20 boats turned out for the Brightlingsea open – 6 from Brightlingsea, and 2 from Belgium! Saturday was forecast to be light and warm, with the wind increasing for Sunday. The forecast came true, and 2 great but tense races were sailed on the Saturday in the warm sunshine, and 3 slightly windier races on the Sunday – again in the sunshine, but definitely colder!
A very tidal race 1 saw Sam Mettam and Richard Anderton lead from the start, with the chasing pack never far behind.,only to be overtaken on the penultimate reach by both Charlie Stewart sailing with Tony King, and Alan Krailing sailing with Tim Linsell as the breeze slowly filled in from above with Mettam and Anderton having soaked low.
With the tide continuing to build in Race 2, Sam and Richard were OCS and had to quickly restart, though they managed a win from Alan and Tim, with Becky Priest and Tim Saunders third. New pairing Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey managed two very respectable 7th places, but were later disqualified for forgetting to sign off.
Sunday morning saw the predicted wind, and race 3 was held in a fresh 12-15 knots. Meynendoncky and De Roeck one of two visiting teams from Belgium had a great race, obtaining their best result of the weekend with a 7th. Race 4 saw locals Penny and Ian Gibbs take the lead, and with increasingly hard conditions (shifts versus a turning tide), the lead changed several times. Penny and Ian managed to hold onto the lead, with Becky and Tim 2nd, and Alan and Tim 3rd – all 3 finishing within a few seconds of each other.
The final race saw Alan and Tim lead at the first mark, but were overtaken on the 2nd reach by Sam and Richard. Though tide dominated the final race, there were some large gains to be made on the wind shifts. Mark Maskell and Nigel Sheppard sailed 5 very consistent races finishing 5th overall. Again, we had a strong turn out of lady helms - 6 in total – competition for the ladies prize at the nationals should be well contested. Penny & Ian Gibbs were first Brightlingsea Boat in 4th Overall.
Rank | Fleet | Boat | Class | SailNo | Club | HelmName | CrewName | Rating | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total | Nett |
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1st | FIREBALL | 15081 | Rotherham SC | S Mettam | R Anderton | 980 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 27.0 | 6.0 | |||
2nd | FIREBALL | 15036 | Waldringfield SC | A Kraling | T Linsell | 980 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | |||
3rd | FIREBALL | 15073 | Staunton Harold SC | B Priest | T Saunders | 980 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 11.0 | |||
4th | FIREBALL | 14892 | Brightlingsea SC | P Gibbs | I GIbbs | 980 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 36.0 | 15.0 | |||
5th | FIREBALL | 15066 | Blackwater SC | M Maskell | N Sheppard | 980 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 27.0 | 21.0 | |||
6th | FIREBALL | 14893 | Brightlingsea SC | E Tudor | W Tudor | 980 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 33.0 | 24.0 | |||
7th | FIREBALL | 15041 | Blackwater SC | M Richards | J White | 980 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 | |||
8th | FIREBALL | 14860 | Brightlingsea SC | D Pannell | D Pannell | 980 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 28.0 | |||
9th | FIREBALL | 15039 | Hofstade SC | B Meynendoncky | F De Roeck | 980 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 49.0 | 36.0 | |||
10th | FIREBALL | 14774 | Brightlingsea SC | D Bridle | R Etherington | 980 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 52.0 | 38.0 | |||
11th | FIREBALL | 14789 | Bristol Corthintian YC | R Lankester | D Jasper | 980 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 61.0 | 43.0 | |||
12th | FIREBALL | 14991 | Datchet Water SC | A Robinson | T Morgan | 980 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 61.0 | 46.0 | |||
13th | FIREBALL | 15021 | Brightlingsea SC | R Mansfield | C Chabo | 980 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 67.0 | 46.0 | |||
14th | FIREBALL | 14905 | Blackwater SC | G Stewart | T King | 980 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 68.0 | 47.0 | |||
15th | FIREBALL | 14885 | Waldringfield SC | F Gray | G Sanderson | 980 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 70.0 | 49.0 | |||
16th | FIREBALL | 15065 | FGSC | S Brearey | C Birrell | 980 | 7.0 DPI | 7.0 DPI | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 77.0 | 56.0 | |||
17th | FIREBALL | 14445 | HZC Belgium | R Peerlinck | S Perrlinck | 980 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 77.0 | 56.0 | |||
18th | FIREBALL | 14836 | Notts County SC | A Stewart | J Rowell | 980 | 17.0 DPI | 17.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 80.0 | 62.0 | |||
19th | FIREBALL | 13972 | Haversham SC | V Hardingham | R Hardingham | 980 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 21.0 DNC | 92.0 | 71.0 | |||
20th | FIREBALL | 14614 | Brightlingsea SC | K Nevill | M Anderson | 980 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 94.0 | 73.0 |