Shustoke Sailing Club hosted six visitor Phantoms to make nine for the fifth round of the Midland Circuit. We were greeted with breakfast pastries, glorious sunshine, plenty of water and wind down the lake.
The racing format was for Phantoms to start first with a 15 strong handicap fleet starting 5 minutes afterwards and the first two races held back to back.
In the first race the fleet settled into a long battle between Adam Froggat in the lead, with San Coxon a close second, then Andy Pyett and John Harrison dicing for third and fourth. The Shustoke boys followed with Andy Smith, struggling to achieve his form of recent weeks. The first race finished in that order.
The second race had a big shift on its first start resulting in a general recall - not bad for a 9 boat fleet - followed by a shift 30 seconds from the start favouring Jim and Andy at the pin end. Jim used a good dose of local knowledge to get to the first mark first followed by Adam with the fleet hard on their heels. Adam got clear, and Jim slipped back, with it ending with similar results to the first.
A gentle lunch followed with some hasty repairs and tuning undertaken by a few, allowing us all to enjoy the final race. The wind had shifted and faded, so the OOD set a simpler course and the fleet started first time. The battles were resumed for first and second with Sam pushing Adam all the way, with a similar battle between Andy P, John Harrison and Jim for the middle order. Results followed in that order.
Overall, an excellent day's racing and our thanks to the Shustoke team who looked after us. Our next big event is the nationals at Sunderland on the 6th to 8th Sept and the last Midland event is at Burton on 13th October.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1449 Adam Froggat Chase SC ‑1 1 1 2
2nd 1450 Sam Coxon Chase SC ‑2 2 2 4
3rd 1488 Andrew Pyett Combs SC ‑3 3 3 6
4th 1380 John Harrison Rudyard Lake SC 4 ‑5 4 8
5th 1492 Jim Hopton Shustoke SC ‑8 7 5 12
6th 1400 Pete Smith Shustoke SC 5 ‑9 7 12
7th 1469 Chris Biglin Exe SC ‑6 6 6 12
8th 1405 Andy Smith Hollingworth SC 9 4 (RET) 13
9th 1347 Brian Webley Shustoke SC 7 ‑8 8 15
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