Set in the glorious scenery of the Pennine hills the Dovestone SC Open was held over a weekend of largely fabulous, sunny, hot, and humid weather. The duck and goose deposits had been scrubbed from the pontoons and extra moorings laid.
On Saturday morning a light breeze had filled in by start time and competition got under way.
By now the sailors wilting in the heat but were all soon restored by the delivery by safety boat of ice lollies for all. The second race started in a fitful breeze.
The fleet came ashore to cool down and refresh with tea and cakes.
Following an excellent meal at the clubhouse the fleet returned on Sunday morning to more wind and slightly cooler temperatures. The wind had clocked round to the north and there were a few drops of rain at first.
The overall winners were 4065 David and Mal followed by 4005 Andrew and Rich. Third place went to 3805 Graham and Lucy. There were prizes for the 1st Silver boat 3332 John and Iain, 1st modern classic (sail no 1001-2700) 1872 John Hughes and John Macdonald and for the first old classic (sail no 0-1000) 419 John Clarke and Alice Morris.
The boats came ashore after a testing but enjoyable weekend's sailing in time for lunch, the prize-giving and a reasonably early start home for the visitors.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1st 4065 David McKee Mal Hartland Dovestone 1 1 1 ‑2 1 4
2nd 4005 Andy McKee Rich Jones Dovestone ‑2 2 2 1 2 7
3rd 3805 Graham Massey Lucy Clough Dovestone ‑3 3 3 3 3 12
4th 3733 Mike Harris Sarah Harris Blackpool and Fleetwood 5 4 4 5 ‑7 18
5th 419 John Clarke Alice Morris Dovestone 6 5 5 ‑8 6 22
6th 3332 John Hesten Ian McNeill Dovestone 4 8 8 4 ‑10 24
7th 496 Rod Rowlands Dave Naylor Dovestone 9 7 ‑10 7 4 27
8th 3236 Howard Wolstencroft Dave Hill Dovestone 7 ‑9 9 6 5 27
9th 2864 Ian Shaw Sonia Kwiatkowska Notts County SC 8 6 6 ‑9 8 28
10th 1872 John Hughes John McDonald Dovestone 10 10 7 (DNF) DNF 40
11th 3683 Ian Johnson Mark Healey Dovestone ‑11 11 11 10 9 41
12th 2125 Gavin Cassidy Anne Webb Dovestone (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 52
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