The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club held the Allen Flying 15 Burnham Open Meeting over the weekend of the 17th / 18th of June. In contrast to a lot of the country, the RCYC race team led by Edwin Buckley were able to lay on a fascinating 5 race series. A bit like the Gold Cup, there were to be no discards.
A clash with the class Scottish Championships, in Scotland, reduced the fleet. But 13 boats representing 9 different clubs were welcomed at Burnham Yacht Harbour with complimentary coffees and bacon rolls. After a briefing where the Race Team handed out course cards and lent VHF radios, the fleet kept their feet dry launching and headed to the start of Race 1 just off the mouth of the marina.
Sunday started with breakfast on the club balcony with sunshine and breeze. However, by the start of race 4 the wind was dropping, and competitors suddenly realised it was difficult to cross the start line towards the middle of the river. Justin Waples and Jackie showed all their Corinthian Otter training by gribbling up the bank with some panache. However, all their hard work was in vain, and the competitors were called back to wait for the wind.
Allen's generous sponsorship was evident at the prize-giving complete with fabulous tea, cake and Allen prizes awarded throughout the fleet.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Boat Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1st GBR4061 Sparks Chris Waples Simon Hunt HISC/RCYC 3 2 3 1 4 13
2nd GBR4017 Carbon Ffootprint Dave Lucas Harry Lucas GWSC 1 5 1 5 7 19
3rd GBR4055 Ellie's Round Ian Cadwallader Ellie Devereux Chew Valley Lake SC 7 4 2 4 2 19
4th GBR3844 True Luff Duncan Matthew John Chalker Aldeburgh YC 5 1 7 3 8 24
5th GBR4033 Sparks & Bubble Justin Waples Jackie McKellar RCYC 2 3 10 10 1 26
6th GBR3918 No Name Paul Busby Neil Barford Northampton SC/HISC 6 9 5 6 3 29
7th GBR4069 Quindici Bill Chard Josh Preater Chew Valley Lake 4 7 DNF 2 5 32
8th GBR4090 Ffabulous Chris Brittain Gillian Hamilton Cowes Corinthian YC 8 11 4 7 6 36
9th GBR4097 Effervescence Raymond Flanagan Richard Hope Draycote 11 8 8 9 9 45
10th GBR3726 Riffraff Duncan Grindley Julia Batchelor Grafham Water SC/RCYC 9 10 11 8 10 48
11th GBR4113 Angels One‑Five Simon Kneller Ashley Painter GWSC 12 6 6 DNC DNC 52
12th GBR4041 Ffido Simon Cooper Alastair Cooper Bewl Sailng Association 13 12 9 12 11 57
13th GBR3583 Mojo Mike Wilczynski Jean Wilczynski RORC 10 13 12 11 58
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