Tales from the Archives - The ESC RNLI Pursuit Race
Published 20:05 on 28 Apr 2020
The traditional start of the season is Good Friday with the RNLI Pennant pursuit race. With the closure of the Club we were unable to compete, but we thought it would be fun to look back at previous winners of this race.
Inaugurated in 1995, with the winner receiving an RNLI burgee, the race raises funds for the RNLI. A pursuit race is where the slowest boats start first, and then in intervals till the fastest boats - the idea being that all should finish at the same time.
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RNLI Pennant - Pursuit race
1995 Simon Baber - Albacore, 7946
1996 Phil Mant - Laser, 154839
1997 Neil & Cath Mant - Buzz, 517
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2000 Andy Gould, ESSC
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2004 Trevor Newley & Giles Bowman - Wayfarer, 998
2005 Alex & Angela Johnson - RS400, 657
2006 Trevor Newley & Giles Bowman - Wayfarer, 998
2007 Alex & Angela Johnson - RS400, 657
2008 Doug Peniston - RS Feva
2009 Matt Johnson & Gael Pawson, ESSC - RS400, 1124
2010 Not sailed - weather
2011 Dave Acres - RS300, 480
2012 Dave Acres - RS300, 480
2013 Dave Acres - RS300, 480
2014 Mike Lillywhite & Emma Pethybridge, ESSC - Iso, 815
2015 Ben Davis - Finn, 634
2016 Cath Mant - Laser 4.7, 5
2017 Dave Acres - RS300, 400
2018 David Patterson - Contender, 693
2019 Dave Acres - RS300, 400
2020 Not sailed - COVID-19
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