Burton Week 2002 – Tenby Sailing Club
Burton Week again provided another special regatta for the
47 entries. As ever a varied fleet,
with a third of the sailors under 21 and a third over 40, 10 of the boats
crewed by married couples 6 of them by parent/child combinations, and 8 of them
helmed by under 21s. If this can't be a
week for all the family then what sailing week can be?
This year hosted by Tenby Sailing Club, seven of the eight scheduled races were
sailed over six days. Heavy rain on the
first night and the last afternoon split five days of unbroken sunshine, and it
was the sun that caused the most disruption to the week as every day a sea
breeze fought against a land breeze. The sailing was characterized in three races by the wind dying and
filling in from a new direction. Combined with a strong tide across the course
this gave rise to a large amount of volatility in the results. Every time the wind filled in from astern.
Graham Camm and Zoe Ballantyne in a 'Numinous' design made the most of a high
scoring series. Three wins from the seven races, including the Sir William
Burton Cup, were enough to take the week ahead of Steve Sallis & Jenny
James in a 'Feeling Foolish' who had two race wins. Early leaders in the week were Geoff Camm & Amelia Hall in a
'Final Chapter', pursued by the highly consistent Jon Brown & Guy Johnson
in a 'Feeling Foolish'. Subsequent
inconsistency was the undoing of Camm & Hall whilst despite counting a
'flush' of 3,4,5,6,7 and discarding an eighth, Brown & Johnson were never
able to get enough top 3 races finishes to challenge further. Both of these boats ended up overhauled by
John & Katy Meadowcroft in a 'Final Chapter' who finished third on tie
break. The top six was completed by Ian
& Alex Gore in a 'Feeling Foolish'.
Gavin Willis returned to the Twelves after an absence of twenty years to win
the old boats prize - the Admirals Cup - crewed by his daughters Chloe and
Jasmine. Gavin takes home a new jib
from Pinnell & Bax. Special mention
should also go to Eleanor & Caroline Martin who won trophies for first lady
helm, first junior helm, and first time helm at Burton Week.
Malcolm Mackley & Andrew Douglas were Grand Masters. The Gill Super Crew for crews in their first
Burton Week was won by William Playford. The prize giving was rounded off the award of the Clinker Trophy
for amateur home built boat to Mike Cooke. Mike also was awarded the Decanter Trophyto mark the outstanding
contribution made to the National Twelve Class by the documentation of the
building of his all singing all dancing carbon boat on his internet site www.aardvarkracing.co.uk
The week was a success thanks to the sponsorship from a number of friends of
the National 12 Owners' Association, including Clean Tent, Octec, Low & Bonar,
sailpower.com, Gill, Pinnell & Bax, Yachts & Yachting, Hyde Sails, madforsailing.com,
Musto and the Tenby House Hotel.
Reports from each day of racing can be found on the Burton Week section of this site.
Results
|
1st |
3469 |
Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne |
Burghfield SC |
|
2nd |
3436 |
Steve Sallis & Jenny James |
Hykeham SC |
|
3rd |
3473 |
John & Katy Meadowcroft |
Henley SC |
|
4th |
3464 |
Geoff Camm & Amelia Hall |
Shoreham SC |
|
5th |
3426 |
Jon Brown & Guy Johnson |
Royal Harwich YC |
|
6th |
3441 |
Ian & Alex Gore |
Up Rive YC |
Corrigan Cup Eleanor &
Caroline Martin
Admirals Cup Gavin & Chloe/Jasmine
Willis
Canter Trophy Steve Sallis
& Jenny James
Grand Master Malcolm Mackley
& Andrew Douglas
Coronation Cup Mr and Mrs Gore
Money Cup Eleanor &
Caroline Martin
Clinker Trophy Mike Cooke & Ally
Martin
Joe Yorke Trophy Graham Camm & Zoe
Ballantyne
Tubs Trophy John Meadowcroft
& Katy Meadowcroft
Arrows Trophy Eleanor & Caroline
Martin
Cross Wins Trophy Chris Mayhew &
Charlotte Ibbotson
Gill Super Crew William Playford
Burton Brick Sue Pelling
Decanter Trophy Mike Cooke