#westhighlandracing – Light overall conditions on Tuesday saw the West Highland Yachting yachts split into the Tunnock's Fleet for round the buoys racing whilst the restricted sail class Argyll Fleet sailed a short inshore race to the south in the Firth of Lorne. With light conditions overall only one windward leeward race was managed for the Tunnock's Fleet with the wind dying to nothing in the afternoon.
Another win for Anderson and Findlay's XP38i Roxstar puts them on a class lead in IRC 0. Alan Jeffrey and Paul Scutt in Carmen II took second with Geoff Bowerman's J109 third.
In Class 1 Harvey MacLachlan's Dehler 36 Polaris took the bullet with Iain Laidlaw having to be content with second again in his J97 Jaywalker. Richard Shellcock's Delphia Racer Knuts revelled in the light conditions to take the win from Ken Andrew's Sunshine 38 Argento in Class 3 with the Sigma 33 Leaky Roof II winning Class 5. With seven Sigmas and all other boats racing off the same handicap this is effectively one-design racing in Class 5. Simon Grey's Sigma 33 Carmen finished second with Eric Chapman's Amber Haze third.
White sail family boat Sunrise won Class 2 with Scott Chalmers and Janet Morrison's First 33.7 Bragar was first in Class 4 of the Argyll Fleet. In Class 6 Donald McLaren's Sigmatic took another first with Judy Orr and her MGC 27 team in Eureka winning Class 9.
The Contessa 25 of the Fyfe family sprinted away from all the other Class 8 boats to take a convincing win by nearly four minutes on corrected time from Port Edgar boat Cherry Pye helmed by Chris Hall.
Wednesday's race to Tobermory for the fleet looks to be breezy and wet, a complete contrast to Tuesday's racing.
West Highland Yachting Week receives sponsorship support from Tunnock's, The Oban Common Good Fund, Argyll and Bute Council, Tobermory Whisky, Tobermory Harbour Association, Caledonian MacBrayne, Scottish Fuels and the Crown Estate with help in kind from Flit Self Drive and West Coast Motors.
Full Results on the website.
Results
Class 0 1 Roxstar 2 Carmen II 3 3 No Worries
Class 1 1 Polaris 2 Jaywalker 3 More Misjif
Class 2 1 Sunrise 2 Texa 3 Lorca J
Class 3 1 Knuts 2 Argento 3 Stoirm Mhor
Class 4 1 Bragar 2 Hoodlum 3 Mystic Sun
Class 5 1 Leaky Roof II 2 Carmen 3 Amber Haze
Class 6 1 Sigmatic 2 Slippi Jin 3 Glenafton
Class 7 1 Revelry 2 Stargazer 3 Mahuri
Class 8 1 Popcorn 2 Cherry Pye 3 Hot Toddy
Class 9 1 Eureka 2 Smithereen 3 Malindi of Lorn
The Regatta's ethos is a mix of top quality racing for the spinnaker fleet with restricted sail classes (non-spinnaker racing) allowing a range of family participation. The après sail social scene includes family swimming,, touch rugby and a skipper's reception. Each night there is a headline event for competitors and the final prize-giving on Friday evening August 3 is followed by a Scottish ceilidh.
