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Craftinsure Supernova Travellers at Bartley Sailing Club

by Sean Ricketts 6 Apr 02:14 AEDT 22 March 2025
Light winds for the Bartley Supernova Open © Sean Ricketts

Sunshine and light winds greeted the 32 competitors who turned up to race at Bartley Sailing Club for the Craftinsure travellers event. With the wind forecast to drop off throughout the day, the decision was made to run two races back to back before lunch.

All nineteen home boats and 13 travellers made their way out to the start line. No one pushed the line too hard for the first race. The sailors who went right on the first beat gained a huge advantage. There was tight racing throughout the fleet with incredible shifty conditions. Gavin Young edging out Cliff Milliner for the race win, followed by local boat Mike Gibson in third place.

The fleet was more adventurous starting race 2, resulting in the first general recall of the day. At the second attempt, the fleet got away cleanly and Cliff built a small lead that he managed to maintain in the fast dying breeze over the chasing pack of Gavin, Mike and Caroline.

After lunch, the wind became even shiftier with just zephyrs over the occasionally smooth as glass lake. This meant that the start was really important for getting clean air and resulted in another general recall! When race 3 eventually began, Mike had an excellent start, punching out to the front and leading until the penultimate leg. Unfortunately for Mike, the wind filled from behind and the whole the fleet bunched up. Everyone started to gybe to try and position themselves for the next puff of wind. Cliff pushed into the shallows along the shore, caught some breeze and sailed into the lead. This ensured he won this open meeting, winning with a scorecard of two firsts and one second.

Massive thank you to all competitors who travelled. The Class Association also thanks Bartley for hosting the event.

Prizes:

1st - Cliff Milliner
2nd - Gavin Young
3rd - Mike Gibson

1st Gold - Tony Critchley
1st Silver - Garry Butterfield
1st Bronze - Ian Frith
1st Lady - Caroline Whitehouse

Overall Results:

PosFleetSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3Pts
1stPlatinum1245Cliff MillinerCotswold‑2112
2ndPlatinum1358Gavin YoungCotswold12‑193
3rdGold1257Mike GibsonBartley33‑116
4thPlatinum1218Hugo HansenCotswold4‑837
5thSilver1184Garry ButterfieldBartley‑8729
6th 1207Caroline WhitehouseBartley‑75510
7thSilver1162Oliver CrockerCotswold5‑16712
8thBronze1045Ian FrithBartley‑219615
9thGold1246Anthony CritchleyBolton(DNC)6915
10thBronze1163Luke Fisher ‑1641216
11th 1267Jeremy ShintonBartley(DNC)13417
12thGold1125Corin BamfordBolton6‑171319
13thBronze1103David AllenHaversham‑1211819
14thBronze1083Serena StewardsonEmberton Park‑20121022
15thBronze1254Tony BleasdaleGirton1410(DNC)24
16thSilver1160Paul UndrellCotswold1115‑1726
17thBronze1309Daniel Stewardsons 918(DNC)27
18thGold1333Chris HawleyBartley1314(DNC)27
19thGold1307Martin RootsCardiff Bay10‑241828
20thBronze1124Colin RickettsBartley17‑251532
21stGold1073Sean RickettsBartley1519(DNC)34
22ndBronze1305Stuart StephenBartley‑23231437
23rdBronze1167Neil BonehamBartley1920(DNC)39
24thBronze1109Dave PennockBartley1822‑2440
25thBronze1074Richard WilliamsBartley‑22212142