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Cyclops Marine 2023 November - LEADERBOARD

Border Counties Midweek Sailing round 5 at Redesmere Sailing Club

by Peter Baldwin 13 Aug 2022 07:42 PDT 9 August 2022

A total of 22 boats participated in this round including five boats with six young sailors taking advantage of this event being held during the school holidays.

Unfortunately with the high pressure system currently over the UK, there was never likely to be much breeze for exciting racing. As the briefing was being held some breeze did ripple the water, but by the first start time there was just sufficient for Race Officer Peter Baldwin to set a fair start line, but it did take some time for all of the fleet to reach the first mark. The Supernova of Pete Coop led on the first lap, with Pete Chambers also in a Supernova close behind.

However there were two Solos (Ted Garner and Phil Proctor) not too far back pushing the first two on handicap. A number of the slower boats were struggling to keep their boats going in the light and shifty breeze and so the race was shortened with five boats only completing one lap and the leaders two.

Garner took the win on handicap, with Coop second and Proctor third. Average lap times were used to make the racing as fair as possible, but it still took 20 minutes for all boats to finish.

After lunch it was more of the same wind wise with a delay for boats to get to the start area for Race 2. Soon after the sequence was under way a light breeze from the West filled in (having been Northerly) and so the start was postponed and the committee boat moved to a new start location. Any breeze then disappeared and sailors had to wait for a new breeze to fill in and the Committee Boat to return to another location close to its earlier position.

Race 2 finally got under way an hour later than hoped for with a very light 2 knot breeze from the NNW. Once again Coop and Chambers were fighting out at the front of the fleet by the end of lap one (and minimal breeze), but Tom Brindley in an ILCA 7 was close behind. Once again, only two laps were completed by the bulk of the fleet, with Coop first over the line and on handicap, Brindley second and Garner third.

Once all of the boats had finished a new start sequence was begun for Race 3, in very similar conditions, but with a reduced fleet of 11 boats. All boats managed to complete two laps of the course this time with most of the slower boats having dropped out. The race belonged to Brindley who held the lead from the first mark through to the finish, he was followed by the Supernova of Frank Lafferty and the Comet of Steve Bellamy.

On the finish and on handicap, it was Brindley first followed by Bellamy and Phil Blakeman (Solo).

At the prize-giving, Club Commodore commended the Junior sailors for completing two races in very difficult conditions and presented each with a small prize. Prizes were then awarded to first double hander, Dave Thomas and Shan Stapley (Shotwick) in an Enterprise and the top three overall places to 1st Tom Brindley (Redesmere) in a Laser. Second was Pete Coop (Winsford Flash) in a Supernova and third Ted Garner (Budworth) in a Solo.

Dave Thomas thanked the club for hosting the event and all the volunteers who helped make the event run on what was a beautiful summers day, but with little wind for sailing.

The next round of the series is at Nantwich and Borders SC on Tuesday September 6th. More info available at bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com/venues-and-dates

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmCrewNameClubPYR1R2R3Pts
1stLASER/ ILCA 7215390Tom Brindley Redesmere1100DNC213
2ndSUPERNOVA1281Pete Coop Winsford Flash107721DNC3
3rdSOLO5016Ted Garner Budworth114213DNC4
4thCOMET311Steve Bellamy Winsford Flash121051027
5thSOLO5888Phil Proctor Chester114235DNC8
6thSUPERNOVA519Pete Chambers Winsford Flash107744DNC8
7thSOLO5077Phil Blakeman Redesmere11426639
8thSUPERNOVA1241Frank Lafferty Winsford Flash1077715411
9thSOLO5245Stuart Campbell Redesmere1142127613
10thENTERPRISE22688Dave ThomasShan StapleyShotwick Lake112289715
11thGP1413813Peter ThomsDawn FrostNantwich11301311516
12thCOMET705Martin Loud Winsford Flash12101181119
13thSUPERNOVA406James Stark Winsford Flash10779141019
14thCOMET47Brian Herring Winsford Flash12101012DNC22
15thSOLO5017Stephen Playford Redesmere11421416923
16thMIRACLE4116Ellen DinelowPete WilliamsColemere/Bala11941718825
17thLASER RADIAL168908Lucy Bambrook Redesmere11471613DNC29
18thLASER/ ILCA 7112029Poppy Ward Redesmere11001517DNC32
19thMIRACLE3520Simon DolmanJulie DolmanShotwick Lake11941821DNC39
20thTOPPER44640Sophie wilbraham Redesmere13652019DNC39
21stTOPPER40144Isabelle Ward Redesmere13651920DNC39
22ndRS FEVA XL3944Charlotte WatsonHattie JamiesonRedesmere12402122DNC43

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