As forecast, the blustery winds have passed through leaving good racing conditions for the fleet and their early start (Shame Jim Christie thought he was starting at 10.30 too!)
A fleet of 13 boats are taking part in this year’s event, and according to our F15 fleet captain, they had the worst start ever!
The wind proved to be very changeable, with bursts of strong winds coming through for minutes at a time before easing to fairly light conditions. The gusts that did come through caught out various sailors – there were a couple of F15s that capsized as well as numerous club boats!
Keith Thomas and Ian Campbell had a couple of problems to deal with. Firstly they trawled their kite at the windward mark, but as it went under the boat they had to come ashore to re-rig it. Then when they came ashore before the final race, Ian slipped off the foredeck and went for an untimely swim!
The day turned out to be one for jousting with two separate competitions going on. Firstly Steve Peck had a tussle with a F15 and snapped his jousting stick (aka gennaker pole), and Toggle skewered Alan Jones sail with his mast.
In the team racing, although there were clear winners with the key Derwent team, 2nd place place was hotly contested. Even though the Bass team, supported (or should it be propped up by?)by Steve Goacher, had to include three DNFs, there average points just pipped the 2nd Derwent team by 0.17pts to finish second overall.
|
Rank |
SailNo |
Club |
HelmName |
CrewName |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
Nett |
Av |
|
|
2nd |
3940 |
DRSC |
Terry Crumpton |
John Mathie |
3 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
9 |
B |
|
|
3rd |
3906 |
DRSC |
John Hardisty |
Roger Errington |
6 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
B |
|
|
4th |
3936 |
DRSC |
Steve Douthwaite |
Paul Averley |
2 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
13 |
B |
10.67 |
|
1st |
3821 |
RWYC |
Steve Goacher |
Phil Evans |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
A |
|
|
6th |
3473 |
Bass SC |
Mike Moore |
Kayla Sheard |
4 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
16 |
A |
|
|
7th |
3390 |
Bass SC |
Tim Chittenden |
Ian MacPherson |
7 |
10 |
7 |
24 |
24 |
A |
|
|
13th |
3265 |
Bass SC |
Keith Thomas |
Ian Campbell |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
42 |
42 |
A |
21.5 |
|
5th |
380 |
DRSC |
Dave Gebherd |
Jackie Gebherd |
5 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
D |
|
|
8th |
3695 |
DRSC |
David Vasey |
Athol King |
9 |
8 |
8 |
25 |
25 |
D |
|
|
9th |
3829 |
DRSC |
Dave Douglas |
Jamie Adamson |
8 |
5 |
DNC |
27 |
27 |
D |
21.67 |
|
10th |
3801 |
DRSC |
Rod Huddleston |
Don Murray |
10 |
11 |
9 |
30 |
30 |
C |
|
|
11th |
3587 |
DRSC |
Dave Christie |
11 |
12 |
10 |
33 |
33 |
C |
||
|
12th |
3636 |
DRSC |
Robin Jefferson |
Alan Baker |
12 |
9 |
DNF |
35 |
35 |
C |
32.67 |
Commodore Dave Nicholson said a few words of thanks to the competitors (Don’t think that anyone noticed Pauline hadn’t dressed him properly by giving him odd socks!) and the prizes were presented by Pauline. Overall winner of the open meeting was Steve Goacher and Phil Evans, who were celebrating(?) 20 years (to the day) in a Flying 15. The winning team, Chasing Jenga, from Derwent Reservoir also had the winner of the Grotty Potty – awarded by the previous recipient Phil Evans. It went to Paul Averley for his inability to abide by the rules of Jenga in the pub last night!
There She Blows!
There has been a good forecast for this weekend for several days – 12/13 knots is just what the F15 sailors need for some good team racing. However, when the wind strength is doubled with regular gusts, and you’re looking into the E wind from the club house, it all seems much less inviting.
When Mike Moore and Steve Goacher up sticks and go home you realise that there’s not much point in hanging around.
The proposal is that the team racing will start at 10.30 in the morning, by which time the winds should have moderated.
Strange how the gusts passed through and the conditions seemed so much more sailable by 3pm!