Despite a forecast of potential stormy winds and driving rain, 19 boats turned up to find a wind ranging from 5 to 12 knots and initially no rain!
Pete Coop had already secured the outright series win, but the other podium places were all up for grabs from 4 boats as discards would start to kick in throughout the day.
Race officer John Close and his team got the first race away on time - Pete Coop (Supernova), after a brief duel With Eric Haselden (Supernova) extended his lead to win the race, with Eric 2nd and the Solo of Ted Garner 3rd after handicaps and average laps were calculated.
Following a short lunch break the rain came down! Race 2 got under way and following a very tight start with a square line Pete Coop was first to the windward mark and extended his lead throughout the race. Eric recorded another 2nd while Dave Turtle (Comet) started his move up the overall leader board with a 3rd place.
Race 3 got promptly under way with frequent showers. This time the line had a slight starboard bias which caught a few sailors out as they were trapped on the left-hand side of the course.
The race was characterised by a significant wind change from Northwest to Northeast on the final lap.
Pete Coop again arrived at the front of the pack and extended out to take the win. This time 2nd and 3rd places went to the 2 solos of Ted Garner and Phil Snewin.
Special mention went to Mel Randall who has only been sailing 6 weeks. This was her first regatta and she finished with 3 boats behind her and was the first Lady helm.
On behalf of the visitors Ted Garner thanked WFSC and highlighted how the culture of the Border Counties series was very positive, friendly, inclusive and proved that a number of different boats can compete and put-up good scores.
Overall Results:
Pos Class Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st SUPERNOVA 1281 Pete Coop Winsford Flash 1 1 1 2
2nd SUPERNOVA 1296 Eric Haselden Winsford Flash 2 2 6 4
3rd SOLO 5016 Ted Garner Budworth 3 6 2 5
4th COMET 852 Dave Turtle Shustoke 4 3 5 7
5th SOLO 5154 Bill Webber Shropshire S C 6 8 4 10
6th LIGHTNING 368 410 Jeremy Cooper Shotwick Lake 5 5 7 10
7th SOLO 5963 Phil Snewin Chester 11 10 3 13
8th SUPERNOVA 590 George Coop Winsford Flash 7 7 DNF 14
9th COMET 311 Steve Bellamy Winsford Flash 8 9 10 17
10th SUPERNOVA 519 Pete Chambers Winsford Flash 14 4 DNF 18
11th COMET 705 Martin Loud Winsford Flash 10 12 8 18
12th SOLO 5888 Phil Proctor Chester 9 11 9 18
13th SUPERNOVA 1041 Steve Vandersteen Winsford Flash 13 14 11 24
14th MIRACLE 3520 Simon Dolman Julie Dolman Shotwick Lake 16 13 12 25
15th ENTERPRISE 22688 Dave Thomas Shan Stapley Shotwick Lake 12 15 14 26
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