A bright day and moderate breeze greeted the 16 boats competing for the Chris Black memorial trophy in the Gill Sprint 15 Winter TT.
With the southerly wind forecast to swing to the East, Race Officer Nigel Denchfield, anchored the committee boat close to the Northern shore to set the Sprint 15 square course alongside Grafham's club racing marks. Four Yellow/Orange pillar buoys identified the course for the Sprint 15's to navigate over 3 back-to-back races.
Final positions for the day were 1st Paul Craft (Worthing Sailing Club), 2nd Steven Sawford (Rutland Water SC) and 3rd Jenny Ball (Marconi SC). The overall winter series was also concluded with Class Chairman Ed Tuite Dalton the winner, Paul Craft in 2nd and Jenny Ball 3rd. Judith Black and her daughter attended the prize-giving to present the Chris Black trophy to Paul Craft in memory of Grafham Sprint 15 Grand Master Chris. Grafham Water Sailing Club and the Sprint 15 class association would like to thank Gill for supporting the event and the prize-giving.
It's great to see the fleet youngsters doing well and winning races. Congratulations to Jason who worked hard for his win after been pushing the fleet hard recently. Note that all 3 races were won with the 'older' boats, so no matter how new your boat or equipment it's the nut on the tiller that's the important part. Do remember to put you hatch covers on properly!
Thank you to all visiting boats, club sailors, our race committee, GWSC safety fleet and shore staff in making this an excellent event.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1982 Paul Craft Worthing Sailing Club 4 1 ‑5 5
2nd 1989 Steve Sawford Rutland Water Sailing Club 1 4 ‑6 5
3rd 2025 Jenny Ball Marconi SC 2 ‑3 3 5
4th 1521 Jason Clarke Marconi SC ‑12 6 1 7
5th 1923 David Ball Marconi SC ‑6 5 2 7
6th 2023 E Tuite Dalton Draycote Water 5 2 ‑7 7
7th 2022 Stuart Snell Grafham Water SC ‑8 8 4 12
8th 1986 Frank Sandells Grafham Water SC ‑14 7 9 16
9th 1913 Jan Elfring Draycote Water 7 11 ‑14 18
10th 1744 Derek James Draycote Water 10 ‑13 8 18
11th 2021 Jim Bowie Thorpe Bay Yacht Club 9 9 ‑11 18
12th 1201 Leonard Flynn Thorpe Bay Yacht Club ‑16 10 10 20
13th 66 Mark Aldridge Grafham Water SC 3 (DNC) DNC 22
14th 1634 Ian Mills Tankerton Bay Sailing Club 13 ‑14 12 25
15th 1522 Andrew Clarke Grafham Water SC ‑15 12 13 25
16th 2015 Nigel James Marconi SC 11 (DNC) DNC 30
17th 2028 Ray Gall Carsington SC (DNC) DNC DNC 38
17th 2019 George Love Carsington SC (DNC) DNC DNC 38
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