RS400 TridentUK Northern Tour at Filey Sailing Club
by Jacob Ainsworth 30 May 2023 13:12 BST
20-21 May 2023
The new glass front to the clubroom at Filey Sailing Club © James Whitehead
Round 3 of the TridentUK Northern Tour moved to Costa Del Filey over the weekend of 20th-21st May. The fleet were greeted with blue sky and sunshine and a zephyr of wind.
Day 1 was a light affair sailed in a flooding tide with plenty of shifts to be had to make gains up the racecourse.
Ollie Groves & Esther Parkhurst sailed a perfect scorecard with 2 1st's followed by Chris Pickles & Matt Sharman and Martin Penty & crew both picking up a second and a third.
Day 2 started in a touch more breeze which built as the day went on.
Chris & Matt managed to take a win off Ollie & Esther in race 3, followed by the ever-consistent Martin Penty and Gary Knott & Chloe Willars in third.
Normal service was resumed for races 4 and 5, as Ollie and Esther chalked up two more wins to win the event, followed by Pickles & Sharman in second on countback from Martin Penty.
The TridentUK raffle vouchers were won by Ben Williamson, Gary Knott and Ollie Groves.
Next up on the tour is Tynemouth on 17th/18th June with a good fleet expected.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
|---|
| 1 | Ollie Groves | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Chris Pickles | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Martin Penty | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Gary Knott | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Wayne Fletcher | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Ben Williamson | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Barrie Thornton | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | Alex Oyston | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | John Holden | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Jacob Ainsworth | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Neil Parkhurst | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | Gordon Mocket | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Alex Alcock | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |