Report from Elizabeth and Tim Fillmore Get Racing Month 5 -Sunday 7th. September
Near perfect conditions welcomed the 18 sailors who arrived for the fifth Get Racing session last Sunday with blue skies and 8 knots of wind. This contrasted with August’s wild and windy weather and attracted a record turnout in a range of boats from an Optimist to an RS400. The northwesterly wind was, however, challenging in direction and strength for the first race. The start was closely contested but as the race progressed the faster boats pulled clear with 4 boats completing 2 laps the rest finishing after one lap. The results corrected for yardsticks were worked out on an average lap basis with Warren Yates and Lorraine Leahy take honours in their Wayfarer, 20 seconds ahead of Mark Curry and Mollie Griffin in a Xenon. It was a long race for Mary Stewart in her Oppy who did very well in her first race, as did brother Rory in his Tera. After lunch and a debrief, the wind was fading and a new shorter course was set for the four boats who were keen to have another race. Despite a slow start Aaron Davis and father Nigel pulled through well on the first beat to lead round the windward mark and went on to win the race on handicap in a 2000, followed by Steve Jeffs in a Laser Radial and Lucien and Nathaniel Withers in a Feva. Thanks are due to ODs Colin and Claire for their assistance in running the extra start and to Malcolm Lewin for taking the photographs. The next session is scheduled for Sunday 5 October. Full results are below:
RACE 1. 1 Warren Yates Lorraine Leahy Wayfarer 10662 2 Mark Currie Mollie Griffin Xenon 8 3 James Chapman Laser 166640 4 Lucien Willers Nathaniel Willers Feva 2317 5 Paul Mcturk Laser 8762 6 Rory Stewart Tera 2747 7 Steve Clement RS400 839 8 Nigel Davis Aaron Davis 2000 2153 9 Carla Fickling Pico 4 10 Steve Jeffs Laser Radial – 11 Mary Stewart Optimist 3802 12 Sophie Fickling Olli Fickling Pico 6 13 Mike Green Pico 5
RACE 2. 1 Aaron Davis Nigel Davis 2000 2153 2 Steve Jeffs Laser Radial – 3 Lucien Willers Nathaniel Willers Feva 2317 4 Mike Green Pico 5