Chichester Yacht Club Magazine September 2018 | Page 8

2018 Cruiser Fun Races – the story so far… - by John Lake
For the most part, this has been a fantastic
summer – especially if you like the hot sunny
weather that set in at the end of May and kept
going for weeks. Some people have remarked
that the wind never seemed to be going in quite
the right direction, but isn’t that all part of the
fun?
Thinking back to April, we held the Cowes &
Back races – for the Peter Buttery Plate trophy.
The weather then was a bit different! The six
contestants started the race using the sense of
hearing only – in thick fog – which persisted
until we were beyond the Forts, by which time
all was “normal”. The run back to Chi from
Cowes the next morning was much better –
especially for light boats, as there wasn’t much
wind.
The six boats that took part were: Revelation,
Kerenza, Raven, Crazee Feeling, Muddy
Waters, & Serendipity - & on handicap, they
finished in that order.
In early May, for the Bramidge, CYC fielded an
excellent team of six yachts: Bugsy 2, Crayzee
Feeling, Good Day Sunshine, Muddy Waters,
Pell Mell, & Revelation against what we thought
was a going to be very small CCRC team
(based on the yachts that had booked on their
website) but in the end, they turned up with 10
of their boats, & 2 guests.
The winds were light again that day, and CCRC
won the competition, to retain the Bramidge
Cup for another year! We all enjoyed the
supper afterwards at CYC.
Next up was the Cross Channel Plate, for the
trip to Cherbourg at the beginning of the RC’s
Cruise on the 26th May. Variable winds led
people to make the crossing on different days,
so only 3 yachts registered a time & distance –
to qualify for the “race” on the Saturday. Bugsy
2 out-sailed Crayzee Feeling & Kerenza to win
the Plate this year.
2018 RTI Start Day 2
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