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Piplers of Poole GP14 Southerns at Poole Yacht Club
7-8 June 2008By Martin Murphy 13 Jun 2008 07:20
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Sparkling conditions for the Piplers of Poole GP14 Southerns
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A capsize during the Piplers of Poole GP14 Southerns
Photo © Poole GP14s
Richard Instone & Steve Parker win the Piplers of Poole GP14 Southerns
Saturday gave us wind speed between 5 - 16 knots with regular 90 degree wind shifts against the 10 - 12 knots northerly forecast.
The OOD had been tasked with a target of 45 minutes per race - one hour between races and this he managed to maintain. The eventual overall winner Richard Instone with the help of crew Steve Parker proved the simple rule for winning a race - start well - get into the lead - dont let any boats pass you until the finish - this worked for all the races he won. The last race saw the wind lift from 5 to 16 knots and shift so that generally the fleet was over standing the windward mark after rounding the leeward mark. Winning this race left Andi Tunnicliffe of Windemere with Matt Burge of Poole second still in the running after the first day both with four points from their best two races.
Sunday gave us 16 - 22 knots northerly against the 7 knots forecast but the glorious sunshine made it seem so much better.
Richard Instone cemented his lead with two clear wins as the wind speed saw many local and visiting GPers enjoy the warmer waters and soft mud of Poole harbour - wind shifts and gusts catching them unawares. The final race gave the Burge clan a 1st and 3rd as Matt's father Andy crewed for Colin Rainback in Reflection. We think there was a separate competition between those two. Ian Sinclaire and Alan Jones "swiped" the silver fleet trophy with very consistent finishing always in the top 8. James Ward and Richard Whitehill took bronze again with consistent finishing - always in the top half of the fleet.
Many thanks to our sponsor Piplers of Poole without whose support over the years we would not have been able to host many of our events.
Overall Results:
1st Richard Instone & Steve Parker (Chase SC)
2nd Matt Burge & Simon Wheeler (PYC)
3rd Andy Tunnicliffe & Adam Lees (RWYC)
5th & 1st Silver, Ian Sinclair & Alan Jones (Bolton SC)
11th & 1st Bronze, James Ward & Richard Whitehill (Papercourt SC)
For complete results and some excellent photographs, visit the Poole GP14 class website.
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