Most of the venues we sail at as part of the HD Sails Scottish Solo Travellers series are either on the sea or on relatively big lochs. Newburgh is very different, being sailed on the tidal river Tay near to Perth.
Sailing is restricted to about three hours each tide so there are few Saturdays in the season that will fit. We usually get a good turnout helped by the local boats. With the Nationals finishing at Hayling Island the day before it was unlikely many of the six Scottish competitors would make it to Newburgh.
The narrowness of the river means that the course options at Newburgh are a bit restricted. When we arrived the wind was mostly south west which meant the first leg was likely to be a fetch, and so it proved. The wind was stronger than we normally seem to get at Newburgh with sharp gusts to F4 which caught out a few sailors.
After three eventful races at the prize-giving Kevan thanked the club and encouraged the local boats to come to the HD Sails Scottish Solo Championships at St Andrews SC on August 19/20. Entry is only £5 so we expect a good turnout.
Overall Results:
Pos Helm Club Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 Kevan Gibb Largo Bay SC 6043 1 1 2 2
2 Ross Watson East Lothian YC 5841 2 2 1 3
3 Stuart Gibson CCC 5948 3 4 3 6
4 Bruce Birrell Largo Bay SC 4502 5 3 4 7
5 Brian Cruickshank Newburgh SC 4567 4 5 6 9
6 Robert Taylor Dalgety Bay SC 4517 DNF 6 5 11
7 Chris Todd Newburgh SC 4511 6 7 7 13
8 Robert Horner Newburgh SC 5011 DNS DNS DNS 16
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