Annual Hangover Handicap at Crosby Sailing Club

by Crosby SC press office 12 Jan 2015 07:23 GMT 4 January 2015

Crosby SC held their Annual Hangover Handicap event on Sunday 4th January. The weather gods played ball. A bright, very crisp day with a light breeze saw a number of visitors coming from near and far, including Dee SC, West Lancs YC and Dundee Uni.

The open meeting start time of 11am caught some Crosby members on the hop expecting a noon start.

Once launched the fleet made down to the far end of the lake for a long full length beat, led off by the RS300 of Matt Mercer from Crosby. The flying Cherub of the Harris brothers from Dee played catch up due to finding a shall bank near to the start at 30 seconds to go. They powered through the fleet on the off wind legs, flying their bright pink masthead kite. A sight not seen for years on the lake. On handicap Steve Blackburn in his Streaker took the win from the 2 Graduates of Chris Parker and Ben Hill.

After a short warming lunch as the sailing sec punched in the results the fleet launched for Race 2 with 4 more boats. Again the fleet on the water was headed by the Cherub and RS300 flying in the fresher conditions. The Streakers and Graduates battling with a gaggle of lasers and solos.

On handicap it was Blackburn, the Enterprise of Charles Adams, Graduates of Hill and Parker followed by the 2.4M of Ian Middleton.

Race 3 was sailed straight after, and although the Cherub and 300 were again heading the fleet on the water. On handicap saw Blackburn clean sweep third win. The Lasers of Tim Mercer and James Middleton were second and third.

At the prize giving a short speech was made thanking the organisers by Steve Blackburn and bottles of wine for prizes.

The local RNLI will receive the race fees of over £100.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	PY	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Streaker	1881	Steve Blackburn		WLYC	1146	‑1	1	1	2
2	Enterprise	22272	Charles Adams	Alex Halliwell	West Lancs	1115	‑4	2	4	6
3	Graduate	2955	Chris Parker	Katie Ross	TB4E	1120	2	4	(DNC)	6
4	Graduate	2840	Ben Hill	Gabe Hill	WLYC	1120	3	3	‑7.5	6
5	Laser	155936	James Middleton		Dundee Uni	1088	‑7	6	3	9
6	Laser	156424	Tim Mercer		Crosby SC	1088	8	‑11	2	10
7	RS 300	317	Matt Mercer		Crosby SC	990	6	‑8	5	11
8	Streaker	1823	Anthony Halliwell			1146	5	‑7	6	11
9	Solo	4194	Roy White		Crosby SC	1146	9	9	‑10	18
10	phantom	1255	Tim Harper		Crosby SC	1002	11	‑20	7.5	18.5
11	2.4M	109	Ian Middleton			1245	(DNC)	5	14	19
12	Cherub	2698	Jonny Harris	Alex Harris	Dee SC	920	10	10	(DNF)	20
13	Laser	154633	Neil Wright		Crosby SC	1088	13	‑15	9	22
14	Solo	3858	Danny Lock		Crosby SC	1146	12	‑14	12	24
15	Laser Radial	183540	Charlie Middleton		Crosby SC	1122	‑14	13	13	26
16	Laser	141137	John Curran		Crosby SC	1088	16	‑19	11	27
17	2.4M	108	Mark Blanchard			1245	(DNC)	12	16	28
18	Laser	153765	Andy Eland		Crosby SC	1088	15	‑17	15	30
19	Laser	186374	Brian Johnson		Crosby SC	1088	17	16	(DNF)	33
20	Laser	195411	George Roche		Crosby SC	1122	(DNC)	18	DNC	40
21	Streaker	1471	Chritian Blanchard			1146	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	44