The Tinker Association are held another of their rallies at the Club this weekend. For Saturday, following a mirror-like lake at dawn, the wind filled in significantly in time for racing forcing sailors to contend with some blustery conditions at times. There were few contenders for club racing which was run alongside the tinkers’ racing in the form of a weekend series for none other than the Tinker Trophy.
The Hallidays set off for the race, but a capsize before the start made them think twice about continuing and they were ashore before racing started. In fact the start was delayed because the OD donated the Bates anchor, and warp, to Neptune as neither he, nor official starter for the day, realised that the anchor was not actually tied to the boat!
The 2nd race was delayed while a wedding party had their photos taken by the shore. Well not really, but the sailors had plenty of time to watch while the OD carefully planned the course, only for the wind to shift again – the best laid plans…
All the single handers (including the dart!) had their turn at capsizing, particularly at the gybe mark, but William and Lesley coped with the conditions and went on to win the race. There were occasions when they had to bear away from the reach on the leeward shore by as much as 60 degrees, and the shoreline seemed to approach somewhat too quickly. Common sense prevailed and the gennaker was taken down so that the boat could at least lay the leeward mark.
The Saturday night high winds failed to die down as the pressure kept dropping. The Tinkers opted to have an early finish and packed up without trying for any more races. The few club sailors that turned up waited a while to see if the winds eased as per the forecast. However, it is questionable as to whether the forecast can be believed as, at one stage, it stated that the wind at Keswick was just 10mph – As if! The recorded windspeed from the club equipment showed 37mph. While waiting for the wind to ease, Shunty and Tim went fishing for the missing anchor and warp (see later), but to no avail
Overnight and final results:
HANDICAP TINKER TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 Pts
1 1303 W CARRUTHERS RS400 2 1 3
2 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 1 3 4
3 303 M COWAN VAREO 3 2 5
4 45866 L TYSON TOP 5 4 9
5 6905 N GARRISON DART 4 RTD 10
Points for RTD = 6 6
Points for DSQ = 6 6
Points for DNS = 6
2 races to count
Tinker overnight/final results
|
Overall |
||||||||
|
Sail No |
Name |
Type |
Crew |
H’cap |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Total pts |
Position |
|
88 |
Nick and Win Derbyshire |
Star |
1 |
146 |
13 |
14 |
27.00 |
9 |
|
140 |
John & Val Allen |
Star |
2 |
152 |
13 |
18 |
31.00 |
12 |
|
998 |
Dennis Aldred |
Star |
1 |
146 |
3 |
3 |
6.00 |
3 |
|
1193 |
Ken Robey |
Star |
1 |
146 |
5 |
14 |
19.00 |
7 |
|
1470 |
Peter & Anne Cross |
Star |
2 |
152 |
4 |
6 |
10.00 |
4 |
|
1547 |
Malcolm Ellwood |
Star |
1 |
146 |
2 |
0.75 |
2.75 |
1 |
|
2003 |
Arthur Clive |
Star |
1 |
146 |
13 |
14 |
27.00 |
9 |
|
2576 |
Alan Swindells |
Star |
1 |
146 |
17 |
18 |
35.00 |
15 |
|
2698 |
Dave McCall |
Tramp |
1 |
156 |
17 |
18 |
35.00 |
15 |
|
4784 |
Roy Bradshaw |
Star |
1 |
146 |
13 |
7 |
20.00 |
8 |
|
4996 |
Stewart & Barbara Warden |
Star |
2 |
152 |
0.75 |
2 |
2.75 |
1 |
|
5805 |
Mick & Sharon Milwood |
Star |
2 |
152 |
17 |
18 |
35.00 |
15 |
|
6188 |
R John Blake |
Star |
1 |
146 |
6 |
4 |
10.00 |
4 |
|
7199 |
Peter, Sue, Richard Williamson |
Star |
2 |
152 |
17 |
14 |
31.00 |
12 |
|
7234 |
Ray Isaac |
Supertramp |
1 |
153 |
14 |
14 |
28.00 |
11 |
|
7299 |
Nigel Kirby |
Star |
1 |
146 |
7 |
5 |
12.00 |
6 |
|
7407 |
Graham Eaton |
Traveller |
1 |
152 |
17 |
14 |
31.00 |
12 |