Six visitors joined twelve local sailors for the Solo Open at TCYC which forms part of the South West Travellers Series.
Although a little warm and sunny weather was a welcome change compared to the storms of the preceding few days, the forecast with regard to wind was looking less favourable however, with a 5-6mph the most likely outcome coming from the south west.
Steve Pocock (Race Officer) assisted by Mike Commander took to the water following the briefing but as the wind failed to appear there was a half hour delay to proceedings. The wind then began to appear as predicted at around 5mph although initially from the west rather than the south west.
Three races were to be completed back to back with no discards, so all results to count.
Steve set a triangular course and got proceedings underway.
With two firsts and a third Charlie Nunn was the overall winner, with John Steels (4,4,1) in second place and Chris Meredith (2,3,5) in third.
All 18 sailors were welcomed off the water with pasties and cake and left to reflect on what had been a very enjoyable days sailing. Competition had been tight throughout the day right the way through the fleet.
The prize giving was hosted by Reg Nuttal who presented prizes to the first three placed sailors. In addition there were extra prizes for first wooden boat (Malcom Davies), and spot prizes for Tim Martin (6th place) and for David Northcott (12th place), as well as for the safety boat teams and the ladies in the galley. There was a final thank you to Steve Pocock for being an excellent Race Offer in trying conditions, and also for Garnett Showell and Heather Davies for their photography.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 5901 Charlie Nunn Torpoint Mosquito 1 1 3 5
2 5926 John Steels Starcross 4 4 1 9
3 5353 Chris Meredith Chew Valley 2 3 5 10
4 5905 Steve Mitchell Torpoint Mosquito 7 2 6 15
5 5944 Andy Colyer TCYC 8 8 2 18
6 5808 Tim Martin TCYC 3 11 4 18
7 5642 Steve Roberts Torpoint Mosquito 5 6 9 20
8 4654 Malcom Davies TCYC 9 7 8 24
9 5353 Paul TCYC 6 12 7 25
10 4800 James Main TCYC 11 9 10 30
11 5893 Gary Molton TCYC 16 5 11 32
12 5422 Dave Northcott TCYC 12 13 13 38
13 6035 John Ewbank TCYC 10 14 15 39
14 5731 Vernon Perkins South Cerney 13 10 17 40
15 4350 Charlie Tolcher TCYC 15 16 12 43
16 3965 James Stevenson TCYC 14 18 16 48
17 5252 Owen Martin TCYC 18 17 14 49
18 5133 Grant Simmons TCYC 17 15 18 50
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