This weekend the club hosted a Mirror open alongside club racing resulting in a total of 46 boats on the water. The sun was shining, but there was a cool easterly blowing that put several sailors off racing.
The wind direction struggled to settle, and caused a biased startline, and a general recall for the first start, so the course was repositioned before racing got underway. As well as swinging, the wind strength eased, and varied throughout the afternoon.
In club racing, with varied results, the overall scoring was close at the end of the day, with Dave Lawson sailing a Laser beating Steve/Ruth in an Enterprise, though on equal points.
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In the Mirror open, two boats were OCS in the first race but returned. After two general recalls in the second start, the black flag was brought into play to temper the over eagerness! The day’s racing ended with Phil/Lucy Smith and Matthew/Albie McGovern on equal points as well.
More sunshine on Sunday, helping create a katabatic southerly for the first race. More general recalls delayed the race for some fleets and pushed back the finish time by which the wind was starting to veer around Sale Fell to the west which resulted in the patchy airs, and numerous position changes, especially in the F15 fleet which Robin/Mike readily accepted their turn to lead the fleet through the finish line!
After the lunch break the wind had settled to a general westerly direction, though it did back to the SW on various occasions. With time getting on, and the risk of the wind dying completely, the finish line was moved to the top of the main beat so the overall race length was on target, but the finish sequence took more than 30 mins in total.
In the Asymmetric fleet Chris/Evey lead the series from Matt/Oliver, both sailing RS200s. Robin/Mike lead in the F15s from Neil/Rory, Dave/Lynn lead in the GPs from Val/Ken, Steve/Ruth in an Enterprise lead the Handicap fleet from Rob in a Phantom, and Phil/Lucy are leading the MT fleet from Alex/Saskia.
Monday started with light, not very promising, airs that rain clouds threatened to wipe out! Fortunately, the wind filled in from the south, the rain stayed away from the course area, and the asymmetric fleet were able to have a long beat up to Scarness, which they enjoyed for the first lap, though the wind eased for the next lap as the wind started to veer around Sale Fell. Ginger Phil/Chris in their VX One pulled out a good lead only to round the leeward mark the wrong way. It was a while before they noted their mistake, and a longer period before they realised that they hadn’t correctly unwound their mistake!…
For the final race of the series the wind veered to the SW and filled in again. Overall Chris/Evie kept their overnight lead, while Banter/John in the RS400 pulled through to take 2nd place in the Asymmetrics. The GPs did not race so the overnight positions stood with Dave/Lynn winning. A reduced fleet of F15s raced, but the overnight positions were unchanged with Robin/Mike winning, and Neil/Rory 2nd. Steve/Ruth kept the overall lead in the Handicap fleet with Ian in an OK 2nd. The Mirror Tera fleet overall positions remained unchanged with Phil/Lucy winning the club weekend series as well as the open meeting!
Ian/Ted Dobson from HISC took 2nd in the Mirror open, Will/Isabelle Crocker from North Lincs 3rd, and Matthew/Albie McGovern 4th, all three boats having 10 points to count!
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