Rush - elapsed time 3 hrs 23 mins 04 secs
corrected time 3hrs 42 mins 25 secs 1st

Karibia Breezes - elapsed time 4hrs 09 mins 00secs
corrected time 4hrs 09 mins 44 secs 2nd

Report from Ken Lees:

Karibia Breezes & Rush agreed a 11-15 start & Finish line as 325° from the old South Foreland light (Start was actually 11-22 when both boats were on the line ) Course - Start , Deal Bank stb – Goodwin Fork prt – Downs prt – Deal Bank prt – Finish . Wind was SW 17 Knts both boats set of in a stb Run towards the St Margaret’s foreland Rush set a spinnaker and established a lead from Karibia, once round the foreland Rush gybed onto prt maintain a course for Deal Bank ,Karib also gybed onto prt and chose the inshore course setting up as more of a broad reach to the Kingsdown Shore , Rush dropped the spinnaker at the Deal Bank buoy and gybed back onto stb towards the Goodwin Fork meanwhile

Read more: Race 1 Autumn Series 2011

Sat 20th August: John Davidson Memorial Plate

Results (Corrected times)

1st - Thermopylae - 2hrs 46m 57s
2nd - Savoir Vivre - 2hrs 49m 54s
3rd - Karibia Breezes - 3hrs 46m 03s
4th - La Nef II - 3hrs 48m 16s
(Expression and Vega retired)

Sun 21st August: Paul Iverson Trophy

1st - Thermopylae - 3hr 22m 15s
2nd - Karibia Breezes - 3hr 26m 52s
3rd - La Nef II - 3hr 36m 03s
4th - Vega - 3hr 52m 32s

Congratulations to Thermopylae on their double, and to all the crews who took part over a great weekend.

RCPYC boats recorded a successful week of competition at Ramsgate Regatta.

Hilary Graves with New Limit with a relatively experienced crew achieved sixth place overall in a large entry in the strong Cruiser Class whilst Stephen Jones on Mirage came a superb third on the last day.

Pride of place though went to Ken Lees skippering Rush which despite lying mid week in third place in the competitive Spinnaker Class rattled off five straight wins from Thursday onward to claim First Place in the Class and the Hornby Industries Trophy.

This was Ken’s first Regatta with his Sigma 35 and was extremely pleased with its performance in the extremely varied weather conditions that appeared during the week. ‘It took a couple of days for the crew and myself to settle into racing mode but after that we were flying and thanks to a great effort from everybody we bagged the silverware,’ said the proud owner and skipper. The crew of Rush for the week were RCPYC members Dave Sinnock, Andy and Stuart Hills, Ian Laram, Bernard Sealy and Ned Brophey.

The weather for this race was not so kindly as previous occasions. Light winds to start but strengthening as the race progressed. Mist/fog, cold and rain. The course was the Folkestone buoy (again - I think everyone knows where it is now - me included.) Six boats started the race and despite the conditions each boat managed to round the mark and beat back to the finish in rising wind strength. Once the times had been corrected the results were as follows:-

1st Callisto
2nd Karibia Breezes
3rd Rush
4th Pantaleon
5th Kim
6th Sarva

After the race some of the crews returned to the club for a drink and some of the Other Dave Ford's excellent soup.