| As always, weather and wind conditions around Alderney are unpredictable, and last weekend was no exception. Nevertheless, 13 yachts – including 4 from Guernsey and 3 from Jersey – took part in this year’s 5th Alderney Regatta which started on Saturday morning 26th August with a club race to Ortac.
Six Alderney yachts competed in this race which was won by the all-ladies team of POLAR STAR with a time of 1.30h. Line Honours were claimed by Commodore Nigel Vooght and his crew onboard GRACE and A ROAMER IN ALDERNEY came 3rd.
That same day, four Guernsey yachts taking part in the POLYGON GUERNSEY TO ALDERNEY PURSUIT RACE, were heading for Alderney and three yachts from Jersey also arrived that afternoon for a warm welcome at the Alderney Sailing Club, enjoying a BBQ dished up in PJ’s Food Truck outside the clubhouse , live music with Dan McHale in the marquee and plenty of socialising until late evening.
The POLYGON GUERNSEY TO ALDERNEY PURSUIT RACE was won by BLACKJACK. In second place was FANDANGLE, and in 3rd Place KILLING TIME. The return race to Guernsey took place on Monday morning 09:00h.
On Sunday morning strong winds did not deter 13 yachts and over 60 crew from taking part in the AROUND THE ISLAND RACE.
The race proved both challenging and exciting and was won by A ROAMER OF ALDERNEY in a time of 1hr. 30 mins. Line Honours went to Guernsey’s KILLING TIME
2nd: FANDANGLE (Guernsey)
3rd: BLACKJACK (Guernsey)
And the overall winner of the 5th Alderney Regatta was POLAR STAR. Skipper Tess Woodnutt and her all-ladies crew found it very hard to contain their excitement and absolute delight when being presented with the much coveted trophy.
Feedback from all participants was extremely positive and enthusiastic and both Guernsey and Jersey yacht clubs look forward to taking part with more yachts in Alderney’s 6th annual regatta.
Alderney Sailing Club Commodore Nigel Vooght said: “The Alderney Regatta is our most important annual sailing event, putting Alderney firmly on the nautical map. All visiting sailors who took part thoroughly enjoyed their weekend racing, the challenges of our waters, and socialising and discovering Alderney. They will be back for next year’s regatta, when we would also like to welcome more sailors from nearby France and Southern England to join us. To ensure the Alderney Regatta is in everybody’s 2024 nautical events diary, we will shortly be confirming the date.”
RACE RESULTS – 5TH ALDERNEY REGATTA 2023
SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST – DAY 1:
ORTAC RACE
6 yachts competed in this race.
1st POLAR STAR 1hr 30 mins
2nd – Line Honours: GRACE
3rd A ROAMER IN ALDERNEY
4th PIPEDREAMER 007
5th TIGER BAY
6th SECOND WIND
POLYGON GUERNSEY TO ALDERNEY PURSUIT RACE
4 yachts took part in this race (Prize presentation will take place in Guernsey)
1st BLACKJACK
2nd FANDANGLE
3rd KILLING TIME
4th ODIN’S RAVEN
SUNDAY 27TH AUGUST – DAY 2: AROUND THE ISLAND RACE
13 yachts competed in this race. 12 finished.
1st ROAMER OF ALDERNEY (Alderney)
2nd FANDANGLE (Guernsey)
3rd BLACKJACK (Guernsey)
4th KILLING TIME (Guernsey)
5th ARCTIC TERN (Jersey)
6th STELLA MARIS (Jersey)
7th POLAR STAR (Alderney)
8th ODIN’S RAVEN (Jersey)
9th GRACE 2201 (Jersey)
10th PIPEDREAMER 007 (Alderney)
11th TIGER BAY (Alderney)
12th SECOND WIND (Alderney)
WINNER OF THE 5TH ALDERNEY REGATTA:
POLAR STAR (Alderney)
RESULTS – RETURN RACE ALDERNEY TO GUERNSEY 28 August:
1st FANDANGLE
2nd BLACKJACK
3rd KILLING TIME
4th SEVENTH SUN
5th ODIN’S RAVEN
Results for the overall weekend
1st FANDANGLE
2nd BLACKJACK
3rd KILLING TIME
4th ODIN’S RAVEN
5th SEVENTH SUN |
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