With the forecast for plenty of wind from the East, 11 Ospreys showed up for the Hayling Island SC Open Meeting on 23rd & 24th April. Those who didn’t show, missed a cracking event. (Hayling is possibly going to host an Osprey National Championship soon, and this would be the perfect venue.) The event was a joint meeting with the Contender and Fireball classes, it will be interesting to see their take on the weekend.
Saturday, bright sunshine with strong, cool easterly blow. The Race Officer briefed competitors that it was going to be 15/20 knots, building through the afternoon. The decision was to do one race and complete the other three races on Sunday, as it was forecast to be lighter.
Race 1:- Only seven teams launched on the way to the race area. The wind had built to 25-30 knots. The course was triangle sausage. Three laps with a 1 mile beat! The racing was close, with decisions - shall we hoist, drop, put back up, gybe or granny tack around the Gybe mark. All were tried with a few capsizes!! Terry Curtis & Pete Gregg stayed upright to take the win. Peter Gray & Geoff Edwards, in the Class Boat, sailing well in second, then went in for a swim, letting Alastair & Rob take second. Locals, Alex & Nick Willis incredibly finished 4th, with no rudder, after losing it down the last reach to the finish. Getting back to shore was a challenge. From Facebook post - “
Sue Bannister - HISC Club Racing well done to Alex Willis for bringing the Ospreys to HISC once again and for finishing 4th on day one after losing only one place just by the finish line, they were able to cross the line 4th without a rubber, some great seamanship by Alex and Nick Willis.
Alison Yearsley - I was on Lady G and it was amazing to watch … not often a boat finishes without a rudder!”
Sunday Race 2:- 20-25 knots. Russell Wheeler & Mark Mawhinney blasted round to win. Peter & Geoff 2nd.
Race 3 and 4:- The wind did drop, Peter & Geoff won both, to take a well deserved win of the Open meeting, in the Class Boat. WhatsApp message - “Well done Pete Gray, hope you enjoyed sailing the Osprey (he normally sails Scorpions extremely well). I know his grandfather sailed Osprey’s and he’s always wanted to give one a go - hope he enjoyed it!”
Lees Boat (1183) gets a new name...Good luck with that after a few tipples.
The next events are the Keilder Dam to Dam Challenge on Sunday 1st May & Monday 2nd May followed by Panmorra Cup at Mounts Bay SC on 7th & 8th May.
Overall Results
Sailed: 4, Discards: 1, To count: 3, Entries: 11, Scoring system: Appendix A
|
Class Boat |
Peter Grey |
Staunton Harold SC |
(3.0) |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
Plan B |
Terry Curtis |
Weymouth SC |
1.0 |
(5.0) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
10.0 |
5.0 |
|
|
HippoCrocoDonki |
Russell Wheeler |
Isle of Sheppey SC |
(DNC[12.0]) |
1.0 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
22.0 |
10.0 |
|
|
Robbers Alley |
Alistair Raynard |
Carsington SC |
2.0 |
3.0 |
(6.0) |
5.0 |
16.0 |
10.0 |
|
|
Dark Matter |
Roger Blake |
Great Moor SC |
(7.0) |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
|
|
Great White |
Richard Marshall |
Poole YC |
5.0 |
(DNC[12.0]) |
7.0 |
4.0 |
28.0 |
16.0 |
|
|
Philip Meakin |
(DNC[12.0]) |
6.0 |
5.0 |
9.0 |
32.0 |
20.0 |
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|
Mellow Yellow |
Mick Greenland |
Wilsonian SC |
6.0 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
(DNC[12.0]) |
33.0 |
21.0 |
|
|
Light & Bitter |
Paul Heather |
Teignmouth Corinthian SC |
(DNC[12.0]) |
8.0 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
37.0 |
25.0 |
|
|
Waimanu |
Alex Willis F |
Hayling Island SC |
4.0 |
(DNC[12.0]) |
DNC[12.0] |
DNC[12.0] |
40.0 |
28.0 |
|
|
WhiteStar |
Kevin Francis |
Castle Cove SC |
(DNC[12.0]) |
DNC[12.0] |
DNC[12.0] |
7.0 |
43.0 |
31.0 |
Scoring codes used
|
Code |
Description |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
DNC |
Did not come to the starting area |
12 |
Sailwave Scoring Software 2.29.6
www.sailwave.com
