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RM Ranking 6 at Norwich Model Yacht Club

by Vinnie Zammit 9 Oct 2024 10:35 BST 6 October 2024

Sunday dawned and the threat of no wind and weed after Saturday's event was on everyone's mind.

How pleasant it was when we all arrived at Whitlingham to find that contrary to the forecast of a light Southerly wind, we were met with a steady westerly of 7-8 knots. All very exciting but where was the weed?

Out went the competing boats in a pre-race search to find that the majority of the weed had gone back to weed land, and the broad was relatively weed free. Oh, wonder of wonders, this allowed the Norwich race team to set a Windward / Leeward course, with a spreader at the windward mark and a gate at the leeward end.

Unfortunately, we were down to 7 boats as some of the skippers had called it a day and others were unable to sail the Sunday. Great shame as conditions were extremely good, and those that were not there missed out on some good racing.

From the start of the meeting, it seemed that Duncan Ellis was on fire, winning 8 of the first 10 races before lunch, and after lunch another 3.

By the end of the day, Duncan won 11, GB won 4, and Barrie Martin, Roy Stevens and Graham Hetem won one each.

A very pleasant day's racing in which all competitors adhered to the rules and sailed in a very gentlemanly manner.

Thank you all for making the Racing Team's task easy. We look forward to seeing you again.

Overall Results:

PosSkipperSail NoClub/CityHullR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18Pts
1Duncan Ellis37NMYCGrunge14112111112111332219
2Graham Bantock95Chelmsford RYCQuark51543448431228124141
3Marin Barrie103London model yatch clubStarkers 225425253283343241343
4Roy Stevens54Chelmsford RYCQuark32254632826852516854
5Mark Holt17NMYCStarkers Cubed46387324884434765466
6Graham Hetem60Datchet Radio SailingF663731565345865477568
7Stuart Reynolds08NMYCGothic Crayon77666776588576653688