Perhaps it was the forecast of very light winds that dissuaded some, but six visitors arrived for the Burton Open meeting, the last of the Midland Circuit series.
After a delayed start waiting for wind to settle the fleet got under way cleanly with the first two round the windward mark coming from opposite sides of the beat. A very light run followed with the chasing pack catching up on a slight increase in pressure.
The second race started in an increasingly unstable wind. Again, it was the same two having a great battle at the front until Adam pulled away to take the gun. Duncan recovered from a poor start and fought his way through to finish third and with a big starboard lift Stuart Turnbull pulled up to fourth.
After lunch, with the wind even lighter, there was much "shall we shan't we" discussion. The message came from the committee boat that there was breeze and that we are go. The fleet drifted its way to the start area. A simple windward leeward course was set.
The starboard bias on the line suddenly reversed with 30 seconds to go. Stuart Turnbull made full use of this by tacking off and making the mark in one, closely followed by Richard Sims. These two pulled away from the pack establishing a sizeable lead. After two laps with much of the fleet at a standstill, the race officer decided enough was enough and abandoned the race.
With the better result in the final race, Adam was declared overall victor ahead of Martin with Duncan third.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 Pts
1st 1449 Adam Froggatt Chase 2 1 3
2nd 1505 Martin Knott Ribble 1 2 3
3rd 1370 Duncan Adams Burton SC 3 3 6
4th 1450 Sam Coxon Chase 4 5 9
5th 1374 Stuart Turnbull Burton SC 7 4 11
6th 1492 Jim Hopton Shustoke sc 5 7 12
7th 1301 Matt Pritchard Burton SC 6 6 12
8th 1447 Richard Sims Burton SC 8 8 16
9th 1208 Craig Hellon Burton SC 9 10 19
10th 1347 Brian webley Shustoke SC 12 9 21
11th 1442 Kevin Milton Attenborough SC 10 11 21
12th 1317 Sam Hirst Burton SC 11 12 23
13th 1138 Alistair Coast‑Smith Burton SC 13 13 26
14th 1241 Matthew Kirke Burton SC 14 14 28
15th 1140 Steve Mason Burton SC RET 32
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