Craftinsure Supernova Open at Cotswold Sailing Club

by Cliff Milliner 12 Mar 2022 20:59 GMT 12 March 2022

A good turnout of 22 Supernovas for the combined Craft Insure Cotswold SC Open and Spring Championship.

A new format of three back-to-back races due to Covid went down well with the weather gods playing ball with everything from a cold rainy 20knts to balmy sunny 8knts with lots of shifts as the clouds came and went.

First to the windward mark in race 1 was Cotswold newcomer Will Gifford, followed by Cliff Milliner, Steve Hawley and Gavin Young. Milliner got passed Gifford on the run and gave then a tight cover upwind. These 2 pulled away for the 1,2 with Hawley having a good tussle with Young for 3rd.

In race 2 Gifford led at the windward mark again showing good height and speed, followed closely for the first 2 laps by Young, Hawley, Reeve and Milliner. The shifts and gusts gave lots of passing opportunities up and downwind. In the end Milliner pulled into the lead from Hawley, with Young in 3rd.

A course change with more reaches and gybes was set for race 3 as the wind strengthened, with stronger gusts catching a lot of the fleet out for a swim at some point. Hawley lead at the first mark, with Matt Williams, Young and Gifford following closely. Milliner pulled through downwind and extended into a big lead as Williams then Young capsized to let Hawley have a secure 2nd with Gifford taking 3rd.

The Race Officer did a great job of turning the races around quickly and as the fleet came ashore they were greeted with hot soup and the plenty of cake for the prize-giving.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	1245	C Milliner	Cotswold sc	‑1	1	1	2
2nd	1263	S Hawley	Bartley SC	‑3	2	2	4
3rd	1299	W Gifford	Costwold SC	2	‑4	3	5
4th	1261	G Young	Cotswold SC	‑4	3	4	7
5th	1217	S Ward	Costwold SC	6	6	‑7	12
6th	1224	C Hawley	Bartley SC	5	‑8	8	13
7th	1248	M Williams	Costwold SC	7	‑12	6	13
8th	1280	A Reeve	Cotswold SC	‑9	5	9	14
9th	1244	J White	Costwold SC	‑10	10	5	15
10th	700	D White	Costwold SC	8	7	‑13	15
11th	1141	E Clancy	Cotswold SC	12	9	(DNF)	21
12th	1160	P Undrell	Haversham	‑13	11	10	21
13th	1031	I Barlow	Burton SC	11	‑13	11	22
14th	1080	J Gerwat	Felpham	14	‑19	12	26
15th	1079	B Horlock	Exe SC	16	‑17	14	30
16th	1218	P Bates	Haversham	‑21	14	17	31
17th	1215	M Malcolm	Haversham	‑19	15	16	31
18th	1203	S Johnson	Cotswold SC	17	‑23	15	32
19th	1180	D Stephen	Bartley	15	‑22	20	35
20th	1009	S Jellicoe	Bartley	‑23	16	19	35
21st	1069	B Smith		‑20	18	18	36
22nd	1167	S stephen	Bartley	18	20	(DNF)	38
23rd	1274	A Gould	Cotswold SC	22	21	(DNF)	43