Fireball North American Championships at Pointe Claire Yacht Club - Day 1

by Derian Scott 22 Aug 2019 16:56 BST

The boat park was pretty empty early in the morning as we all hid from the rain, thunder and lightening. By noon the rain had stopped and we launched in a light southerly wind which built to F2-3.

Race 1

After a short postponement the fleet got away on a very pin end biased line. Most at the pin were caught out by the current and a further left shift and were unable to cross the line on starboard. Right seemed favoured up the beat with our FI Commodore Christina, sailing with brother Cedric, leading with Keith and Nick first of the Brits. They were eventually overtaken by Claude and Ruedi (Swiss) with Waggers and Dobbo climbing to third.

Race 2

The wind was lighter and flipping around a bit. Again the fleet got off cleanly and this time those who went left came out on top. Derian and Andy rounded the windward mark first followed by the same two Swiss teams, Keith and Nick, and Heather and Chris (Aus). The Scotts held their lead for a lap and in the dying breeze the two Swiss teams sneaked in front at the second windward mark rounding.

Down the run it looked like the Brits might have regained the lead, but as the wind dropped completely, the race was abandoned and we were all towed back to the club.

Nachos and dips were provided to the fleet to keep us sustained until the evening's delicious BBQ.

We're aiming for three races on day 2 to catch up on the series.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Crew	Boat	R1
1st	14859	SUI	Christina Haerdi	Cedric Landerer	Fuchur	1
2nd	14799	SUI	Claude Mermod	Ruedi Moser	‑	2
3rd	15161	GBR	Ian Dobson	Richard Wagstaff	Orchitis	3
4th	15157	GBR	Keith Walker	Nicholas Rees	Freya	4
5th	15134	CAN	Joe Jospe	Tom Egli	‑	5
6th	14917	FRA	Ludovic Collin	Remy Thuillier	‑	6
7th	15043	CAN	Robert Levy	Jon Driver	‑	7
8th	14959	FRA	Patrice Olivier	Jean‑François Nouel	‑	8
9th	15162	GBR	Isaac Marsh	Oliver Davenport	Tinderella	9
10th	14981	CZE	Jan Jedlicka	Jiri Gemperle	Pussy Magnet Included	10
11th	14768	CAN	Bill Strath	Dave Munro	Pontificate	11
12th	15033	CAN	Ken Tichkowsky	Neil Tichkowsky	URT	12
13th	14766	CAN	Debbie Kirkby	Greg Ferguson	Line Dancer	13
14th	14769	CAN	Ian MacLaren	Rune Lausten	Rocket Science	14
15th	14941	GBR	Derian Scott	Andy Scott	Southppaws	15
16th	15140	BEL	Bart Meynendonckx	Francis De Roeck	Great @venture	16
17th	15152	AUS	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	RLO	17
18th	15113	AUS	Ben Schulz	Joel MacKensie	The Wonky Donkey	18
19th	14964	GBR	David Mason	Chris Oglethorpe	Rumball	19
20th	14877	RSA	David Laing	Mark Dee	‑	20
21st	14482	CAN	Hamish Ferguson	Fraser Keith	Tutu To Tango	21
22nd	15106	CAN	Mark Cummings	Evelyn Chisholm	Eeyore	22
23rd	15019	CZE	Martin Kubovy	Roman Rocek	Kriplkara	23
24th	14647	CAN	Eric Owston	Peter Kelly	Blanco	24
25th	15098	CAN	Robert Thompson	Francis Westlake	Infallible	25
26th	14911	CAN	Pierre Carpentier	Thomas Bird	Technical Difficulties	26
27th	14835	CAN	Andrew Carran	Patricia Carran	Lipstick	27
28th	15063	SUI	Mianne Erne	Manuela Liechti	Coppalin Ban	28
29th	14713	IRL	Frank Miller	Ed Butler	Blind Squirrel	29
30th	13946	CAN	Shannon Gallins	Eric Diller	‑	30
31st	14481	CAN	Richard Quinlan	Liam Quinlan	Concorde	31
32nd	15034	USA	Clay Poulson	Lukas Klier	Queso Suiza	32
33rd	14907	CAN	Liz Brennan	Evan Mah	Loose Cannon	33
34th	11136	CAN	Alan Spurdle	Matthew Spurdle	Proteus	34
35th	14872	GBR	Barbara Newson	Guy Newson	Magiic	35
36th	14465	CAN	William Kelly	François Fortier	Knotty Boy	36
37th	1504	CAN	Katherine Walker	Dylan Scott	Men In Black	37
38th	14915	CAN	Thibault de Servigny	John‑Thomas Kelly	Sleeping Beauty	38
39th	14678	CAN	Philip Locker	Thomas Locker	Invisiball	OCF
40th	11451	USA	Chandler Owen	Gary Godberson	Benign Lesion	DNC
40th	14968	USA	Peter Wirth		Dewey Cheatum & Howe	DNC