Laser 2 Scottish Championships at Loch Ryan Sailing Club
by Fred Fuller 28 Jun 2010 01:26 PDT
26-27 June 2006
Laser 2 Scottish National Championships © Fred Fuller
Last weekend Loch Ryan Sailing Club hosted the joint GP 14 and Laser 2
Scottish Championships sponsored by McMillan Hotel Group. A North
Westerly F 3/4 occasional F 5 combined with unbroken sunshine throughout
the weekend provided perfect sailing conditions for the two fleets.
Across the Laser 2 fleet the conditions could not have been better to
show how much fun the two man trapezing dinghy can be.
Local sailors Jude Baird and Fred Fuller were reveling in the conditions
and likewise dominating the racing even chancing their luck with a port
end start in Race 2 to catch the rest of the fleet napping.
Opportunity to fly spinnakers were plentiful sending crews into orbit
and on occasions capsizing with helms falling out of boats. Father and
son Richard and Kieran Stevenson's training over the last couple of
weeks paid off as they grew in confidence throughout every race
culminating in a win in Race 6.
Baird/Fuller had 5 wins from 5 races while Tim and Carol Jones from
Fisherrow Sailing Club Edinburgh separated the two local boats as they
did sensible sailing to produce a decent run of results to take runner
up spot.
Both fleets thanked Loch Ryan Sailing Club and its members who had laid
on such a great weekends racing and social programme and hopefully will
return in future years.
Results
1st - Baird/Fuller
2nd - Jones/Jones
3rd - Stevenson/Stevenson