Tynemouth
Tynemouth
Sailing Club was the venue for the 4th event in the Gill National 12
Series. It attracted 15 boats from as far away as
Brighton
and Essex.
The meeting
was to be an event of two halves, being light and sunnyish on Saturday and up
to force 5 with big waves on Sunday.
Good first
beats proved to be the key for Saturdays two races with Ian and Alex Gore
leading from start to finish in the first race and Mike Cooke and Helen Hunt
doing the same in the second. Steve Sallis and Jenny James also had a good day
scoring a second and a third.
The evening
entertainment, which included a BBQ and a seminar on Gate Starts and Tidal
Sailing presented by Steve Sallis, was much enjoyed by everyone.
Sunday
dawned with grey skies, rain, thunder and lightning and big waves and
breeze which built to force 5 by the time the racing started. Geoff Camm and
Amelia Hall showed great upwind pace to lead round the first mark. Although
challenged downwind, they maintained this lead to the finish. The Gores and
Sallis dualled for second place throughout the race ending in favour of the
Gores after Sallis went for a swim. This let Nigel and Sue May into third with
Tim Laws and Sue Jones sailing their Admirals Cupper into fourth.
For the
next race, the remaining boats were treated to another display of Camms
excellent upwind speed - which gave Camm plenty of room to manouvre
at the start of the first reach when their rudder snapped. The Gores and Sallis
again had a close race, with Sallis having the edge upwind and the Gores
downwind. However Sallis had some rudder problems which enabled the Gores to
take an unassailable lead. In third was Laws and with no other boats left on
the race course, the race officer called it a day.
Overall:
1st N3441
Tabitha Musto - Ian and Alex Gore, Up River YC
2nd N3436
Dilbert - Steve Sallis and Jenny James, Hykeham SC
3rd N3464
Transmogrifier - Geoff Camm and Amelia Hall, Shoreham SC
4th N3295
Battle Tactics - Tim Laws and Sue Jones, Olten Mere SC
Admirals
Cup:
1st N3295
Battle Tactics - Tim Laws and Sue Jones, Olten Mere SC
2nd Why
Can't You - Mark Simpson and Emma Taylor, Scaling Dam SC
3rd Twice
Shy - Neil and Katie McInnes, Yeadon SC
4th Sky
Witch - Howard, Amy and Thomas Stevenson, Tynemouth SC