Gill series 1- results

[Jeremy C]

A very big thank you to all those who made it to Burghfield last saturday for the first of the Gill Series, it was a great if somewhat, at times, chilly and challenging start to the series.
With the wind coming from the north- northwest and gusting up to 25knots or so it was never going to be an easy days racing as it shifted about considerably. The race officer set a series of rather complicated courses in order to try and average out the wind conditions and allow for decent beats, but this had the effect of causing a few memory problems for some competitors. With a great mix of boats arriving for the day and an almost even split between DB's and AC's there was competive sailing throughout the fleet. Capsizes abounded throughout the day in the tough conditions with barely a competitor managing to stay upright for the complete set of races. Even those at the top of the fleet found the conditions hard.
There were very close battles at the top of the fleet throughout the day and though Graham a Zoe won the event with two bullets it was only Tom Stewarts windward capzie 20m from the line in the final race which gave them this score. Overall a fantastic day was had and though those with younger crews found it particlualry challenging it was a great showing of how well the 12 suits so many.
 
There should be video and images coming in the not too distant future but in the meantime the results are posted here:
http://www.burghfieldsailing.org/content/results/show.php?page=2009_open_n12.htm
 
 
Look forward to seeing you all again at Salcombe on the frist Bank Holiday weekend in May
 
Jeremy