Portscatho Regatta
Last Saturday Portscatho hosted its annual regatta and blessed with marvelous sunny weather some 80 entries were received for the sailing events.
Sadly the breeze refused to kick in until late afternoon but with 15 windsurfers, 12 Picos, 7 Ajaxes and 6 Working Boats plus a myriad of handicap dinghies it was the best entry for many years.
Not everyone went racing but the joy of village regattas such as Portscatho or Flushing is that it reaffirms the community and its spirit as the whole village comes out to party and everyone is invited.
In terms of results the influx of Laser SB3s into the Carrick Roads was demonstrated by Senior Momentum (Simone Kennett) winning the passage race from St Mawes round to Portscatho.
The PY Yachts Class was another SB3 benefit with SB3 Sixteen Bells (Neil Cameron) winning from yet another SB3 Cardinal Puff (Richard Beaman).
Elsewhere the Ajax Maestro David Liddington won the Ajax Class in Athena and Bob Edwards and Rob Collins enjoyed a spectacular match race in the Falmouth 18 footers.
Bob sailing Magpie got the upper hand over Rob in Myrtle but it was definitely reminiscent of the 1960’s when Magpie (George Cork) use to go head to head with Marie (Frankie Peters) in the same class separated by mere seconds throughout the race.
Not all the Working Boats made it to the start line with several crews running aground at the Social Club but on the water Winnie (Arthur Williams) got the better of Agnes (Robin Snelson) in B Class and Lottie (Paul Ferris) won C Class.
Bob Warren proved that age is no obstacle in winning the Windsurfer Class and there were wins for the RS600 of Piran and Ivo Tedbury (Fast PY dinghies), the Gull of Anthony Kilner (Slow PY dinghies), Tom Grafton (Pico) and Mary Denning and Lottie Crafton (Pico 2).
The consensus was that 2007 was probably one of the best Portscatho Regattas for decades and a great deal of thanks must go to Tony Tomlinson and Maggie George and their respective teams of volunteer helpers for keeping such a great event going for yet another year. See you in 2008.
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What a fantastic day for everyone.
More of the same next year and please, please book Ralph Retallack’s Band they were fantastic. Even the youngsters enjoyed their music. My nephew Richard did not want to go home.
But come on guys and gals where was the tradtional sing song in the snug in the evening. The good old Cornish songs would have topped off the evening especially with a rousing rendition of Trelawney. So come on lets get the singers in there next year.
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