There was something for all 90 competitors in the Jura Scottish Series regatta just ended in Loch Fyne – variety of courses, weather, scenery, excellent racing and of course entertainment. SS24 delivered a full race schedule for all classes with the help of the deployment of Robotic Marks. Loch Fyne is up to 150m deep, and it is difficult to lay traditional marks.
Some of the prizes weren’t won until the last day. That was particularly so in IRC 1, where Ben Shelley’s J109 Mocking J from Fairlie won overall, having tied on 14 points with Jacob VII, the Corby 33 from CCC (John Stamp). Third was Robin Young’s J109 Jings, which was the order at the top of the RC 35 Championship.
Alan Ovington in the Half Tonner HeadHunter (RGYC) finished well ahead of Ally Paton’s J92 Jammin (HYC) in IRC 2. HeadHunter looked a contender for the overall prize but lost out as the Coastal Course was heavy going on reaching so the J92s did better and that cost them a fifth but they still won IRC 2 and the Scottish IRC title. Etchells class racing at the 2024 Scottish Series Photo: Marc Turner Stephen Rarity, in Bounce Back from RGYC, held on to his overnight lead and ended up 9 points ahead in the Etchells division.
He has a string of places, never lower than second. To make the Series special for Bounce Back, Stephen won the overall prize. The crew of Bounce Back were the Scottish Series overall winners in in the Etchells class Photo: Marc Turner In one of the other One Design classes, th.
