Hayling Island's close of season events runs from Early November until mid December with one race each Sunday. The fleets are separated by five starting groups with the Solo class as usual having their own start each weekend.
Two races were lost due to high winds leaving a 4 race series. Race 1 kicked off with lightish North easterly breeze. The race was won by Mike Lennon after winning the start on heavily biased line and one sided beat. Lennon extended through the race from Neil Davidson who had a close fight with Mike Murley-Hughes throughout.
After a week off due to high winds, race 2 was won by Alex Butler with Guy Mayger taking second and Lennon in third - this was to be a repeat cycle for race 3 which was held in a big sea considering the racing was inside the harbour with a Southerly wind gusting to 20 knots. This gave some great surfing conditions and jeopardy.
Having lost another weekend to storms the series finale had a familiar feel with Alex again taking the win from Guy. Alec Powell made a guest appearance to take 3rd.
18 boats took part over the 4 races underlining the strong status of the Hayling Solo fleet. Some newcomers have joined the competition with more threatening for next season.
The racing was close at times with battles throughout the fleet with some great races over championship style courses. But congratulations are due to Alex Butler who really did dominate. Guy put up a fight and might claim best upwind pace honers, leading at the top mark first time around in most races, but Alex was in another dimension downwind at times.
Come and join the fun next season at HISC - more boats more fun and more chat in bar about how I was robbed of certain victory.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st 5781 Alex Butler (DNC) 1 1 1 3
2nd 5691 Guy Mayger (DNC) 2 2 2 6
3rd 6104 Michael Lennon 1 3 3 (DNC) 7
4th 5583 Mike Murley‑Hughes 3 ‑7 4 4 11
5th 5569 Nick Rawlings 5 4 5 ‑7 14
6th 5495 Robin Gadd 7 ‑11 DNF 6 20
7th 4441 Nicholas Webb 8 10 (DNC) 8 26
8th 5748 Neil Davison 2 8 (DNC) DNC 29
9th 5553 Alec Powell (DNC) DNC DNC 3 41
10th 5871 Mark Fuller 4 (DNC) DNC DNC 42
11th 5111 Richard Harding (DNC) DNC DNC 5 43
12th 6062 Greg Swift (DNC) 5 DNC DNC 43
13th 4373 Alex Powell (DNC) 6 DNC DNC 44
14th 5918 Paul Lewis 6 (DNC) DNC DNC 44
15th 6103 Graham Simmonds (DNC) 9 DNC DNC 47
16th 5004 Jerome Bakker (DNC) DNC DNC DNF 48
17th 5115 Stephen Mather DNF (DNC) DNC DNC 48
18th 5151 Richard Whiteley (DNC) 12 DNC DNC 50
No comments:
Post a Comment