GP14 Open at West Kirby Sailing Club
by Jean-Louis Simons 5 Oct 2015 20:50 BST
3 October 2015
Sixteen competitors, including 5 visitors, took part in the GP14 open meeting held on the West Kirby marine lake. The format of the competition was intended to maximise racing time with the fleet split into 4 groups. Each group raced a round robin series of 3 races to determine a gold and silver fleet for the final 2 races in the afternoon.
The morning races showed a clear favourite with Lawrence Creaser and Andy Hunter (GP 14174) sailing their P&B powered boat and scoring 2 wins and a second place.
Race wins also went to Peter Skinner and Joe Bethell (having a combined age of 145 years on board!), Steve Stratton and Adam Daniels, Jean-Louis Simons and Mark Hinton.
In the afternoon, the gold fleet started first followed 5 minutes later by the Silver fleet. Lawrence and Andy won both afternoon races with Jean-Louis and Mark finishing second. In the Silver fleets, 2 very close races took place between Mal Jones/Alex Middleton and Alan Jenkins/Robert Thompson, Mal eventually winning race 4 by the slightest of margins. Unfortunately a port and starboard incident occurred leaving Simon Harding limping home with a holed GP14.
The races were all extremely close and Lawrence thanked the club and organisers, on behalf of all competitors, for a thoroughly enjoyable day.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Fleet | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
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| 1 | G | 14174 | Sandwich | Lawrence Creaser | Andy Hunter | Nantwich & B. C. | (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | G | 13113 | WUF | Jean‑Louis Simons | Mark Hinton | West Kirby Sailing Club | (3) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | G | 13154 | Misdemeanor | Steve Stratton | Adam Daniels | West Kirby Sailing Club | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | (7) | 9 |
| 4 | G | 14150 | | Tim Harper | G. Hill | W.L.Y.C. | 3 | 2 | (4) | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | G | 14177 | | Peter Jacques | P. Tate | Chase Sailing Club | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | (8) | 13 |
| 6 | G | 13720 | Charlotte II | Trevor Jenkins | Amber Riggs | West Kirby Sailing Club | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | (6) | 14 |
| 7 | G | 13771 | Artemis | Peter Skinner | Joe Bethell | West Kirby Sailing Club | 1 | 4 | 5 | (8) | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | G | 14039 | | Ben Swanson | Poppy James | Southport Sailing Club | 5 | 3 | 4 | (6) | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | S | 13701 | Moondust | Mal Jones | Alex Middleton | West Kirby Sailing Club | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | (9) | 22 |
| 10 | S | 13837 | Black to the future | Alan Jenkins | Robert Thompson | West Kirby Sailing Club | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | (10) | 26 |
| 11 | S | 13687 | Last Chance 11 | Martin Kent | Claire | West Kirby Sailing Club | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | (12) | 28 |
| 12 | S | 13978 | Whie Rabbit | Martin Stanley | Jenny Scott | West Kirby Sailing Club | 7 | 8 | 6 | (13) | 11 | 32 |
| 13 | S | 13522 | Goldeneye | Rob Fraser | Ron Woolland | West Kirby Sailing Club | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | (13) | 34 |
| 14 | S | 13398 | Phoenix | Peter Bramley | Emma Blake | West Kirby Sailing Club | 7 | 7 | 6 | 16 | (17) | 36 |
| 15 | S | 13148 | | Andy Berry | | Treardurr Bay Sailing Club | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | (16) | 38 |
| 16 | S | 13786 | Locomotion | Simon Harding | Paul Daniels | West Kirby Sailing Club | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | (17) | 46 |
