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Shoreham Open Race Report

Fireball Shoreham Open 21/22 June 2014

A glorious forecast did not disappoint. Sun, wind and [fairly] warm water helped make a wonderful weekend of highly competitive Fireball racing at the ever hospitable Shoreham Sailing Club.

Although predominantly light winds on Saturday, crews had ample opportunity to stretch their legs with the wind peaking at around 12knts. Race one saw an overly ambitious, and possibly unintentional, port tack start from one excited Fireball sailor resulting in a brief pile up at the Port End. Both Burge/Wagstaff and Dobson/Ainsworth escaped only slightly bruised to lead the fleet onto the long port tack. Horey/Hartley were possibly less fortunate and began their pursuit from the back of the fleet.

At the first mark, Burge/Wagstaff led from Dobson/Ainsworth and Rush/Townend which remained comfortable for the remainder of the race.

Race 2 began in a fading breeze with Burge/Wagstaff demonstrating their light wind pace to take a commanding lead. Sayce/Rees sailed a great first beat to take 2nd at the first mark, which they defended effectively to the end from Dobson/Ainsworth and Rush/Townend.

A superb BBQ in the long sunny evening with the odd fine summer ale left many campers more than happy and partially refreshed for continued racing on Sunday.

Whilst the forecast was not the best, the rare South-easterly sea breeze built and made for a flawless day’s sailing. Dobson/Ainsworth fired off the Starboard end of the line in race 3 to take a crucial two boat length lead up the first beat. Sayce/Rees having another fine beat were being chased by Rush/Townend and Burge/Wagstaff. The breeze slowly built to a perfect flat wiring day which gave the chasers the ability to attack leaving Sayce/Rees slipping to a very respectable 4th. With the win going to Dobson/Ainsworth the potential for a final race showdown was high.

After a recall and under a black flag start a similar start allowed Dobson/Ainsworth to take advantage of a slightly line-shy fleet by winning the Starboard End of the Start. Other early front runners were Rush/Townend, Hope/Thorne and Burge/Wagstaff. Unfortunately gear failure prevented Burge/Wagstaff from chasing down the victory and took an early retirement. Dobson/Ainsworth led from the first mark with Hope/Thorne sailing a steady race to hold 2nd place. The real fight took place between 3rd and 8th, with Horey/Hartley overturning Hall/Constable to take 3rd and 4th respectively. Boreham/Anderton finished the weekend off well with a 5th.

And so Dobson/Ainsworth (not to be confused with more feminine Dobson/Ainsworth 49FX combination) took the event from Burge/Wagstaff and Rush/Townend. A great venue and a must do event in 2015.  

Fireball Class Open
21st-22nd June 2014














Sail No. Boat Helm Crew Club Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Total Discard Score TB Place
15089 Speed Machine Ian Dobson Ben Ainsworth Wessex / SMVC 2 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 1
15093 Stanley Lambchop Matt Burge Richard Wagstaff Poole 1 1 3 18 23 18 5 1 2
15096   Tim Rush Vyv Townend Bewl Valley 3 4 2 7 16 7 9 2 3
15050   Kevin Hope Russel Thorne Notts County 4 6 7 2 19 7 12 2 4
15112 Capriccio David Sayce Nick Rees Hayling Island 8 2 4 8 22 8 14 2 5
15113 Gill Race Team Vince Horey Tim Hartley King George 7 8 5 3 23 8 15 3 6
15100 Simples III D. Hall Paul Constable Blackwater 9 5 6 4 24 9 15 4 7
15081   Lucy Boreham Richard Anderton Chichester 6 7 8 5 26 8 18 5 8
15070 Darth Winkle Phil Popple Gavin Tillson Shoreham 5 10 10 6 31 10 21 5 9
15041   Maria Richards Jez White Blackwater 11 9 9 9 38 11 27 9 10
15039 Joint Adventure Bart Meynendonckx Francis Deroeck Hofstade 12 11 12 10 45 12 33 10 11
14821 Jambo Nick Hurst Jake Elsbury Shoreham 10 12 14 12 48 14 34 10 12
14991 Two Fat Laddies Andy Robinson Nico Duque Datchet 13 13 11 15 52 15 37 11 13
14834 Fred Charlie Mavnder Will Mavnder CVL / Wimbleball 15 14 15 11 55 15 40 11 14
15017 (14755)   Bill Whitney Dave Ryder Shoreham 16 16 13 13 58 16 42 13 15
14579 Curve Ball Martin Walker John Piatt Shoreham 14 15 16 14 59 16 43 14 16
14278   Peter Bettles Richard Bettles Broxbourne 18 17 17 18 70 18 52 17 17

 


Posted: 26/06/2014
 
 
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