The weekend finished with a pennant race around the lake. The race for the Banana Stakes, presented by former Trustee Bill Anderson, was run on a personal handicap basis. There were mixed fortunes throughout the race, firstly, Mike Moore tried his best to luff Ian Campbell off the lake – but no joy! This allowed Keith Jamieson to overtake the pair and start chasing leading F15 Paul Burnell. Although, Paul kept increasing his lead on the way to the end of the lake, Ian and Mike nibbled away at his lead on the way back – was the pressure so much that he opened up the lead by missing a mark? No Paul had just not written the course down properly – you’d think he’d have learnt after making a similar mistake in the morning race!

The winds favoured the other fleets on the return trip, and brought the whole fleet closer together. After the final results were calculated, Val and Ken Bell were declared winners of the race from Margaret Trotter and Mike Chappell.

BANANA STAKES

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13118  V BELL        GP           1   1
 2   93265  M TROTTER     FF           2   2
 3    1117  K JAMIESON    FF           3   3
 4   12156  TBA           GP           4   4
 5    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         5   5
 6    3473  M MOORE       FF           6   6
 7   13013  J SEDGWICK    GP           7   7
 8   33434  S WATSON      MIR          8   8
 9    3560  I CAMPBELL    FF           9   9
10    2504  K THOMAS      FF          10  10
11    1125  J HALLIDAY    RS400       11  11
12    3521  P BURNELL     FF         RTD  13

                     Points for RTD = 13
                     Points for DSQ = 13
                     Points for DNS = 13

 1 races to count

The weekend brought another long series to a close, the results are detailed below.

FF BLENCATHRA TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts
 1    3560  I CAMPBELL    FF           1 DNS DNS DNS   1   2   1   5
 2    3473  M MOORE       FF           3   1   2   1   2   1   2   5
 3    3521  P BURNELL     FF           2   2 DNS   3   3   5   5  10
 4    1117  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS DNS   2   4   4   3  13
 5    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF         DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS   4  21
 6    3385  M MIDDLETON   FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS   5   3 DNS  24
 7    3332  W SOMERVILLE  FF          OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  27

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   3   4   6   6   6
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   3   4   6   6   6
                     Points for DNS =  8

 4 races to count

GP MUSTARD POT 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts
 1   13791  P SMITH       GP           2 DNS DNS DNS   1   1   3   7
 2   13749  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS   3   2   2   1   8
 3   13142  R HODGKINS    GP           5 DNS   1   1 DNS DNS   4  11
 4   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           6 DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS   5  27
 5   13326  R DAWSON      TOP          4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2  34
 6   13013  J SEDGWICK    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   3 DNS  34
 7   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           3 DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS DNS  35
 8   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  43
 9     501  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS  44
10  913789  A SMITH       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS  45
11   12239  P DELORME     GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS  46
12  912239  J LEAKE       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS  46
13   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS  47

                     Points for RTD =  7   0   3   6   5   5   6
                     Points for DSQ =  7   0   3   6   5   5   6
                     Points for DNS = 14

 4 races to count

MIRROR MUG (To date)

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   69675  T SMITH       MIRROR       1   1   1 DNS   3
 2   68852  N WOOD        MIR          2   2   2 DNS   6
 3   33434  S WATSON      MIR          3 DNS   3   2   8
 4  969675  ROB SMITH     MIRROR     DNS DNS DNS   1  13
 5  933434  L COOK        MIR        DNS   3 DNS DNS  15

                     Points for RTD =  4   4   4   3
                     Points for DSQ =  4   4   4   3
                     Points for DNS =  6

 3 races to count

Well done to the 10 Bass boats that took part in this year’s World Championships at Abersoch. In a fleet of 171 boats, places were easily lost, but 7 of our boats finished in the top half of the results. Special congratulations must go to Bean and Toggle Cowan who finished a creditable 17th, while Telf and Smithster were only 4 places behind at 22nd.

