Welcome to the penultimate event in the Cherub Travellers' Series. After a windy and wavy nationals, our competitors could have been forgiven for wanting a more relaxing event, no such luck. Instead, a very challenging shifty on shore breeze and lumpy waves, even made launching a high skill manoeuvre.
Race 1, Eleanor and Green Bananas broke clear of Poppy and EJ. Eleanor took the lead until the final tack, when disaster struck and Eleanor's crew inspected the boom a little too closely. This let Green through for their first win, while Eleanor limped home in second.
Race 2 saw close racing between all the boats with place changes a plenty. Eleanor managed to find a path through the Ospreys (great fleet to share an event with by the way) to claim the win from Green.
Race 3 had EJ finally put her obvious boat speed to good use and lead Green home to a much-deserved win.
Day 2 welcomed our fine competitors with slightly less wind.
Races 4 and 5 proved that a good night's sleep and a T total lifestyle is definitely not required for Poppy's crew, who finally showed the skills they had been showing all year to challenge the Green Bananas. The only problem was those Bananas are slippery and found a way through to win the first two races of the day.
With the event won, Green slowed down enough to let Poppy through for a much-awaited win, followed by Eleanor.
Yet another event with close friendly racing, with four winners from six races.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Club Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 3217 Netley Sc Nick Pratt Jamie Taylor 1 2 2 1 1 ‑3 7
2 3216 Grafham Water S C Jamie Pearson Martyn Denchfield 4 3 (DNF) 2 2 1 12
3 3208 Poole Y C David Ching Oliver Goolden 2 1 (DNS) 3 4 2 12
4 3206 Stokes Bay SC Jimmy Ruddiman Oliver Morrell 3 4 1 4 3 (DNF) 15
5 2699 IOSSC Dean Ralph Simon Jones (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 35
6 2698 Poole Yacht Club Nathan McGrory George Bender (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 35
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