The 8th Comet Duo 'Worlds' and National Championships was held at Cransley Sailing Club on 3rd August 2024. We know that there aren't any Comet Duos that have strayed too far from the British Isles but of the 180 odd that were built so well by Andy Simmons (some years ago), we were keen to get a good fleet together. We have 14 of them at Cransley and although due to a variety of reasons we were only able to get 9 boats out this year, they all went really well (with no capsizes) in the variable Force 2-4 wind.
It was great that we saw the youngsters represented by Grace Morgan, Aiyushi Patel, Georgie Hinde, Charlie Guyett, Callum Darbon, Polly Guyett and Roo Stevenson. All the other competing boats had slightly older helms and crews - but young at heart.
During the course of the 3 races there was plenty of rival battles going on with Georgie and Charles, seeing off Mark and Ruth, John and Callum and Edd and Lu. Well done also to Sarah and Sue, and Jane and Tracey for getting out on the water for a race each and getting in the thick of it.
Lastly on performance we have to congratulate John and Polly because both of them were a little worried beforehand about a day of racing, but they shouldn't have been, they had some great races.
We were all back in the clubhouse for an afternoon tea (fit for the Ritz) by 4.30pm. Prize-giving was a little lengthy as everyone always gets a medal and other memorabilia for the slightly quicker ones. Roo, 11, my crew made one of the best speeches (to all those who had put on the event) with the immortal word "Thanks!" (short and sweet).
Whilst the results are important, and this year we had 3 boats tying for 2nd place, the memories of a great day sailing these boats with such a friendly bunch will be the lasting legacy (we say that every year!)
Well done to the whole team at Cransley (Sophie and Nisha, Sarah, Andrew, Sue and Stuart) plus those I have forgotten.
Overall Results :-
Pos Sail No Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 103A Nigel Austin Roo Stevenson 1 1 ‑2 2
2nd 165 Ian Morgan Grace Morgan 4 (RET) 1 5
3rd 115 Charlie Guyett Aiyushi Modha ‑3 2 3 5
4th 90 John Linnell Polly Guyett 2 3 ‑4 5
5th 59 Georgie Hinde Charles Clayton ‑5 4 5 9
6th 121 Mark Zealey Ruth Zealey ‑6 5 6 11
7th 73 John Townsend Callum Darbon ‑7 6 7 13
8th 116 Edd Stevenson Lu Stevenson ‑8 7 8 15
9th 103B Jane Townsend Tracy Hinde (DNC) DNC 9 20
10th 103B Sarah Austin Sue Bull 9 (DNC) DNC 20
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