 17 Phil Smith         Mike Cowan
 22 John Telford       Andy Smith
 38 Robin Dawson       Mark Somerville
 44 John Riley         Nigel Lewis
 59 David Lawson       Lynn Lawson
 64 Hugh Godfrey       Rhonwen Bryce
 83 Richard Hodgkins   Philip Hodgkins
 90 Mike Fairlamb      Eric Smith
149 Andrew Greenhalgh  Duncan Greenhalgh
170 Dave Nicholson     Sarah Nicholson

Full details on GP14 website

The weather certainly couldn’t make its mind up this weekend. Sunshine and showers is part of the story, with the wind playing games for the competitors throughout the weekend, it made OD Neil Currie a nervous wreck!

Following a barbeque, a late night on the dance floor (or pool table), with a bit of Stella as sustenance, left some sailors jaded for Sunday’s racing. But the competition remained strong. At lunchtime on Sunday, after three races, there was all to play for in the final two races as David Lawson, Phil Smith, and Neil Platt were all on equal points.

David Lawson secured race 4, but this still left the other two in with a chance on the final race. Just after the start of race 5, the OD had his head in his hands as John Telford put up his spinnaker on the first beat to 7. Having managed to lead three others astray, Telf was able to watch the rest of the fleet for the way to go as he drifted in the shadow of Skiddaw. However, the Hodgkins boys heading for the shadow of Sale Fell, also put their spinnaker up and secured an excellent lead. Mum Jose couldn’t stand the tension and went for a shower to put on her glad rags for the prizegiving. When she came out, the boys had suffered the fate of many over the weekend, having been stuck in a hole while some of the fleet caught up and passed them by. From this point, David and Phil battled for first and second place through to the end, with David securing another first, and a commanding win of the open meeting.

Commodore Jose Hodgkins awarded the prizes, and leading visitor Neil Platt thanked the club for putting on another excellent event (despite the weather!)

 

 

Overall winners David and Lynn Lawson from Bass

 

 

GP14 OPEN MEETING 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4   5 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      L LAWSON       BASS             1   2   3   1   1   3
 2   13791  P SMITH       M COWAN        BASS             2   4   1   6   2   5
 3   13816  N PLATT       E TURNER       BOLTON & WEST    3   1   2   4  11   6
 4   13115  J WADDINGTON  C WADDINGTON   BOLTON           7   5   4   7   4  13
 5   13789  J TELFORD     A SMITH        BASS             4  10   8   2  12  14
 6    5794  I THOMSON     M NEWTON       WEST LANCS       8   8   6   8   3  17
 7   13326  R DAWSON      W BEATER       BASS             6   7  10   5  14  18
 8   13749  H GODFREY     R BRYCE        BASS            14   9   7   3  13  19
 9   13819  A GREENHALGH  D GREENHALGH   BASS             9   3   9   9   8  20
10   13763  A YENDELL     M GREENHALGH   ABERDEEN UNI     5 DNS DNS  10   5  20
11   13142  R HODGKINS    P HODGKINS     BASS            10   6   5  11  10  21
12   13616  G MASSEY      C MEYER        DOVESTONE       15  12  11  13   6  29
13   13680  S HEYWOOD     R HEYWOOD      HOLLINGWORTH    13  11  13  14   7  31
14   13760  N CATTO       C CATTO        BUDWORTH        12  13  12  12   9  33
15   13733  A HODGKINS    J HODGKINS     BASS            11 DNS  14 DNS DNS  44
16   13187  A PENNY       I PENNY        DERWENT         16  16  16  15  15  46
17   13345  M COOPER      C CLAASSEN     DERWENT         18  15  15  16  16  46
18   12329  J WOOD                       BASS            17  14  17 RTD  17  48

                                        Points for RTD = 19  17  18  18  18
                                        Points for DSQ = 19  17  18  18  18
                                        Points for DNS = 19

 3 races to count

Blue skies, and light – medium airs made for an excellent weekend’s sailing. Those that were away on holiday, would struggle to match the glorious weather.

