2007 Parhelion Spring Series
The Parhelion spring yacht racing series is run by the Portsmouth Sailing Club, with races in the Eastern Solent, off Portsmouth and in Hayling bay.
One More Knot's skipper reports each race in the series, blow by blow. With luck, some of the other crews and skippers will contribute too ... just to give a balanced view!
Portsmouth Sailing Club's Spring Parhelion Race Reports
One More Knot is 5th in class
This series ran over 5 weekends, with 2 races each weekend (except on 21st April when a single long race took place). The dates were:
- Saturday 24th March
- Saturday 31st March
- Saturday 14th April
- Saturday 21st April
- Saturday 28th April, last weekend and presentations
2007 Spring Parhelion Series - Club Fleet Current Standings
Official results table from the PSC
| Rank | Boat Name | Class | Sail No | Helm | TCF | Race 1 24 Mar |
Race 2 24 Mar |
Race 3 31 Mar |
Race 4 31 Mar |
Race 5 14 Apr |
Race 6 14 Apr |
Race 7 21 Apr |
Race 8 28 Apr |
Race 9 28 Apr |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Fleet - Sailed: 7 Discards: 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rhapsody | MG C27 | 3075T | Roy Pearce | 0.911 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Scallywag | GK 24 | 215 | Andy Taylor | 0.840 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Total Obsession Too | Westerly Typhoon | TN12 | Ricky Hodgeson | 0.960 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Concerto | Contessa 32 | CO640 | George Isted | 0.880 | DNC | DNC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 5 | One More Knot | Elan 333 | 7563T | Phil Duff | 0.970 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | ||
| 6 | Callistro | Folkboat | 195 | Guy O'Beirne | 0.750 | 5 | DNS | 1 | 7 | DNC | 6 | 1 | 36 | ||
| 7 | Arrow | Scanyacht | 8105 | David Gray | 0.970 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | DNC | DNC | 42 | ||
Results courtesy of Portsmouth Sailing Club
Race Results
| Race | Date | Class Pos | No in Class | TCF | OTW Time | OTW gap to 1st | Corrected gap to 1st | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parhelion race 1 | 24/3/07 | 4 | 5 | 0.970 | 1:08:09 | -6:03 | +3:46 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Julian, Sean |
| Parhelion race 2 | 24/3/07 | 3 | 4 | 0.970 | 0:54:10 | -0:29 | +2:46 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Julian, Sean |
| Parhelion race 3 | 31/3/07 | 4 | 4 | 0.970 | 0:45:40 | -2:52 | +3:35 | Phil, Julian, Gareth, Ange |
| Parhelion race 4 | 31/3/07 | 4 | 5 | 0.970 | 0:52:30 | +6:11 | +6:28 | Phil, Julian, Gareth, Ange |
| Parhelion race 5 | 14/4/07 | 5 | 7 | 0.970 | 1:47:04 | -7:58 | +17:12 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Barry, Darrell |
| Parhelion race 6 | 14/4/07 | 4 | 7 | 0.970 | 0:57:40 | +3:19 | +8:52 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Barry, Darrell |
| Parhelion race 7 | 21/4/07 | 5 | 7 | 0.970 | 2:16:12 | -1:26 | +11:00 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Barry, Darrell |
| Parhelion race 8 | 28/4/07 | 5 | 6 | 0.970 | 1:53:28 | +17:52 | +25:54 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Barry, Darrell, Richard, Martin |
| Parhelion race 9 | 28/4/07 | 4 | 6 | 0.970 | 0:55:34 | -14:27 | +1:23 | Phil, Phil B, Joe, Barry, Darrell, Richard, Martin |
Race Reports
Appeal to skippers, crews and race officials, spectators, etc.
Please help me out with:
- errors .... its difficult to remember everything blow by blow
- your point of view .... let me know
- your boats story
- any photos
- observations from the committee boat and RIBs
This series, we'll try a new format of race report, with a separate page for each days racing. Look for the links below.
Spring 2007 Race 1 & 2 report
The seasons opening races in stronger winds than expected produced some exciting racing and spectacular broaches.
The day also revealed some other news.
- Autumn series winner, George, became a dad today. Congratulations to him and his family.
- PSC webmaster and former sailing secretary, Gareth Tovey, is due get married soon, in Canada. Congratulations to the happy couple.
Spring 2007 Race 3 & 4 report
Another day of strong winds. The verdict, OMK was rubbish today. Still we managed to get a great port tack flyer over the whole fleet and we were the only boat daft enough to use the full main.
Spring 2007 Race 5 & 6 report
In contrast to the previous events, the racing was in extreme light winds. A strong tide added interest. OMK was consistent in these flukey conditions, and the spinnaker got an airing.
Spring 2007 Race 7 report
A longer race in which all manner of things went wrong, but we still managed a close finish on the water.
Spring 2007 Race 8 & 9 report
A gentle breeze and not a cloud in the sky. What a way to finish the series. With the light breeze and strong tide, the fleet split in the first race of the day. It turned out that there was a big difference between the options.
In the second race of the day, One More Knot and her crew found a new gear. Line Honours were claimed by a big margin, just not quite big enough to hang onto 4th place in the series. At least it re-inspired the crew after a sequence of less than sizzling results.
The series was celebrated in the club house afterwards. The weather throughout had been very kind. A couple of strong wind days early on, but no rain. Everyone enjoyed themselves. Thanks to the organisers from the competitors.
One More Knot's Crew Rosta
| Crew | Races 1 and 2 24 Mar |
Races 3 and 4 31 Mar |
Races 5 and 6 14 April |
Races 7 (long race) 21 April |
Races 8 and 9 28 April |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Phil B | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Joe | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Barry | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Darrell | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Julian | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Sean | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Gareth | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Ange | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Martin | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |