Salcombe Yacht Club Midweek Series - Race 1

by John Burn 30 Apr 2022 10:36 BST

Scud, acting Race Officer, set a course of 3-1-3-2 which turned out to be the perfect length for these shorter midweek races. It was close racing from the off in this mixed handicap fleet, but it was David Greening in his Solo who came out on top for the victory.

Leading the entire race, Rob Henderson and Alice Markham in the RS200, finished second on corrected time. After an untimely capsize on the final downwind leg, John Burn in a Laser managed to recover and finished third.

Geoff and Gail Allen, in the rescue boat, were kept on their toes with a few capsizes to keep them, and onlookers, entertained.

Thank you to Scud and his team, a great start to this ever more popular evening series.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	PY	Pts
1st	Solo	5792	David Greening		1143	1
2nd	RS 200	629	Rob Henderson	Alice Markham	1046	2
3rd	Laser	186827	John Burn		1098	3
4th	Solo	5879	Chris Cleaves		1143	4
5th	Lark	2157	Will Henderson	Mandy Henderson	1073	5
6th	Laser Radial	198905	George Alexander		1147	6
7th	Solo	5898	Simon Dobson		1143	7
8th	RS AERO 7	1505	Tim Fells		1065	8
9th	Yawl Blue	138	James Greenhill	Barney Greenhill	1125	9
10th	RS AERO 7	1746	Simon Ballantine		1065	10
11th	Solo	6030	Adrian Griffin		1143	11
12th	Solo	5453	Bruce Hattersley		1143	12
13th	Laser 4.7	196106	Edward Alexander		1207	13
14th	Solo	5311	Mike Knowles		1143	DNF
14th	Solo	4940	Geoff Allen		1143	OOD
14th	Yawl Blue	96	Ian Stewart	Wendy Stewart	1125	OOD
14th	RS AERO 7	3024	Geoffrey Cox		1065	DNF
14th	Solo	5183	Malcolm Mackley		1143	DNF