Solo Open at Fishers Green Sailing Club
by Godfrey Clark 9 May 2019 07:40 AEST
5 May 2019
Fishers Green Solo Open © Kevin O'Brian
With an ideal northerly wind direction, the race team of Nick Yannakoyorgos and Alan Haywood had no trouble setting a true beat the full length of the lake giving a 1km upwind leg with two runs and a reach to complete the lap.
The course remained the same for the second race with the breeze giving occasional gusts to promote planing and the long beat holding true. This time it took rather longer for Alan Bishop to emerge a clear winner with Horey, Steve Ede, Roger Bennett and Mark Maskell jockeying hard for track position with boats sometimes arriving three abreast at the leeward mark.
During the lunch-break the wind had swung to the north-west and a new course had to be laid, this time with 2 shorter beats, a reach and a long run to complete the lap. Horey was buried after the start leaving Steven Bishop to pick up the third race win, chased home by Roger Bennett and Mark Maskell.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | | 5850 | Vince Horey | King George SC | 1 | 3 | (DNF) | 4 |
| 2nd | | 5487 | Roger Bennett | Silver Wing | 3 | ‑5 | 2 | 5 |
| 3rd | | 5779 | Mark Maskell | Blackwater YC | 2 | ‑6 | 3 | 5 |
| 4th | | 5804 | Steve Ede | Ardleigh SC | ‑4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5th | | 5723 | Alan Bishop | Girton SC | ‑5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6th | | 5649 | Steven Bishop | Girton SC | ‑7 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 7th | | 5181 | Chris Hill | Fishers Green | 6 | ‑8 | 6 | 12 |
| 8th | Gybe Talkin | 4801 | Godfrey Clark | Fishers Green | ‑10 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 9th | | 4970 | Sue Taylor | Silver Wing | 8 | ‑9 | 8 | 16 |
| 10th | | 5259 | Roger Wilson | Rollesby Broad SC | 9 | ‑10 | 9 | 18 |
| 11th | | 5226 | Keith Smith | Fishers Green | ‑13 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 12th | | 5443 | John Sadlington | Rollesby Broad SC | ‑12 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 13th | | 4511 | Martin Jarvis | Fishers Green | 11 | (DNF) | 13 | 24 |
| 14th | Hissin Sid | 4571 | Richard Piper | Fishers Green | ‑15 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 15th | | 5329 | John White | Fishers Green | 14 | 14 | ‑17 | 28 |
| 16th | | 5020 | Geoff Holmes | Fishers Green | ‑19 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 17th | | 4639 | Barry Lindsley | Fishers Green | ‑16 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 18th | | 4076 | Paul Durbin | Fishers Green | ‑18 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 19th | | 5372 | John Williams | Fishers Green | 17 | 17 | ‑18 | 34 |
| 20th | | 3799 | Keith Fielden | Fishers Green | 20 | 19 | (DNC) | 39 |