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Solo Open at Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

by Steve Denison, Innes Armstrong & Justine Davenport 9 Jul 2024 22:10 PDT 7 July 2024
Hollingworth Lake SC Solo Open © Chris Massey

Eighteen Solos and five Phantoms turned up for the joint open at a very overcast Hollingworth Lake... a good turnout! After a clear up in the dinghy park on Saturday there was plenty of room for both fleets.

The OD gave his briefing giving his plans for the day. Then the Rochdale rain started to pour to some dismay of the competitors.

Race 1

Solos starting after the Phantoms with an OK wind speed and direction. It was game on.

Denison led round the windward mark closely followed by local lightweight Jasper Bramwell in a borrowed boat. Jasper had to do turns following a port/starboard incident at F mark. This gave the others a chance for a bit of place swapping. Denison led for most of the race letting Honnor catch up and eventually past him at G mark. What a nice chap Denison is!! That was how it finished with Chris Gillard in third and Justine finishing just closely behind.

Back to the clubhouse for a brief pit-stop for lunch promptly followed by race two.

Race 2

After lunch the rain stopped and it brightened up a little. A more difficult race. With the wind starting to shift about quite a bit, making it fun for the OD. Martin Honnor followed by Innes Armstrong led the way to the first mark in light airs, a gust from the back bunched everyone together and in the melee there was a clattering of boats. Norris had water on all, Davenport pushed Winder the wrong side of the mark and ended up doing turns. This left Honnor in clear wind heading up the beat followed by Steve and Stuart. On a subsequent windward leg at mark E Armstrong forced Denison to do turns thereby moving into second place. Honnor led the rest of the race, Armstrong held onto second followed by Denison and Norris.

With the second bullet under Honnor's belt, the winner of the open was decided.

Race 3

Race three was back to back with conditions dropping and the wind shifting as the thunder rumbled in the distance.

We got under way quickly but with a very starboard bias line. Nick Hornsby was the first to punch off the line and led to the windward mark. At the start Denison decided to capsize, thereby filling his boat full of water and ending his chances in the race. At the windward mark it was Hornsby followed by Winder and Armstrong. The course was very "follow the leader" with the beats turning to fetches. However, on the downwind leg Winder and Armstrong managed to get past Hornsby who dropped down the fleet slightly. At the finish was Armstrong in first followed by Winder then Gillard with Hornsby finishing in sixth.

Overall results were Honnor in first, Armstrong in second and Denison in third.

The prize-giving was held in the salubrious Hollingworth clubhouse and Honnor thanked the Race team headed by Chris Massey and ably assisted by Sally Parry.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3Pts
1st5880Martin HonnorOgston SC11‑42
2nd5813Innes ArmstrongBurwain SC‑5213
3rd6073Steve DenisonRYA23‑95
4th6041Chris GillardSheffield Viking SC3‑536
5th6093David WinderHLSC‑7729
6th5312Stuart NorrisShropshire SC‑124711
7th5825Martin BrennanHLSC‑116511
8th5968Nick HornsbyHLSC‑88614
9th6107Ted GarnerBudworth SC6(DNF)814
10th4715Justine DavenportBurwain SC411‑1315
11th5891Mike SmithHLSC‑10101020
12th4734Jasper BramwellHLSC‑1391221
13th5600Tom Sanders‑DanielHLSC14‑151125
14th4642Martin ClowesOtley SC‑18121527
15th5008Nick BrookHLSC9(DNF)DNC28
16th5979John ColesgraveYDSC1513(DNF)28
17th4283Michael CampbellFidlers Ferry SC‑16141428
18th5106Nigel DaveyHLSC17(DNF)DNC36

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