British Moth Bossoms Cup at Medley Sailing Club
by David Cannon 24 Sep 2008 14:01 BST
20 September 2008
The sun shone on the fleet competing for the prestigious Medley Moth Bossoms Cup. The day's racing contributing towards the BMBA Traveller series.
With the river running fast due to the recent heavy rains and the light winds, the fleet for the four races needed to hug the meadow bank to minimise the adverse stream up river. The position of the buoys however necessitated crossing the stream for a rounding. Those that found the correct line benefitted hugely and made up ground on the others.
Tim Davison consistently winning all four races managed the tricky conditions, with consummate skill - luck really! However racing was very tight and competitive with places changing throughout the laps. The two ladies had a tight battle, with Abbey scoring a 3rd in the first race and Elaine a close battle for 3rd place in the last race but pipped into 5th. The breeze picked up towards the end of the day to give a great conclusion to a very pleasant event.
Overall Results:
1st Tim Davison
2nd Colin Hall
3rd David Cannon
4th Peter Styles
5th A. Perrott
1st lady helm, Abbey Freely