The Southern Toppers travelled to Bosham SC's Cobnor outpost for round 5 of the Rooster Southern Topper Traveller Series. A strong entry of 38 boats was split into 23 x 5.3s and 15 x 4.2s.
The forecast was for light winds and a flooding tide for the majority of the day; however, the weather gods were listening and as the 11am launch signal went, the sailors were met with sun and building breeze.
As the sailors launched you could tell which sailors had listened to the wise words at the briefing, as most launched straight into the middle of the river and sat watching as the few that hugged the shoreline made steady progress towards the race course, a clear sign of things to come!
4 races were scheduled with the usual Southern Traveller Series format of 5.3s off first followed by the 4.2s. The PRO had a cunning plan to make best use of available water; windward-leeward for the first 2 races whilst the river was narrow, but then utilising a sausage-triangle course as the river was widened by the flooding tide.
Congratulations to all the sailors for some tricky racing in strong tidal conditions.
Overall Results:
5.3
1st Torquil Morrison (Emsworth Slipper SC)
2nd Henry Martin (Portchester SC)
3rd Jake Davies (Warsash SC)
1st Girl - Ava Francis (Spinnaker SC)
4.2
1st Henry Noel (Warsash SC)
2nd Charles Wood (Warsash SC)
3rd James Broad (Hill Head SC)
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