Emily Carruthers tried her hand at crewing for her dad in his F15 and secured a first place. The winds weren’t so kind in the next race, but who cares, she enjoyed it!

The Hodgkins boys had a good battle with Hugh Godfrey and Rhonwen Bryce, and came out on top securing second place overall.

There was some close racing throughout the weekend with both the F15 and Mirror series being determined on the last race. Final results for the weekend, together with a championship update follow.

FF ULLOCK MUG 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3673  S BEATTIE     FF           1 DNS   3   1   2
 2    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF           2 DNS   1   5   3
 3    3332  W SOMERVILLE  FF         DNS DNS   2   3   5
 4    3385  M MIDDLETON   FF         DNS DNS   5   2   7
 5    1117  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS   4   4   8
 6    3520  S BROOKES     FF         DNS DNS DNS   6  13

                     Points for RTD =  3   0   6   7
                     Points for DSQ =  3   0   6   7
                     Points for DNS =  7

 2 races to count

GP MCMILLAN CUP 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13791  P SMITH       GP           1   1   1 DNS   3
 2   13142  R HODGKINS    GP           2   3   2   2   6
 3   13749  H GODFREY     GP           3   2   3   3   8
 4   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS   4   4  16
 5  913789  A SMITH       GP         DNS DNS DNS   1  17
 6   13238  D NICHOLSON   GP         RTD DNS   5 DNS  18
 7   12239  P DELORME     GP         DNS RTD DNS DNS  21

                     Points for RTD =  5   5   6   5
                     Points for DSQ =  5   5   6   5
                     Points for DNS =  8

 3 races to count

MIRROR ROUND TABLE TANKARD 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   69675  T SMITH       MIR          1   1   2   1   3
 2   68852  N WOOD        MIR          2   2   1   2   5
 3   33434  S WATSON      MIR        DNS DNS   3 DNS  11

                     Points for RTD =  3   3   4   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   3   4   3
                     Points for DNS =  4

 3 races to count

The sun shone and many visitors had an excellent weekend’s racing with a fantastic backdrop of Skiddaw. Some even had the energy to dance the night away at the disco. The racing was close enough such that the handicap and mirror results were both dependent on whatever happened in the last race.

At the prizegiving, Bridget thanked all who had helped throughout the weekend from OD, through rescue, to catering and bar.

HANDICAP OPEN MEETING 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1     108  M FEARNLOY    59ER           MORECAMBE & HE   3   1   2   1   4
 2    1210  S HUNT        RS400          BASS             1   2   1   2   4
 3     501  N CURRIE      RS400          BASS             2   3 RTD RTD   9

                                        Points for RTD =  4   4   4   4
                                        Points for DSQ =  4   4   4   4
                                        Points for DNS =  4

 3 races to count

LASER OPEN MEETING 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1  161866  M SOMERVILLE             BASS             1   2   1 RTD   4
 2  177959  J SMITH                  WEST KIRBY SC    4   1   3   1   5
 3  166585  P WORTH                  DELPH SC         3   4   5   2   9
 4  174889  R DAWSON                 BASS             2 RTD   2 RTD  13
 5  166400  S COBB                   DRSC             8   5   4   5  14
 6  157428  C BROWN                  SCALING DAM SC   6   3   6   6  15
 7  144638  M MONTGOMERY             BASS             7   6   8   3  16
 8  261866  P HODGKINS               BASS             5   7   7   4  16

                                        Points for RTD =  9   9   9   9
                                        Points for DSQ =  9   9   9   9
                                        Points for DNS =  9

