Coastwatersports Phantom SW Travellers at Castle Cove Sailing Club

by Richard Cumberbatch 22 Jun 2022 22:01 BST 18-19 June 2022

As a late addition to the calendar Castle Cove SC opened up their club cup event to the Phantom class to help us fill the June hole in our regional series.

A breezy forecast, late starts and Covid all impacted the attendance but four visitors, from as close as Lyme Regis, and as far away as Northampton, joined two club boats for what transpired to be a rather breezy event.

Two races were scheduled for Saturday, but with the anemometer reporting gusts of 28kts by the end of R1 the days proceedings were halted and Rob Cook was leading the Phantoms overnight.

Winds had eased by the next day to a more civilised, but still lively, 16 - 24 kts. Rob picked up where he left off and led everyone round for the first of Sundays races to be the first Phantom home again.

R3 and Nick Orman led at the first windward mark and ultimately to the finish line, with much place changing behind him. Simon Heusen came in second with Rob in third. It was getting closer at the top. The afternoon racing took it's toll on the size of the fleet with many needing to get on the road - after all, let's not forget it was first and foremost a club event. Nick and Simon battled to the end resulting in Nick, Simon and Rob all netting 7 points in the extracted results.

Nick took the overall win on countback with Simon second and Rob Cook coming in third. Coastwatersports vouchers are on their way to the top three.

Many thanks to Coastwatersports for supporting our series this year and to Castle Cove Sailing Club for allowing us to share their club event.

This was the third event in our five events series. With two events to go - Lee-on-Solent and Broadwater SC, one coastal and one inland - there's something to suit everyone. It's all still to play for and the current standings are listed further below.

Castle Cove Event Results:

Pos	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Net
1	Nick Orman	Castle Cove	3	3	1	1	2	7
2	Simon Heusen	Lyme Regis	2	2	2	3	1	7
3	Rob Cook	Northampton	1	1	3	2	DNC	7
4	Alex Carr	Tor Point	RET	5	4	DNC	DNC	48
5	Richard Cumberbatch	Castle Cove	DNC	4	OCS	RET	DNC	60
6	Andy Smith	Bowmoor	RET	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	87

SW Traveller Series Results to date: (2 events still to go)

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Club	Bowmoor	Paignton	Castle Cove	Pts
1	Rob Cook	1485	Northampton	1	3	3	7
2	Nick Orman	1487	Castle Cove	DNC	1	1	22
3	Mike Webster	1440	Northampton	4	2	DNC	26
4	Simon Heusen	1453	Lyme Regis	DNC	5	2	27
5	Ian Stone	1280	Maidenhead	6	7	DNC	33
6	Andy Smith	1405	Bowmoor	7	DNC	6	33
7	John Evans	1477	Derwent	10	6	DNC	36
8	Jim Hopton	1492	Shustoke	2	DNC	DNC	42
9	Mike Tustin	1495	Bowmoor	3	DNC	DNC	43
10	Mark Spruce	1342	LOSSC	DNC	4	DNC	44
11	Alex Carr	1271	Tor Point	DNC	DNC	4	44
12	Richard Cumberbatch	1446	Castle Cove	DNC	DNC	5	45
13	Olly Hopkins	1406	Bowmoor	5	DNC	DNC	45
14	Richard Sims	1447	Carsington	8	DNC	DNC	48
15	Dean Griffith	14	Bowmoor	9	DNC	DNC	49
16	Brian Redley	1347	Shustoke	11	DNC	DNC	51
17	Charlie Chandler	1472	Bowmoor	12	DNC	DNC	52
18	Dave Patrick	1318	Broadwater	13	DNC	DNC	53
19	Giles Windslow	162	Bowmoor	14	DNC	DNC	54