Solo Open at Littleton Sailing Club
by Trevor Rawlins 29 Mar 2011 15:26 BST
27 March 2011
Solos at Littleton © Katherine Dray
A light, shifty wind greeted 9 visitors and 17 local boats for Littleton SC's Solo open meeting on Sunday 27 March. It was a day for having a good first beat and then riding your luck, with each race producing a different winner, always the boat that got clear in front first.
In race 1 it was Richard Cambrook who got away, race 2 saw Mike Dray pull into a substantial lead that he held to the finish, and in race 3 Jon Jowett caught a patch of breeze on the far left hand side of leg 2 and pulled away, eventually taking the gun.
Richard won the event with a second to count, Jon came second counting a third, and Mike was third overall counting a fourth. With Littleton boats taking all three top spots, it was clearly a day when the conditions dictated that local knowledge counted.
More photos available on the Littleton Sailing Club website.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 4761 | Richard Cambrook | LSC | 1 | -5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2nd | 5102 | Jonathan Jowett | LSC | -11 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3rd | 4386 | Mike Dray | LSC | -5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4th | 4735 | Jon Ibbotson | Rangelagh SC | -3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5th | 5126 | Vanda Jowett | LSC | 2 | -6 | 6 | 8 |
| 6th | 4820 | Colin Dobner | LSC | -9 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 7th | 4741 | Steve Jones | Wraybury Lake SC | -13 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 8th | 4670 | Tim O'Toole | LSC | 6 | 7 | (DNS) | 13 |
| 9th | 5187 | Julian Rickards | LSC | 4 | -11 | 10 | 14 |
| 10th | 4859 | Gareth Griffiths | IBRSC | 7 | -15 | 9 | 16 |
| 11th | 3735 | Ed Pepper | LSC | 8 | -16 | 11 | 19 |
| 12th | 4537 | Keith Carter | LSC | -20 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 13th | 4758 | Paul Hurn | LSC | -12 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 14th | 4446 | Laura Glover | LSC | 10 | 14 | -17 | 24 |
| 15th | 4165 | Andy Champ | LSC | 18 | -20 | 8 | 26 |
| 16th | 4797 | David Hartland | LSC | 16 | 13 | (DNF) | 29 |
| 17th | 510 | Nick Pepper | LSC | 17 | -21 | 15 | 32 |
| 18th | 5033 | Kevin Fuller | BMYC | 19 | -22 | 14 | 33 |
| 19th | 4648 | Adam Raeburn-James | LSC | 14 | 19 | (DNS) | 33 |
| 20th | 5046 | Paul Playle | IBRSC | -23 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 21st | 4400 | Paul Bristow | Burghfield | 21 | 17 | (DNF) | 38 |
| 22nd | 186 | Will Loy | RYA | (DNF) | 12 | DNS | 39 |
| 23rd | 5080 | Mike Ball | Papercourt SC | 15 | (DNF) | DNS | 42 |
| 24th | 1660 | Malcolm Underwood | LSC | 24 | (DNF) | 18 | 42 |
| 25th | 5111 | Geoff Batcheldel | Marlow SC | 22 | 23 | (DNS) | 45 |
| 26th | 3844 | Tony Cook | LSC | 24 | (DNF) | DNS | 51 |