Chester Race Week 2021

Chester, NS (August 14, 2021) – The fourth day at Helly Hansen Chester Race Week ended with a lot less fog and lighter winds for the final day of racing.

Tony Thompson’s Laser 28 Apres Ski took the overall prize in the Inshore 1 fleet. “There was a bit of luck involved,” Thompson said. “Winning today, we had two boats we had to beat, so we made a point of covering them and we made sure they were behind us.”

Thompson credits that success to his crew, which included longtime friends Melanie Lambert, Ross Tulloch, Ian Dawson, and Alex Waters, as well as his daughter, Katelyn, and nine-year-old grandson, Declan, who both flew out from British Columbia to join the crew.

“Declan wasn’t contributing to the speed of the boat, but what we would do going up wind was we had him watch a boat for when they tacked, so we’d know when to tack. He took that chore to heart and would tell us what was going on. It was nice having a set of eyes with me on the back of the boat, too.”

Racing for 107 teams competing in 11 divisions was held August 11 to 14.

Event information – Race details – Results

Final Results (Top 3):

Bluenose (One Design – 25 Boats)
1. Geronimo, Karl Mitchell , CAN – 3 -2 -1 -6 -1 -2 -3 -[9] -2 -3 ; 23
2. Privateer, Connor Mraz , USA – 6 -4 -3 -5 -4 -7 -[10] -8 -7 -2 ; 46
3. Vera, Chris von Maltzahn , Can – 7 -[20] -7 -3 -3 -1 -7 -10 -4 -10 ; 52

Distance 1 (PHRF_ToT – 11 Boats)
1. Chaos, Mark Gosine , CAN – 4 -1 -2 -1 -2 ; 10
2. Blue Jay III, Matt Stokes , CAN – 5 -3 -1 -4 -3 ; 16
3. Brilliance, Richard Calder , CAN – 1 -2 -3 -5 -7 ; 18

Distance 2 (PHRF_ToT – 10 Boats)
1. Young Blood, Larry Creaser , CAN – 4 -1 -2 -1 -1 ; 9
2. DogParty, Terry McKenna , CAN – 2 -2 -1 -3 -8 ; 16
3. Poohsticks, Colin Mann , CAN – 1 -4 -4 -2 -5 ; 16

Distance 3 (PHRF_ToT – 5 Boats)
1. Scotch Mist IV, Chris MacDonald , CAN – 1 -1 -1 -2 -2 ; 7
2. Painkiller, Paul Fillbe-Dexter , CAN – 2 -2 -5 -5 -1 ; 15
3. Paradigm Shift, Don Williams , CAN – 5 -3 -2 -1 -5 ; 16

Distance 4 (PHRF_ToT – 15 Boats)
1. Good Friday, Philip Burchinshaw , CAN – 1 -1 -4 -1 ; 7
2. Auster, Robert Merchant , CAN – 3 -2 -1 -3 ; 9
3. King of Normandy, Francois Guitton , CAN – 2 -3 -5 -4 ; 14

Inshore 1 (PHRF_ToT – 14 Boats)
1. Apres Ski, Tony Thompson , CAN – 4 -4 -1 -2 -2 -3 -[6] ; 16
2. Foxy Lady, Bob Cragg , CAN – 1 -6 -2 -1 -6 -[9] -7 ; 23
3. Dark Water, Donald K Walker , CAN – 2 -[9] -4 -4.5 -1 -7 -5 ; 23.5

C&C 99 PHRF – Inshore (PHRF_ToT – 4 Boats)
1. Agent 99, Rob Crutcher , CAN – [2] -1 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 ; 8
2. Equinox 99, Rod Stright , CAN – 1 -[2] -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 ; 9
3. Showgirl2, Drew Bethune , CAN – [4] -4 -3 -3 -4 -3 -3 ; 20

J105 PHRF – Inshore (PHRF_ToT – 5 Boats)
1. McMac, Sean McDermott / Rory MacDonald , CAN – 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -[3] -1 ; 6
2. MoJo, James Mosher , CAN – [3] -3 -2 -2 -2 -1 -3 ; 13
3. VTack, John Sapp , CAN – [4] -2 -4 -3 -3 -2 -2 ; 16

IOD (One Design – 6 Boats)
1. Squall, Peter Wickwire , CAN – 2 -1 -1 -4 -1 -1 -1 -2 -1 -[5] -2 ; 16
2. Bella, Evan Petley-Jones Jim Mason , CAN – [4] -3 -3 -2 -4 -3 -4 -1 -3 -1 -3 ; 27
3. Piper, Shawn Mulrooney , CAN – 1 -5 -4 -[6] -5 -2 -3 -3 -4 -2 -4 ; 33

Farr 30 (One Design – 7 Boats)
1. One More Time, Rob Gale , CAN – 1 -2 -1 -3 -1 -[6] -4 -3 -3 -2 -3 ; 23
2. Yardsail, Roby Douglas , CAN – 4 -4 -2 -1 -4 -3 -5 -2 -1 -1 -[8] ; 27
3. Matador, Gregory Blunden , CAN – 2 -5 -4 -2 -2 -4 -1 -1 -4 -3 -[8] ; 28

Sonar (One Design – 5 Boats)
1. PING, Andreas Josenhans , CAN – 2 -1 -2 -[5] -1 -1 -4 -1 -1 -1 -1 ; 15
2. Barbarian, Rob Barbara , CAN – 1 -3 -1 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -4 -2 -[5] ; 22
3. Scamp, Alexander Ritchie , can – 3 -[4] -4 -1 -4 -4 -1 -4 -3 -3 -2 ; 29

Source: CRW