Noble Marine Supernova Travellers at Bartley Sailing Club

by Chris Hawley 15 Apr 2019 16:53 BST 7 April 2019

What a fantastic sail at Bartley Sailing Club for the Noble Marine travellers event. 21 boats made the effort to take part in this amazing event. They were greeted with an awesome force 3 gusting straight down the lake.

Pro race officer Caroline Downing set some cracking courses with some of the best start lines we have seen on the circuit.

Race 1 was the Sam Knight show, just proving a point that winning the 2018 nationals wasn't a fluke. Following Sam across the line was class stalwart Tony Critchley from Bolton Sailing Club. Ian moodie had a storming race and just lost out to local hero Mike Gibson for third.

Race 2 was Mike going for gold and getting a good lead from the chasing pack. Mike was gradually reeled in by Sam who took line honours and sowed up the event by lunchtime.

The fleet were treated to a superb and very hearty lunch from the new catering team of Tilly's galley.

Legs aching the fleet headed out for a third and final race of the day (thanks Caroline for making it an extra long one!).

It was Supernova newcomer Chris Bownes who was first out of the gates. The front pack of Chris, Sam, Mike and Chris Hawley pulled away. After a few positional changes it was Sam who just nibbled passed Chris on the final lap to steal his third bullet of the day. Cheeky mike squeezed past Chris right on the line.

With fantastic competition throughout the fleet and plenty of place changes this really was a testament to how fantastic a Supernova open can be.

There will be plenty of aching bodies tomorrow but the smiles on everyone's faces today make it all worthwhile.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Club	Category	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Sam Knight	1231	Bartley	Standard	‑1	1	1	2
2nd	Mike Gibson	1127	Bartley	Master	‑3	2	2	4
3rd	Tony Critchley	1246	Bolton	Veteran	2	‑4	4	6
4th	Chris Bownes	1239	Bartley	Standard	‑13	3	3	6
5th	Ian Moody	1035	Bolton	Veteran	4	5	‑11	9
6th	Chris Hawley	1224	Bartley	Standard	6	‑14	5	11
7th	Steve Hawley	1133	Bartley	Standard	5	‑6	6	11
8th	Andy Bownes	1238	Bartley	Veteran	8	‑9	7	15
9th	Garry Butterfield	1184	Bartley	Master	7	‑11	9	16
10th	Ellen Clancy	1141	Cotswold	Lady	‑9	8	8	16
11th	Steve Johnson	1203	Cotswold	Veteran	‑12	7	12	19
12th	Tony Bleasdale	1254	Girton	Master	10	‑12	10	20
13th	Paul Undrell	1160	Cotswold	Veteran	11	10	‑14	21
14th	Peter Housley	1099	Sutton in Ashfield	Master	14	13	‑15	27
15th	Dave Stephen	1180	Bartley	Standard	‑17	17	13	30
16th	Nick Whiles	1130	Attenborough	Master	15	‑16	16	31
17th	Lesley Jeans	1109	Cotswold	Lady	16	15	(DNC)	31
18th	Ken Saunders	1225	Bartley	Veteran	‑20	18	17	35
19th	Stuart Stephen	1167	Bartley	Veteran	18	‑19	19	37
20th	James Paterson	1045	Bartley	Master	‑21	20	18	38
21st	Adrian Bocking	1207	Bartley	Master	19	‑21	20	39