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