick 3300 staff of Atomic with a 3, 4 scorecard.

Subsequent up is Spherical 3 on the ninth/tenth November which is able to take the fleet to the Western Solent with race organisers and opponents hoping for some good situations to get the three races in and an evening out in Yarmouth.

Extra details about the Solent Tremendous Collection, outcomes, monitoring will be discovered at www.fourthcape.com/solentss