Saturday 20th saw the annual Three Creek Challenge take place as part of the Bucket and Spade Series.
For those of you not in the know, as the name suggests the course would involve navigating the 3 main creeks of the estuary, Bowcombe, Frogmore and Yalton before a quick loop of the main Harbour to finish off. Course 8-5-6-4-2-3.
With a neap high tide on his hands, race officer Dan Bridger chose to go with a running start to get the fleets on their way up the creeks as soon as possible to ensure no one would get left behind - stuck in the mud!
There were only three Yawls out on Saturday to take on the 3 creek challenge, a real shame as the conditions were brilliant.
Phil King and John Sleep navigated The Bag well and managed to pull out a small lead over John Burn and Peter Andrews who were in hot pursuit. Not too far behind was Alastair Harrison and Will Grant who managed to stay in touch until around Mark 6. This is when the two out front started to pull away fast though as they made their way out of the creek and back through The Bag.
On the beat out of Yalton Phil and John managed to maintain the initial lead they had formed in the early part of the race over John and Peter who were now running out of time and ideas to try and catch them.
The positions stayed the same right to the finish with the gap pretty consistent between the front pair all race.
Phil King and John Sleep - 1st
John Burn and Peter Andrews - 2nd
Alastair Harrison and Will Grant - 3rd
Thank you to Dan Bridger and the rest of the team for an excellent afternoon on the water.
Results - www.salcombeyc.org.uk/page/2022
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