A total of 130 dinghies took part in the 2024 Gill Grafham Grand Prix at Grafham Sailing Club over the weekend.
After the early morning fog cleared, three races were completed for each of the three handicap classes.
Chris Gould and Sophie Mackley raced their Merlin Rocket to overall victory at last Sunday. While the fleet was distributed across three race areas for Fast, Medium and Slow Handicap, Simon Lovesey of Sailracer ran the performance analysis across the three race tracks to see who would come out on top in a combined ranking.
Competing in the 46-boat Medium Fleet, Gould and Mackley sailed their Merlin very consistently in the light to medium airs. Winning the first two races in Medium and discarding a fourth in the last race of the session, the Merlin Rocket came out on top overall.
William and Megan Smith’s Formula 18 won the tiebreak to take second overall ahead of Christian Mash helming a singlehanded Spitfire.
Handicap Winners were
Fast – Christian Mash, Spitfire, Grafham Water SC
Medium – Chris Gould / Sophie Mackley, Merlin Rocket, Shoreham SC
Slow – Dave Borrett, Streaker, Beaver SC
The Grafham event was the fifth event of the 2024/25 Selden SailJuice Winter Series. Next-up is the rescheduled Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, 4 & 5 January 2025, with 117 boats entered.
No comments:
Post a Comment