Indian Summer

Sun and wind – what more could you want? Even the water isn’t too cold for those of us that ended up in it! Saturday’s racing concluded the Dodd Trophy for the handicap fleet, and OD Rich Hodgkins set simple, but challenging, windward/leeward courses. Although ground can be gained on the beats, races tend to be won and lost on the offwind legs. Robin Dawson with Phil Hodgkins took another two first to win the series.

Sunday seemed to start in a similar fashion, with a good south easterly, but inter mingled with gusts from various� directions, but mainly south west. Everyone knew they were in for a challenging race when seconds before the start the wind headed and those at the starboard end were unable to lay the line on starboard! Neil Currie� and�Paul Burnell had taken the left hand side of the course to stay in the wind but others had much more of a struggle to get to the windward mark. However, the shifting winds continued such that on the next beat Robin Dawson moved from 3rd to 1st and Neil dropped from 1st to 3rd, but later got back into 2nd..�A loose tiller joint that eventually failed led to Robin’s retirement, giving Neil first place.

The steady strong winds made the thought of the afternoon round the lake pennant race seemed a bit daunting for many (apart from Bridget who ‘doesn’t do round the lakers’), as there was likely to be a 3 mile beat (before the 3 mile reach home). By the time of the start, the wind had eased so crews could sit out on the beat with hanging on for dear life!.�The downside was that the route back was less exciting, some planing gusts, but not as many as anticipated. The front end of the fleet stayed close together, with Mike Moore and Toni Nuttall just a couple of minutes behind Robin Dawson and Phil Hodgkins. ? in an osrey was just in front of Mike but crossed the wrong side of the line, and retired, with William and Lesley were just on their tails. The results were calculated on a personal handicap basis and first place went to Stuart Brookes.

While the�Od�was passing the time he took a few pics of which these are a mini selection.

BANANA STAKES
PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1 Pts
 1��� 3520� S BROOKES���� FF���������� 1�� 1
 2� 122174� P DILLON����� LAS��������� 2�� 2
 3��� 2504� K THOMAS����� FF���������� 3�� 3
 4�� 13161� S SPENCE����� N����������� 4�� 4
 5�� 13401� G ASHBY������ GP���������� 5�� 5
 6��� 3473� M MOORE������ FF���������� 6�� 6
 7�� 13118� V BELL������� GP���������� 7�� 7
 8���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400������� 8�� 8
 9��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400������� 9�� 9
10��� 1246� R RHODES����� OSPREY���� RTD� 12
10�� 12682� E SMITH������ MS�������� RTD� 12

��� �����������������Points for RTD = 12
�������������������� Points for DSQ = 12
�������������������� Points for DNS = 12

 1 races to count

Final Results for Saturday Series
DODD TROPHY
PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4�� 5�� 6�� 7�� 8�� 9� 10� 11� 12 Pts
 1��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS RTD�� 2�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 2�� 1�� 1�� 6
 2��� 1148� N CURRIE����� RS400������� 5�� 3 DNS DNS�� 1�� 3�� 2 DNS�� 4�� 5�� 3�� 3� 15
 3��� 1146� P BURNELL���� RS400������� 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD�� 3 DNS�� 6�� 3�� 4�� 7� 26
 4���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400������� 7 DNS DNS�� 2�� 3 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD�� 4� 32
 5� 130579� S HALL������� LASER RADI DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 7 RTD�� 8�� 4�� 6�� 5� 38
 6��� 1210� S HUNT������� RS400��� ��RTD DNS DNS�� 1 DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS�� 2�� 2� 41
 7��� 2324� R BLACKBURN�� LARK�������� 3�� 1 DNS DNS� OD DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS RTD DNS� 44
 8��� 3473� M MOORE������ FF���������� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 3�� 2�� 1 DNS DNS� 58
 9��� 1049� M SOMERVILLE� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD RTD DNS�� 5�� 7 DNS�� 6� 59
10� 167828� I MACPHERSON� LASER������� 1 DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 3�� 6 DNS DNS� 62
11� 130338� RiCRITCHLEY�� LAS��������� 2 DNS DNS�� 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD� 87
12��� 1140� J CHRISTIE��� VORTEX SP��� 8�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 88
13���� 338� R YARDLEY���� RS300����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD DNS DNS�� 5 RTD� 90
14��� 6905� N GARRISON��� D 18������ DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 4�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 104
15���� 809� B SMITH������ RS800����� DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 105
16���� 103� A NICHOLSON�� VARIO����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 8 DNS�� 7 DNS DNS DNS 111
17�� 13327� M FAIRLAMB��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 122
18� 213142� R HODGKINS��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD DNS 123
19��� 3520� S BROOKES���� FF�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 125
20���� 501� J CROSBIE���� RS400������� 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126
21��� 1125� JoHALLIDAY��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128
21���� 562� A SMITH������ 49R������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128
23�� 81125� C HALLIDAY��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 130

�������������������� Points for RTD = 10�� 4�� 0�� 7�� 5�� 7� 10�� 8� 10�� 8�� 9� 10
�������������������� Points for DSQ = 10�� 4�� 0�� 7�� 5�� 7� 10�� 8� 10�� 8�� 9� 10
�������������������� Points for DNS = 24

 6 races to count
MUSTARD POT
PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4�� 5�� 6�� 7�� 8�� 9� 10 Pts
 1�� 13839� H GODFREY���� GP�������� DNS�� 2�� 2�� 2 DNS DNS�� 1�� 2�� 2�� 2�� 9
 2�� 13327� M FAIRLAMB��� GP������� ���2 DNS DNS RTD�� 1 DNS� OD�� 1 DNS DNS� 14
 3�� 13176� D LAWSON����� GP���������� 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 1�� 1� 25
 4�� 13655� N LEWIS������ GP��������� OD�� 3 DNS�� 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 31
 5��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400����� DNS�� 1� �1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 35
 6�� 13733� A HODGKINS��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 4�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 39
 7�� 13791� P SMITH������ GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 45
 8�� 13013� J SEDGWICK��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS DNS� 46
 9�� 13867� D NICHOLSON�� GP�������� DNS� OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 47
10�� 13259� J ROBERTS���� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 49

�������������������� Points for RTD =� 3�� 4 ��3�� 7�� 3�� 0�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3
�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 3�� 4�� 3�� 7�� 3�� 0�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3
�������������������� Points for DNS = 11

 5 races to count

					

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