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Stone SC, 12/13 June 2010
Stone SC gave a warm welcome to thirteen 505s and twelve Hornets at the weekend. Saturday was F2-3 with gusts F4, from the NE, with shifts and slants and holes. Conditions were similar on Sunday, except that the wind had swung to the SW. No-one got it all right, and there were a lot of place changes, but generally the faster boats won through in the end.
All the lower boats, including newcomers John and Adrian from Great Moor SC, and especially Bobbie and Tony, had moments that they will remember, mixing it with the leading bunch, or at least the main bunch. The downwind legs were usually the ones that sorted out the rankings, with the downwind angles difficult to optimise in the variable wind and sometimes strong current. Tudor and Nolan, recently joining us from the Merlin class, showed good speed at times, and Greg and Ollie from Southwold zoomed into contention spectacularly on one run.
But it was Andy and Tim who dominated overall, with consolation race wins going to Terry and Christian and Russ and Andy. Altogether a very good weekend.
(6 races, 5 to count)
1 9012 Andy Smith/Tim Needham Notts County SC 2 1 1 1 2 1
2 9006 Terry Scutcher/Christian Diebitsch Shotley SC 1 2 3 2 5 2
3 8935 Russell Short/Andy Short Carsington SC 5 4 2 5 1 8
4 8906 Harry Briddon/Simon Briddon Ogston SC 4 3 5 4 3 4
5 8963 Martin Hodgson/Adrian Miles Stone SC 3 5 6 3 4 dns
6 8701 Rob Napier/Francis Cram Bowmoor SC 8 7 4 11 7 6
7 8694 Matt Hart/Daniel Hart Shotley SC 6 8 7 6 8 5
8 9013 Tudor Owen/Nolan Forwood Whitstable YC dnf 6 12 8 6 3
9 8650 Terry Self/Alan Montague Stone SC 7 10 9 7 11 9
10 8497 Roger Dean/Dennis Cartwright Burton SC 10 9 8 10 9 7
11 8532 Greg Brown/Ollie Boyes Southwold SC 11 11 10 9 10 10
12 8860 Bobbie Johnson/Tony Merry Burton SC 9 12 11 12 12 11
13 6435 John Wilson/Adrian Howe Great Moor SC 12 13 13 13 13 12
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All the lower boats, including newcomers John and Adrian from Great Moor SC, and especially Bobbie and Tony, had moments that they will remember, mixing it with the leading bunch, or at least the main bunch. The downwind legs were usually the ones that sorted out the rankings, with the downwind angles difficult to optimise in the variable wind and sometimes strong current. Tudor and Nolan, recently joining us from the Merlin class, showed good speed at times, and Greg and Ollie from Southwold zoomed into contention spectacularly on one run.
But it was Andy and Tim who dominated overall, with consolation race wins going to Terry and Christian and Russ and Andy. Altogether a very good weekend.
(6 races, 5 to count)
1 9012 Andy Smith/Tim Needham Notts County SC 2 1 1 1 2 1
2 9006 Terry Scutcher/Christian Diebitsch Shotley SC 1 2 3 2 5 2
3 8935 Russell Short/Andy Short Carsington SC 5 4 2 5 1 8
4 8906 Harry Briddon/Simon Briddon Ogston SC 4 3 5 4 3 4
5 8963 Martin Hodgson/Adrian Miles Stone SC 3 5 6 3 4 dns
6 8701 Rob Napier/Francis Cram Bowmoor SC 8 7 4 11 7 6
7 8694 Matt Hart/Daniel Hart Shotley SC 6 8 7 6 8 5
8 9013 Tudor Owen/Nolan Forwood Whitstable YC dnf 6 12 8 6 3
9 8650 Terry Self/Alan Montague Stone SC 7 10 9 7 11 9
10 8497 Roger Dean/Dennis Cartwright Burton SC 10 9 8 10 9 7
11 8532 Greg Brown/Ollie Boyes Southwold SC 11 11 10 9 10 10
12 8860 Bobbie Johnson/Tony Merry Burton SC 9 12 11 12 12 11
13 6435 John Wilson/Adrian Howe Great Moor SC 12 13 13 13 13 12
Tony Merry gave his account:
This is the first time we have sailed on the East Coast and we were not sure what to expect at Stone. Situated on the River Blackwater, one can conjure up an image of a narrow tidal river with areas of shallow water dotted with small islands, to be avoided at all costs! Well, it's not actually anything like that.
This is the first time we have sailed on the East Coast and we were not sure what to expect at Stone. Situated on the River Blackwater, one can conjure up an image of a narrow tidal river with areas of shallow water dotted with small islands, to be avoided at all costs! Well, it's not actually anything like that.
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