Border Counties midweek sailing at Chester Sailing and Canoe Club

by Phil Proctor 16 Jun 2022 18:40 BST 14 June 2022

The day was sponsored by PHP Projects which meant no entry fee encouraging boats to take to the water in light challenging conditions.

XC Weather predicted 2-3mph at Chester which normally means no chance of sailing, however, 13 visitors and just 1 local boat of Phil Snewin and OOD Phil Proctor and the team were given little choice of trying to get racing under way with most of the fleet being ready to launch by 9.30! Given the first race wasn't due to start till 11, this is a testament to enthusiasm for this series.

Race 1

There was just enough wind to get the fleet away on time with a light breeze that came and went throughout the race and was difficult to tell who would emerge victorious until the number-crunching had been done, this would be a trend for the rest of the day. The outcome was a 1st and 3rd for a pair of well-sailed flyweights in Comets by Dave Turtle and Steve Bellamy with Pete Coop being the Supernova sandwich finishing 2nd.

Race 2

After an extended but pleasant lunch break sat in the sunshine watching the tidal flow which would have made racing not possible, a unforecasted gentle breeze filled the race course, again the fleet was up and down but Pete Coop and Eric Haselden led on the water throughout gaining sufficient time to claim 1st and 2nd together with the ever-reliable Dave Turtle claiming 3rd in his Comet.

Race 3

Whilst the wind was still filling in and being more stable the race turned out to be a similar affair of the leading trio of Pete Coop, Dave Turtle, and Eric Haselden finishing 1,2,3 respectfully.

Despite the challenging conditions, everybody had a thoroughly enjoyable day. Hopefully see you all for the Bala event on the 12th July.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	SUPERNOVA	1281	Pete Coop		Winsford Flash	2	1	1	2
2nd	COMET	852	Dave Turtle		Shustoke	1	3	2	3
3rd	SUPERNOVA	1120	Eric Haselden		Winsford Flash	4	2	3	5
4th	COMET	311	Steve Bellamy		Winsford Flash	3	5	5	8
5th	SOLO	5963	Phil Snewin		Chester	6	4	4	8
6th	SOLO	5016	Ted Garner		Budworth	5	6	11	11
7th	SOLO	5154	Bill Webber		Shropshire S C	7	7	7	14
8th	COMET	705	Martin Loud		Winsford Flash	9	9	6	15
9th	SUPERNOVA	1241	Frank Lafferty		Winsford Flash	10	8	8	16
10th	RS AERO 7	1595	Jeanette Davies		Shotwick Lake	8	10	10	18
11th	ENTERPRISE	22688	Dave Thomas	Shan Stapley	Shotwick Lake	13	12	9	21
12th	COMET	47	Brian Herring		Winsford Flash	11	11	DNS	22
13th	MIRACLE	4116	Ellen Dinelow	Pete Williams	Bala	14	13	12	25
14th	LIGHTNING 368	410	Jeremy Cooper		Shotwick Lake	12	DNS	DNS	27