For the first Cherub open meeting held at Itchenor SC, Usagi, Nautilus, King Tubby and Eleanor made the trip to down to join four International 14s for some close racing in Chichester Harbour in the Autumn sun.
Each Cherub lead a race at some point on Saturday, in wind that nicely varied from light and shifty to entertaining and powered up. The back-to-back races were well organised by Itchenor SC, who decided after the fun of first start that having separate fleet starts was preferable. International 14s were interesting boats to race with Cherubs; In the light to medium wind on Saturday the i14s had significantly more boat speed upwind, however were similar speed to the Cherubs downwind.
After crew changes for Nautilus and Eleanor, all four Cherubs launched again on Sunday. Forecast for day two looked light, and even more of the entertaining short tacking against the tide through moorings was between us and the racecourse. Thankfully Itchenor's RIB towed all the Cherubs to the start line, where the wind magically arrived, and eventually built to more wind than the previous day. The new wind direction meant a longer course could be set, which all four boats enjoyed for another three races. Sunday was another day of close racing, with team Eleanor finding their pace and winning the last race.
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st Usagi Yojimbo 3202 Andrew Peters Jill Peters Queen Mary SC ‑1 1 1 1 1 ‑2 4
2nd Eleanor 3208 Dave Ching Simon Jones / James Hughes Poole Yacht Club ‑4 ‑2 2 2 2 1 7
3rd Nautilus Pompilius 2680 Chris Haslam / Oliver Goolden Oliver Goolden / Will Symonds Covenham SC 2 ‑3 ‑3 3 3 3 11
4th King Tubby 2650 Martyn Denchfield Jay Williamson Staunton Harold SC 3 ‑4 ‑4 4 4 4 15
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