Saturday fought off several showers to leave a sunny afternoon but not a lot of wind – not a day for leaving out a bung as one RS sailor discovered to his horror at the end of the day! The Celebrity Glass Trophy was held on an all fleet handicap basis. Steve Hunt led the way in his new boat for the first race, but it was birthday boy Robbie D that showed the way in the 2nd race. Mike Moore pulled through Keith Jamieson to be lead F15 in each race, Eric Smith crewing for his son in Mike Fairlamb’s GP led the GP fleet (but retired in the 2nd race), and Tim Smith held off Mike Chappell in the mirrors.
Sunday was the day many seemed to be fighting off the effects of a long night socialising. Mark N won the prize for the longest lie in – 2pm! Sailing wise there was plenty of wind and many capsizes. An ineffective hooter on the finish line left Robbie D and Scumper sailing an extra sausage just to make sure all their efforts around the course didn’t go to waste.
Sunday’s forecast was for more wind, and with a westerly breeze at times it looked like quite a good sail (from the clubhouse), but then the sun would come out, highlight all the tops of the waves and suddenly sailing no longer seemed like a good idea. Telf and Adny were first to rig their boat, but it was to be Dave and Lynn Lawson that took to the water first. At this stage the RS fleet were still not convinced that sailing was a good idea, but then Shunty had gone to the effort of rigging his boat again, and Scumper and Zefer had taken to the water, so the others followed suit, but the OD had to wait (perhaps Scumper was practising for being on time for his wedding next week!?) until all four RS400s were ready before starting their race. Meanwhile the GPs were powering around their course in strong, but sailable, winds. Telf, being the lead boat, had not taken account of a leg from 0 to 8 which required 9 to be rounded, not just passed. This quirk of the course had everyone else pirouetting around 9 – something you can do without when in the middle of a screaming reach.
Mark 9 was also to prove a downfall for Scumper who did not manage to get the gennaker down before rounding and lost a place to Robbie D while retrieving it. As the wind had picked up significantly before the final lap, some felt that it was a bit of a penance for being late! However, the race had decided the series, and there were no takers for the final race
CELEBRITY GLASS
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 2 1 3
2 1210 S HUNT RS400 1 3 4
3 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 5 2 7
4 13905 H GODFREY GP 4 4 8
5 3473 M MOORE FF 2 8 10
6 70142 T SMITH MS 8 5 13
7 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 7 6 13
8 13867 D NICHOLSON GP OD DNS 18
9 69960 M CHAPPEL MS 11 7 18
10 1117 K JAMIESON FF 10 9 19
11 13733 A HODGKINS GP 6 DNS 21
12 130579 S HALL LASER RADI 12 10 22
13 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 9 DNS 24
14 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP RTD DNS 29
Points for RTD = 14 11
Points for DSQ = 14 11
Points for DNS = 15
2 races to count
EASTER TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 1 1 1 2
2 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 2 2 3 4
3 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 RTD 3 2 5
4 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP 5 4 DNS 9
5 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 4 6 DNS 10
6 1148 N CURRIE RS400 3 RTD DNS 13
7 338 R YARDLEY RS300 6 RTD DNS 16
8 103 A NICHOLSON VARIO DNS DNS OD 18
9 1210 S HUNT RS400 DNS DNS RTD 20
10 70142 T SMITH MS DNS 5 DNS 20
11 130579 S HALL LASER RADI 7 DNS DNS 22
12 161866 M LORD LAS 8 DNS DNS 23
13 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 9 DNS DNS 24
14 213142 R HODGKINS RS400 DNS RTD DNS 25
Points for RTD = 11 10 5
Points for DSQ = 11 10 5
Points for DNS = 15
2 races to count
EASTERLY TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 Pts
1 3473 M MOORE FF 1 1 2
2 1117 K JAMIESON FF 2 2 4
3 2504 K THOMAS FF 3 3 6
Points for RTD = 4 4
Points for DSQ = 4 4
Points for DNS = 4
2 races to count
BASS TANKARD
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 Pts
1 13176 D LAWSON GP 2 1 1 2
2 13874 J TELFORD GP 1 DNS RTD 5
3 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP 3 2 RTD 5
4 13905 H GODFREY GP 4 3 DNS 7
5 13733 A HODGKINS GP RTD RTD DNS 12
6 13867 D NICHOLSON GP 5 DNS DNS 12
Points for RTD = 7 5 4
Points for DSQ = 7 5 4
Points for DNS = 7
2 races to count
IMAGE TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 70142 T SMITH MS 1 1
2 69960 M CHAPPEL MS 2 2
Points for RTD = 3
Points for DSQ = 3
Points for DNS = 3
1 races to count