On the weekend of the Coronation, Fishers Green SC held its annual vintage Merlin Rocket open to see who would be crowned King or Queen of the green. The nine strong home fleet were joined by three visitors for a right royal dust up.
There was a short postponement due to torrential rain, us vintage sailors don't like to get our varnished beauties wet! As the rain eased slightly the fleet took to water, solo fleet captain David Walford took charge of proceedings along with club Royalty Ken Daniels.
Race 1 got under way with minimal pomp and ceremony and Christian/Anna held on for the win, second went to 3232 Jon/Blake, third 3252 Tony/Jess and fourth in1939 Pete Impey/Tom Low.
Race 2 and with a little tweak by the RO due a bit of confusion in the first race with a couple of competitors missing a mark, the said mark was removed and sent to the dungeon. Sails now starting to dry and tell tales finally getting unglued the fleet arrived at the windward mark a lot closer together, Jon/Blake sailed brilliantly and won, Second was Pete/Tom, third Tony/Jess and fourth Harry/Annabel.
Race 3 and the rain had stopped, the breeze had built to a true southerly wind direction, and a course change to a simple windward/leeward. All to play for, for the three boats still in with a chance to be crowned champions. Christian/Anna in 2997 managed to keep mark room at the final mark on Jon/Blake, a short dash to the line and a few covering tacks, 2997 took the win and crowned champions, second 3232 Jon/Blake, third 1742 Harry/Annabel, and fourth 723 Stuart/Nicola.
The vintage armada descended into the clubhouse to dine on Coronation chicken (what else) provided by the fabulous Jane O'Brien. Fantastic racing, atmosphere, even the weather couldn't dampen the spirits of a great event. Thanks to all involved.
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st Cream Cracker 2997 Chris Hill A 1 ‑8 1 2
2nd Bad Dog 3232 Jon Steward Blake Newman ‑2 1 2 3
3rd War Horse 1939 Peter Impey Tim Ginn 4 2 ‑5 6
4th Patriot 3252 Tony Cooper Jess Cooper 3 3 ‑6 6
5th Nutshell 1742 Harry Steward Annabel Steward ‑5 4 3 7
6th Cindy 723 Stuart Jenkins Nicola Scaddan (DNC) 6 4 10
7th Shogun 3055 Nick Yanna Claudia Mancini ‑9 5 7 12
8th Hamlet 3185 Godfrey Clark Ox Ahmet 7 ‑9 8 15
9th Smartypants 3506 Graham Webb crew 8 7 ‑9 15
10th Hot Goblin 3402 Mike Atkinson Annabel Newman 6 ‑11 10 16
11th Prospect 3216 Mo Allen Nathan Allen 10 10 ‑11 20
12th Attila the Hunt 2410 Ian Lang (DNF) 12 12 24
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