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Royal Southern Yacht Club July Regatta
Trevor Pountain's Implacable (Impala
28) took first place in IRC Class 3 in the Royal Southern Yacht
Club's July Regatta.
This season's third Regatta in the popular central Solent Series,
attracted around 100 boats over the weekend of 21/22 July. Racing
in light southwesterly breezes all weekend, Implacable was locked
in a close battle with Jonathan Butler's Peanut (modified Impala
28), the current IRC Class 3 National Champion.
Race 1 on Saturday morning went to Peanut, with Implacable managing
to finish in second place after an indifferent start. In the
afternoon the result was decided by checking the course for
the Class 2 and 3 start. Having spotted the course change, Peanut
hesitated for a while and followed the Class 2 boats (and the
rest of Class 3) towards Quinnell, the windward mark for Class
0 and Class 1. Implacable rounded West Knoll on her own and
was able to stay ahead of the lower-rated Peanut and save her
time.
On Sunday morning Peanut again took the first race, while Implacable
dropped to third, never recovering from being buried by a Farr
40 from a different regatta that came through the start line
at just the wrong time. In the afternoon's Race 4 Implacable
led the Class from start to finish, and with a record of 2,1,3,1
managed to take the class overall by one point.
Trevor Pountain
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