Sharpie and Europe open meeting at Overy Staithe Sailing Club

 Overy Staithe SC started their 2022 Open Meeting season with a weekend event held over 30 April and 1 May for the 12m2 Sharpie and Europe classes.

Making the most of the tide times, Saturday's races were on the evening tide, with Sunday on the morning tide. Winds were light on Saturday evening and lighter still on Sunday but Race Officer Rodney Tidd, assisted by Jeremy Neville-Eliott, managed to get four races in over the two days. The light winds meant there was no chance of going out to sea due to the strong tidal current pushing over the bar.

In the Sharpies, OSSC members Ben and Paul Goakes took the first race on Saturday evening, with another OSSC boat, sailed by Alex Smith and Paul Beachall, taking second place. These results were swapped over for Race 2.

The Europe fleet also saw some tight racing but Mark Beck (OSSC) revelled in the light conditions to take 3 first places discarding a fourth in the final race. Alex Scoles (OSSC) finished second overall with a 2, 2, 1 scoreline, discarding a third, with Debs Crissell (OSSC) first lady and third overall counting 2, 3, 2 and discarding a fifth.

A great weekend of racing - the next open event is for the OK class, on 2 and 3 July. Racing will be in the morning each day and further details can be found on the club's website overystaithesc.org.uk - a great chance to get some practice in before the OK Nationals later that month!

Sharpie Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts

1 128 Alex Smith Paul Beachall 2 1 ‑4 1 4

2 75 Ben Goakes Paul Goakes 1 2 1 ‑4 4

3 138 Bob Bradshaw Martin Flint ‑4 3 3 2 8

4 135 Martin Read 3 4 2 ‑5 9

5 111 Tim Ashby Charlie Borthwick 5 5 ‑5 3 13

6 130 Gus Marshall‑Andrews W Fillingham DNS DNS DNS DNS 21

Europe Results:

Pos Sail No Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts

1 339 Mark Beck 1 1 1 ‑4 3

2 413 Alex Scoles 2 ‑3 2 1 5

3 240 Debs Crissell ‑5 2 3 2 7

4 247 Joe Penhaul‑Smith 3 4 ‑5 3 10

5 11 Steve Whitby 4 5 6 (DNF) 15

6 416 Luke Lazell 7 8 4 (DNF) 19

7 1 Dave Cooper 8 6 7 (DNF) 21

8 401 Malcolm Morley 6 7 8 (DNF) 21

9 352 Otter Fisher 9 9 9 (DNF) 27