The trapeze boats had their moment to shine, but no one could match the consistent performance of Simon Hawkes's K1 keelboat which dominated the Tiger Trophy to become the latest winner in the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series.
Simon Hawkes swooped on the John Merricks Tiger Trophy after a consistent performance in his singlehanded K1 keelboat across two challenging days of racing at Rutland Water Sailing Club.
Event No.8 in this season's Seldén SailJuice Winter Series drew an entry of almost 100 dinghies and small keelboats which saw a range of different boat types faring well at different points over the weekend. There were 37 classes represented, ranging in speed from a Topper to foiling Moth, across all monohull configurations, including the towering rig of Jamie Stewart's Thames A Rater to Rutland SC's fleet of RS21 sports boats.
The top 10 overall showed a good distribution with five from the slow fleet and five from the fast fleet, and eight classes in the top 10.
Top Speeds recorded by SailRacer GPS trackers
Fastest
James Sainsbury (Int Moth - Rutland SC) - sustained 9.3 kts
Corrected
Sam Pascoe (Musto Skiff - Castle Cove SC)
Enter the Oxford Blue
There's only one event remaining in this year's Series, and it's the Oxford Blue at Farmoor Reservoir on 18 February. It's a good chance to get some more pre-season competition against some of the country's best sailors.
Enter now at www.sailjuiceseries.com
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