Supernova Travellers at Bowmoor Sailing Club

 

The 2023 Craftinsure Supernova travelers series finale was held in a challenging range of conditions at a wet, windy, calm and sunny Bowmoor.

As the competitors assembled for briefing, with the wind and rain lashing against the windows, an extra rescue boat was launched and nervous sailors debated the wisdom of putting sails up. Remarkably by the time we launched, both wind and rain had disappeared and the wind had dropped to virtually nothing.

Matt showed his ability to adapt to the changing weather by getting a second victory, just ahead of Alex in second, to clinch the event. Local hero Chris Hobbs taking overall third for Bowmoor.

One of 5 open meeting first timers, Oliver Crocker, was a very creditable 4th (two 3rd place finishes) with Sean Ricketts taking Mark 1 honours, ahead of Bowmoor's Liz Fewings.

The Supernova Class Association thank Bowmoor for hosting the event and everyone who travelled to make the event worthwhile.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts

1st 1248 Matt Williams Cotswold SC ‑3 1 1 2

2nd 1280 Alex Reeve Cotswold SC 1 ‑4 2 3

3rd 1179 Chris Hobbs Bowmoor SC 2 ‑7 4 6

4th 1162 Oliver Crocker Cotswold SC ‑5 3 3 6

5th 698 Sean Ricketts Cardiff Bay ‑11 2 7 9

6th 1160 Paul Undrell Cotswold SC ‑12 5 6 11

7th 1256 Paul Burton Girton ‑8 8 5 13

8th 1307 Martin Roots Cardiff Bay 4 ‑10 10 14

9th 483 Liz Fewings Bowmoor SC 6 (RET) 8 14

10th 1254 Tony Bleasdale Girton 7 9 (DNS) 16

11th 1176 Mark Hitchmough Bowmoor ‑15 6 11 17

12th 1260 Ben Viggars 10 ‑12 9 19

13th 1069 Andy Marshall Bowmoor SC 9 ‑13 13 22

14th 436 Owen Griffiths Bowmoor ‑14 11 12 23

15th 433 Robin Cartwright Bowmoor SC 13 (RET) RET 29