Salcombe Brewery very kindly sponsored the Solo Western Area champs on the 15th - 16th October at Salcombe Yacht Club.
The fleet of twenty-eight teams, armed for combat arrived in the starting area and were greeted by Salcombe at its most forbidding. Low cloud, grey sea and a pronounced very steep chop with the wavelength coinciding almost exactly with the waterline of a Solo. It was in essence, windy with some fruity gusts heading inland. Meanwhile the water was receding apace. It was rather unpleasant. Local ferries apart, nothing else was moving on the Ria. It was not however raining.
Of note, overnight on Saturday, Chris Chubby Cleaves had made a strong bid for the Endeavour Trophy this being the helm to finish all the races with maximum points. In the end, he had to settle for "Most Improved". Well done him at this excellent career highlight.
Sincere thanks to Salcombe Brewery for their very generous sponsorship and to Scud Stewart for negotiating that. Also thanks to the NSCA, our local fleet cap, Adrian Griffin and especially to our very excellent race team and safety boat crews. Great work especially on Saturday. To all our visitors, many thanks for coming.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 5954 Oliver Davenport Northampton SC 1 4 5 10
2nd 5898 Simon Dobson Salcombe YC 5 2 3 10
3rd 5444 Chris Jennings Burghfield SC 3 1 11 15
4th 5755 Graham Cranford Smith Salcombe YC 6 7 4 17
5th 5744 Ian McGregor Salcombe YC 8 9 2 19
6th 5601 Simon Yates Salcombe YC 7 3 9 19
7th 5021 William Wall Salcombe YC 14 8 1 23
8th 5926 John Steels Starcross YC 12 5 7 24
9th 5181 Paul Rayson Salcombe YC 10 6 8 24
10th 5923 Jamie Morgan Rutland Water SC 4 11 10 25
11th 5792 David Greening Salcombe YC 9 15 14 38
12th 5879 Chris Cleaves Salcombe YC 18 10 13 41
13th 5747 Roger Lumby Salcombe YC 13 12 16 41
14th 5406 James Greenhilll Salcombe YC 16 23 6 45
15th 5546 Olly Turner Salcombe YC 2 13 DNF 47
16th 5837 Richard Instone Chase SC 11 25 19 55
17th 5876 Gavin Stevens Salcombe YC 20 19 20 59
18th 6002 Doug Latta Hayling Island SC DNF 17 15 61
19th 5925 Robin Milledge Lymington Town SC 21 26 18 65
20th 5361 Nicholas Jackson Salcombe YC DNF 14 24 67
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