Tornado Speed Sailing day 2 at Southampton + Video

9:34 PM Tue 27 Sep 2011 GMT

'Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2011' Tom Gruitt - COPYRIGHT

The second day of Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show set off with more wind, more crowds, and much closer action on the water.

Set directly off the impressive marina pontoons of the boat show, the Hydropool Tornado fleet raced four races over a 100 metre windward/leeward course. The speed sailing format provides fast turnaround crash and burn racing, with two minute start sequences immediately after the finish of the previous race, and no discards allowed!

Day one was fun but day two bought more action for the crowds who flocked to see the high performance Tornado catamaran racing at its best.

The sailors woke up to stronger winds across the Solent with up to 20knots for the eight teams hoping to get as many races as possible into a one hour time slot.

Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2011 - Tom Gruitt - COPYRIGHT

There was time for five races which provided close racing for the spectators watching from the marina pontoons, the gusty conditions generated many oohs and aahs from the shore with lots of near misses and fast manoeuvres. The short race course lead to plenty of changes in positions throughout the races where one wrong move or slow gybe took the sailors from first to last.

It was current UK National Champions Grant Piggot and Robby Jon Garka who came out on top of the results board with an impressive five race wins on Sunday. They were closely followed by Tim Neale, a new edition to the Tornado fleet who ditched his Capricorn F18 for the weekend. In third place was Phil Marks with consistent results throughout the series.

Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2011 - Tom Gruitt - COPYRIGHT

Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2011 - Tom Gruitt - COPYRIGHT

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Full Results:

1. GrantPiggott and Robby Jon Garka
2. Tim Neale and Chris/Douggie
3. Phil Marks and Harvey/Martin
4. Lee Harrison and Andrew Dowley
5. Ron Price and Amy/Nev
6. Rich Thoroughgood and Roselle Farr
7. Phil Goddard and Simon Dean
8. Ned Neave and Erica Neave

Thank you to Hydropool Hot Tubs and Spas for sponsoring the event. Grant and Robby collected the UK Speed Sailing Cup at the Hydropool stand within the PSP Southampton Boat Show.

by Andrew Dowley

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