Sixteen Merlin Rockets turned up for the Craftinsure Silver Tiller open meeting and Felucca trophy at Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club on the weekend of 22nd / 23rd October. The club welcomed 7 visitors from as far as field as Parkstone. Home Merlin Rocket teams featured several of the super enthusiastic under 16 juniors.
Rumours of the lake being low proved to be true but recent heavy rain (unusual for Rochdale) had raised the level by six feet in the last week, this resulted in the water looking brown which contrasted with the blue sky that greeted the sailors. Fortunately the wind played ball by blowing from the south best the perfect direction for Hollingworth Lake.
The event was concluded with a pie and peas lunch and prize-giving with top three awarded their prizes alongside silver fleet winners Ben Hollis and Alex Pausey and Martin Watts and guest crew Andy Smith being awarded bronze fleet winners.
Special thanks to the race officer and his team and all the volunteers that made for another great weekend at Hollingworth. The Craftinsure Silver Tiller 2022 concludes next Saturday the 29th October at Parkstone Yacht Club.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Boat Name Helm Crew Club Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1 3801 Pokey Matt Biggs Becka Jones Bartley Platinum 1 1 2 1 17 5
2 3703 Faithless Richard Whitworth Jemmima Scroggie Parkstone SC Platinum 2 2 17 2 1 7
3 3678 Nora Steve Crook Sally Townend HLSC Gold 3 3 1 3 2 9
4 3679 Daddys Yot Nick Hegginbotham Justine Davenport HLSC Gold 4 5 3 6 3 15
5 3732 Ben Hollis Alex Pausey Blithfield Silver 5 4 4 5 17 18
6 3615 Edgar Stuart Bates Jacob Din HLSC Silver 7 7 5 4 6 22
7 3596 Freebird Martin Watts Andy Smith HLSC Bronze 6 8 6 7 12 26
8 3557 Matthew Winder Tom Winder HLSC Bronze 8 6 7 12 9 30
9 3723 DES Les Bithell Jasper Bramwell HLSC Bronze 10 9 9 9 4 31
10 3817 Geoff Kimber Helen Kimber Stone SC Bronze 9 11 13 17 8 41
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