Outside the walls - March 3

Sunny weather, light winds and awkward sailing times of the HSS ferry made a trip outside the walls the call on Sunday March 3rd, with the Laser and PY fleets pouring through the harbor mouth en-route to a compact 6-lap course.

The track of the OK Dinghy on March 3 2013

There's a full report on the PY race over on the OK Dinghy website, with the two IDRA14s of Long and Hamilton leading the way, and the Lyttle sisters' 420 in 3rd.

Hamilton in the winning IDRA14

RS200, 420, OK Dinghy at the windward mark

Enzo Michel got 4th in his RS200 and the OK Dinghy struggled home in 5th.  The raw results are here.

The Laser race, where the shifts were just as important as in the PY race, was good because Sean Flanagan finally got the chance to show his speed in conditions that suited him.

Sean led by a long way with only Owen Laverty and David Dwyer even able to stay in the same ballpark. Sean's speed was untouchable on the day. Regular top finishers like Colin Galavan and Chris Arrowsmith were well behind and unable to make an impression.

Flanagan, Dwyer, Laverty
The order changed, but this lead group dominated.

The order of the top five was Sean Flanagan, Owen Laverty (not Graham Elmes), David Dwyer, Chris Arrowsmith, and Colin Galavan. The full results are here. David Cahill finished well up the fleet, alongside Chris Arrowsmith, but was judged OCS at the start. Tough luck Dave!!

You can see the size of the shifts on this video of the OK Dinghy's track from the PY race. The OK missed far too many of the shifts to have had a good day!

Photos: Bob Hobby and the DMYC Frostbite team.