 3 races to count

MIRROR OPEN MEETING 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   69972  B PARTRIDGE   K ROBINSON     BUDWORTH         3   1   1   4   5
 2   69683  A MACKENZIE   N BROOK        RWYC/HLSC        1   2   2   2   5
 3   70153  G HUGHES      H MITCHEL      HLSC             2   3   3   5   8
 4   70055  P HOULIHAN    M HANLON       RWYC           DNS DNS   4   1  14
 5   69675  T SMITH       R SMITH        BASS             6   6   5   3  14
 6   58625  R CWIK        R MCKEOWN      HLSC             4   4   6   7  14
 7   69727  E HOULIHAN    E MACKENZIE    RWYC             5   5   7   6  16
 8   69960  M CHAPPELL               BASS             7 RTD   8   8  23

                                        Points for RTD =  8   8   9   9
                                        Points for DSQ =  8   8   9   9
                                        Points for DNS =  9

 3 races to count

Well that’s what David Heal and Blackburn were doing during the Jimmy Lancaster Memorial Race on Sunday afternoon. David was pleased to be trying out the spinnaker in his Osprey, but mark 4 got the better of the pair each time and they continued to perfect their capsize drill. At the front of the fleet, visitor Neil Platt with Phil Smith in a F15 were continuing to increase their lead, though there was one boat that closed the gap – Neil Garrison in his Dart.

Paul Burnell had to do turns after a luffing incident with William Carruthers and Toggle Cowan, but was somewhat cheered up when William practised dredging with spinnaker!

At the end of the somewhat wet race, after the handicaps were adjusted, Neil Platt was first boat but, being a visitor, was not entitled to take the trophy which went to Mike Moore and Ian Smith.

Final results for weekend:

JIMMY LANCASTER MEMORIAL TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1
 2    3521  P BURNELL     FF           2   2
 3   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           3   3
 4    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF           4   4
 5   13118  V BELL        GP           5   5
 6   37814  I FLETCHER    MIR          6   6
 7    6905  N GARRISON    D 18         7   7
 8     172  J HALLIDAY    RS400        8   8
 9    1277  D HEAL        OSPREY       9   9
10   69960  M CHAPPEL     MS         RTD  13
10   13161  S SPENCE      GP         RTD  13

                     Points for RTD = 13
                     Points for DSQ = 13
                     Points for DNS = 12

 1 races to count

FF MORGAN TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3560  I CAMPBELL    FF           1   1   2   1   3
 2    3473  M MOORE       FF           3   3   1   2   6
 3    3332  W SOMERVILLE  FF           2   2 DNS DNS  10
 4    3521  P BURNELL     FF         DNS DNS RTD   3  13

                     Points for RTD =  4   4   4   4
                     Points for DSQ =  4   4   4   4
                     Points for DNS =  5

 3 races to count

FF BLENCATHRA TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           3   1   2   1   4
 2    3521  P BURNELL     FF           2   2 DNS   3   7
 3    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF         DNS DNS   1 DNS  19
 4    3560  I CAMPBELL    FF           1 DNS DNS DNS  19
 5    1117  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS DNS   2  20
 6    3332  W SOMERVILLE  FF          OD DNS DNS DNS  21

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   3   4
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   3   4
                     Points for DNS =  7

 3 races to count

GP14 MUSTARD POT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13142  R HODGKINS    GP           5 DNS   1   1  22
 2     501  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS DNS   2  35
 3   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           3 DNS DNS   4  35
 4   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           6 DNS   2 DNS  36
 5   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS DNS DNS   5  38
 6   13749  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS   3  42
 7   13791  P SMITH       GP           2 DNS DNS DNS  44
 8   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1 DNS DNS DNS  46
 9   13326  R DAWSON      TOP          4 DNS DNS DNS  46

                     Points for RTD =  7   0   3   6
                     Points for DSQ =  7   0   3   6
                     Points for DNS = 10

