2000 Class Open at Castle Cove Sailing Club

Castle Cove ordered and delivered a perfect 6-12 knots of wind and wall to wall sunshine for the whole weekend. Eighteen 2000,s turned up to race.

Race one got under way after the windward mark was laid for the second time. It was trying to be kind to our hiking legs and drifting down wind. Matt Sargent and Archie Munro-Price took an early lead until lightweights Sam and Benjamin Pascoe plained down the second run to win race one with Pete Vincent and Kirsten Glenn coming through to second.

Race 2 and the wind was gently dropping. Pete and Kirsten had a close battle with Sam and Benjamin until they gybed into the middle down the second run to let Matt and Archie though to second with Sam and Benjamin just winning race 2.

Day 2 opened with same wind, even matching compass numbers to day one. Adrian Stell and Rob Stell flew up the first beat to lead at the top mark, followed by Pete and Kirsten. Sam and Benjamin then flew down the run to take the lead. Pete and Kirsten also passed Adrian and Rod down the first run and that's how they stayed to the finish.

Race 4 went much the same way as the other 3 races with Sam and Benjamin leading and Pete and Kirsten chasing hard.

With Sam and Benjamin having the event wrapped up, Benjamin (age 6) decided it was his turn to helm for Race 5. Pete and Kirsten had a narrow lead at mark one, but Benjamin managed to drop inside Pete down the run, maybe due to 50kg less in the back of the boat. Pete and Kristen passed Benjamin and Sam up the second beat with Matt and Archie closing up to the both of them.

One lap later coming into the finish with Benjamin breathing down Pete back, Pete, with a big smile, bore away slightly leaving Benjamin to take the win.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Boat Name Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts

1 2190 Sam Pascoe Ben Pascoe Castle Cove Sailing Club. ‑1 1 1 1 1 4

2 22713 Pete Vincent Kirsten Glenn Llandgefedd 2 ‑3 2 2 2 8

3 22700 Matt Sargent Archie Munro ‑ Price Army / Castle Cove 3 2 4 ‑5 3 12

4 21103 Adrian Stell Rob stell Hayling Island Sailing Club 5 ‑7 3 3 6 17

5 2854 Tim Hully Linda Hully Weir Wood 4 4 ‑6 6 4 18

6 21003 Rory Moppett Sarah Sedona Bough Beech 7 5 ‑8 4 5 21

7 2204 Iain Yardley Sarah Yardley RYA 6 6 5 ‑8 7 24

8 22564 Helen Phillips Andrew Phillips Cardiff Bay 8 8 7 7 (DNC) 30

9 22648 Jeremy Mitchell Megan Gately Erith Yacht club ‑12 9 12 9 8 38

10 21418 Peter May Steph Guyan / Moore Spinnaker 11 10 ‑13 13 9 43