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ILCA Lakeland & Borders Grand Prix at Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club

by Greg Liggins 18 Oct 2024 12:20 BST 12 October 2024
ILCA Lakeland & Borders GP at Derwent Reservoir © John Evans

Nineteen ILCAs entered for the Lakeland & Borders Grand Prix at Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club on 12th October 2024. The forecast of 12 to 28 knots meant some uncertainty over what conditions would be expected.

Competitors rigged up on the grassy lawns in bright sunshine and watched as the wind speed increased to gusts of around 25kts - evidentially it was going to be at the upper end.

Five back to back races were scheduled using a mix of triangle and sausage courses, and RO John Evans got the fleet away on time at midday. Races 1 to 3 were held in close to survival conditions and the fleet was decimated quite quickly. The ILCA7s could not compete on PY with the 4s and 6s. Spirit Alderson started as he meant to go on with a dominant race 1 win on the water in his ILCA6, closely followed by Matthew Summerville in an ILCA4.

Alastair Conn (ILCA7), Stuart Belfield (ILCA6) and Greg Liggins (ILCA7) completed the top 5 on the water and on PY, with 12 finishers in total. The same top 5 traded places for the next two races, with the addition of Dave Shilling putting in a good turn in race 3, but still not able to rein in Spirit.

The wind surprisingly abated somewhat for races 4 and 5, by which point there were only 7 and 6 finishers respectively. Spirit and Matthew continued to score strongly on PY in the slightly lighter conditions, resulting in a dominant overall event win for Spirit counting 3 wins in his tally. Matthew was second with Alastair in third.

Warm thanks were given afterwards to the RO for conducting a great day of racing in challenging conditions. The fleet look forward to the completion of the Lakeland & Borders series at Ullswater YC on 19th October.

Overall Results:

PosRigSail NHelmClubR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1stILCA 6 / Laser Radial220823Spirit AldersonDRSC1‑4111.54.5
2ndILCA 4 / Laser 4.7218865Matthew Summerville 2123‑48
3rdILCA 7 / Laser179022Alastair ConnDRSC32‑641.510.5
4thILCA 6 / Laser Radial213580Stuart Belfield 434‑5314
5thILCA 7 / Laser223847Greg LigginsDRSC‑5552517
6thILCA 7 / Laser218043David ShillingDRSC6836(DNC)23
7thILCA 6 / Laser Radial183115Charles BraggDRSC‑8677626
8thILCA 6 / Laser Radial188193Kevin BrownDRSC778(DNC)DNC42
9thILCA 4 / Laser 4.7195846Nicola LeechDRSC109(DNC)DNCDNC59
10thILCA 6 / Laser Radial195850Shaun BillanyDRSC9(DNC)DNCDNCDNC69
11thILCA 6 / Laser Radial179822Matthew CoatesDRSC11(DNC)DNCDNCDNC71
12thILCA 6 / Laser Radial133423Zara DrydenDRSC12(DNC)DNCDNCDNC72
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial170196Richard BevanDRSC(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 7 / Laser192498Andy WeatherspoonDRSC(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial154Julie Tomkinson (DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial120128Ian Malcolm (DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial179030Andrew Hewett (DNF)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial113986Rich AldersonDRSC(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80
13thILCA 6 / Laser Radial Mike Saunders (DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC80

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