HD Sails Scottish Solos Travellers at Loch Lomond Sailing Club

by David Parkin 18 Jul 2019 19:41 BST 13 July 2019

The forecast for Saturday the 13th was not inspiring but despite that twelve Solos arrived from across Scotland. We were met by sun and what looked suspiciously like small white horses!

Loch Lomond Sailing Club put on a great meeting with 3 long triangle sausage courses. The wind started around 10 knots and slowly increased to 15 knots by the end with a lovely planing reach back to the club. The shifts were enough to make you concentrate but never too big. The racing was very close throughout the fleet.

Race one was won by Stuart Gibson of CCC closely followed by Kev Gibb from Largo and Keith Milroy from St Mary's.

Race two had Keith winning from Kev followed by Kev and Stuart.

Race three had Kev winning comfortably from Stuart with John Colgrave from Aberdeen in 3rd. I'm not sure what happened to the boats that went left up the best but Stuart and Keith were at the back at the first mark.

A fantastic day was had by all with a sunny day, good wind and a view to die for.

At the end of the day Kev won from Stuart and Keith. At the prize giving HD Sails t shirts were given along with the usual prizes.

Many thanks to all at Loch Lomond Sailing Club for putting on such a great event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	5803	Kevan Gibb	Largo Bay	2	2	1	3
2	5613	Sturart Gibson	CCC	1	3	2	3
3	5602	Kieth Milroy	St Mary's	3	1	5	4
4	4502	Malcolm Worsley	Royal Tay	4	4	4	8
5	5604	John Colegrave	ASYC	7	6	3	9
6	5618	Nigel Orkney	Largs	5	11	8	13
7	4710	David Sparkes	Loch Lomond	9	7	6	13
8	4887	Mark McClelland		12	5	9	14
9	4969	Garyu McFarlane	CCC	6	9	13	15
10	4856	Robert Signer	Loch Ard / CCC	8	8	7	15
11	4929	Fergus Duncanson	Loch Lomond	10	10	10	20
12	5627	David Parkin	ASYC	11	13	11	22