Sun and wind – what more could you want? Even the water isn’t too cold for those of us that ended up in it! Saturday’s racing concluded the Dodd Trophy for the handicap fleet, and OD Rich Hodgkins set simple, but challenging, windward/leeward courses. Although ground can be gained on the beats, races tend to be won and lost on the offwind legs. Robin Dawson with Phil Hodgkins took another two first to win the series.
Sunday seemed to start in a similar fashion, with a good south easterly, but inter mingled with gusts from various directions, but mainly south west. Everyone knew they were in for a challenging race when seconds before the start the wind headed and those at the starboard end were unable to lay the line on starboard! Neil Currie and Paul Burnell had taken the left hand side of the course to stay in the wind but others had much more of a struggle to get to the windward mark. However, the shifting winds continued such that on the next beat Robin Dawson moved from 3rd to 1st and Neil dropped from 1st to 3rd, but later got back into 2nd.. A loose tiller joint that eventually failed led to Robin’s retirement, giving Neil first place.
The steady strong winds made the thought of the afternoon round the lake pennant race seemed a bit daunting for many (apart from Bridget who ‘doesn’t do round the lakers’), as there was likely to be a 3 mile beat (before the 3 mile reach home). By the time of the start, the wind had eased so crews could sit out on the beat with hanging on for dear life!. The downside was that the route back was less exciting, some planing gusts, but not as many as anticipated. The front end of the fleet stayed close together, with Mike Moore and Toni Nuttall just a couple of minutes behind Robin Dawson and Phil Hodgkins. ? in an osrey was just in front of Mike but crossed the wrong side of the line, and retired, with William and Lesley were just on their tails. The results were calculated on a personal handicap basis and first place went to Stuart Brookes.
While the Od was passing the time he took a few pics of which these are a mini selection.
BANANA STAKES
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 3520 S BROOKES FF 1 1
2 122174 P DILLON LAS 2 2
3 2504 K THOMAS FF 3 3
4 13161 S SPENCE N 4 4
5 13401 G ASHBY GP 5 5
6 3473 M MOORE FF 6 6
7 13118 V BELL GP 7 7
8 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 8 8
9 1072 R DAWSON RS400 9 9
10 1246 R RHODES OSPREY RTD 12
10 12682 E SMITH MS RTD 12
Points for RTD = 12
Points for DSQ = 12
Points for DNS = 12
1 races to count
Final Results for Saturday Series
DODD TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 DNS DNS DNS RTD 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
2 1148 N CURRIE RS400 5 3 DNS DNS 1 3 2 DNS 4 5 3 3 15
3 1146 P BURNELL RS400 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS OD 3 DNS 6 3 4 7 26
4 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 7 DNS DNS 2 3 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD 4 32
5 130579 S HALL LASER RADI DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 7 RTD 8 4 6 5 38
6 1210 S HUNT RS400 RTD DNS DNS 1 DNS DNS DNS 2 DNS DNS 2 2 41
7 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 3 1 DNS DNS OD DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS RTD DNS 44
8 3473 M MOORE FF 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 3 2 1 DNS DNS 58
9 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD RTD DNS 5 7 DNS 6 59
10 167828 I MACPHERSON LASER 1 DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS 3 6 DNS DNS 62
11 130338 RiCRITCHLEY LAS 2 DNS DNS 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD 87
12 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP 8 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 88
13 338 R YARDLEY RS300 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS OD DNS DNS 5 RTD 90
14 6905 N GARRISON D 18 DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 104
15 809 B SMITH RS800 DNS DNS DNS 5 DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 105
16 103 A NICHOLSON VARIO DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 DNS 7 DNS DNS DNS 111
17 13327 M FAIRLAMB GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 122
18 213142 R HODGKINS RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS OD DNS 123
19 3520 S BROOKES FF DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 125
20 501 J CROSBIE RS400 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126
21 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128
21 562 A SMITH 49R DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128
23 81125 C HALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 130
Points for RTD = 10 4 0 7 5 7 10 8 10 8 9 10
Points for DSQ = 10 4 0 7 5 7 10 8 10 8 9 10
Points for DNS = 24
6 races to count
MUSTARD POT
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
1 13839 H GODFREY GP DNS 2 2 2 DNS DNS 1 2 2 2 9
2 13327 M FAIRLAMB GP 2 DNS DNS RTD 1 DNS OD 1 DNS DNS 14
3 13176 D LAWSON GP 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 1 1 25
4 13655 N LEWIS GP OD 3 DNS 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 31
5 1072 R DAWSON RS400 DNS 1 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 35
6 13733 A HODGKINS GP DNS DNS DNS 4 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 39
7 13791 P SMITH GP DNS DNS DNS 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 45
8 13013 J SEDGWICK GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 DNS DNS DNS 46
9 13867 D NICHOLSON GP DNS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 47
10 13259 J ROBERTS GP DNS DNS DNS 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 49
Points for RTD = 3 4 3 7 3 0 3 3 3 3
Points for DSQ = 3 4 3 7 3 0 3 3 3 3
Points for DNS = 11
5 races to count