 4 races to count

GP SPRING CUP 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts
 1   13142  R HODGKINS    GP         DNS   4 DNS DNS   1   1   2   8
 2   13791  P SMITH       GP           1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD  16
 3     501  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS RTD RTD DNS DNS   1  17
 4   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS DNS RTD   1 DNS DNS DNS  24
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   2   2 DNS  24
 6   13176  D LAWSON      GP           2   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  24
 7   13326  R DAWSON      TOP          3   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  26
 8   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  33
 9   13013  J SEDGWICK    GP         DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  35

                     Points for RTD =  4   6   3   3   3   3   4
                     Points for DSQ =  4   6   3   3   3   3   4
                     Points for DNS = 10

 4 races to count

MIRROR AB SERIES

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   68852  N WOOD        MIR        DNS   1   1   2   2
 2   33434  S WATSON      MIR        DNS   2   2 DNS   4
 3   69960  M CHAPPEL     MS         DNS DNS DNS   1   6
 4   37814  I FLETCHER    MIR        DNS DNS DNS   3   8

                     Points for RTD =  0   3   3   4
                     Points for DSQ =  0   3   3   4
                     Points for DNS =  5

 2 races to count

MIRROR RED SAILS 2002

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts
 1   69960  M CHAPPEL     MS           1   1   2 RTD   1   1 DNS   4
 2   68852  N WOOD        MIR          2   2   1   1   2   2   1   5
 3   33434  S WATSON      MIR          3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2  17

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   3   3   3   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   3   3   3   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  4

 4 races to count

On Saturday, the hot sunny weather with a good southerly breeze to boot was looking extremely promising. The OD, who vowed to start on time, had to delay matters when the effects of a sea breeze started to put his plans for a course, taking the fleet around the lake, to pot. After this delay in setting a course to suit the new wind, the fleet were so eager to get down to it that there was a general recall. Fortunately, they behaved themselves after that and got off to a clean start second time around.

However, the winds had not settled down; with continual wind changes and the odd hole to contend with positions were regularly changing. Steve Goacher and Neil Platt enjoyed some good racing, but it was Neil that went on to win the first race.

The second race was held in more constant airs, and there were several battles going on throughout the race. Neil Platt again secured the lead and went on to win.

Saturday evening started with lasagne and chianti, and as the Stella started to flow a pool competition got underway. It’s anyone’s guess as to who (should have) won, but after several more Stellas very few people cared! Did this affect concentration levels for Sunday’s racing…?

Sunday threatened to be a bit of a drifter, but just before the scheduled 10.30 start the wind started to fill in from the South and the racing was under way just 15 minutes late. The lead was again a battle between Steve Goacher and Neil Platt with Steve taking command of the situation, but Neil stole his chance on the final mark rounding to take the third race and secure the series. This didn’t stop the two taking to the water for the final race. The wind had faded over lunchtime and it was hoped that a sea breeze would take over. However, although the wind filled in from the West with the sea breeze, northerly gusts of wind gave the starboard side of the beat the advantage. Steve Goacher was quick to notice this and soon had a commanding lead. The northerly gusts played their part in reducing Steve’s lead on the next beat, but he stayed ahead and didn’t make the same mistake again and he went on to win the final race.

Other prizes for the weekend went to that silvery haired Neil Currie with Toggle Cowan for their ‘outstanding’ performance in the Neil’s former F15 in the silver fleet. The Classic boat prize went to Keith Jamieson.

Overall results:

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3770  N PLATT       J MARSTON      BOLTON & WEST    1   1   1   2   3
 2    3721  S GOACHER     P EVANS        RWYC             2   2   2   1   5
 3    3673  S BEATTIE     J SOMMERVILLE  BASS             3   3   3 DNS   9
 4    3734  H GREEN       I PRESTON      LEIGH & LOWTON   7   4   5   3  12
 5    3473  M MOORE       I SMITH        BASS             4   7   6   4  14
 6    3560  I CAMPBELL    T FISHER       BASS             5   5   4   6  14
 7    3265  N CURRIE      M COWAN        BASS             6   6   7   5  17
 8    3521  P BURNELL     I MACPHERSON   BASS             8   8   8   9  24
 9    3268  W CARRUTHERS  A SMITH        BASS            10   9  10   7  26
10    3332  W SOMMERVILL  J HARDON       BASS             9  10  12  10  29
11    1117  K JAMIESON    MAFF SMITH     BASS            12  12  11   8  31
12    3281  M WATSON      D FIRTH        REYC            11  11   9 DNS  31
13    2504  S KIRKPATRIC  K THOMAS       BASS            13  13  13  11  37

