Tattersall wins on points

X-99 takes overall honours in SCRA IRC Solent Series

Michael Tattersall (X-99 Electra) received trophies as both Class and the overall IRC Solent Series Champion at this year’s prizegiving held at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on Saturday, October 27th. There was a wide range of yacht designs scoring the podium places in each class, indicating the success of IRC as a rating system that delivers good quality racing to differing craft.

Following on from the demise of the old Solent Points Series in the 1990s, the IRC Solent Series was introduced by the Solent Cruising and Racing Association (SCRA) to provide a co-ordinated series of events running through most of the season, producing summer series class and overall champions, taking place after the Spring Series and before the Winter Series. Race days are run by seven different clubs from May to September and provide a variety of competition for the competitors, ranging from round-the-cans to “passage”-style racing.

After the welcome by RYS Vice-Commodore Ian Laing, who also presented the prizes, Peter Bateson, the Solent Series co-ordinator, noted that the 2007 Series had been very much enjoyed by all those taking part, and said that arrangements for the 2008 Series would be announced shortly.

The Class winners were:

Class 1 Koko Kai, Kristin Pagano
Class 2 Cajou, Mark Chatfield
Class 3 Extra Djinn, Neville Hodkin
Class 4 Electra, Michael Tattersall
Class 5 The Flying Fish, Kathy & Rupert Smalley

Electra, which had scored four firsts in her class, was the overall Solent Series Champion.

The seven clubs running the events in the SCRA IRC Solent Series 2007 were:

Royal Southampton YC
Royal Lymington YC
Royal Thames YC
Royal Southern YC
Royal Yacht Squadron
Island Sailing Club
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club

Further details about the SCRA can be found on its website http://www.scra.org.uk