It was a great turnout of 19 boats at the inaugural Craftinsure Traveller Series event at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, including 14 visitors coming to see what Welsh lake sailing was all about.
Competitors were greeted with brilliant sunny conditions and steady 12 knots of breeze, that sometimes gusted to 19 knots. Definitely champagne sailing conditions that broke the stereotype for Wales!
RO Matt Sayer set a course that was in the style of a full Supernova Nationals event with outer loop and split leeward marks. In typical Supernova fashion everyone got away cleanly for the first race.
There was no stopping for lunch (yet more Nationals practice) but the RO gave us a short break while he lengthened the course and added more laps.
Winner of the Supernova Dragon Trophy was Gavin Young, with Matt Thursfield second then Alex Reeve in third.
Special mentions to Steve Denyer of Cardiff Bay Yacht Club in his Mk1, who learnt to sail just 18 months ago, but sailed well and wasn't always last and Colin Ricketts who lent his boat to another sailor for the last 2 races following a gear failure.
Prizes kindly supported by www.aztecsails.com and Geldard's Solicitors. The Supernova fleet thank the Cardiff Bay team for their excellent organisation and support of this brilliant event. Next stop the Nationals!
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st 1261 Gavin Young Cotswold SC 2 ‑3 1 1 4
2nd 1302 Matt Thursfield Chelmarsh SC 4 1 ‑9 2 7
3rd 1280 Alev Reeve Cotswold SC 3 5 2 ‑7 10
4th 0 Chris Hawley Bartley SC 1 ‑7 5 5 11
5th 1303 Jonny Everett Llandegfedd SC 6 6 ‑11 4 16
6th 1307 Martin Roots CBYC 5 8 4 ‑11 17
7th 1239 David Cann CBYC ‑15 4 8 6 18
8th 1073 Sean Ricketts Bartley SC 8 (RET) 3 8 19
9th 1180 David Stephen Bartley SC 7 11 6 ‑15 24
10th 1299 Will Gifford Cotswold SC (DNC) 2 OCS 3 25
11th 1160 Paul Undrell Cotswold SC ‑12 9 7 9 25
12th 1230 Chris Kneale CBYC 9 12 ‑13 10 31
13th 1305 Stuart Stephen Bartley SC 11 ‑13 10 13 34
14th 1277 Douglas Rankin Blithfield SC ‑16 10 12 12 34
15th 1255 Warren Mitchell 10 ‑16 14 16 40
16th 1124 Colin Ricketts Bartley SC 13 14 (DNC) DNC 47
17th 698 Charles Felgate CBYC 18 15 (RET) 14 47
18th 1157 Paul Rankin Blithfield SC 14 17 16 ‑18 47
19th 715 Steve Denyer CBYC 17 (RET) 15 17 49
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