Corinthian Otters Cadet Open at Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham
by David Elliott 21 Jun 2010 14:55 BST
19 June 2010
A balmy sail on the River Crouch? © Kay Tavinor
When scheduling an open meeting in June, you expect to be hosting a beautiful balmy sail on the Crouch. NOT TRUE!. The 19th June was grey and blustery with black clouds building passing through with big rainy squalls, with the wind shifting in as the rainstorms passed through and providing some very challenging conditions.
The 17 boats showed that most Cadet sailors are truly fearless and it was a great sight to see most spinnakers coming out of the bag on the downwind legs providing fast and exciting reaches (and a few capsizes too). Although the conditions were not ideal there were mostly huge smiles on the competitors faces. 4 races were completed with the front few places being hotly contested. Finlay Cullender and Harvey Turner were commended for their fighting spirit despite a number of mishaps they ventured on.
However, the consistency of Alex and Lucy Corby meant that they won the event by 1 point from Katie Barr and Scarlett Anderson who also won the first girl and first Otter trophy. Molly Brown and Sasha Musto, who, despite winning 2 races, managed a third place overall one point behind Katie. As well as the very valuable 1930s silver art deco overall first prize trophy, Alex Corby also won the first under 15s helm. Visitors included boats from Fishers Green, Frensham Pond, Royal Burnham, Stone and Thorpe Bay.
Overall Results:
| Place | Sail No | Boat | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Points |
|---|
| 1 | 9000 | White Stuff | Alex and Lucy Corby | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 8375 | Blue | Katie Barr and Scarlett Anderson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3069 | Jiminy Cricket | Molly Brown and Sasha Musto | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 8910 | Natural Mystique | Joe Butterworth and Arthur Brown | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 6842 | Dee-Cider | Jack Turner and Max Turnpenny | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 9029 | Freestyle | George Warrington and Greg Watson | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | 8381 | Satisfaction | Loni Lilienthal and Ben Barr | 10 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | 9083 | Wipeout | Jack Shorter and Shaun Scarsbrook | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | 8352 | Master Mariner | Matthew and Ben Shorrock | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 10 | 9636 | Triggers Broom | Alex Warrington and Teddy Elmore | 11 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | 8571 | Bwcalula | Lucy and Lainey Terkelsen | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 | 8378 | Animal | Sam Henderson and Freddie Knight | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 33 |
| 13 | 9207 | Cutting Edge | Josie Gunner and Oli Payne | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 14 | 9599 | Black Doe | Finlay Cullender and Harvey Turner | 14 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 41 |
| 15 | 8420 | Tantrum | Hattie Ayre and Jonathan Van Ingen | 18 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 42 |
| 16 | 8440 | Adrenaline | Alice Tavinor and Oliver Dean | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
| 17 | 8370 | Attitude | Joe Barr and Louis Brand | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |