Phantom Northern Travellers Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club

by Phantom Class Association 9 Apr 2013 21:56 BST 7 April 2013

An excellent 'drifter' was held at Leigh and Lowton SC for the first open of the Phantom Travellers Northern Series 2013. There was a good entry of 13 boats, despite the poor weather forecast, with sailors travelling from Plymouth and London.

The racing was more like 'lucky dip' with the wind swinging around, but somehow the top guys got all the luck! At one point in race three, all five home boats were in positions 1 to 5, but a gust came from the other side of the water and the natural order resumed!

The results were close with final positions only being decided in the last race, with two wins for Richard Catchpole. A first place in race three by Phil Worth pushed him up the results table, and Ed Thomas in third place.

The race officer, Kay Tickle, and her team did a marvelous job under difficult conditions. The galley kept the Phantom sailors well fed - just in case the wind got up!

Everyone who attended the Race Training Day on Saturday stayed until Sunday for the Open and put their new found knowledge to good use. Excellent, educational and embarrassing photographs were taken by Dave Wright.

Overall Results:

1st 1344, Richard Catchpole (Leigh and Lowton SC)
2nd 1382, Phil Worth (Delph SC)
3rd 1342, Ed Thomas (Pilkington SC)
4th 1131, Mark Dingsdale (Leigh and Lowton SC)
5th 1170, Mark Cuthbert (Leigh and Lowton SC)
6th 1171, Chris Hawkins (Burwain SC)
7th 1197, Alex Dawson (Island Barn SC)
8th 900, James Dawson (RYA)
9th 1095, Paul Hargreaves (Burwain SC)
10th 1111, Ollie Shaw (Leigh and Lowton SC)
11th 1154, Dave Kelsall (Leigh and Lowton SC)
12th 1390, Richard Sims (Carsington SC)
13th 1191, Andrew Petch (RYA)

More information and pictures at leighandlowton.wordpress.com and www.phantomclass.org.uk/site/