The fourth and fifth round of the 2022 All Comers Series was held at Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club (GBYC) on Saturday (25 June).
With light south-westerly winds, it saw Nico van Wieringen on his L26 Go Dutch take the lead in the series with just four rounds remaining.
Go Dutch took line honours in both races, with a first and second on handicap. The strong result was at the expense of previous series leader Seaboard, which didn’t run the weekend’s races and has dropped out of contention for a series victory.
Go Dutch had to fend off a strong challenge from in-form Philippe Pringiers on the L20 Time Out, who won on handicap in the second race.
The past weekend’s races saw Time Out take second place on the series scoreboard.
The L26 Equation, co-skippered by Richard and Edmund Tough, had to settle for third in both races. In the first race the cruising boats were led home by Zia (a Holiday 23 single-handed by Barry Ross) in fourth, followed by Ken Newton’s Libre (an Endurance 37). The results reversed for the second race.
In both races Mark Smeddle on his Caribbea 30 Plain Sailing was sixth and Piet Henning on his Carter 33 Pula seventh.
Light conditions were challenging in the opening race, but this was good preparation for the 3D Cooling GBYC Gaul Regatta in August.
On Sunday (26 June), several yacht skippers participated in the Start 73 radio-controlled regatta.
