Class Chairman Iain Barlow had worked hard to get 69 pre-entries signed up for the Hartley Boats Inland Championships - the single biggest collection of Supernovas Inland in the Class' history. So we hit the weekend with an incredible 70 entries and one of the best inland waters in the UK - all we needed was wind....
The forecast of the Indian summer was causing a few concerns with Sunday looking like 2 knots with the occasional 3 knot gust. This wouldn't reach the required 5 knot minimum and so the chatter in the dinghy park was whether this might become a 1 day event.
The Race Officer and Class Committee took a very pragmatic approach and decided on a stretching target of 6 (yes 6!) back to back races on the Saturday. There was certainty breeze across the lake, more than forecast, and hikers and spray tops were order of the day. As ever during Saturday there was great racing all through the fleet with lots of battles.
Sunday dawned with an impressive fog, representative of some of the "foggy" heads from a good evening in the bar the night before. Saturday night had been a classic great food, great company and catching up with friends.
A good early decision was made and the prize-giving started whilst some of us were still tucking into our bacon sandwiches. Whilst it was disappointing to lose a day, such is the nature of sailing and having a day back to travel home early, drop the boat off and enjoy the sunny weather was a silver lining.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club Fleet Category R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 1245 Cliff Milliner Cotswold SC Gold Standard 1 1 6 1 9
2 1261 Gavin Young Cotswold SC Gold Standard 2 2 9 2 15
3 1333 Chris Hawley Bartley SC Gold Standard 5 4 15 4 28
4 1257 Michael Gibson Bartley SC Gold Veteran 9 6 14 3 32
5 1302 Matt Thursfield Chelmarsh SC Gold Standard 14 3 3 15 35
6 1218 Hugo Hansen Cotswold SC Silver Standard 6 13 8 11 38
7 1280 Alex Reeve Cotswold SC Gold Master 3 5 11 20 39
8 1248 Matt Williams Cotswold SC Gold Standard 20 8 2 10 40
9 1009 Tom White Olton Mere SC Silver Standard 7 7 20 7 41
10 1246 Anthony Critchley Bolton SC Gold Veteran 10 31 1 5 47
11 1264 Andy Flitcroft Bolton SC Gold Master 19 15 12 19 65
12 1263 Steve Hawley Bartley SC Gold Standard 4 44 10 8 66
13 450 Alan Bishop Girton SC Silver Master 15 9 19 23 66
14 1275 Iain Barlow Winsford Flash SC Silver Standard 12 10 32 13 67
15 1125 Corin Bamford Bolton SC Silver Standard 13 11 26 18 68
16 1139 Dana Church Nottingham SC Silver Veteran 23 19 13 14 69
17 1160 Paul Undrell Cotswold SC Gold Veteran 17 20 24 22 83
18 1234 Nick Whiles Girton SC Silver Veteran 49 25 4 9 87
19 1250 David Partridge Chelmarsh SC Bronze Veteran 31 18 31 30 110
20 1270 Alastair Reid Blithfield SC Bronze Veteran 27 26 44 17 114
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