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Fireball Open Meeting at Shoreham Sailing Club

'Fireballs at Shoreham Sailing Club'    Warwick Baker

The conditions that greeted the 27 Fireballs at the Open Meeting hosted by Shoreham Sailing Club over the weekend of 27th and 28th June were nothing short of perfect – 12 knots of breeze and glorious sunshine.

One person who was not destined to enjoy the conditions was Chips Howarth, who, due to a major diary malfunction, was on a ferry in mid-Channel just as the gun for the first race was being fired. However, Vince Horey stepped in as a last minute replacement to helm for Vyv Townend. Howarth’s are big shoes to fill but Horey pulled it off with aplomb. He came off the line stormed up the beat and rounded the first mark ahead of Andy Smith and Jonny Mildred and extended his lead throughout. At the last leeward mark he even had time to stop and retrieve the spinnaker pole that an exuberant Townend had thrown overboard during the drop – luckily the new Twaron poles float better than the traditional Kevlar wrapped alloy versions! At the finish it was Horey first, with Smith second and recently crowned National Champions Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff third.

In the second race, Phil Popple and Gavin Tillson led around the first mark, closely followed by Smith, Dave Wade and Ben McGrane, and Horey. During the hoist Popple managed to nearly decapitate Mildred with his spinnaker. Wade emerged best from the ensuing chaos to lead from Horey and Burge. These three boats had a great ding-dong around the next two laps. Down the last run, Wade and Burge got into a match race allowing Horey to slip through and take his second bullet.

For Saturday night, Shoreham SC put on their usual hospitality and the fleet was able to enjoy a few beers and a spit roast.

Sunday dawned with sea mist and a distinct lack of breeze. The fleet launched only to drift around in the tide. Eventually five knots of breeze kicked in – hardly the stuff for exhilarating high performance sailing but enough to get over the start line....just. Peter Gray and Simon Forbes led around the first mark closely followed by Howarth who had finally made it back to the UK. Gray maintained the lead for two laps but eventually Wade got through both Gray and Howarth and at the finish the order was Wade, Howarth and Gray.

Fireballs at Shoreham Sailing Club -  Warwick Baker  

In the second race the fleet managed to complete two laps and the Race Officer took the wise position to shorten course before the wind disappeared completely. Howarth led from start to finish with Wade second and Smith third.

A big thank you must go to SYC for once again putting on an excellent event.

Results are final as of 17:01 on June 28, 2009

Overall

Sailed:4, Discards:1, To count:3, Entries:27, Scoring system:Appendix A
Rank Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett
1st Fireball 15013 Bewl Valley SC Wally Howarth Vyv Townend 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 1.0 5.0 3.0
2nd P/B / Selden / Gul Fireball 14993 Northampton Dave Wade Ben McGrane (28.0 DNC) 3.0 1.0 2.0 34.0 6.0
3rd Lickin' On Both Sides Fireball 14994 Pool YC Matt Burge Richard Wagstaff 3.0 2.0 4.0 (28.0 DNC) 37.0 9.0
4th Gul Fireball 14895 Notts County SC Andy Smith Jonny Mildred 2.0 5.0 (8.0) 3.0 18.0 10.0
5th Fireball 15004 SHSC Peter Gray Simon Forbes (11.0) 9.0 3.0 4.0 27.0 16.0
6th Fireball 14980 SHSC Tom Foskett Tim Needham 6.0 4.0 (12.0) 7.0 29.0 17.0
7th Fireball 14899 Weston SC Matt Findlay Richard Anderton 5.0 (13.0) 5.0 10.0 33.0 20.0
8th The New Bossy Fireball 14954 Staunton Harold SC Becky Priest Tim Saunders 7.0 6.0 7.0 (11.0) 31.0 20.0
9th Fireball 14976 Sheffield Viking SC Tom Gillard Francis Rowan (8.0) 7.0 6.0 8.0 29.0 21.0
10th J R Nee Too Fireball 14977 Shoreham SC Philip Popple Gavin Tillson 4.0 8.0 (13.0) 12.0 37.0 24.0
11th Southpaws Fireball 14941 Chew Valley SC Derian Scott Andy Scott (10.0) 10.0 9.0 6.0 35.0 25.0
12th Fireball 14820 PYSC Andy Pearce Marisa Foster (14.0) 14.0 10.0 5.0 43.0 29.0
13th Fireball 14628 Hill Head SC Simon Lomas-Clarke John Piatt 12.0 11.0 11.0 (13.0) 47.0 34.0
14th Mashed Potato Fireball 14909 Aberdeen & Stonehaven Ian Piest Lucy Linggard (15.0) 15.0 15.0 9.0 54.0 39.0
15th Fireball 14946 HISC Keith Walker Rhys Pickett 13.0 12.0 (16.0) 15.0 56.0 40.0
16th Wifebeater Fireball 14755 Blackwater SC Dave Ryder Michelle Ryder 17.0 (21.0) 17.0 16.0 71.0 50.0
17th Indefiaball Fireball 14621 Parkstone YC Laurel Cottage Andrew Hurst (19.0) 18.0 19.0 14.0 70.0 51.0
18th May Contain Nuts Fireball 15016 Staunton Harold Pete Slack David Slack (23.0) 20.0 14.0 18.0 75.0 52.0
19th Flying Pigs Fireball 14789 Bristol Corinthian YC Rhys Lankester Jason Rickards 16.0 16.0 (21.0) 20.0 73.0 52.0
20th Second Wind Fireball 14266 Notts County SC Bob Tuckwood Debbie Tuckwood (20.0) 19.0 20.0 17.0 76.0 56.0
21st Dragens Breath Fireball 14268 Shoreham SC Nick Hurst Ben Fjaerem 18.0 (22.0) 18.0 21.0 79.0 57.0
22nd The Bow Street Runner Fireball 14999 Shoreham SC David Festing Karen Festing 21.0 17.0 (24.0) 24.0 86.0 62.0
23rd Chop Chop Fireball 14135 Shoreham SC Stewart Scarff Lesley Scarff 22.0 (25.0) 22.0 19.0 88.0 63.0
24th Balti King Fireball 14888 KG SC Al Fry Andy Thompson 9.0 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNS 93.0 65.0
25th Fireball 14579 Shoreham SC Martin Walker Suzi Capey (25.0) 23.0 23.0 22.0 93.0 68.0
26th D:Ream Fireball 14387 Shoreham SC Wendy Wood Helen Bedford 24.0 (28.0 DNC) 25.0 23.0 100.0 72.0
27th Queen of Pain Fireball 14674 Shoreham SC Caroline Still Martin Atkinson (28.0 DNC) 24.0 26.0 25.0 103.0 75.0


Fireballs at Shoreham Sailing Club -  Warwick Baker  


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