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Dragon Pursuit at Glossop Sailing Club

by Dave Morris 1 May 2014 07:43 BST 27 April 2014
Lewis & Harry Coppinger win the Dragon Pursuit at Glossop © Dave Morris

Sixteen boats took to the water on Sunday for Glossop Sailing Club's annual open event, the 'Dragon Pursuit' which consists of two, two hour pursuit races.

Competitors were greeted by dry, relatively warm conditions with a blustery E / ENE wind, funnelling down the Woodhead Valley with gusts in excess of 20 knots. Experienced OOD, John Mather, ably assisted by AOD Roger Tolman set a course which made full use of the Torside Reservoir, presenting competitors with a daunting mile long beat between leeward and windward marks. The reward for the gut busting beat was a fast and often furious downwind leg featuring some lovely screaming reaches.

Race 1 saw Lewis Coppinger and Harry Coppinger from Toddbrook SC sail their GP-14 expertly, managing to maintain their lead from the start, despite the best efforts of Glossop's Tony Woods & Charlie Berry who charged through the field in their RS400 to finish second, just ahead of Peter Day and Dermott Dwyer in their 2000.

After a much needed break for lunch, Race 2 saw another exemplary performance from the Coppinger's in their GP-14, once again leading from the off, whilst in the battle for second and third places saw the 2000 of Peter Day and Dermot Dwyer managing to stay ahead of Tony Woods & Charlie Berry who sailed through to finish third.

Dragon Video Clips on facebook here.

Overall Results:

PosBoat TypeSail NoHelmCrewClubPYR1R2Pts
1stGP1414067Lewis CoppingerHarry CoppingerToddbrook1130112
2nd200021662Peter DayDermot DwyerGlossop1100325
3rdRS 4001053Tony WoodsCharlie BerryGlossop946235
4thPHANTOM1296Dave Morris Glossop1002549
5thLASER RADIAL162793Gus Goodall Glossop1122459
6thLASER RADIAL180961Paul Rose Glossop11226814
7thRS FEVA XL1Richard AbendsternBryn AbendsternToddbrook122210616
8thRS 4001423Phil TitchmarshPaul NixGlossop9469716
9thSUPERNOVA1089Phil Hewitt Glossop107171017
10thSUPERNOVA1019Richard Hawson Glossop10718917
11thLASER123Nathan Harbut Glossop108811DNF28
12thLASER RADIAL113514Frances Harrson Etherow112212DNS29
13thJAVELIN368Will ArdernJohn PelhamGlossop926DNFDNS34
13thSPRINT 151833Charles SkidmoreJImmy RuddimanGlossop933DNSDNF34
13thISO634Kevin Boyce Glossop923DNFDNS34
13thSOLO4315Darren Gregory Etherow1146OCSDNF34

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