The Contender fleet made is way to Broadstairs for the 6th round of the Travellers Trophy. The 15 highly tuned athletes fresh from the nationals were greeted with bacon rolls and the normal hospitality one has come to expect from Broadstairs Sailing Club.
The travellers were looking out to sea, dubious if there would be enough wind to sail on the very tidal waters, but at around one o'clock the boats launched out and slowly made their way to the course that had been laid by the race committee.
The third and final race of the day and again Stuart Jones got to the top mark first after an eventful beat saw second placed Tom Hooton get T-boned in a port starboard incident with Rob Smith who immediately retired. Tom still managed to round just in front and inside local Dave Adams and they swapped places several times throughout the race but eventually it was Tom finishing second behind Stuart with Dave getting his second 3rd place of the day.
Sunday morning dawned and it looked like there may be some breeze, but as forecast it was dropping off and the tide was now running in the opposite stronger direction. Despite this the race officer was determined to try to get a 4th race completed. The competitors made their way out and managed to get a start but the wind continued to die and it became clear that the tide was too strong to make this a race so it was abandoned and the competitors made their way in for an early bath.
Thanks to Broadstairs Sailing Club for their organisation and hospitality and for running an event during these testing times.
Overall Results:
Pos Helm Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 Stuart Jones 2706 1 1 1 3
2 Gary Langdown 2484 5 2 5 12
3 Dave Adams 595 9 3 3 15
4 Tom Hooton 678 13 4 2 19
5 Chris Boshier 2702 10 6 6 22
6 Adrian Smith 2730 2 OCS 4 22
7 Nick Curry 2661 6 9 8 23
8 Rob Smith 2449 4 5 RTD 25
9 Bill Hooton 666 11 8 10 29
10 Rodger White 712 8 10 11 29
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