Chipstead National 12 open - June 8th
Eight home boats
were joined by five visitors for the
National 12 Chipstead Open this year. They
were met by extremely light and shifty southerly breezes for the first race.
Geoff Camm and Amelia
Hall were first into the windward mark, closely followed by Mike Hoyle and
sister Liz (the first time they had sailed together for twenty five years!) After much changing of position, Mike and Liz
broke away to win the race with Geoff and Amelia second ,followed by David and
Josie Greening in third place.
The second race saw
slightly more wind, and again Geoff and Amelia were first to the windward mark
with the rest of the fleet close on their heels. Again there was much changing of position throughout the race,
eventually David and Josie won, with Geoff and Amelia second followed by Mike
and Liz third. It was all down to the
last race.
The last race brought
more wind and a change of direction, to provide a better beat. Geoff and Mike
lead the fleet up the first beat closely followed by Andy Savell and David
Greening. This turned into a closely
fought race with Geoff, Andy and Mike all taking turns to lead the race. The final victors were Mike and Liz with
Geoff and Amelia in second and Andy and Harry third.
Despite the light
conditions a challenging days racing was enjoyed by all.
The final results
were:
1st Mike Hoyle and Liz Savell N3438
2nd Geoff Camm and Amelia Hall N3464
3rd David and Josie Greening N
3461
4th Andy and Harry Savell N3404
5th Chris Clarke and Kathryn Ingham N3452
6th Terry, Matt and Charlotte Mcarthy N3289