A windy forecast didn't deter 12 boats from crossing country lines to attend the Craftinsure Silver Tiller at Mumbles Yacht Club on the 23rd and 24th September for a brilliant event.
Saturday looked set to be a gorgeous day out on the water, but with 30+ kts forecast for Sunday we quickly agreed to do four races on Saturday to make a nice series, even if sailing was canned on Sunday.
There was some waiting around as we floated out to the race area and the breeze seemed to have dropped but the race officer made a great call waiting and a nice but shifty breeze swung round more to a south-westerly and settled in for the day.
Having completed four exciting races on Saturday, Sunday came and all looked calm on the water but the Met Office was saying 30-40kts so we turned to the locals for their inside knowledge. Our intrepid race officer ventured out and it was indeed as windy as forecast despite the deceptive appearances, so sailing was cancelled and we packed up.
Congratulations to our excellent winners Mike and Jane Calvert, especially to Jane in her first event back after injury, she was back to her usual hard hiking. It was a brilliant event with four different race winners and still thoroughly enjoyable despite the lack of sailing on Sunday.
Well done to our fleet winners Gold went to James Wells and Anna Aylward, Silver to Colin and Sean Anders, and Bronze to Geoff and Helen Kimber.
Huge thanks to Mumbles Yacht Club for hosting us, and the race team for putting on four good races! Thanks to the galley for serving up delicious cold pints of cider, and having lots of food ready before and after racing!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Parkstone!
Tickets for the end of Season Craftinsure Silver Tiller at Salcombe Yacht Club on 28th October, can be booked at : - www.salcombeyc.org.uk/event/782593
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st Quick Fix 3691 Mike Calvert Jane Calvert Axe YC ‑5 2 2 1 5
2nd Didley Squat 3791 Jon Gorringe MATT Currell Parkstone YC 3 ‑4 1 2 6
3rd Point n Squirt 3746 James Wells Anna Aylward RYA 1 3 ‑4 3 7
4th Dumb and dumber 3700 Rob Kennaugh Andrew Prosser Midland sailing club 2 ‑6 3 4 9
5th Pokey 3801 Matt Biggs Beka Jones Bartley Sailing Club 4 1 ‑5 5 10
6th Fragile 3727 Mark Stockbridge Chris Sanders Upper Thames SC 6 5 ‑10 6 17
7th Stanley 3749 Colin Anderson Sean Anderson Bartley Sailing Club ‑7 7 6 7 20
8th AURA 3817 Geoff Kimber Matt Kimber Stone Sailing Club 8 ‑10 7 9 24
9th Attack of the clones 3662 Nigel Hudson Huw Hopkins Bartley ‑9 8 8 8 24
10th Nermal 3805 Mark Reddington Lewis Fowler Bartley SC 10 ‑11 9 10 29
11th Moondance Assasin 3547 Peter Male Tim Male Blithfield ‑11 9 11 11 31
12th Seas the day 3792 Alistair McDonald Steve McCann Berwick upon Tweed (RET) BFD 12 DNC 38
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