Yachting World Dayboat Open at Avon Sailing Club

 

The second Avon SC Yachting World Dayboat open meeting took place on Saturday 3rd June. News of the now legendary hospitality offered at the Avon SC and its family friendly environment led to a record number of 11 entries and considerably more support crew, from across the country.

The sailing area at ASC is over 4 miles long but the river Severn between Tewkesbury and Gloucseter is considerably narrower in places. This led the race committee, headed up by club Commodore Peter Keighley, to decide that flights would be required to ensure all the boats could start in safety.

The cup final was a closely fought competition with James Hewitt crewed by Cora managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, from younger sibling Mike, crewed by Steve Creasey. This resulted in Mike winning the event for the second time. Colin and Christine Blewett managed to hold off Pete Hewitt to take third place and prevent a Hewitt 1-2-3.

The Bowl final was also keenly contested but local favourites Dickie Miller and Tracy Lashford used their knowledge of the river (and having finally rigged the boat properly) managed to get a flying start which they held to the end. Matt Straker and Freddie Gent finished second and Tim Parkinson crewed by Zanna Gent third.

Thanks must go to the race committee for a really slick job, the safety boat crews, the catering committee (and BBQ crew) and, of course, the bar team for keeping a group of over 40 campers sustained over the weekend.

Thanks to all the competitors for supporting the event and best of luck to all the YWDB crews at their national championships in Rock.

Cup Final Results:

Pos Sail No Boat Name Club Names Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total points Cup Final Final Points

1 678 Groovie RYA Mike Hewitt 7 1 1 2 1 3

2 676 Mallory Frensham James Hewitt 3 1 2 3 2 5

3 647 Alice Poole Colin Blewett 2 4 1 3 3 6

4 669 Merlin Poole Pete Hewitt 1 4 2 3 4 7

5 677 Genevieve ASC Simon Bullingham 1 3 6 4 5 9

6 619 Moody Blue ASC Robbo 2 2 3 4 6 10

Bowl Final Results:

Pos Sail No Boat Name Names Club Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total points Bowl Final Final Points

1 621 Daydreamer Matt Straker Hamble 3 2 5 5 2 7

2 648 Shamal Richard Miller ASC 5 3 4 7 1 8

3 565 Avocet Tim Parkinson Thornbury 7 5 3 8 3 11

4 574 Attila Dave Allen Thornbury 4 5 5 9 4 13

5 553 Proud Mary Paul Bowden Thornbury 6 6 4 10 5 15