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Brass Monkey Trophy Race at Leigh-on-Sea Sailing Club

by Steve Corbet 23 Dec 2014 07:32 GMT 21 December 2014
Chris Broshier in the Leigh-on-Sea Brass Monkey © John Hughes

The 2014 season at Leigh-on-Sea ended on Sunday 21st December with the classic end of season Brass Monkey Race. The weather forecast had predicted strong winds but at the start a moderate South Westerly encouraged 28 boats to start the race.

After a delay for the slow making tide, the fleet were keen to get on with the race; the result was a general recall. The second start saw the fleet better behaved as they set off on the first beat.

The fleet soon split into groups with the Sprint 15's leading with the Contender sailed by Chris Boshier in close attendance. Once everyone had identified the marks the fast reaches gave most crews an end of season thrill.

Unfortunately two of the Sprint 15's missed out the inner distance mark and their race places.

The race was managed using average lap times so some of the slower boats completed two laps in the hour race while the faster boats completed 3 laps.

After the results had been sorted first place went to Chris Boshier from Thorpe Bay, with a Sprint 15 sailed by Daren Fitchew also from Thorpe Bay second, and the GP14 of Richard Hamm / Steve Browne from Tollesbury SC third.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoClubHelmCrewBrass MonkeyPts
1stCONTENDER2522TBYCChris Boshier 0:56:321
2ndSPRINT 151642TBYCDaren Fitchew 0:59:492
3rdGP1414166Tollesbury SCRichard HammSteve Browne1:01:103
4thSOLO 41166LSCJohn Charles 1:02:074
5thRS FEVA XL4071EYCWilliam TaylorMathew Clark1:03:555
6thRS 600951King George SCMichael Iszatt 1:04:496
7thSOLO 43904LSCRobin Tothill 1:06:017
8thGP1413003LSCSteve CorbetLiz Noblet1:06:098
9thSOLO 44023LSCColin Walker 1:07:109
10thSOLO 43959LSCCass Monk 1:08:0410
11thRS FEVA XL1526EYCAndy MiddletonEdward Middleton1:09:0411
12thRS 2001189LSCPhil DowsettTim Wright1:11:4512
13thSPRINT 15791TBYCAlan Grant 1:12:1113
14thTOPPER370LSCN Barnard 1:12:2814
15thRS FEVA XL2786EYCBethany TaylorFreya Dumbell1:12:3315
16thLASER RADIAL4EYCDave Makkink 1:13:1816
17thLASER RADIAL192992EYCAlexander Pilgrim 1:14:3617
18thWAYFARER5839LSCIan BurtonshawKevin1:16:2618
19thRS FEVA XL7120EYCSeb BaucuttMegan RichardsonDNF29
19thINT14 OLD1496LSCNathan BarnardChris BrookDNF29
19thRS 400676EYCMike MarriotRob RedmanDNF29
19thSOLO 43325LSCMatt Tothill DNF29
19thSPRINT 151551TBYCKeith Persin DSQ29
19thLASER187614EYCJoshua Bevunik DNF29
19thSPRINT 151981TBYCJim Bowie DSQ29
19thTOPAZ UNO4787EYCJacob TurnerNatashua Webb DNF29
19thRS FEVA XL4065EYCAnton HaiserAlec Stenhouse DNF29
19thSPRINT 151953TBYCChris Tillyer DNF29

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