RS200 Open at Budworth Sailing Club

 

A record entry of 18 boats enjoyed a competitive day's racing with a South Easterly force 2-3 wind which held for the duration of the event. Race officer, Steve Heywood, was able to set a windward/leeward course between marks D and X which allowed for plenty of tactical moves and place changing both upwind and downwind.

Going into the last race of the day it was still all to play for. Chris was leading but Jon & Wendy could take the win if they won the last race. The start was clean again and Jon & Wendy went first around the windward mark. Unfortunately, they got caught out by boats behind taking their wind which allowed Chris and Evie to sail underneath them and take the lead at the downwind mark. Like race 2, there was a good battle for second, third and fourth which allowed Chris and Evie to sail their own race and build up a healthy lead to take the win and the regatta.

All in all, a great day's racing in good conditions. Thanks to our sponsors Sailing Chandlery for donating prizes in addition to the bottles of wine presented by the club.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts

1st 494 Chris Pickles Evie Pickles Bass SC 1 1 ‑2 1 3

2nd 1314 Jon Chapman Wendy Martin BSC 2 ‑5 1 4 7

3rd 296 Bex Smith Sian Baird BSC 5 3 (DNF) 2 10

4th 1560 Jon Ward Heather Ward BSC ‑4 4 4 3 11

5th 847 Chris Smallwood Marie Smallwood BSC 3 2 ‑8 8 13

6th 1137 Tony Taylor Debbie Sutcliffe BSC ‑8 6 6 5 17

7th 1709 Ross Southwell Katie Byrne LLSC ‑9 8 3 7 18

8th 1402 Ben Dearden Alice Carter Yorkshire Dales ‑10 7 5 9 21

9th 1520 Alex Taylor Rory Newstead Taylor LLSC 7 ‑10 7 10 24

10th 1644 Tony Wilcock Liz Jamie BSC ‑14 11 9 6 26

11th 1452 Alistair Hodgson Ella Spain Draycote Water SC ‑13 9 10 11 30

12th 978 Alex Cleaver Olivia Cleaver BSC 6 13 ‑14 14 33

13th 1478 Ben Teague George Holbrook BSC 11 14 11 ‑17 36

14th 1437 Jacob Din Lauren Marsh HLSC ‑12 12 12 12 36

15th 1435 Hugh Smallman Maria Pavlu BSC ‑17 15 15 13 43

16th 720 David Grice Chris Grice BSC 15 ‑17 13 15 43

17th 757 Thomas Ellis Jonathan Ranson Bolton SC 16 16 (DNF) 16 48

18th 1514 Toby Moore BSC 18 18 (DNC) DNC 55