                                        Points for RTD = 14  14  14  12
                                        Points for DSQ = 14  14  14  12
                                        Points for DNS = 14

 3 races to count

The GP14s were at Derwent Reservoir this weekend in the North West Area Championships. Again, we had some excellent results with Bean and Toggle securing 2nd overall, Telf and Smithster 4th, and Neil Currie with Scumper 8th.

At the club, there were two series of fleet handicap racing. The Tinker Trophy, held over Saturday and Sunday, proved to be close to the finish as the overall result depended on the last race. Returning member Simon Davis in his RS200 was kept on his toes by Mike Moore in his F15, but Simon took the last race and the series.

Monday’s racing was held in gusty conditions interspersed with the odd wind shadow. The first race was very close with the first seven boats finishing within 40 seconds on corrected time. In the afternoon, Mike Moore with Ian Smith broke away from the rest of the fleet at the start of the 2nd beat by staying out of the dreaded wind shadow for a vital few seconds. and they continued to build on this for the rest of the race. With the race being calculated on average lap times, Mike was concerned when the other fleets’ course was shortened before the F15s as the wind had eased and the pace had slowed. Miles and Joe were elated at keeping William and Alan at bay – is that enough encouragement for them to try their hand in next week’s F15 open meeting?

When the results were calculated, Mike had another 1st and took the Paul Carruthers Memorial Trophy.

Weekend results:

TINKER TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1     604  S DAVIES      RS200        1   2   4   1   8
 2    3473  M MOORE       FF           2   1   3   2   8
 3    3521  P BURNELL     FF           4   3   2   3  12
 4   13259  W ROBERTS     GP           3   4   5   4  16
 5   69675  T SMITH       MIR          6   7   1   6  20
 6  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          5   5   6   7  23
 7   12329  J WOOD        GP           7   6   8   9  30
 8    3385  M MIDDLETON   FF         DNS DNS   7   5  48
 9       2  B WOOD        TOP        DNS DNS   9  12  57
10    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS  10  11  57
11     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      DNS DNS DNS   7  61
12   33434  S WATSON      MIR        DNS   8 DNS DNS  62
13   13238  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS   9 DNS DNS  63
14   37814  I FLETCHER    MIR        DNS DNS DNS  10  64
15   66942  J FERGUSON    LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS  66
16   12324  L BUGLASS     GP         DNS DNS DNS RTD  69
16    3520  S BROOKES     FF         DNS DNS DNS RTD  69

                     Points for RTD =  8  10  12  15
                     Points for DSQ =  8  10  12  15
                     Points for DNS = 18

 4 races to count

PAUL CARRUTHERS MEMORIAL TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1   2
 2   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2   2   4
 3  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          3   6   9
 4    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF           5   4   9
 5    3385  M MIDDLETON   FF           7   3  10
 6   13259  W ROBERTS     GP           4   7  11
 7    3521  P BURNELL     FF           6   5  11
 8   69675  T SMITH       MIR          8   8  16
 9   33434  S WATSON      MIR          9  10  19
10    1117  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS   9  21
11   13118  V BELL        GP          10 RTD  22

                     Points for RTD = 11  12
                     Points for DSQ = 11  12
                     Points for DNS = 12

 2 races to count

The weather forecast again put many off venturing out for a sail. However, those that did had many thrills and spills. With Rich and Philip Hodgkins running rings around their parents in Saturday’s racing, Bridget had had enough and buried her head in some marking on Sunday. Just as well, as Ginge seemed to be full of the joys of spring and was washing his boat out (in the middle of the race?!) with the odd capsize or two – definitely resulting in some wet knickers. He wasn’t the only one though, the gusty conditions meant that most of the dinghies were practising their capsize drills.

