Tinker Class Owners Association Rally at Bala Sailing Club

by John Hunter 7 Jul 2017 16:07 BST 1-2 July 2017

Five races were held over the two days, two on Saturday and three on Sunday. The course for both days remained unchanged, a triangular course of buoys 3, A, 1 and always passing inside of buoy X at the end of each lap.

The wind on Saturday came down the lake and picked up in the afternoon, averaging 24 MPH at times causing one sailor to remark that it was "attrition out there". Apathy abounded when a third race was suggested, and the decision was made to defer further racing until the next day.

Sunday's wind started the day in the opposite direction but by the time of racing had swung round to roughly the same direction as Saturday. It was more moderate and relatively consistent which made for some good close sailing.

The water was shared with Catapult catamarans over the weekend - so two very successful but different classes of inflatable sailing craft racing at the same time.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total pts
1	1547	Malcolm Ellwood		3	0.75	0.75	0.75	3	5.25
2	2246	Alistair Parker		0.75	2	2	5	0.75	5.5
3	7669	Perry Milton		2	9	3	2	2	9
4	7135	John Rogerson		5	3	6	3	5	16
5	2688	Stewart Warden	Barbara	12	4	5	4	6	19
5	5201	David Warren		4	9	4	7	4	19
7	7299	Nigel Kirby		6	5	8	6	8	25
8	2468	David Birse	Isobel	12	9	9	9	7	34
9	154	Dee Weatherley		12	13	7	8	9	36
10	7367	Robin Hardy		12	13	10	12	11	45
11	2003	Arthur Clive		12	13	12	12	10	46