Millennium Bowl Race Report

The Millennium Bowl takes place every two years and is raced between a triumvirate of clubs namely, RTYC, Royal St George and Royal Northern & Clyde.  The make up of each boat is a unique formula with four people on each boat, one must be a female and the combined age of each boat must be in excess of one hundred and sixty years.

 

It was the turn of the RN&C YC to act as host club this year so the twelve members of the RTYC team and Rear Commodore George Ehlers, who was umpiring, headed to Rhu on various flights on Friday night.  Unfortunately, Royal St. George could not muster a team and there absence on and off the water was greatly missed.

 

So to the racing.  The Millennium Bowl this year was a three on three team racing event sailed in Sonars.  The wind was from the east 8-12 knots, the sky was blue and those who started the day in oil skins (expecting the worst of the weather) were soon removing them after the first race.  The course was two laps of a starboard square.

 

To win the Millennium Bowl it was the first to 5 wins from the nine races scheduled.  RTYC had some very good starts and had winning combinations going around the first and second marks on several occasions.  However, better boat handling – marginally quicker hoists and jibes by RN&C – on the runs was crucial and overturned these positions to win the Millennium Bowl comfortably.

 

On Saturday evening an excellent dinner was held in the RN&C clubhouse – followed by some entertainment in the bar between the teams afterwards.

 

Upon conclusion of the Millennium Bowl a ‘beer fleet race’ was organised with RTYC winning some pride back and James Boyce’s team taking the honours.

 

Thanks go to RN&C for making RTYC most welcome and organising two days of excellent racing and we look forward to seeing them at the prize winners’ dinner to collect the Millennium Bowl in November.

 

RTYC team.

 

Simon Wheeler – helm

Thomas Brennan 

Michelle Brennan

Michael Varvill

 

James Boyce – helm

William Edwards

Ali Stow

Chris Griffiths

 


Paul Weeden - helm

Richard Hill – helm

Claudia Hill

Simon Broxham

 

Thomas Brennan

Captain of Racing – 6th September 2010