King Sturge Triangle Race
05 May 2008

Start

The Royal Western Yacht Club’s King Sturge - Plymouth to Falmouth to Fowey to Plymouth Triangle Race, sponsored by St Austell Brewery - began with a fresh easterly wind.

A 23 knot easterly wind at the start, together with a westerly flowing tide, ensured that all fifty three competitors in the King Sturge Falmouth - Fowey- Plymouth Triangle Race reached the finish line at Pendennis Point.

The second leg of the triangle, Falmouth to Fowey, met conditions which helped the first to be last and the last to be first as the breeze filled in from astern.

The start of the third leg, Fowey to Plymouth, began with a steady northerly breeze; the fleet quickly made progress towards Looe before the wind faded and many crews decided that they had enjoyed sufficient racing for the weekend. Seven competitors struggled on, amongst them “Magic Roundabout", and all seven managed to complete the course before the ebb prevented any more boats still sailing from finishing.

The A35 “Magic Roundabout” sailing with Spidertech™ technology designed and built by Kemp Sails in Wareham won line honours in IRCA on two legs and came second in the other. On corrected time, they won one leg and came second in two.

Ian Mills’ “Exposun” led the other two IRCA finishers home but David Pike’s “Magic Roundabout” won on handicap to become the triangle winner by a large margin overall.

Div3 IRCA 05 May 2008
Fow-Ply - Mon 5 May 2008 at 10:00:00
Fow-Ply Series

Place Sail No Boat Owner Club Status Hcap Finish Corrected Points Net Pts Place

1 1246 MAGIC ROUNDABOUT David Pike RWYC OK
2 1006 EXPOSUN Ian Mills RWYC OK
3 8367 RED ARROW Paul Pascoe TMSC OK
11 APOLLO Nigel Passmore RWYC DNF
4886 ARCANUM Simon Chapman RWYC DNF
7735 WATER JET Chris Arscott RWYC DNF
7938 MIGHTY MAX III Andrew Williams RWYC DNF
9359 SIR DUCKTION Roy Morgan RWYC DNF

RESULTS

RWYC King Sturge Triangle Plymouth to Falmouth IRCA: 1 Water Jet (C Arscott), 2 Magic Roundabout (D Pike), 3 Bling (K Poole)

Falmouth to Fowey IRCA: 1 Aquaholix (J Zamaria), 2 Magic Roundabout (D Pike), 3 Sir Ducktion (R Morgan)

Fowey to Plymouth IRCA: 1 Magic Roundabout (D Pike), 2 Exposun (I Mills), 3 Red Arrow (P Pascoe)

It is also worth mentioning that “Magic Roundabout” came third overall in IRCA in the Doombar Spring Series held in Plymouth. They came third overall in five races, but led the series until after the fourth race when they had a DNF and a 6th place in the 5th race.

So congratulations to David and his crew, to “Magic Roundabout”, to Rob and the team at Kemp Sails and also to the winning Spidertech™ Technology…