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Congratulations to this years TT winner – Tobias Laux

In second place is Graham Elliott and third his brother Chris.  There were a total of 44 entries who competed in at least one event.  This compares with 35 entries in 2023, 39 in 2022 and only 25 in 2021.

It was great to see the fleet of 15 boats on the water for this round of the touring competition. For a welcome change, the wind was favourable being a fairly steady westerly – straight down the lake and with only occasional lulls.

A total of 12 races, each with two laps took place and scoring was remarkably consistent throughout the day from skippers having a wide range of experience. Although Tobias had many wins, it was by no means all one way as Dorian, Chris Harris, Mark Dicks and Chris Elliot provided expert level challenges continually.

Some electrics problems meant the Chris Elliot could not capitalise on opportunities to pile on the pressure.

We had some first time RG skippers and, for one entrant a first time in an Open event, a daunting prospect!

There was good observance of the rules, and it was especially good to see all penalties taken as they arose and an overriding atmosphere of good sportsmanship with a high level of sailing ability. These fast boats are extremely responsive and required high levels of control during the heavier gusts at the marks; competitors showed generally good levels of competence and awareness of other boats close in.

With fading wind, increasing rain and the cold taking effect, the racing was concluded just before 3.00pm.

It was a pleasure to have been RO for the day and to meet all of the competitors who had travelled near and far to join the racing.

Results below along with a picture of the podium place winners;

From L to R – Chris Harris, Tobias Laux, Dorian Crease

Here are the Overall positions after Round 9 at Birkenhead with one event to go at Bournville on Sunday 17th November.

Results for the two days as follows, with reports and photos on the Birkenhead website:

https://birkenheadrspc.co.uk/2024/10/26/rg65-tt-round-8-26-10-24/

https://birkenheadrspc.co.uk/2024/10/27/rg65-tt-round-9-27-10-24/

Another light wind day at Eastbourne with the wind coming from the Cafe.  The final scores are as follows:

Full Results are as before on the Eastbourne Club website here

Thanks to John Taylor for these words about racing on day 1

The full results (21 races!) after day 1 of 2 can be seen here

The pop-up RG65 event at Two Islands on 24th August has been designated as a valid replacement for the original TT1 which had to be cancelled earlier in the year.

Ten races were completed in light winds and very wet conditions, before the light breeze faded.  Racing was competitive and close with several boats often overlapped at the finish.

The results were as follows:

and the overall results after four events as follows: