Noble Marine Supernova Open at Cotswold Sailing Club

by Cliff Milliner 28 Mar 2016 16:33 BST 19 March 2016

Supernovas at Cotswold © Caz Hand

A record turnout for a travellers event of 40 boats arrived at Cotswold SC for the Noble Marine Travellers event. RO Dave Bevan, laid a nice course in the shift 12 knot Easterly.

Race one, the port end was the place to start, with the top 3 all coming from that end. Pakes, Milliner and Hand swapped places for the first lap. Pakes lead for all but the last lap, then Milliner pulled through for the win, with Pakes, Hand, and Presley in 4th

After a wonderful soup, chilli and nachos for lunch in the packed club house, the fleet headed out for 2 back to back races.

Race two, was a squarer line, but the leaders again came from the port end. With a 4 way battle for the bottom mark, it was Hand, Pakes, Young who got away. Milliner pulled through to second and pressed Hand right to the Finnish line, losing out by a half a length. Pakes and Young had a similar battle, for 3rd and 4th. The lake was great sight full of 40 Supernovas streaming around the course.

Race Three, Milliner and Hand fought hard for the first mark, and Milliner covered Hand around the first 3 laps to ensure he took the win from Hand. A spectacular mid line pile of the home CSC contingent after Young and Horlock got entangled at the start up meant a big gap for Pakes and Presley in 3rd and 4th, with the rest of the fleet fighting hard further back.

The prize giving followed a wonderful array of Cakes in the club house. All in all another Great open for the Supernova class going from strength to strength.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	1079	C Milliner	Cotswold sc	1	‑2	1	2
2nd	1130	T Hand	Sutton in Ashfield SC	‑3	1	2	3
3rd	666	R Pakes	Haversham	2	3	‑4	5
4th	1110	E Presley	Cotswold SC	4	‑13	3	7
5th	1092	I Horlock	Exe SC	6	5	‑10	11
6th	1170	R Kirby	Costwold SC	5	9	(DNF)	14
7th	1104	G Young	Cotswold SC	‑12	4	12	16
8th	1169	M Williams	Cotswold SC	9	‑12	7	16
9th	1078	G Butterfield	Bartley	8	8	‑13	16
10th	1124	P Earnshaw	Haversham	11	‑16	6	17
11th	1129	C Williams	Cotswold SC	10	7	‑17	17
12th	1061	N Halstead	Roadford Lake	7	‑11	11	18
13th	1158	S Bishop	Girton SC	13	6	‑15	19
14th	1121	S Johnson	Cotswold SC	‑17	15	5	20
15th	1160	P Undrell	Haversham	‑15	14	8	22
16th	1137	A Gould	Cotswold SC	14	10	(DNC)	24
17th	1103	S Mitchell	Porthpean	‑18	18	9	27
18th	1150	Allan Bull	Cotswold	16	17	(DNF)	33
19th	1093	J Walpole	Exe SC	22	‑36	14	36
20th	1159	P Davies	Scammonden Water SC	20	‑26	18	38
21st	1087	M Walker	Bowmoor	23	‑27	16	39
22nd	1043	R Storey	Cotswold SC	21	‑25	20	41
23rd	1139	S Hood	Cotswold SC	‑37	23	19	42
24th	703	B Smith	Bowmoor SC	‑28	20	22	42
25th	1141	R Hills	Costwold SC	19	‑32	24	43
26th	631	B Horlock	Exe SC	26	19	‑29	45
27th	1115	J White	Costwold SC	‑24	22	23	45
28th	1090	I Barlow	Attenborough	‑35	21	27	48
29th	1057	I Casewell	Reading	25	24	‑26	49
30th	1163	C Watts	Bough Beach	31	‑34	21	52
31st	1135	GbTweedle	Haversham	27	‑29	28	55
32nd	1068	P Bingham	Bowmoor	‑34	33	25	58
33rd	1156	R Corner	Attenborough	30	28	‑32	58
34th	598	S Stewardson	Emberton Park	29	‑30	30	59
35th	450	A Parker	Cotswold SC	‑32	31	31	62
36th	1134	T Boldwin	Carsington	33	35	(DNF)	68
37th	1136	J Kirby	Cotswold SC	‑40	38	33	71
38th	1117	H Dowler	Costwold SC	39	‑40	34	73
39th	1036	M Jones	Cotswold SC	38	‑39	35	73
40th	1007	S Swain	Haversham	36	37	(DNC)	73