2012 Sigma 33 OOD Class and Irish National Championships Results

Sigma Class and Irish Championships Results – 2012

Donald McLaren’s Sigma 33 “Sigmatic” emerged as the clear winner of the Sigma 33 Class Championships raced in Dublin Bay under the burgee of the Royal Irish Yacht Club over last weekend against a record entry from many parts of the British Isles.

“Leaky Roof 2”, Alan Harper also from the Clyde was second and defending champion Timothy Goodbody’s “White Mischief” was 3rd.

“White Mischief” also won the Irish Sigma Championships with “Sula” from Bangor in 2nd place.

Racing on Friday had to be abandoned due to persistent heavy winds gusting at times over 40 knots. Racing got underway early on Saturday still in fresh conditions and the race officer Brian Mathews managed four races.

Sunday dawned a lovely clear day with steady westerly winds of 15 knots gusting 20 making a difficult choice as the whether a No 1 or No 2 was the correct headsail choice with the fleet evenly divided.

Race Officer Jack Roy set perfect starting lines of the correct length with a first windward leg of 1.3 miles and so the faster yachts had time to benefit from any speed advantage and they came to the front consistently. Most results came down to establishing an overlap at the last leeward mark with the top 5 or 6 boats crossing the finishing line closely packed followed by the rest of the fleet competing for their places.

The Silver fleet was won by Dick Lovegrove’s “Rupert” with Paddy Maguire’s “Gwilli Two” in second place

This was competitive racing at its best in Dublin Bay and the willingness of competitors to take penalty turns demonstrated a knowledge of the rules and desire to abide by them. This all added to achieving a competitive and friendly regatta which was enjoyed by all.

Original report from Ireland Afloat Scottish Raiders Take Sigma 33 Title on Dublin Bay

And of course Photos of the racing.


Royal Irish Yacht Club
2012 Sigma 33 OOD Class Championships and Irish national Chapionships Results
7 races, 1 discard

Sail No	Boat	Helm	Club	Series Points	Place	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
4270	Sigmatic	Donald McLaren	Helensburgh SC	11	1	1	1	3	3	11	2	1
4607	Leaky Roof 2	Alan Harper	Cove Sailing Club	22	2	4	4	13	2	4	6	2
4633	White Mischief	Timothy Goodbody	RIYC	23	3	2	11	4	6	3	1	7
4324	Sula	Taylor & Sherwood	BYC/RUYC	25	4	15	3	2	4	2	9	5
4505	Mithril	Ross Boyd	QYC/RUYC	26	5	7	2	7	1	9	3	6
8148	Squawk	Paul Prentice	BYC/RUYC	32	6	10	7	1	11	1	4	9
4359	Signet of Kip	Stephen Martin	SLYC	36	7	8	5	21	7	8	5	3
4353	Blues	David Milne	RUYC, BYC	37	8	3	9	5	14	5	7	8
4462	Excelle	Toby Claridge and John Fox	Mylor Yacht Club	49	9	6	8	6	8	14	11	10
4313	Cariad	Gerry Bell	RUYC	51	10	11	12	10	10	6	10	4
4364	Popje	Ted McCourt	NYC	58	11	5	11	12	15	10	8	12
4500	Fandango	Michael Cope	SCYC	61	12	14	14	9	5	7	13	13
4518	Rupert	Richard Lovegrove/Phillip Lovegrove	RStGYC	73	13	12	15	11	9	15	15	11
4534	Gwilli Two	Dermot Clarke	RStGYC	84	14	9	25	8	25	13	14	15
971	Leeuwin	Henry Leonard	RIYC	84	15	13	10	16	13	18	25	14
1685C	Rajah	Roy Summers	RNCYC	87	16	16	16	15	12	12	16	17
1661C	Majic Moments	Paul Hampson	Liverpool YC	98	17	19	22	19	16	16	12	16
1688C	Pastiche	John Peart	RIYC	110	18	20	25	20	18	17	17	18
4536	Elandra	Mick Flynn	DL Marina	111	19	18	18	18	25	19	19	19
4578	Archatron	Johnstone Godfrey	SCYC	118	20	22	19	21	20	20	18	20
4597	September Song	Barry Colleary	RIYC	121	21	21	21	17	17	25	20	25
4999	Moonshine	Ronnie Moloney	RStGYC	130	22	17	13	25	25	25	25	25
4281	Pippa IV	Eoin McMahon	Marina	134	23	23	20	22	19	25	25	25
4368	Enchantress	Kevin Bonner	NYC	142	24	25	17	25	25	25	25	25