Osprey takes inaugural Roadford Rocket

 

and tops the speed wall

Nearly 60 boats enjoyed the long distance race around the beautiful Roadford Reservoir in the West Country. 

 

The Osprey of Terry Curtis and Peter Greig topped the GPS tracking speed wall,  with an adjusted speed of 8.36 kts and the foiling Moth of Dan Ellis hitting 15 kts actual speed.

Rank Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName PY
1st Osprey 1281 Mounts Bay Terry Curtis Peter Greig 944
2nd Hornet 2154 Starcross YC Richard Garry Sam Woolner 973
3rd RS400 411 SYC Richard Cain   958
4th Rooster 4000 4190 Stokes Bay SC Steve Cockerill Sarah Cockerill 911
5th Merlin Rocket 3656 Salcombe Oliver Turner Hamish Kilburn 973
6th Int Canoe 308 RPCYC Chris Hampe   895
7th RS400 727 Restronguet Bob Warren Jack Warren 958
8th Laser 192498 Roadford Alex Hutchings   1115
9th Supernova 1061 RLSC Norman Halstead   1071
10th Supernova 1092 Stokes Bay Sailing Club Iain Porlock   1071
11th Solo 5573 Salcombe Yacht Club Chris Cleaves   1146
12th 29er 346 Roadford Paris Thomas Jacob Hutchings 900
13th Hornet 2160 Starcross Nigel Scudder   973
14th F/F 3453 Roadford Bill Anderson Sally Farrant 1020
15th RS Aero 7 1045 Roadford Richard Willows   1061
16th Laser radial 203910 Wimbleball Bne Hawkes   1145
17th Laser 195030 Roadford Mark Stitson   1115
18th Laser 180229 Paignton SC Hal Sanderson   1115
19th Laser 146660 Roadford Kevin Reed   1115
20th Icon 4 Burghfield Mike Bell Charlotte Bell 990
21st Finn 603 Starcross Simmons   1050
22nd Laser radial 198310 Roadford Ellie Hutchings   1145
23rd Laser radial 181920 Stokes Bay SC Harry Kennedy   1145
24th Merlin Rocket 3711 Restronguet David Lee Hannah Showell 973
25th Laser radial 164939 Paignton SC James Ripley   1145
26th Phantom 1405 Wimbleball Andrew Clear   1008
27th Blaze 571 Wimbleball Chris Dyer   1032
28th Blaze 545 Paignton SC Nick Ripley   1032
29th Laser 151521 Beer Michael Taylor   1115
30th Laser radial 195107 Starcross Eleanor Poole   1145
31st 29er 2018 Royal Torbay Luke Robertson Izzie Berkley 900
32nd Laser 4.7 197634 Roadford Sally Bryant   1210
33rd Albacore 7508 S Cerney Dave Whittle Sarah Lobo 1055
33rd Fireball 14708 Portishead Colin Jarvis Derek Jarvis 963
35th Supernova 631 EXE Bob Horlock   1071
36th Laser 166336 Paignton SC Drew Gibson   1115
37th D-one 420 Wimbleball Paul Birbeck   971
38th RS100 8.4 129 Starcross Tony Blackmore   988
39th Laser Radial 5 RLSC Billy Kindon   1145
40th RS400 1069 Roadford Chris Mulholland Catherine Mulholland 958
41st RS VISION     Michael Collingwood Emilie Porter 1106
42nd 420 53959 Restronguet Rebecca Stevens Niamh O Neill 1030
43rd D-one 105 Sutton Bingham Roger Battersby   971
44th Slender 20 1 Roadford Niall McLeod Adrian Spence 1020
45th laser rooster 132173 Sidmouth Alastair Watson   1115
46th laser rooster 167783 Sidmouth Simon White   1115
46th RS Vision 280 Roadford Derek de Glanville Rob de Glanville 1106
48th D-one 6 Casle Cove Richard Cumberbatch   971
49th Icon 1       990
50th D Zero 141 Starcross Dave Bartlett   1031
51st Topper 13114 Roadford Lake Henry Kingdom   1330
52nd International Moth 3190 Stacross Tillbrook   500
53rd Rs Vareo 244 Roadford Mark Harold   1062
53rd Icon 18 Starcross YC Greg Bartlett Paul Bartlett 990
53rd LASER 2000 22511 Royal Naval SA Natalie Roach tba 1100
53rd 505 9079 Wimbleball Mark Weston Simon Hawkes 888
53rd Laser radial 189554 Starcross Izzy Stylianides   1145
53rd Laser 160521 Exe SC Iain Porlock   1115
53rd Laser 169898 Tobermory Bejamin Timothy Flower   1115

Speed Wall

Sailor SailNo Rocket BestSpeed(kts) Adusted Kts
Osprey Terry CURTIS 1281 8.86 8.86 8.36
Int Canoe Christophe 308 9.25 9.25 8.28
4000 Steve COCKERILL 4190 8.12 8.12 7.92
29er Luke ROBERTSON 2018 8.71 8.71 7.84
Slender20 Niall MACL 1 7.53 7.53 7.68
29er Paris THOMAS 346 8.43 8.43 7.59
Topper Ellie HUTCHIN 473503 5.67 5.67 7.50
Int MOTH Dan ELLIS 3979 14.95 14.95 7.48
Hornet Richard GARRY 2154 7.34 7.34 7.14
Laser Hal SANDERSON 180229 6.38 6.38 7.11
Icon Mike BELL 4 7.16 7.16 7.09
Merlin Oliver Turner 3656 7.25 7.25 7.05
RS Aero 7 Richard WI 1045 6.72 6.72 7.02
Merlin Rocket David 3711 7.16 7.16 6.97
Supernova Norman HAL 1061 6.43 6.43 6.89

 

 

8/3/2015 17:14

 

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The Roadford Rocket is a new event and will be held on Sunday March 8th, venue Roadford Lake, Broadwoodwidger, W Devon. Roadford Lake is the largest inland water in the W Country and offers the ability to set testing courses in all wind directions. The race will be a long distance endurance handicap race, duration 2.5-3 hours, start time 12.30pm.
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