A cold grey day greeted 23 visiting boats from all over the country for the first event of the season for the Rooster West Country Boat Repairs RS400 Southern Tour 2022.
The spirited Northerly breeze ensured some spectacular reaches providing excellent spectator sport as the powerful gusts swept through the fleet around the windward/leeward course.
In the first race Ben and Roz McGrane, from Netley SC, opened up a commanding lead with Jack Holden and Jono Price from Arun YC holding second place securely throughout. Sam Knight and Chris Bownes from Bartley SC near Birmingham climbed through the fleet to finish third, while there were some spectacular capsizes among the rest of the fleet.
In race 2, the McGranes swiftly established a lead and were never headed while there was considerable place changing behind them. Steve and Sarah Cockerill worked their way up from 5th to 2nd with Jon Heissig and Nicky Griffin, from Llangorse SC in the Brecon Beacons, sailing well to make up from 7th to 3rd.
In a series with no discarded results, the McGranes needed to sail the final race and had to work a little harder having followed Jack and Jono until part way through the second lap. After that Jon and Nicky sailed fast to recover from 5th to finish 2nd ahead of Jack and Jono.
The final results show 1309 Ben and Roz McGrane in first place with the perfect score line total of 3 points, followed by 1505 Jack Holden and Jono Price second with 10 points just ahead of 1502 Jon Heissig and Nicky Griffin in third with 11 points and 1502 Sam Knight and Chris Bownes with 12 points.
A brilliant day of exciting and skilful sailing!
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1309 Ben McGrane Roz McGrane Netley SC 1 1 1 3
2nd 1505 Jack Holden Jono Price Arun YC 2 5 3 10
3rd 1502 Jon Heissig Nicky Griffin Llangorse SC 6 3 2 11
4th 1376 Sam Knight Chris Bownes Bartley SC 3 4 5 12
5th 1515 Stephen Cockerill Sarah Cockerill Stokes Bay SC 10 2 4 16
6th 1235 Sam Pickering Emily Heath Itchenor SC 5 7 6 18
7th 1312 Ian Walker Chris Fox Warsash SC/Itchenor SC 7 6 7 20
8th 1509 Jack Munnelly Trisha Clancy Bartley SC 11 10 8 29
9th 1377 Neil Bevington Alan Skeens Lee on the Solent SC 8 11 10 29
10th 971 Simon Kitchen Abbi Hooper Grafham Water SC 12 9 9 30
11th 1472 Douglas Clow Ian Peace Island Barn SC 14 15 11 40
12th 1479 Mick Whitmore Sarah Whitmore Eastbourne Sovereign SC 4 12 DNF 41
13th 1489 David Swift Rob Burgess Warsash SC 15 13 13 41
14th 1175 Fred Lord Louise Gale Carsington SC 9 8 DNF 42
15th 1384 Trevor Newley Martin Wilson Emsworth SC 13 14 15 42
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