Nick Rogers on his Karabos IX clinches 2012 Prince Philip Cup on River Derwent – Sailing news
Impressive sailing skills from Nick Rogers and his crew members, Leigh Behrens and Simon Burrows brought them on top of the standings at the conclusion of 2012 Price Philip Cup. Roger’s team on their Dragon class yacht, Karabos IX, had a superb run on River
Derwent waters and clinched the regatta title with seven points after seven races, including a discard.
Roger and crew had already claimed the regatta title after they finished on second podium place at the end of Race 6. During their sailing campaign at the Prince Philip Cup, the team secured five bullets to reach the title spot. They hit their fifth and
last bullet with just a two-second difference from overall third placed Wolf Breit and crew comprising of Roger Hickman and Dan Morrow.
The weather conditions at the Derwent River were quite ideal as the fresh southerly breeze was blowing around the race course from 17 to 18 knots with heavy gusts. The winds got a bit stronger during the second race of the final day and started wafting about
20 knots, which demanded some change in the tactics to handle such challenging forecast.
The breeze then got stronger at 25 to 30 knots, which was the maximum speed so far and troubled sailors completely. However, despite such harsh conditions, the sailors on their Dragon yachts were able to maintain their course and complete the scheduled races
on time.
Overall standings at the conclusion of the regatta:
1. Karabos IX (Nick Rogers, Leigh Behrens, Simon Burrows, RYCT) 1, 1, (2), 1, 1, 2, 1 = 7 points
2. Indulgence (Robert Campbell, Rene Nel, Simon Cash, GBR) 2, 2, 5, 5, (10), 3, 6 = 23 points
3. Shapes (Wolf Breit, Roger Hickman, Dan Morrow, RSYS) 5, 6, 4, 2, 4, (9), 2 = 23 points
4. Ridgeway (Steven Shield, Elliott Noye, George Jones, RYCT) 3, 5, 1, 10, (12), 1, 4 = 24 points
5. Aquila (Jock Young, Ian Ross, Nick Jones, RYCT) 6, 3, 3, (DNF), 7, 5, 9 = 32 points
6. Freycinet (Wayne Wagg, Peter Bingham, Des Sward, RYCT) (10), 4, 10, 4, 6, 8, 3 = 35 points
7. Linnea (Sandy Anderson, John Moncrieff, John Low, RFBYC) (8), 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 7 = 36 points
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