Scorpion Open at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club

 

15 Scorpions descended on Chew Valley Lake SC for the first Silver Scorpion event of 2026. Bright sunshine made rigging up a pleasant experience and looking out across the water it was clear there was wind aplenty. Suncream was applied and the fleet set off dressed mainly for spring.

Saturday's racing was particularly notable for the number of people seen exiting their upright boats, one well known midlands based boat painter saw fit to do it twice. Not sure what the excuse was, this year there was no weed!

Sunday dawned a different day, different wind direction, same aches and pains! We got away on time after a general recall in slightly less wind which bought other members of the fleet into play in a much more stable south-westerly.

Thanks to the team at CVLSC for an excellent weekend's racing in testing conditions.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Helm Name Crew Name Sailing Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Pts

1st 2022 Stevie Hall Stevie Graham Staunton Harold SC 1 1 ‑3 2 3 2 1 10

2nd 2026 Chris Martin John Tailby Bartley sc 2 2 2 3 4 ‑5 2 15

3rd 2058 Darren Roach Rach Gray Staunton harold 7 3 1 1 1 (DNC) 3 16

4th 2061 Imogen Wade Dave Wade Draycote Water Sailing Club 4 5 4 (DNC) 2 1 6 22

5th 2018 Nigel Potter Notts county 3 4 5 (DNF) 5 6 4 27

6th 2037 Richard Hanby Amy Clay ‑ 6 6 (DNC) DNC 7 4 10 49

7th 1997 Sammy Mason Will Mawbygroom Notts county sailing club 12 (DNF) 6 4 10 11 8 51

8th 2017 Lawrence Creaser Ellie Devereux Draycote Water Sailing Club 8 DNF (DNC) DNC 6 3 5 52

9th 1984 Steven McCarthy Delyth Hopkins The Chase Sailing Club 9 7 (DNC) DNC 8 9 9 58

10th 2045 Steve Hanby David Nicklin Beaver SC 5 8 (DNC) DNC 9 8 DNC 62

11th 1925 Martyn Denchfield Claire Allen grafham water sailing club 10 9 DNF (DNC) 13 10 DNF 63

12th 2025 Adam Broughton Marisa Broughton CVLSC 13 10 (DNC) DNC 11 7 7 64

13th 1919 Richard Gatehouse Lauren Wills Sidmouth 14 11 7 (DNC) 12 12 DNC 72

14th 2010 Nicola Barrett Charles Barrett SCSC 11 (DNC) DNC DNC 14 DNC DNC 89

DNQ 2065 Mark whiteman Deirdre Isted Rye harbour sailing club (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 96