Europe Open at Overy Staithe Sailing Club
by Andy Turner 6 Sep 2016 07:17 BST
3-4 September 2016
Europes at Overy Staithe © Paul Goakes
As there are now five Europes in the club a Europe Open Meeting was added to the annual OK Open. For day 1 the wind was a force 2 south westerly and Olympic courses were sailed out at sea. Ellie Clark nailed the start of both races and was ahead of Debs Turner by the windward mark. The strong tide made the beats rather long and the reaches extremely quick. Malcolm Morley and Simon Turner were struggling a bit in the light winds. Ellie won both races with Debs second in both.
Day 2 dawned with the wind blowing force 4, rising to force 5 as the day progressed. The races were started in the harbour mouth and courses set inside the harbour, with short beats, screaming reaches and a few spectacular capsizes. Malcolm Morley won race 3, chased by Simon. In race 4 Malcolm again led round the first mark but was eventually hauled in by Simon who took first place. Debs was third in both races and Ellie fourth.
Overall one point separated all four competitors with Ellie emerging as the winner by virtue of her two race wins on day 1.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Ellie Clark | Ripon SC/OSSC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2nd | Malcolm Morley | Hayling Is | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd | Simon Turner | Overy Staithe | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4th | Debs Turner | Overy Staithe | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |