The Mirror fleet returned to Netley, after a very successful Nations. The big home fleet helped boost the entry to 28 boats. Most were looking forward to slightly less than the 25knots every day at the Nationals!
Saturday dawned with a gentle breeze and sunshine, but anyone with a weather app knew this was a false dawn. The fleet started in around 10 knots that built throughout the day to a solid 15+ by race 3. By this point my crew/son no longer believed me that's its not always windy at Netley!
In race, James and Meris Date lead the fleet at mark one, with Ian and Ted Dobson finding a way past, which they held to the finish.
There were some massive shifts and big bands of pressure for race 2 and 3, which Nick and Seb Charles used to their advantage, working there way to the front in both. They were followed by Ian and Ted and James and Rhys Stuart in race 2.
These two boats then swapped position in race 2 to close out a great days sailing. Special mention also to Ian and Elizabeth Sharps who lead round the windward in race 3.
With most of the fleet camping or staying locally the fleet then retreated to the club of a BBQ, and then the adults propped up the bar while the kids played Manhunt, Giant Zenga and Table Football.
Sunday started very much in the same manner as Saturday, only this time it really did not get above 8 -10 knots, at least while we were racing. The wind was however a PROs nightmare as it switched from NW to W and back again.
Race 4 was a real game of snakes and ladders. James and Merris lead for the 1st lap, but Nick and Seb, Matt and Pippa Burge and Ally and Nicole Pots sniggled their way past up the last beat.
The wind the almost completely died for the first half of race 5, resulting in a very slow beat against the tide. Tom and Sam Halhead and Joe and William Adams initial lead, but Ted and Ian and Dave and Alex Steed read the second beat best and they looked to be long gone, however some more shifts down the last run enabled Nick and Seb to snatch second on the line.
This left Ian and Ted needing to win the last race, which they comfortably lead from start to finish. Unfortunately for them, Nick and Seb managed to sneak there way up to second, which was just enough for the title.
A huge thank you to Netley for again putting on an amazing event. Next up is the Mirror Northerns in Sunderland followed by opens at Looe and Poole.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st 70961 Nick Charles Sebastian Charles Netley SC ‑3 1 1 1 2 2 7
2nd 71053 Ian Dobson Ted Dobson HISC 1 2 3 ‑6 1 1 8
3rd 70832 James Stewart Rhys Stewart Netley SC 4 3 2 4 ‑9 5 18
4th 70960 Matthew Burge Pippa Burge Poole YC 6 5 ‑13 2 4 3 20
5th 71045 David Steed Alex Steed Netley SC 5 4 4 ‑9 3 7 23
6th 70967 James Date Meris Date Burghfield SC 2 7 5 7 5 ‑14 26
7th 70821 Ally Potts Nicole Potts Netley SC 10 8 (RET) 3 6 6 33
8th 70572 Dan Ellis Mia‑Rose Yealm YC 7 12 (RET) 12 10 4 45
9th 70987 Christian Humphrey Xanthe Humphrey Netley SC 8 6 7 ‑14 12 12 45
10th 70667 Joe Adams William Adams Oxford SC 12 9 9 ‑15 7 10 47
11th 71060 Rozalyn McGrane Keira McGrane Netley SC 11 11 8 13 ‑14 9 52
12th 70648 Nicky Walsh Rory Walsh Poole YC 9 16 ‑19 11 13 11 60
13th 71083 Richard Searle Rupert Searle Netley SC 17 10 11 16 8 ‑19 62
14th 71072 Tom Halhead Sam Halhead Llandegfedd SC 15 18 12 8 16 (RET) 69
15th 70893 Becky Priest Ella Saunders Staunton Harold ‑18 15 18 10 17 13 73
16th 71081 Tim Freeman Joshua Freeman Netley SC 21 ‑22 15 20 11 8 75
17th 70571 Tom Odell Rafferty Odell Netley SC 13 14 10 21 18 (RET) 76
18th 71004 Ian Sharps Elizabeth Sharps Burghfield SC 22 13 14 23 15 (DNC) 87
19th 71014 Sarah Burge Rosie Burge Poole YC 16 ‑24 22 22 21 16 97
20th 70713 Charlie Coulborn Maddie Coulborn Netley SC 20 19 16 18 25 (OCS) 98
21st 70737 Louise Steed Daniel Steed Netley SC ‑25 20 23 19 19 17 98
22nd 71084 Lucy Searle Rosy Searle Netley SC ‑26 23 21 17 23 15 99
23rd 71038 Olivier Vidal Evie McGrane Netley SC 24 25 6 24 27 (RET) 106
24th 70587 Ralph Bonfield Evan Bonfield Netley SC 14 (OCS) DNC 5 DNC DNC 109
25th 71073 Dave Kent Lowenna Lowry‑Kent Hooe Point 23 17 (RET) 27 24 20 111
26th 70354 Euan Bradshaw Joshua Bradshaw Emsworth SC ‑28 26 20 25 22 18 111
27th 70810 Sam Parker Bertie Parker Netley SC 19 21 17 (DNC) DNC DNC 117
28th 70510 Zoey Bradshaw Enfys Horner Emsworth SC ‑29 27 24 26 20 22 119
29th 70972 Ronald Vass Reading SC 27 (RET) DNC 28 26 21 132
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