Craftinsure Supernova Traveller Series at Bartley Sailing Club

by Steve Hawley 22 Mar 2022 03:10 PDT 20 March 2022

Bartley Supernova Open © Roger Newey

It was a fantastic turnout of 33 boats at the Craftinsure Traveller Series event at Bartley SC, including 18 visitors joining a strong home fleet. The sun shone and the wind was kind to us, making up for previous weeks. Conditions were ideal with helms travelling from all over the country for the first combined Northern and Southern Traveller event of 2022.

Race 1 - Cliff Milliner and Mike Gibson took an early lead followed by Will Gifford and Chris Hawley, but with Gifford capsizing and Hawley suffering gear failure Milliner and Gibson gained an uncatchable lead. It finished that way with Jonathan Carter showing great skill from the the newly emerging Chelmarsh fleet to come in for 3rd.

Race 2 - The fleet stayed out for this race to take advantage of the breeze, and with a quick course change, all was set. Gifford had a great start and led for some time before Milliner reeled him in. Jeremy Higson and Garry Butterfield also had good starts and led the rest of the pack around, but right at the end Steve Hawley found a gap to pass Higson. Milliner crossed in 1st followed by Gifford and Steve Hawley 3rd.

Race 3 - The fleet was getting keen and the majority of the fleet was early resulting in the first and only general recall of the day. The wind started to ease and the course became patchy. This time it was John Knight first to the windward mark, but Milliner soon passed him. Pete Coop and Chris Hawley were not going to let Milliner get away and Coop applied pressure throughout the race. Steve Hawley found some late speed to take Chris Hawley on the penultimate leg. Milliner was 1st, Coop 2nd and then Steve Hawley in third place.

Racing was competitive throughout the fleet, and with very pleasant sailing conditions and good galley and bar facilities, everyone had a great day.

Thanks to Steve Ward who was race officer and the Bartley ILCA fleet for supporting the event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Club	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Cliff Milliner	1245	Cotswold	Standard	‑1	1	1	2
2nd	Stephen Hawley	1263	Bartley	Standard	‑4	3	3	6
3rd	Will Gifford	1299	Cotswold	Standard	5	2	‑10	7
4th	Pete Coop	1281	Winsford Flash	Veteran	6	‑10	2	8
5th	Mike Gibson	1257	Bartley	Veteran	2	7	(DNF)	9
6th	Jonathan Carter	1276	Chelmarsh	Master	3	‑9	6	9
7th	Chris Hawley	1224	Bartley	Standard	(DNF)	8	4	12
8th	Garry Butterfield	1184	Bartley	Veteran	7	5	‑18	12
9th	Dana Church	1139	Notts	Master	‑14	6	8	14
10th	Jeremy Higson	1267	Bartley	Master	11	4	‑17	15
11th	John Knight	1192	Bartley	Master	12	‑14	5	17
12th	Matt Thursfield	1302	Chelmarsh	Standard	10	‑13	9	19
13th	Alex Reeve	1280	Cotswold	Master	8	‑12	12	20
14th	Matt Robinson	1133	Chelmarsh	Master	16	‑17	7	23
15th	Andrew Bownes	1256	Bartley	Veteran	9	16	(DNF)	25
16th	Iain Barlow	1275	Burton	Standard	‑20	15	13	28
17th	Martin Smith	1211	Chelmarsh	Master	‑28	21	11	32
18th	Brian Smith	1069	Bowmoor	Veteran	21	11	‑25	32
19th	Paul Undrell	1160	Cotswold	Veteran	13	19	(DNS)	32
20th	Tony Bleasdale	1254	Girton	Master	‑19	18	14	32
21st	Stuart Stephen	1167	Bartley	Veteran	17	‑24	19	36
22nd	Nick Eaves	1127	Bartley	Master	‑24	22	15	37
23rd	Colin Ricketts	1124	Bartley	Standard	15	23	(DNS)	38
24th	Steve Jellicoe	1009	Olton Mere / Bartley	Master	18	‑28	20	38
25th	Steve Johnson	1203	Cotswold	Veteran	22	20	‑24	42
26th	Ken Saunders	1225	Bartley	Veteran	27	‑32	16	43
27th	Gareth Blakemore	1282	Bartley	Master	‑32	25	21	46
28th	David Stephen	1180	Bartley	Standard	26	‑27	22	48
29th	Serena Stewardson	1083	Emberton Park	Master	25	‑29	23	48
30th	Richard Williams	1074	Bartley	Master	‑30	26	27	53
31st	James Patterson	1269	Bartley	Master	29	‑30	26	55
32nd	Mark Meadows	1171	Teesdale	Veteran	23	(DNS)	DNS	57
33rd	Paul Bates	1218	Haversham	Standard	31	31	(DNS)	62

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