Dinghy Rope and Noble Marine Solo Open at Notts County Sailing Club

by David Eberlin 13 Sep 2018 18:19 BST 8 September 2018

Early September saw the Notts County SC Dinghy Rope and Noble Marine Solo open with an excellent turnout of 27 sailors, many from the Midlands, but also Yorkshire, Budworth.

Whilst it was cooler than recently there was a brisk wind, which rose to force 5 gusts in the afternoon, giving some great, if a little wet sailing. Inevitably there where a few spills, especially on the downwind leg, and even some of the top sailors made mistakes.

Racing was close and competitive and only a few points separated the top five by lunch.

The morning started with a variable 8-10 knot wind and Martin Honor (Ogston and Philip Barnes won a race.

A significant wind shift cut short the race officers Nadina Lincoln and William Jeffcote's lunch, the course was reset and the third race started on time. Chris Brown won the next two races giving him the overall open meeting, a few points ahead of veteran Martin Honor. Philip Barnes was third. First Notts County Sailor and first Grand Master (over 60) was Paul Ogden, and first Septimus (over 70) was John Webster from Carsington.

The prize-giving took place in the club house with prizes from Dinghy Rope and Noble Marine.

More photos can be found on the NCSC website here.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	5777	Chris Brown	Draycote SC	2	‑5	1	1	4
2	8 V	Martin Honor	Ogston SC	4	1	‑10	2	7
3	5 V	Philip Barnes	Budworth	1	‑7	7	3	11
4	2 V	Nigel Davies	Draycote Water SC	‑10	4	2	5	11
5	5645	Ian Hopwood	Nantwich	5	‑14	3	4	12
6	5738	Tim Hand	Swarkstone SC	3	6	6	(DNF)	15
7	1 V	Stephen Graham	Burwain SC	6	8	4	(DNC)	18
8	5763	Steve Denison	RYA	12	2	8	(DNF)	22
9	5723	Alan Bishop	Girton	8	3	11	(DNC)	22
10	1 G	Paul Ogden	NCSC	9	‑15	12	7	28
11	5524	Kev Hall	Northampton SC	18	(DNF)	5	6	29
12	5 S	John Webster	Carsington SC	‑16	12	9	8	29
13	6 G	Iain Carpenter	Northampton SC	‑15	9	14	10	33
14	66)	Tim Sadler	Yorkshire Dales SC	13	11	‑17	9	33
15	4 G	Clive Gimson	NCSC	‑21	13	13	11	37
16	5695	Ian Ingram	Earlswood Lakes	7	10	(DNC)	DNC	45
17	1 G	Graham Wilson	Northampton SC	19	‑20	15	12	46
18	7 J	Jake Willars	NCSC	‑20	18	18	13	49
19	9 G	Ian Firth	NCSC	17	19	(DNF)	14	50
20	0 V	Karl Bird	Nottingham	‑25	23	16	16	55
21	5764	Oliver Davenport	Northampton SC	14	16	(DNC)	DNC	58
22	0 V	Phil Kilburn	NCSC	22	17	19	(DNC)	58
23	2 S	Brian Fisher	NCSC	24	21	(DNF)	15	60
24	5649	Steve Bishop	Girton SC	11	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	67
25	2 G	Tony Monaghan	NCSC	26	25	20	(DNC)	71
26	V L	Stephanie Gunn	NCSC	23	22	(DNC)	DNC	73
27	9 G	Kevin Spencer	NCSC	27	24	(DNF)	DNC	79