Solo open meeting at Carsington Sailing Club
by John Webster 29 Jul 18:52 BST
27 July 2019
Tony Wetherell wins the Solo open meeting at Carsington © CSC
16 Solos raced in not ideal conditions: the rain was cold and the wind tricky. A phenomenon we usually associate with the winter "the water felt warm to your hands" and most said how cold they felt at the end of three races back-to-back. That said the racing was very close.
Race 1 was won by Chris Brown; the race was short but Chris wasn't complaining.
Race 2 Martin Honnor got into the lead early on and then covered the opposition all the way through to win.
In both races 1 and 2 Tony Wetherell in a borrowed Solo was thereabouts getting two second places.
Race 3 The Decider: Tony got to the windward mark 1st as the wind got lighter, thankfully the rain had stopped. there were lots of place changes behind Tony which helped him increase his lead to win both race 3 and overall.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Club | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 5612 | | Tony Wetherell | ‑2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 5658 | Ogston | Martin Honnor | ‑6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3rd | 5834 | RYA | Chris Brown | 1 | 4 | (OCS) | 5 |
| 4th | 5842 | CSC | John Webster | ‑8 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5th | 5782 | Draycote Water | Nigel Davies | 3 | 5 | (OCS) | 8 |
| 6th | 5763 | RYA | Steve Denison | ‑7 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 7th | 5312 | Shropshire SC | Stuart Norris | 4 | ‑8 | 6 | 10 |
| 8th | 5318 | Barnt Green | Bob Suggitt | 11 | (RET) | 3 | 14 |
| 9th | 5645 | Nantwich | Ian Hopwood | 5 | 10 | (DNF) | 15 |
| 10th | 5856 | Notts County | Brian Fisher | ‑12 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 11th | 5277 | CSC | Evan Cairns | 9 | ‑11 | 7 | 16 |
| 12th | 5037 | CSC | Alistair Raynard | ‑10 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 13th | 5644 | CSC | Paul Bottomley | ‑15 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 14th | 5075 | CSC | Ian Jenkinson | ‑16 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 15th | 5388 | CSC | Steve Barnett | 13 | (OCS) | 12 | 25 |
| 16th | 5028 | CSC | Derek Joyner | ‑14 | 13 | 13 | 26 |