Key Highlights:
Everyone swam at least once on Saturday (even Pete Greenhalgh, although he still managed to win all 4 races). I personally capsized in every race and was still in 5th place overnight!
It was nice for the fleet to celebrate with Serega Samus @toofittobeold as he turned 60 at the event. This sextengarian is the only Musto Skiff sailor (or sailor of any class that I know of) who is capable of physical challenges, such as flying superman burpees, you can follow his exploits on YouTube. Anyway, he became an official 'Legend' on Saturday (Legend is the aptly named over-60 Musto Skiff age-category).
Guy Rivington sailed a brilliant race on Sunday to score his maiden victory at an Open Meeting.
It was a pleasure to sail on the same course as the 505 fleet who all showed a deep understanding of how difficult it is to steer and control a Musto Skiff downwind in 25 knot gusts, when you can't see anything in front of you (they gave us a pretty wide berth). Of note: the top four 505s all included a top current or former Musto sailor in the boat.
Thanks to Grafham Water Sailing Club and their race team who put on a great event, with a very quick turnaround of races. Inland sailing at its best.
The lucky few are now off to Palma for some warm weather training and the Princess Sofía Regatta. The rest of us will try and ignore the overwhelming FOMO as we train hard for the next domestic event, which is at Stokes Bay Open on 23/24 April.
,Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Pts
1st 609 Peter Greenhalgh Warsash Sailing Club 1 1 1 1 10 3 (BFD) 17
2nd 590 Andy Tarboton Henley Midmar Yacht Club ‑7 2 3 4 4 6 2 21
3rd 622 Dan Vincent Stokes Bay/ RNSA 4 5 ‑12 5 6 2 10 32
4th 624 Eddie Bridle Brightlingsea Sailing Club 2 4 9 7 (OCS) 5 5 32
5th 616 Dave Poston Medway Yacht Club 5 3 2 10 3 17 ‑22 40
6th 556 Bill Maughan Sunderland Yacht Club 8 ‑15 8 2 2 13 13 46
7th 574 Jason Rickards CVLSC 3 14 5 9 ‑22 8 8 47
8th 627 Ben Schooling Stokes Bay Sailing Club 11 10 6 (DNC) 8 10 3 48
9th 297 George Cousins Restronguet SC 10 7 7 11 13 ‑15 6 54
10th 610 Daniel Trotter SYC 19 6 (RTD) 3 7 7 16 58
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