West Kirby Sailing Club - Should have stayed on the water!

by Martin / West Kirby Sailing Club on 6 Jul 2010 West Kirby Sailing Club welcomed their competitors to what must have been the hottest day of the year so far, and will 11 boats (of which four were visitors). It wasn’t enough to run the round robin scheme, so the day was switched to a five-race series with four to count.

Chris Hoppins, the officer of the day, promised the fleet that it would all be completed before 3.30 so everyone could have a few cold beers and watch the England v Germany match. (Maybe we should have stayed on the water.) And good to his word the courses were organised quickly and the races started without delay.

The morning started off with a light wind coming across the lake, but it soon swung round 90 degrees and picked up a bit, coming down the lake to give a longer beat.

From the start the first beats were competitive with a mix of boats rounding the first windward marks, but the visitors showed their hand with faster downwind legs clearing the fleet and picking up the clean air. Martin Brennan and Alister Knott dominated most of the races sailing away by a few boat lengths, and had won the day by race four.

The real close racing was to be had in those further down the course, with places changing on each leg.

Prizes were awarded to the first three boats in the Gold and Silver Fleets. First overall and Gold Fleet winner was Martin Brennan/Alister Knott, HLSC, Bill Kenyon/Ben Bitchburn, Budworth SC, were second and Pete Jacques, Chase SC, third.

Home boats dominated the Silver Fleet results: Jean Louis-Simons/Mark Hinton, WKSC, were first, with Martin Kent/Sheena Davies, WKSC, second and Alan Jenkins/Robert Thompson, WKSC, third.

The WKSC fleet certainly enjoyed the day and hope to be able to offer a slot in the Northern Bell series again next year.












Results

Position	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	Club	Pts.
1st		13561	Martin Brennan	Alister Knott	Hollingworth Lake SC	6.0
2nd	Unzipped	13900	Bill Kenyon	Ben Ditchburn	Budworth Sailing Club	7.0
3rd		14039	P. Jacques		Chase Sailing Club	8.0
4th	Wuf	13113	Jean Louis-Simons	Mark Hinton	West Kirby Sailing Club	15.0
5th	Last Chance	13540	Martin Kent	Sheena Davies	West Kirby Sailing Club	21.0
6th	Dee Chariot	13812	Alan C.M.Jenkins	Robert Thompson	West Kirby Sailing Club	22.0
7th	Scius	13760	Craig Hewitt	Gemma Hewitt	Budworth Sailing Club	26.0
8th	Ripping Yarns	13740	Mary Cunningham	Alan Thompson	West Kirby Sailing Club	26.0
9th	Midnight Sun	12439	Rob A.Fraser	Lynn Fraser	West Kirby Sailing Club	31.0
10th	The Purple Play Thing	13630	Martin Stanley	Joy E. Dutton	West Kirby Sailing Club	31.0
11th	Moondust	13701	Alan Lewis	Gorden Roberts	West Kirby Sailing Club	37.0

 

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