By Roger Gates
The first open meeting of the year was held at Datchet Water SC over the weekend of 19/20 February 2011. Light winds dominated the weekend for the 21 sailors.
Race one on Saturday was won by Mike Murley followed by Ben McGrane closely chased by a gaggle of ten boats. Race 2 saw the first two positions reversed with McGrane winning from Murley.
In the third race Roger Gates was first around the windward mark followed by the chasing pack Graeme Wilcox just managed to pass Gates on the final beat but he was quickly passed again by both Gates and McGrane on the reach, these positions were held to the finish with Gates taking the win from McGrane.
Race 4 on Sunday morning saw Mcgrane round the windward mark just ahead of Gates, these positions were held to the finish only for Mcgrane to find he was OCS at the start.
The final race was dominated by McGrane who lead from the start in the light conditions and extended his lead on every leg to win by the largest margin of the weekend from Stuart Hudson.
Ben McGrane was the overall winner of the weekend with Graeme Wilcox second and Mike Murley third.
|
Rank |
SailNo |
Club |
HelmName |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
Total |
Nett |
|
1st |
24 |
Netley SC |
Ben McGrane |
2 |
1 |
2 |
(22.0 OCS) |
1 |
28 |
6 |
|
2nd |
6 |
Netley SC |
Graeme Wilcox |
-8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
|
3rd |
2373 |
Weston SC |
Mike Murley |
1 |
2 |
(9) |
6 |
5 |
23 |
14 |
|
4th |
2404 |
Datchet Water SC |
Roger Gates |
(10) |
7 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
27 |
17 |
|
5th |
2490 |
Weston SC |
Stuart Hudson |
5 |
6 |
8 |
(11) |
2 |
32 |
21 |
|
6th |
2465 |
Datchet Water SC |
Stuart Jones |
4 |
4 |
-7 |
7 |
6 |
28 |
21 |
|
7th |
713 |
Datchet Water SC |
John Browett |
3 |
(16) |
13 |
3 |
4 |
39 |
23 |
|
8th |
654 |
Burton SC |
Thomas Hooton |
14 |
5 |
4 |
(22.0 DNC) |
7 |
52 |
30 |
|
9th |
707 |
Eastbourne Sovereign SC |
Peter Dives |
7 |
10 |
(16) |
4 |
9 |
46 |
30 |
|
10th |
2432 |
Lancing SC |
Jerry Hone |
-18 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
14 |
51 |
33 |
|
11th |
622 |
Pevensey Bay |
Tim Humphries |
6 |
(18) |
15 |
8 |
13 |
60 |
42 |
|
12th |
700 |
Castle Cove SC |
Nick Grace |
9 |
12 |
12 |
(22.0 DNC) |
10 |
65 |
43 |
|
13th |
2496 |
Oxford SC |
Tony Brookes |
13 |
13 |
11 |
9 |
(16) |
62 |
46 |
|
14th |
694 |
Thorpe Bay YC |
Chris Boshier |
11 |
(15) |
14 |
10 |
12 |
62 |
47 |
|
15th |
678 |
Bulton SC |
Bill Hooton |
16 |
(19) |
5 |
13 |
15 |
68 |
49 |
|
16th |
563 |
Exe SC / Weston SC |
Iain Horlock |
(17) |
17 |
17 |
12 |
11 |
74 |
57 |
|
17th |
646 |
Weston SC |
Martin Frary |
12 |
14 |
10 |
(22.0 OCS) |
22.0 DNF |
80 |
58 |
|
18th |
2503 |
Halifax SC |
Tim Halden |
15 |
9 |
(22.0 DNC) |
22.0 DNC |
22.0 DNC |
90 |
68 |
|
19th |
703 |
Eastbourne Sovereign SC |
Peter Hayward |
(20) |
20 |
18 |
14 |
17 |
89 |
69 |
|
20th |
2315 |
Halifax SC |
Ben Holden |
19 |
11 |
(22.0 DNC) |
22.0 DNC |
22.0 DNC |
96 |
74 |
|
21st |
250 |
Datchet Water SC |
John Kewley |
(22.0 DNC) |
22.0 DNC |
22.0 DNC |
22.0 DNC |
22.0 DNC |
110 |
88 |
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