Forty four yachts entered the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Winter Series first Race on Sunday 13th October.

The Committee Boat was positioned near Royal Southampton buoy on the Fawley shore. At the start the wind was southeasterly 10 knots increasing to 33 knots. Racing was in four classes - Multihulls, IRC 1, 2 and Club-rated Class.

Line honours in the multihulls was taken by Farrier 9AX Triohe(Richard Roscoe) with Farrier F28R Shakatak (Pete Jenkins) first on handicap from F24 Trivia (Mike Wigmore) and third Dragonfly 800 Scooby III (Simon Forbes).

Class One IRC had a high attrition rate with more than half the starters failing to finish. First on the water was Corby 35 Njos (Tim Octon) but she dropped to second on corrected time behind Mike Garvey's X Parrott with Edward Broadway's Jeanneau 35 Hooligan IV third.

Class two for the smaller IRC-rated boats saw the Beneteau First 31.7 Starspray (Peter and Flavia Bateson) take line honours but Steve Sault's Sigma 33 took corrected time victory by 10 seconds, with Starspray second and H-Boat Badger third (Ben James).

Class three Club-rated saw the Sigma 33 Iskareen (Michael Perrin) take line honours and corrected time victory with second the Sadler 29 Zumbido of Michael Hibberd and Ann Howard and third Jon Woolgar sailing Indiana Jones II, a Robber IIIE.

The RSYC racing continues on 20 October with the Winter Series Race 2. Details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 80 223352 or email racing@rsyc.org.uk

PROVISIONAL RESULTS RACE 1 WINTER SERIES

Class: 1 IRC

1. X Parrot Mike Garvey

2. Njos Tim Octon

3. Hooligan IV Edward Broadway

Class: 2 IRC

1. Hooligan Steve Sault

2. Starspray Peter & Flavia Bateson

3. Badger Ben James

Class: 3 Club

1. Iskareen Michael Perrin

2. Zumbido Michael Hibberd

3. Indiana Jones II Jon Woolgar

Class: Multihulls

1. Shakatak Peter Jenkins

2. Trivia Mike Wigmore

3. Scooby III Simon Forbes