Solo Southern Area Championship at Bough Beech Sailing Club

by Nick Marden 25 May 2014 08:21 BST 24 May 2014

Solo Southern Area Championship at Bough Beech © Martyn Smith

An excellent turnout of 44 Solos, including 16 from the home club, contested the Solo Southern Area Championship at Bough Beech SC on 24 May, racing for the Southern Quaich.

Race Officer Brian Whitmey sent the fleet away cleanly at the first attempt into a light but building southerly breeze which gave a kilometre-long beat. Tom Gillard led to finish ahead of Vince Horey from King George and Steve Cockerill. The black flag was used for the rest of the day after a general recall in the second race. Steve Cockerill got away well and sailed an excellent second beat to establish a substantial lead from Gillard who finished 2nd with Horey 3rd.

After a lunch break ashore, the fleet launched in the hope of doing two more races - just as storm came through which gave everybody an interesting reach to the start. But sadly just as Race 3 started, the storm passed, leaving the wind in a mess. It went very light and veered west turning the first leg into a fetch, and then continued to veer though north to east. The RO wisely opted to shorted course after one round, during which many had been caught out. Ross Harvey from Hayling finished ahead of a consistent Gillard and another Hayling sailor, James Ross, came in 3rd.

The RO waited for the wind to settle, but the afternoon was wearing on and he reluctantly decided to abandon the fourth race. So with just two races to count, the Southern Quaich went to Gillard, with Cockerill 2nd and Horey 3rd.

A big thank you to Simon Butterworth of Virtual Rigger for bring the VR Stealth Van to BBSC and setting up shop, and for providing generous prizes. Thanks also to the Shepherd Neame, Kent's popular brewers, for their additional sponsorship.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail no	Helm	Cat	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	5469	Tom Gillard		SVSC	1	2	2	3
2	5494	Steve Cockerill	VET	HISC	3	1	5	4
3	5475	Vince Horey		KGSC	2	3	7	5
4	5513	James Ross		HISC	30	4	3	7
5	5495	Ross Harvey		HISC	26	7	1	8
6	5225	Steve Ede		Ardleigh	7	5	6	11
7	5115	Andrew Boyce		Papercourt	5	6	8	11
8	5045	John Reed	VET	BBSC	4	9	30	13
9	4899	Richard Hudson	VET	BBSC	6	8	34	14
10	4800	Simon Lomas‑Clark		Frensham	15	15	4	19
11	5506	Noel West	GM	BBSC	8	11	45	19
12	5497	Alan Bishop			10	18	10	20
13	51525	Andrew Thompson		Chipstead	13	21	9	22
14	5406	Jarvis Simpson		RYA	9	13	45	22
15	5500	Mark Ampleford		Island Barn	14	12	17	26
16	5192	Nick Marden	GM	BBSC	18	10	29	28
17	5147	Richard Ball		Chipstead	17	28	11	28
18	4801	Patrick Ward	VET	Chipstead	45	14	15	29
19	4967	Patrick Fell	VET	Papercourt	11	20	20	31
20	5373	Phil Sturmer		RBYC	12	19	28	31
21	4195	Paul Irons	VET	BBSC	22	27	13	35
22	5230	Mike Healey		Chipstead	20	34	16	36
23	4400	Jonathan Moon		Spinnaker	16	22	26	38
24	5352	Mike Wilkie	GM	LSC	21	23	18	39
25	4386	Mike Dray		LSC	27	17	25	42
26	5202	Frank Brown	GM	Papercourt	33	25	19	44
27	4551	Bill Hutchings	VET	Tonbridge	37	33	12	45
28	5502	Ian Ratnage	GM	BBSC	34	32	14	46
29	5227	Adrian Bunnis	VET	BBSC	29	26	21	47
30	5168	Tim Lewis	VET	LSC	32	16	35	48
31	1102	Will Loy	VET	RYA	32	16	36	49
32	5134	Robert Lawrie			28	24	27	51
33	4378	Les Aldous	VET	BBSC	24	29	45	53
34	4185	Don Buckle	AM	BBSC	25	40	33	58
35	5265	Rob Trend	GM	Chipstead	23	36	45	59
36	3713	Chris Hopkins	VET	WWSC	35	39	24	59
37	5133	Adrian Howse	VET	BBSC	38	41	22	60
38	4562	Ken Ware	AM	BBSC	31	31	45	62
39	4660	Keith Turtle	VET	Chipstead	42	42	23	65
40	4769	Steve Knowles	GM	BBSC	39	37	31	68
41	5359	Peter Edwards	GM	BBSC	36	38	32	68
42	4434	Nick Gallwey	VET	BBSC	41	35	36	71
43	4631	Dave Knight	GM	BBSC	40	45	45	85
44	4788	John Mackenzie	VET	BBSC	43	45	45	88