King Quick move into the frame

After day three of the Murphy & Nye 1720 European Championship

Races 4, 5 and 6 of the Murphy & Nye 1720 European Championships were sailed today on stunning Lake Garda under the auspices of the Race Committee at Fraglia Vela Riva. After a short postponement to allow the Ora breeze to kick in (a little late on parade today) all three races were sailed in very tricky and unusually shifty conditions, with the breeze up and down anywhere between 6 and 15 knots.

Race 4 saw John Cooper and Bill Vance’s Oi! cross the finish line first having lead from the off after a blistering start on port. Ruairidh Scott was second in King Quick and Mike Evans sailing with Adam Winkelmann in Yoke was third.

Scott showed his metal in Race 5 and sailed himself into first place with Anthony O’Leary in Antix taking second from Maurice ‘Prof’ O’Connell and Des Faherty in Aquatack keeping the Irish flag flying in third place.

Simon Blake and his talented and popular young crew in Sworded Fish won the final race of the day, Race 6 of this eleven race series. This victory is all the more impressive as this is their first year in a 1720. Charles Swingland, another newcomer to the fleet was quite rightly delighted by his second place in Dark Side and Ruairidh was clearly not too disappointed with a solid third.

So a great day at the office for Ruairidh and the King Quick team. Scott now leads the fleet as we go into day 3 with local boy Robert Eckstein in second and Prof O’Connell third.

Results:

Pos	Name	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	KING QUICK	GBR 1777	-5	1	5	2	1	3	11,5
2	DRUID MAGIC	ITA 1720	4	2	2	15	6	-29	29,0
3	AQUATACK	IRL 1804	-21	11	3	7	3	11	35,0
4	OI !	GBR 1715	8	9	13	1	-15	5	35,8
5	TWISTER	GBR 1741	2	14	4	-16	8	9	37,0
6	WOW	IRL 1759	1	3	12	13	9	-19	37,8
7	SWORDED FISH	GBR 1767	-20	8	14	17	4	1	43,8
8	DARK SIDE	GBR 1797	10	16	11	-21	5	2	44,0
9	MAD COW	GBR 1742	3	7	6	-14	14	14	44,0
10	BOATS.COM	GBR 1785	9	12	10	4	-17	15	50,0
11	KEY EVENTS	IRL 1808	11	-20	8	9	12	10	50,0
12	YOKE	IRL 1773	15	17	15	3	-27	4	54,0
13	TACKTICK	GBR 1743	18	4	1	-26	10	23	55,8
14	ANTIX	IRL 1807	16	6	(dsq)	24	2	8	56,0
15	MARTIN REILLY MOTORS	IRL 1843	6	5	16	-20	16	17	60,0
16	GO FERRET	GBR 1712	-28	13	9	11	20	7	60,0
17	LUVLY JUBLY	GBR 1770	-26	10	22	5	18	6	61,0
18	G & T	GBR 1710	14	-24	17	8	7	16	62,0
19	O'FIVER	GBR 1702	13	15	-24	6	23	22	79,0
20	GOL/PURPLE MARINE.COM	GBR 1790	7	-29	18	25	13	18	81,0
21	LA LICORNE	GBR 1701	-22	18	20	12	19	12	81,0
22	THE FLYING DUCKMAN	GBR 1773	(dsq)	21	19	10	24	21	95,0
23	INCOGNITO	GBR 1798	12	22	21	22	21	-26	98,0
24	SPLASH TEST HONEYS	GBR 1774	24	-28	7	23	26	24	104,0
25	BABBALAAS BACH	GBR 1721	19	23	28	-30	22	13	105,0
26	LEMON	IRL 1751	23	19	25	19	-28	20	106,0
27	KICK 'EM JENNY	GBR 1789	17	25	23	27	-29	25	117,0
28	IT WASN'T ME	IRL 1722	27	26	26	29	11	-30	119,0
29	STORM	GBR 1766	25	27	27	18	25	-28	122,0
30	CELTIC CHALLENGER	GBR 1704	29	30	(ocs)	28	30	27	144,0