Victory for Fandango, Hobby Horse & Manushi The Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Clarkson Cup Regatta on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May was dominated by strong winds gusting up to 34 knots on both days. Thirty four boats entered in four classes.

On Saturday the Race Management Team set the Committee Boat off Clipper in the central Solent.

The scheduled three races on Saturday were reduced to two. On Sunday the Committee Boat was positioned off Bald Head for further protection by Calshot spit from the strong winds and the scheduled two races was reduced to one.

In Class 1 racing under IRC, David Scanlon's First 40.7 Fandango dominated winning all three races. Neville Hodkin's X362 Extra Djinn took second place in all three races, with third overall Becky Walford's Reflex 38 Cougar Clipper taking two thirds and a fourth.

Class 2 saw Michael Fawcett's Mustang 30 Hobby Horse win overall with a second and two first. Mark Franklin's Moby J was second with a first and two thirds. Geoff Lynch's Stewart 36 The Red Dragon took third overall.

Class 3 - racing under club handicap, Steve Flick's and Wendy Moore's Jeanneau 30 Manushi won with two firsts from Peter Royle's Brigand Chief.

Some of the eight entries in the multihull class put in an appearance at the start line at times.

For details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 80 223352 or email racing@rsyc.org.uk

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OVERALL Class:

1 IRC 1. Fandango David Scanlon

2. Extra Djinn Neville Hodkin

3. Cougar Clipper Becky Walford '

Class: 2 IRC

1. Hobby Horse Michael Fawcett

2. Moby J Mark Franklin

3. The Red Dragon Geoff Lynch

Class: 3 Club 1. Manushi Steve Flick

2. Brigand Chief Peter Royle

3. Big Boys Toys Andrew Percival

Report by Simon Forbes, email SimonForbes@csi.com