Fifteen Merlins arrived in Paignton on 9 October for the 2 day Craftinsure Silver Tiller Open Meeting hosted by Paignton Sailing Club. They enjoyed a very friendly reception from the club's members, with blue skies, blue seas, warm temperatures and a lack of crowds. The English Riviera at its best.
On arrival the only missing ingredient was wind. We looked out over a glassy sea towards Torquay. But lo, the water on the Torquay side of the Bay darkened and by start time a gentle 5 knots with lulls had developed and the racing got under way on schedule. A sausage with a gate at the bottom end followed by a triangle was the course for the weekend.
On Sunday the wind was predominately from the northeast but generally clocked right, with some substantial shifts. There was more of it than on Saturday. Indeed, there was enough to make the perfectly set second reach of the triangle on the cusp of what was manageable with a spinnaker. That gave the crews' muscles a workout and created some overtaking opportunities on that leg which had been missing in Saturday's calmer conditions. Blue skies, seas and sunshine were still the order of the day.
Next up, the Craftinsure Silver Tiller heads to Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club on the 16th and 17th October.
Overall Results:
Pos Fleet Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st Gold 3801 Matt Biggs Beka Jones Bartley SC 1 (2) 1 1 1 2 6
2nd Gold 3691 Mike Calvert Jane Calvert Axe YC (6) 1 3 2 3 1 10
3rd Gold 3726 Will Henderson Rob Henderson Salcombe YC (8) 8 2 3 2 3 18
4th Silver 3539 Dan Alsop Jennie King Lyme Regis SC 2 3 9 (RET) 4 5 23
5th Silver 3749 Colin Anderson Sean Anderson Bartley SC 3 7 5 7 (9) 6 28
6th Silver 3746 James Wells Anna Aylward Starcross YC 7 4 (11) 5 8 4 28
7th Gold 3716 Steven Leney Gillian Leney Blithfield SC (9) 6 7 6 5 7 31
8th Gold 3803 Chris Gould Caroline Croft Lymington Town SC 5 5 4 4 (RET) DNC 34
9th Silver 3779 Dave Lee Kirsten Glen Starcross YC (10) 9 8 10 6 8 41
10th Bronze 3684 Tom Low Ed Low West Hoe Sailing Club 4 (12) 10 9 7 12
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