Kit Stenhouse victory at Musto Skiff Inlands
by Sail-world.com/uk on 8 Nov 2007
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Grafham Water were once again hosts to the annual combined classes Ovington Inland championships. The huge fleet of 29ers, 49ers, B14s and Musto Skiffs were also joined by the International 14 and 420 classes, making for nearly 200 boats.
Saturday's racing was light but the PROs got the races in. However Sunday's forecast was accurate and no racing was held.
In the Musto Skiff class, 20 competitors took part and it was a close series with Kit Stenhouse, Dan Vincent, Daniel Henderson and Mike Palfreman sharing the race victories. In the end, Stenhouse was the more consistent and finished 3.5 points clear of Vincent with Henderson in third.
Palfreman finished in fourth and Rick Perkins fifth, P. Dixon in sixth, Alex Koukourakis seventh and Graeme Oliver eighth, with just a point between each in the very close series.
Musto Skiff Inlands - Final overall results
1st GBR 252 Kit Stenhouse Rutland SC -5 3 1 2 12 6 pts
2nd GBR 193 Dan Vincent RNSA/Stokes Bay 1 4 4 -9 18.5 9.5 pts
3rd GBR 305 Daniel Henderson Thorpe Bay YC 3 -7 5 1 17 10 pts
4th GBR 295 Mike Palfreman Star Cross YC DNC 1 8 -15 25.5 10.5 pts
5th GBR 293 Rick Perkins Whitstable YC -4 5 3 4 17 12 pts
6th GBR 161 P. Dixon Blackwater SC -8 2 6 5 22 13 pts
7th GBR 292 Alex Koukourakis Eastbourne Sovereign SC -11 6 2 6 26 14 pts
8th GBR 221 Graeme Oliver Sunderland YC 2 9 -12 3 27 15 pts
9th GBR 332 Richard Stenhouse Rutland SC 7 -13 7 10 38 25 pts
10th GBR 205 Bruce Keen Stokes Bay SC 6 -16 14 7 44 28 pts
11th GBR 209 Tom Wright Rutland SC 9 10 9 -14 43 29 pts
12th GBR 283 Mike Keates King George SC 10 8 11 -12 42 30 pts
13th GBR 333 Tim Chapman Rutland SC -13 14 13 8 49.5 35 pts
14th GBR 65 Leigh Albrecht Queen Mary 13 11 10 -16 51.5 35.5 pts
15th GBR 290 Gareth Davies Stone SC -14 15 15 11 57 41 pts
16th GBR 291 Grahame Smith Wilsonian SC -17 17 17 13 66 47 pts
17th GBR 284 Sergei Samus Whitstable 15 -18 16 17 68 50 pts
18th GBR 160 Jon Simpson Blackwater SC 12 19 (DNC) DNC 74 53 pts
19th GBR 79 Nick Craig Frensham Pond (DNC) 12 DNC DNC 75 54 pts
20th GBR 281 Ronald Millar Dalgety Bay SC 16 (RAF) DNC DNC 81 60 pts
Big thanks went to Grafham for all the behind the scenes work and to the large number of parents who dragged RIBs across the country to cope with 200 under 18s!
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