Lightnings at Oxford Open

by Lightning 368 on 6 May 2011 Oxford Open - The Oxford Open proved to be a somewhat trying day. The wind was virtually zero when we got there, however, we decided to go out on the water and crawled to the first mark.

Then it picked up nicely and made for some good racing all the way round the first race. It was interesting racing with the K1's which seemed to perform very similar to a Lightning, so we all got mixed up.

There were twenty boats trying to round the first mark as the wind filled in.

The afternoon, well that was different a different story. It started okay after lunch, but then to wind died to nothing, all but three Lightning's were timed-out not making the best racing. The third race was cancelled and that ended the day.

Let's hope we get good conditions for Cotswold on the May 7, 2011.

Summary Results

First - 402 John Claridge Royal Lymington YC
Second - 406 Caroline Key WOSC
Third - 408, Chris Abela Dorchester SC

Rank	SailNo	HelmName	Club	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	402	CLARIDGE John	Royal Lymington YC	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2nd	406	KEY Caroline	West Oxford SC	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0
3rd	408	ABELA Christopher	Dorchester On Thames SC	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.0
4th	337	THOMAS Sue	Oxford SC	4.0	11.0 DNF	15.0	15.0
5th	329	BROWN Mike	Oxford SC	5.0	11.0 DNF	16.0	16.0
6th	284	POTTS Chris	West Oxford SC	6.0	11.0 DNF	17.0	17.0
7th	49	GODDEN Mark	West Oxford SC	7.0	11.0 DNF	18.0	18.0
8th	407	JENNER Wayne	West Oxford SC	8.0	11.0 DNF	19.0	19.0
9th	409	BRATLEY Lee	Manor Park SC	9.0	11.0 DNF	20.0	20.0
10th	241	THOMAS David	Oxford SC	10.0	11.0 DNF	21.0	21.0

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