2025 Series 2 Race 6 & Robert Love Memorial Races
- holylochsc
- Sep 8
- 4 min read
Wednesday Evening Racing
The race on Wednesday evening was the running of Race 6 from series 2 which due to no wind earlier in the year was postponed until the first Wednesday in September. It was also a prize race for all fleets with the winners each receiving a bottle of wine. The fleet launched in next to no wind, but by the time of the start gun a steady north westerly breeze had developed, which stayed for the rest of the evening.
Pipers
1st Tamarind – Andy Love, James Heggarty, David Bonner
2nd Billie Piper – Iain Hurrel, Grame Murray
3rd Stay Puff – Robert Towart, Caroline Clark, Charmaine Russel
Flying Fifteens
1st More Mischieff – Chris and Marion Bowen
2nd Woffle – Jim MacLean, Mr Iain
3rd Effycacious – Tommy McGeachie
White Sail
1st Sonata – Moonlight – Nigel Sciven, Derek Webber
2nd J30 – Judicious – Jim Hoey, Andrew Leech, Ralph Houston, Mandy Finfer
Dinghies
1st Albacore – Bill is God – Fin Hurrel, James Russel
Robert Love Regatta
Pipers
The Robert Love Regatta was inspired by a Piper sailor, Robert Love who owned and restored Tom Piper after he took an interest in sailing at the Holy Loch Sailing Club. Following his untimely death from a heart attack, his devoted family decided to remember him through sponsoring an end of season club regatta and purchased a silver trophy inscribed with his name for annual competition for the local Piper fleet. Not forgetting the other members, they also provided plaques to be competed for by the other classes sailing, and the event has become an established date on the sailing programme since 2006.
Three Pipers contested this seasons Regatta, comprising two races, interspersed by a magnificent lunch provided by the Love family and including Kenny Love, an honorary life member of the Club, who was making a very popular return after moving away from the area to be closer to family in Stirlingshire. Also competing in this class was Robert’s other brother, Andy, whose rather tardy start to the regatta was nevertheless rectified in short order by an excellent first round which brought him back into contention with Iain Hurrel’s Billie, both boats benefitting from the brisk conditions. However, the more experienced Billie team made full use of their lead to safeguard their position until the end of the race to give them the upper hand as they came ashore for lunch.
Wind conditions had ameliorated by the start of the afternoon race and this time it looked like fortune was going to smile on Andy Love’s Tamarind crew as they marched into an early lead but at the start of the second round Billie’s crew found themselves on the correct side of a major wind shift which they took full advantage of to snatch the lead again and along with his loyal crew of Graeme Murray and Lorn Campbell Ian Hurrel took the second race to secure the Robert Love Cup.
It was great to see so many of the Love family either in the club house or competing on the water today. They kindly provided afternoon tea after racing. Sarah Love presented the trophy to the winning crew.
1st Billie Piper – Ian Hurrel, Lorn Campbell, Graeme Murray
2nd Tamarind – Andy Love, James Heggarty, David Bonner
3rd Stay Puff – Robert Towart, Caroline Clark, Charmaine Russel
Flying Fifteens
Two Flying Fifteens competed in the Robert Love Regatta, Chris and Marion Bowen sailing More Mischieff revelled in the strong breeze, winning both races.
1st More Mischieff – Chris and Marion Bowen
2nd Woffle – Jim MacLean, Mr Iain
White Sail
In the first race Jim Hoey in the J30 Judicious led the 4 White sail boats up the beat to the Hafton mark, closely pursued by the Duncan Chalmers in UFO27 Aria and newcomers to the class Fin Hurrel, Harris Munns, James Russel, Ross Noble in the J24 Mike Honcho. All four learnt to sail through the Holy Loch Sailing Club cadet program which introduces youngster to the sport. Nigel Scriven in the Sonata Moonlight was struggling with the wind as he was overpowered with a full sail plan, brought up the rear. While Judicious stayed ahead to the finish, with the J24 following, it was Duncan Chalmers in Aria that won on corrected time, with Fin Hurrel second, and Moonlight third.
In the second race the fleet headed out to Lazaretto on the first leg the breeze faded leaving skippers puzzled what was going to happen next as the forecast suggested it would build. Those that could unrolled their genoas to full sail and made for the mark leaving Moonlight behind without enough canvas up and having to shake out the reef in their main. Judicious just squeezed round the mark inside Atia, with the J24 Mike Honcho close behind. Judicious made it down the run holding the lead, with the J24 ahead of Atia. This order remained to the end, but on handicap first went to Atia, second to the J24, and third to Moonlight.
1st UFO 27 - Atia – Duncan Chalmers, Ali Marshall
2nd J24 – Mike Honcho - Fin Hurrel, Harris Munns, James Russel, Ross Noble
3rd Sonata – Moonlight - Moonlight – Nigel Sciven, Derek Webber
4th J30 – Judicious – Jim Hoey, Andrew Leech, Ralph Houston, Mandy Finfer
Many thanks to everyone who made this event a great success. Bill and Andy in the race box, Alison, Tricia and Joyce in the Galley, Sincy, Alastair, Kirsty and Tommy in the patrol boat and all of the members and friends that supported the event..
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