Noble Marine Comet Trio Nationals at Exe Sailing Club - Day 1

by Bob Horlock 12 Aug 2016 21:22 BST 12-14 August 2016

The Comet Trio Nationals, sponsored by Noble Marine started in bright sunny conditions at Exe SC today. The 19 entries launched in a gentle F2 NW gradient and sailed out to sea only to be met with a glassy sea state as the sea breeze fought for supremacy.

Fortunately the sea breeze won and the first race started on time in a steady F2-3 southerly. With very light winds forecast for Sunday, race officer Tim Graham changed the schedule to bring forward one race so the fleet sailed 3 triangle, sausage, triangle courses with much changing of places as first one side of the beat paid and then the other.

5 times Nationals Champions, Andrew and Caroline McAusland from Exe SC won all 3 races. Sam and Chris Mayne from Hawley SC sailed beautifully to score 2, 2, 4 to finish in second place overall with Guy Farrant and Graham Sykes also from Exe SC in third place with a 4, 3, 3.

So with more light winds forecast for tomorrow, can anyone challenge the McAuslands to stop them claiming the Trophy for the 6th time?

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Boat name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Piglet	472	Andrew McAusland	Caroline McAusland	ESC	1	1	1	3
2nd	Mayniac	348	Sam Mayne	Chris Mayne	Hawley Lake	2	2	4	8
3rd	Go with the Flow	428	Guy Farrant	Graham Sykes/Marilynn Booker	ESC	4	3	3	10
4th	Scarlet Lady	476	Steve Ashford	Martin Yeoman	Whitefriars	3	10	2	15
5th	Exe t'sea	394	Bob Horlock	Colette Horlock	ESC	6	4	5	15
6th	Ariel	365	David Talbot	Mark McArthur	Hawley Lake	5	5	11	21
7th	Tamsyn 2	475	Tony Brewster	Mike Davies/Toby Elliot	ESC	7	7	9	23
8th	Kingfisher	485	Mike Way	Anne Way	ESC	8	6	10	24
9th	Cirrus	364	Symon Doliczny	Nol Doliczny	Cotswold	11	8	7	26
10th	Keiko	373	John Andrews	Matt Andrews	Whitefriars	12	13	6	31
11th	Dash	393	Symon Garratt	Don Blackett	ESC	13	9	12	34
12th	Daisy	443	Keith Lawson	Hazel Lawson	ESC	14	14	8	36
13th	Tatu	446	Martin Luce	Andrew Soper	ESC	9	12	15	36
14th	Wild Thing	425	Freddie Woodcock	Debbie Woodcock	ESC	10	15	14	39
15th	No Worries	368	Nick Webber	Richard Stradling	ESC	15	11	13	39
16th	Celtic Blaze	429	Ian Upton	Mary Upton	ESC	16	16	16	48
17th	Golden Hawk	316	Stephen Sharp	Helen Harding	ESC	17	17	17	51
18th		389	Michael Upton	Zita Morris	ESC	DNC	DNC	DNC	63
18th	Abigail Rose	457	Saul Tyler		ESC	DNC	DNC	DNC	63
18th	Red Alert	495	Patsy David	Tony David	ESC	DNC	DNC	DNC	63