ELYC Members at Tummel

by Colin Ferrier

Congratulations to Rory Ferrier who won the Scottish Inland ILCA 6 Trophy on the weekend of 17/09.

He attended both qualifying events for the Scottish Inland Trophy (Loch Lomond and Loch Tummel). Rory won at Loch Tummel beating a great fleet in some very challenging conditions with gusts of up to 30knots. There were several retirals but Rory stayed the course and finished in first place. Alistair MacKinnon put in a great series and got 5^th and Scott Logan from  ELYC got a 6^th as he retired from the windy conditions on Saturday.

Last weekend there was the second Inland Trophy event at Loch Tummel SC where Rory came second to ELYC’s former member, Jon Gay (currently of Lochaber SC). Some of the best racing I have seen in a long time. There was nothing in it after day 1 with equal wins under both their belts. On day 2, winds were very fickle and Jon started to take the lead. The penultimate race was amazing to watch – Jon at one point was 20 boat lengths ahead, Rory caught up on the downwind leg, As they rounded the mark with Rory just in front, they tacked off both on different tacks with Rory slightly ahead when they approached each other on converging tacks. They approached the line and within 3 boat lengths, Rory sailed into a windless patch and Jon grabbed not only that race but the win for the weekend. Great to watch and both came off the water smiling and shaking hands on a great weekend of extremely close racing.

Rory won the Scottish Inland Trophy for the ILCA 6 with Jon winning the Loch Tummel event.