A steady north westerly and overcast skies greeted the 15 sailors who made the journey to Silver Wing Sailing Club on Saturday 1st April for a chance to win the Jack Holt Trophy at the annual Solo open meeting.
Race 1
After the first couple of legs a leading group of 5 boats escaped the fleet and while 2-5 regularly traded places behind Godfrey who maintained his position to take the win. Closely followed by Mike Dray and Patrick Ward who seemed to have been connected by a piece of bungee the whole way round.
Race 2
This time Phil Sheppard out of the middle of the line took an early lead with the rest of the fleet acting like an accordion down the first reach behind. On the second beat local sailor David Mason hooked into a right hand shift and took the lead from Mike Dray and Sheppard which was how it stayed until the end.
Race 3
This time it was David Mason out of the right end of the line who lead at the first mark but then demonstrated his local knowledge by sailing round the next mark the wrong way...
The rest of the fleet was bunched up on the run. Thus their entertainment at Dave's misfortune was tempered by some hectic five boat abreast leeward mark roundings. Godfrey Clark was the only boat however that manage to collect a penalty. Mike Dray then established a good lead which he held for a convincing win from David Mason and John Reed. The afternoon races were much closer with the fleet not splitting as it had in the morning, in fact in the third race there was barely half a leg (not far at Silver Wing) in the entire fleet.
Race 4
Again David Mason took an early lead, however down the first run Mike Dray gybed out to the right and sneaked round into the lead and despite a late charge from Mason Dray held on to take the win and the Jack Holt Trophy for a second year!
Well done to all the sailors and a super big thank you to all the volunteers who made the day possible!
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st 6017 Mike Dray Hawley Lake SC ‑2 2 1 1 4
2nd 5582 David Mason Silverwing SC ‑5 1 2 2 5
3rd 4801 Godfrey Clark Fishers Green SC 1 4 ‑6 6 11
4th 4496 Phil Sheppard Aylesbury SC 4 3 ‑5 4 11
5th 5045 John Reed Bough Beech SC ‑8 7 3 3 13
6th 5770 Patrick Ward Chipstead SC 3 5 7 (RET) 15
7th 5393 Simon Derham Littleton SC 6 ‑12 4 7 17
8th 5730 Steve Jones Littleton SC 7 6 ‑8 8 21
9th 5819 Phil Sturmer Brightlingsea SC ‑10 8 9 5 22
10th 4775 Harry Lemon Silverwing SC 11 9 10 (DNS) 30
11th 4971 Peter Phillips Silverwing SC 9 ‑13 13 9 31
12th 3380 Adam Wickenden Silverwing SC ‑12 10 11 10 31
13th 5727 David Ackroyd Silverwing SC ‑13 11 12 11 34
14th 4089 Philip Bergquist Silverwing SC ‑14 14 14 12 40
15th 802 John Bates Silverwing SC ‑15 15 15 13 43
16th 4970 Sue Taylor Silverwing SC (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 54
16th 5693 Fraser Hayden Papercourt SC (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 54
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