Eight Dart 15 travellers joined four members of the home club to compete in the picturesque setting of Carsington Water on the edge of the Peak District.
August had been a wet and often wild month across Derbyshire but this race weekend saw baking hot sunshine but with it very light winds. This led to testing conditions out on the racecourse with changes in wind direction, small pockets of breeze that competitors hoped to exploit and a high degree of concentration required to cross the finish line.
All age groups were once again excellently represented across the two-day event consisting of two races on the Saturday and three on the Sunday.
The nationally regarded home club race management team which was made up of PRO Henry Wright and ARO's Keith Appleby and Andrew Willatt were brilliantly assisted by the mark laying and safety team of Murray Leiper and Jackie Crafter. A trapezoidal course was laid on both days.
5 races completed with a different winner in each and some memorable moments despite the light conditions.
A prize-giving in the clubhouse recognized the overall top six finishers of Jason, David and John Ball, Jenny, George, Ed, and Jon.
The race management team received much thanks and tributes for their hard work and constant vigilance on the course moving marks and making the races happen in trying conditions. They noted that many other classes would have given up on day one in such difficult conditions but not the intrepid Dart 15 competitors who had completed five races and made a real, competitive weekend of it.
Congratulations to Jason Clarke on an excellent two days of sailing to take his first Carsington TT victory and the 2023 Northern Champion trophy - well sailed that lad from the south!
A note of thanks to Kim and John Vant for preparing hearty fare to refuel all the competitors on Saturday and serving the drinks to wash it down! Also, many thanks to Pauline Love for the fantastic photographs which document another great weekend on the water.
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