Stand in OD Stephen Kirkpatrick was taking things rather gingerly – was it because of the demon drink, or was it due to overstretching the odd muscle or two following some high kicks while being a Can-Can girl? We may never know! This allowed father in law Keith Thomas to venture back into a Flying 15 with William for the first time in two years. They had some close racing with Mike Moore and Ian Smith, but Mike decided to cover for all the race apart from one tack (big mistake) and William broke through but was unable to lay the mark after lee-bowing Mike and had to gybe around while Mike took the lead again. On the final beat William’s spinnaker pole had come adrift which was inhibiting tacking so went for the one tack Sampson tactic. Mike’s downfall came when his genny halyard snapped with 500 yds to go. William seized the moment to take the race and Mike limped home in second place.

The afternoon pennant race was held in blustery conditions, with all boats mooning in some form or other (even William and Keith in their F15!). The beats were hard work, but the offwind legs made up for it with some excellent planing conditions.

Weekend results

FF BLENCATHRA TROPHY 2003

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           3   1   2   3
 2    3521  P BURNELL     FF           2   2 DNS   4
 3    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF         DNS DNS   1   9
 4    3560  I CAMPBELL    FF           1 DNS DNS   9
 5    3332  W SOMERVILLE  FF          OD DNS DNS  11

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  6

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GP14 MUSTARD POT (to date)

PN    Boat  Helm          1   2   3 Pts
 1   13142  R HODGKINS    5 DNS   1   6
 2   13733  A HODGKINS    6 DNS   2   8
 3   13176  D LAWSON      1 DNS DNS  13
 4   13791  P SMITH       2 DNS DNS  13
 5   13327  M FAIRLAMB    3 DNS DNS  14
 6   13326  R DAWSON      4 DNS DNS  15

        Points for RTD =  7   0   3
        Points for DSQ =  7   0   3
        Points for DNS =  7

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MIRROR AB SERIES (to date)

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3 Pts
 1   68852  N WOOD        MIR        DNS   1   1   2
 2   33434  S WATSON      MIR        DNS   2   2   4

                     Points for RTD =  0   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  0   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  3

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HANDICAP SUNDAY SERIES 2003 (to date)

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 Pts
 1     172  J HALLIDAY    SPORT 16   DNS DNS DNS   2   3   4   2   2   2  11
 2    1049  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS DNS RTD   2   1   1 DNS DNS  24
 3    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK       DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS   1   1  37
 4  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS   1   1 DNS  OD DNS DNS  37
 5   13791  P SMITH       TOP        DNS   1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  50
 6   13326  R DAWSON      TOP        DNS   3   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  53
 7  913142  P HODGKINS    TOP        DNS   4   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  55
 8  913789  A SMITH       TOP        DNS   2 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  57
 9  913791  M COWAN       TOP        DNS   5   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  57
10   13142  R HODGKINS    TOP        DNS   6 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  61
11  174889  A THOMAS      LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS  66
12     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS  70
12       2  B WOOD        TOP        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS  70
12   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS  70
15    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF         DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  72

                     Points for RTD =  1   8   7   4   4   5   3   6   3
                     Points for DSQ =  1   8   7   4   4   5   3   6   3
                     Points for DNS = 16

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RNLI PENNANT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1    3268  W CARRUTHERS  FF           1   1
 2    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         2   2
 3   33434  S WATSON      MIR          3   3
 4     172  J HALLIDAY    SPORT 16   RTD   5

                     Points for RTD =  5
                     Points for DSQ =  5
                     Points for DNS =  5

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