Dragon fleet at the Medway Keelboat Regatta 2015
by Bruce Boyd 26 Jul 2015 20:59 BST
10-12 July 2015
Medway Keelboat Regatta © Nickolas Champion /
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The Dragon Fleet were treated to three first class days of racing, not only great wind conditions and weather for the first two days with a lot of sunshine also in the mix.
Day one took the fleet on a thirty mile long distance race down to Sea Reach 2 in the Thames Channel, After mastering a few navigational issues the leading boats all went to the back of the fleet to start racing all over again after the first 15 miles! (they love a challenge!!) and then punching 3+ knots of tide to get up to Sea Reach 4 gave them a real taste of those heavy estuary tides.
A beat round the edges of Grain Spit was also a very new experience but common sense ruled and none of the fleet went aground (unlike some of our other one design keelboats!). Ten miles later they were back on the line and looking forward to a well deserved trip to the bar.
Day two provided 4 windward/leeward races of exceptional quality and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Day three a short race in blustery conditions was challenging and resulted in some relatively tired sailors who returned to the Club for the prize giving.
Our sincere thanks to Richard Stone and his team for giving us an excellent event and one to remember.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat | Sail No | Owner/Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Fit Chick | 753 | Jono Ratnage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2nd | OCD | 675 | Chris Brealy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 3rd | Suti | 747 | Tobi Atack | 2 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 4th | Flos | 591 | Kevin Beck | 5 | 4 | 4 | DNF | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 5th | Bootleg | 494 | Colin Weston | 4 | 5 | 5 | DNF | 5 | DNF | 31 |