After a light and flukey event at Largs to kick off the season the 14-boat fleet were hoping for something a little breezier, or at the very least a bit steadier, for the 2023 Scottish Champs at East Lothian.
And North Berwick delivered, a beautiful sunny day with a 10-12 knot easterly giving enough waves for a challenge, but not enough to make the upwinds a chore, with three races completed on Saturday.
The Sunday morning dawned true to the forecast with the AP heading up the flagpole while we waited for the cloud to burn off and the breeze to fill in, which it eventually did shortly after 12 o'clock. With a strong flood tide the preferred tactic was to get off the conveyor belt onto the right hand side of the course, and the committee boat end of the start line was hotly contested. Some bad behaviour from the fleet the day before had used up the PRO's patience, and he was very quick with the black flag to keep the rowdy 200 sailors in line.
As always East Lothian Yacht Club put on a fantastic event and everyone is really looking forward to the UK nationals at the same venue in August. The next Scottish traveller is at Largo Bay on the 24th and 25th of June. Hopefully we'll keep seeing the young members of the class keep making the established sailors work for every position.
Overall Results:
Pos Helm Crew Sail No Club R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 Net
1 Brendan Lynch Elon Clark 1510 ELYC 1 ‑4 2 1 1 4 9
2 Roo Purves Rachel Scarfe 1549 ELYC 4 1 1 3 2 ‑8 11
3 James Gifford Rory Gifford 1397 Royal Tay 2 2 ‑8 4 7 1 16
4 Paul Rigg Fi/Duncan Rigg 600 ELYC 3 3 3 5 6 (DNF) 20
5 John Ilson Laura Glover 1642 ELYC 5 5 4 ‑10 5 2 21
6 Ronnie Millar Tor Millar 1650 Royal Forth ‑10 9 5 2 3 9 28
7 Jon Ward H Ward 1560 Budworth SC 6 ‑11 9 6 4 11 36
8 Jocelyn Hill Emily Hill 269 County Antrim YC 8 6 11 7 ‑13 5 37
9 Peter Collings Iona Smith 1120 Castle Semple ‑9 8 7 9 8 6 38
10 Christine Wood Ollie MacLean 1663 Helensburgh 7 7 12 ‑14 10 3 39
11 Tom Graham Emma Fowler 777 Craignish BC 11 ‑12 6 8 9 7 41
12 Iain Duncan Othilie Barthe 1553 Helensburgh ‑12 10 10 12 12 12 56
13 Jake Miller Lucy Harrison 1011 Helensburgh 13 ‑14 14 11 11 10 59
14 Anna Miller William O'Keefe 1027 Largs (DNC) 13 13 13 14 13 66
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