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Lightnings at Oxford Open

by Lightning 368 on 6 May 2011
Oxford Open Adrian Hollier
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

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 10, Scoring system: Appendix A

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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