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National 12 Open at Weston Sailing Club

by Zoe Ballantyne 15 May 2006 17:57 AEST 13-14 May 2006
Fantastic conditions for the National 12 open at Weston © Olly Straker

The wind at Weston took no notice of the forecast and the competitors were blessed with fantastic conditions. 6 races were run over the weekend, with expert timing from the race team.

Steve Norbury, former National 12 champion, got back into his old boat in preparation for the N12 70th anniversary regatta and soon showed he hadn’t forgotten the old skills. Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne won the three races on Saturday with Caroline Martin and Andy Douglas taking a string of seconds. On Sunday morning, Steve was spotted in the boat park with a tape measure getting his mast settings back to the way he left it in 1994. This seemed to pay off as he won race 4., although he had to fight for it as newcomers Sam & Fiona Mettam were first to the windward mark. In race 5 Steve led off the start but was overtaken by Graham and Zoe on the penultimate beat, who took the race. In the final race, Kevin & Lesley Iles were hot off the line. After much place changing on the next few legs with shifty conditions and a confused chop, Kevin extended his lead on the final planing reach to take the gun.

Overall Results:

1st N3492 Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne
2nd N3373 Steve Norbury & Andy
3rd N3455 Caroline Martin & Andy Douglas
4th N3491 Kevin & Lesley Iles
5th N3439 Brian & George Kitchin

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