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2003 Bewl Blaster at Bewl Valley Sailing Club

by Richard Kingsnorth 3 Feb 2003 08:32 GMT

Perfect Conditions for the Bewl Blaster

Nearly 40 boats attended the annual handicap open meeting hosted by Bewl Valley Sailing Club.

With a westerly 3 - 5 and bright sunshine (in the morning at least), conditions could hardly have been better. Race officer Jay Williamson set a trapezoid course giving varied and testing conditions for the fleet which, although this is a predominantly asymmetric event, ranged in performance from a Dart 18 to a couple of Toppers.

As always in handicap ra ces, the interest (from the observer's point of view) focused on one design match races being held throughout the fleet. In particular, the Buzzes of Steve and Katie Restall and Simon Cory and Annie Smith, The Flying 15s of John Wardrop and Neil Cunliffe and Geoff and Simon Hilton, and a gaggle of Laser 4.7 (Alice Kingsnorth, Jo Bradley, Adam Sims and Ben Andrews) had some very close matches.

Consistency paid off for the Restalls who took first position and the Bewl Blaster trophy with 3 points. First youth was Alice Kingsnorth, in 8th position with 12 points.

Overall Results:

Pos Class Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 BUZZ 1085 Steve Restall Katie Restall Downs SC 3 1 2 3
2 RS700 832 Dave Geal   BVSC DNF 4 1 5
3 LASER 2000 2562 Clare Stubbs Chris Stubbs Downs SC 11 2 4 6
4 BUZZ 1033 Simon Cory Annie Smith Downs SC 1 8 11 9
5 RS 800 903 Mick Whitmore Gary Smith BVSC 2 7 DNC 9
6 FLYING FIFTEEN 3768 John Wardrop Neil Cunliffe BVSC 8 3 7 10
7 RS 700 758 Simon Dodds   Whitstable YC 5 6 6 11
8 LASER 4.7 142214 A lice Kingsnorth   BVSC 4 9 8 12
9 ALBACORE 7996 Jon Day Clare Day BVSC 10 5 13 15
10 LASER RADIAL 171989 Andrew Smith   Wilsonisan SC 7 10 12 17
11 LASER 4.7 141970 Jo Bradley   BVSC 5 15 DNC 20
12 FLYING FIFTEEN 3497 Geoff Hilton Simon Hilton BVSC 13 11 9 20
13 DART 18 5036 Pete Offord   BVSC 16 17 5 21
14 RS 700 819 Dave Griffiths   BVSC DNF 19 3 22
15 LASER 4.7 174065 Adam Sims   BVSC 9 14 DNC 23
16 ISO 1185 David Goddard Martin Brooking BVSC 15 DNC 10 25
17 WAYFARER 10202 Jeff Warley Mark Management BVSC 12 13 16 25
18 RS 400 964 Chris Ashby Ian Paris Wilsonisan SC 17 12 17 29
19 LASER RADIAL 163056 Steve Ward   BVSC 14 16 18 30
20 RS 200 652 Mitch Webb Paul Turnill BVSC/ Downs 18 DNC 20 38
21 WANDERER 1282 Gavin Barr Mark Skipper BVSC 20 18 DNC 38
22 RS 400 724 G Bridle Adrian Porter BVSC 23 DNC 19 42
23 LASER 4.7 163521 Ben Andrews   BVSC 22 20 DNC 42
24 TOPPER 44442 Callum McKenzie   BVSC OCS 21 21 42
25 29ER 485 Wesley Porter Alex Farrant BVSC 31 DNC 14 45
26 WAYFARER 197 Mike Harrison Les Aldous BVSC OCS DNC 15 53
27 RS 700 779 M Boret   BVSC 32 22 DNC 54
28 BUZZ 1061 Chris Dutton Chris Martin Downs SC 19 DNC DNC 57
29 RS 200 730 Sasha Knowles Gary Fry BVSC 21 DNC DNC 59
30 LASER RADIAL 176432 Desiree De Smet   BVSC 24 DNC DNC 62
31 B14 714 Andrew Turnill Phil Kennard BVSC 25 DNC DNC 63
32 RS 400 736 Tim Turnill Dave Webb BVSC/ Downs 26 DNF DNC 64
33 WANDERER 1243 Mike Nairn   BVSC 27 DNC DNC 65
34 TOPPER 44608 Joe MacGregor   BVSC 28 DNC DNC 66
35 COMET 101 P G Haydon J Masters BVSC 29 DNC DNC 67
36 RS 600 970 Alistair Hodge   Bexhill 30 DNC DNC 68
37 59er 097 Marcus Green Mark Hilder BVSC DNF DNC DNC 76

Results generated and submitted using Sailwave sailing scoring software.

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