Dinghy Rope Solo Midland Series Event 1 at Draycote Water Sailing Club

by Nigel Davies 3 Apr 2017 18:07 BST 1 April 2017

Oliver Davenport wins the Dinghy Rope Solo Midlands Area Open at Draycote Water © Nigel Davies

Richard Pye accepting his prize for Jeremy Atkins of Fernhurst Books in the Dinghy Rope Solo Midlands Area Open at Draycote Water © Nigel Davies

39 competitors arrived at a damp Draycote Water for the first ever Solo Midland Area Championships and the first event in the 2017 Dinghy Rope Midland Series.

To celebrate April Fools' Day, Draycote tried to catch the competitors out with notices saying to disinfect your boots and free ice creams in the shop, Solo sailors may be more mature than some but they are still sharp as no one was fooled.

The wind was a very nice F5 from the SW for the first race and the fleet set off to enjoy themselves. Late in the race the predicted swing to the West occurred but this only caused a few place changes up the last beat. Andy Davis took the gun with Oliver Davenport in 2nd and Michael Sims in 3rd.

Race two started in a F3 to F4 oscillating wind from the West. After a recall the fleet set off. This time is was Oliver Davenport 1st, 2nd Steve Ede and 3rd Martin Honnor.

The last race took a few attempts to get going and the U flag caught several over the line. The wind stayed around F3 and oscillating which enabled good gains to those who could read them. Race winner was Oliver Davenport, 2nd Andy Davis and 3rd Chris Brown.

Thanks goes to the William Whittaker the PRO and the Laser fleet for running the racing.

The over winner was Oliver Davenport who sailed well all day to fend off Andy Davis, Chris Brown and Michael Sims.

The Fernhurst Books Vintage Boat Prize is a new prize for this year and goes to the best place boat with a sail number bellow 5000, this went to Richard Pye.

Please visit the Solo Dinghy Midland Area Facebook group or the Solo Web site for more information.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	5637	Oliver Davenport	Northampton	‑2	1	1	2
2	5597	Andy Davis	Bartley	1	‑7	2	3
3	5712	Chris Brown	Draycote	4	‑8	3	7
4	5722	Michael Sims	Carsington	3	4	(OCS)	7
5	5732	Oli Wells	Northampton	5	‑15	4	9
6	5398	Martin Honnor	Ogston	7	3	‑15	10
7	5561	Tim Lewis	Island Barn	6	6	‑8	12
8	5695	Ian Ingram	Draycote & Earlswood	‑19	9	5	14
9	5707	Nigel Davis	Draycote	9	5	‑11	14
10	5608	Steve Ede	Ardleigh	14	2	(OCS)	16
11	5651	Lawrence Creaser	Hayling Island	8	‑25	9	17
12	4357	Richard Pye	Draycote	‑17	12	6	18
13	5318	Bob Suggitt	Barnt Green	13	‑14	7	20
14	5507	Nigel Pybus	Draycote	11	10	(DNF)	21
15	5586	Matthew Frary	Norfolk Broads	10	11	(OCS)	21
16	5469	Guy Lonsdale	South Cerney	‑15	13	12	25
17	5703	John Ball	Brightlingsea	12	‑16	13	25
18	5636	David Badger	Bartley	‑25	22	10	32
19	4932	Mike Day	Hawley Lake	‑22	18	14	32
20	5517	Jason Hughes	Draycote	16	19	(DNF)	35
21	5577	Kevin Andrews	Notts County	‑29	17	18	35
22	5564	Graham Wilson	Northampton	‑38	21	19	40
23	5650	Phil Kilburn	Notts County	21	‑28	20	41
24	5547	Petere Warne	Northampton	‑30	26	16	42
25	5399	Ian Firth	Notts County	18	24	‑28	42
26	5584	Thomas Campbell	Netley	‑31	29	17	46
27	4771	Andrew Liddington	Rugby	26	20	‑29	46
28	5266	John Tenney	Draycote	24	‑39	22	46
29	4810	Andrew Smith	Draycote	‑27	23	25	48
30	5282	Vernon Perkins	South Cerney	28	‑37	21	49
31	5694	Seth Turner	Banbury	20	‑32	32	52
32	5352	Mike Wilke	Desborough	23	30	(DNF)	53
33	5138	Patrick Overs	Paxton Lakes	‑32	31	24	55
34	4882	Brian Fisher	Notts County	‑33	27	31	58
35	5293	Mike Furner	Draycote	‑39	36	23	59
36	4767	Richard Blunt	Burnt Green	‑34	34	26	60
37	5326	Hamish Brown	Draycote	‑37	33	27	60
38	5147	John Coppenhall	Hunts SC	‑36	35	30	65
39	4736	Adam Maclean	Midland	35	38	(DNF)	73

Solo Midlands Area Open at Draycote Water - photo © Malcolm Lewin / www.malcolmlewinphotography.zenfolio.com/sail

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