With William Carruthers having just completed the move from Flying 15 to RS400, it seems there are several moves in the air. Dave Nicholson will be getting a new GP, Phil and Rich Hodgkins are between boats – will it be a GP?, Malcolm Clayton moving up to the Hodgkins boys’ boat. Will Michala take Malcolm’s boat, and will Roy Blackburn move from Lark to RS400?
With the arrival of William’s RS400, there was a lot of encouragement to get on the water and boost the fleet of RSs on the water. But when was he going to make that first move? Bridget couldn’t wait for him to ‘get his knickers wet!’ Would he be in shorts and T shirt? Daughter Emily had been promised the first sail, so everything had to wait until Sunday afternoon when she turned up and nervously got changed. But she did get in the boat, she did reluctantly fly the genniker, she did have to crawl on the foredeck to rerig the genniker after dad had forgotten to tie the ends of the sheets, she did sail the whole race, stayed upright, didn’t win but enjoyed it! Well done!
As for the rest of the weekend’s racing, there was plenty of sun, plenty of wind, some exciting courses, the odd capsize, some close racing, and innovative starting procedure by use of Herb’s whistle! Scott Beattie took three firsts from Paul Burnell to win the Mellor Mug, Mark Somerville won the Handicap Isel Cup with three firsts, but it was all on the last race in the GPs with David and Lynn Lawson taking the honours from Phil SMith and Toggle Cowan
FF MELLOR MUG
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 3673 S BEATTIE FF 1 1 1 DNS 3
2 3521 P BURNELL FF 2 2 2 2 6
3 93673 J SOMERVILLE FF DNS DNS DNS 1 9
Points for RTD = 3 3 3 3
Points for DSQ = 3 3 3 3
Points for DNS = 4
3 races to count
ISEL CUP
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 161866 M SOMERVILLE LAS 1 1 3 1 3
2 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX 2 2 1 3 5
3 1210 S HUNT RS400 3 3 2 2 7
4 501 N CURRIE RS400 4 5 4 4 12
5 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 5 4 RTD 5 14
6 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 6 6 6 6 18
7 69960 M CHAPPEL MS DNS DNS 5 DNS 25
8 103 A NICHOLSON VARIO RTD RTD DNS DNS 26
9 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 DNS DNS DNS 7 27
Points for RTD = 8 8 8 8
Points for DSQ = 8 8 8 8
Points for DNS = 10
3 races to count
GP14 COMMODORES PRIZE
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 13176 D LAWSON GP 2 1 2 1 4
2 13791 P SMITH GP 1 2 1 2 4
3 13142 R HODGKINS GP 3 3 3 DNS 9
4 12329 J WOOD GP 4 5 6 4 13
5 13118 V BELL GP DNS DNS 5 3 19
6 13238 D NICHOLSON GP 5 4 DNS DNS 20
7 13326 S WATSON GP DNS DNS 7 5 23
8 913161 D SPENCE GP DNS OD DNS DNS 25
9 13371 J RILEY GP DNS DNS OD DNS 25
10 13733 A HODGKINS GP DNS DNS 4 DNS 26
Points for RTD = 6 6 8 6
Points for DSQ = 6 6 8 6
Points for DNS = 11
3 races to count