Victory for Respect, Whippa Snappa, Zumbido and Shakatak The seventh race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Twilight series on Thursday 13 June saw a south westerly breeze of around ten knots and low tide.

The Race Management Team set the Committee Boat off Netley on the eastern shore. The series of staggered windward leeward legs for the four classes saw some exciting action.

In Class 1, Ross Appleby's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster took line honours but Stuart Danby's Corby 25 Respect won on corrected time by 23 seconds from Peter Jones' X332 Hoodlum with Scarlet Oyster third.

Class 2 saw Richard Puddifoot's Sigma 33 take line honours and victory on corrected time by over two minutes from Andrew Percival's Hunter 707 Big Boys with Steve Sault's Sigma 33 Hooligan third.

Class 3 - line honours went to Martin Atchley's First 285 Empathy but corrected time victory by 44 seconds went to Sadler 29 Zumbido (Mike Hibberd) with Empathy second and Andrew Quicke's Hunter 27 Soledad third.

In the multihull class Peter Ward-Jenkins Corsair F28R Shakatak was first to finish and first on corrected from Mike Browne's F24 Legless making a first appearance with a carbon helmsman's seat and semicircular track to nip from side to side of the boat. David McLeman's Dragonfly 920 Zoum was third.

The RSYC Twilight Series continues until 4 July. For details contact Cathy Crawley, Sailing Secretary, RSYC, Tel: 023 80 223352 or email racing@rsyc.org.uk

PROVISIONAL RESULTS RACE 7

Class: 1

1. Respect Stuart Danby

2. Hoodlum Peter Jones

3. Scarlet Oyster Ross Appleby

Class: 2

1. Whippa Snappa Richard Puddifoot

2. Big Boys Toys Andrew Percival

3. Hooligan Steve Sault

Class: 3

1. Zumbido Mike Hibberd

2. Empathy Martin Atchley

3. Soledad Andrew Quicke

Class: Multihull

1. Shakatak 4 Peter Ward Jenkins

2. Legless Mike Browne

3. Zoum! David McLeman