23 Finns turned out for the final event of the British Finn Travellers series, traditionally hosted by Warsash Sailing Club.
The weather on the Saturday morning was unseasonably warm and sunny, and sailing out to the Solent race course it looked like the promise of a 15-17 knot south westerly was going to be a little over-optimistic. With the forecast of a lot less breeze on Sunday, PRO Nigel Russell wisely opted to run 4 races on Saturday, which proved a good call.
After four exciting races the fleet reached back to Warsash in the sun, all were exhilarated from a great day's sailing but more than glad to rest weary limbs and refuel with a beer and a pie and mash dinner provided by the unique Manda, the Club's extrovert caterer.
Martin Hughes then held an auction in support of the Richard Blowman fund to maintain the Finn-spiration boat that the Class fundraised to buy earlier in the year. Some great products generously supplied by Baltic were bid for, with members of the well-heeled Hadron fleet proving the most successful bidders! The Finn-spiration class loan boat has been well used this year, introducing potential new Finn owners to the boat at Warsash, Christchurch, West Kirby, Draycote and Hayling Island. If you would like to try a Finn then contact the class via the website: - https://finnuk.org.uk/contact-us/
Sunday's forecast proved accurate and the two fleets were treated to another hot but sadly windless morning at the 9.00 am briefing. At 11.30 the wind had not appeared and everyone agreed to call it a day.
This left Lawrence Crispin as the clear winner with a perfect scoreline after discarding his OCS, ahead of Kristian Sjoberg on 8 points and Class Secretary Simon Percival in third with 11, equal points with Jim Downer in fourth. The points were close throughout the fleet, underlining the high level of competition in the UK Finn Class, which despite the loss of Olympic status still attracts the best sailors who appreciate the rewards of this thoroughbred pinnacle of single-handed sailing.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club Division R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 74 Lawrence Crispin Stone sailing club Grand Master (OCS) 1 1 1 3
2 FIN 201 Kristian Sjoberg NJK Great Grand Master 1 ‑6 4 3 8
3 635 Simon Percival Christchurch SC Great Grand Master 3 2 ‑6 6 11
4 49 James Downer Gurnard Open (OCS) 4 5 2 11
5 8 Tim Carver Warsash Sailing Club Grand Master 2 3 ‑10 7 12
6 21 Michael De Courcy HISC Great Grand Master ‑12 5 3 5 13
7 GBR567 Martin Hughes Warsash SC Great Grand Master ‑13 8 2 8 18
8 83 George Coles MRSC Open 5 7 7 ‑13 19
9 33 Kieron Holtt Warsash SC Master 6 10 ‑13 4 20
10 2 Alex Farrall Thorpe Bay Open 4 ‑13 8 9 21
11 GBR 61 John Heyes Warsash S Great Grand Master 8 ‑12 9 10 27
12 720 Julian Smith Megeham Rythe SC Grand Master 7 14 11 (DNC) 32
13 75 James Coles Warsash SC Master 9 ‑15 12 12 33
14 803 Ivan Burden Hayling Grand Master 11 11 ‑14 11 33
15 GBR1 Sander Kooijj TBYC Great Grand Master 10 ‑18 17 14 41
16 13 Roman Khhodykin HISC Master (RET) 9 15 DNC 48
17 85 Garry Phare Royal Torbay Yacht Club Great Grand Master 14 16 ‑18 18 48
18 76 David Mitchelll Warsash Great Grand Master 16 ‑17 16 16 48
19 GBR40 Russell New Christchurch SC Master 18 19 ‑22 15 52
20 GBR777 Howard Sellers Warsash Legend 15 ‑21 19 20 54
21 606 Jeremy Drummond Bosham Great Grand Master 19 20 ‑21 17 56
22 65 Ted Curtiss Warsash Grand Master 17 ‑22 20 19 56
23 GBR 18 Jonathan Pyke Hayling Island Sailing Club Great Grand Master (RET) DNC DNC DNC 72
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