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Comet Open at Cransley Sailing Club

by Alan Bennett 17 Aug 2007 10:22 BST 12 August 2007

Sunny but gusty conditions greeted 12 Comets to Cransley. This was a joint event with the Comet Duo and also the Heron Classes.

With Comets starting first race one was lead initially by returning past Champion Alex Reeve of Taplow SC. He was chased by Mark Coppenhall of Hunts SC and Alan Bennett of Staunton Harold SC. Alan decided to disadvantage himself by capsizing on the run dropping back to 8th place. Mark managed to overhaul Alex, meanwhile Alan sailed through the fleet and passed Alex into 2nd place after the 5 laps.

Race 2 again had Alex in the lead at 1st but both Mark and Alan got by and a very close race was had between these two with Alan just pipping mark on the line.

So it was down to the last race for the decider. Alex went out on his own and lead throughout. Mark and Alan were changing places all round the course but Mark came out on top.

Thanks to Cransley SC.

Overall Results:

PosBoat TypeSail NoHelmClubPts
1st Comet 427 Mark Coppenhall Hunts SC 2 
2nd Comet 620 Alan Bennett Staunton Harold SC 3 
3rd Comet 152 Alex Reeve Taplow Lake SC 4 

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