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Laser Open Meeting at Bough Beech Sailing Club

by Darren Steele 9 Apr 2003 13:46 BST

Photo © Brian Whitmey
On Saturday, 5 April, Bough Beech Sailing Club hosted their annual Laser open. This event was also the first leg of the UKLA south east travellers series. Simon Winn, the Race Officer for the day, had little difficulty in taking full advantage of the near perfect sailing conditions. With a 10 - 15 kt northerly breeze filling the length of the lake, the race committee was able to fit five closely fought races into the day. Brilliant sunshine attracted forty competitors, leading to packed start li nes. This meant that the black flag rule was enforced in many of the races, leading to a few disqualifications.

The sometimes gusty conditions and shorter races led to unpredictable finishes, with a different sailor winning each race. At the end of the day it was Ian Gregory from Frensham who took the overall win. Martin Brooking (BBVC) followed in second place, and local sailor Andrew Peake filled the third position. Mark Heather (BBSC) was the first radial home, and another home club sa ilor, Sonya Riley won the ladies category.

Overall Results:

Pos Class Sail No Helm Club Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Pts
1st Laser 166675 lan Gregory Frensh 6 1 5 4 2 12
2nd Laser 172161 Martin Brooking BVSC 5 4 4 1 20 14
3rd Laser 125516 Andrew Peake BBSC DNF 3 1 11 4 19
4th Laser 164693 Sergio Missina Ch.S.C 10 15 6 5 1 22
5th Laser 160550 Olly Bush WWSC 1 20 9 3 11 24
6th Laser 174890 Andy Grice DWSC 12 10 2 7 5 24
7th Laser 174711 David Goddard Ch.S.C 9 9 10 8 7 33
8th Laser 173877 Geoffrey Bush WWSC 4 29 18 10 3 35
9th Laser 175619 Peter Curl BBSC 22 6 23 2 9 39
10th Laser 168979 Mark Nethercleft WWSC 2 8 25 21 8 39
11th Laser 174938 Rob Sumner Is Bar 3 5 14 17 DNF 39
12th Laser 17 Mark Barnes BBSC 8 12 7 20 13 40
13th Laser 172157 Bill Stean WWSC 7 2 11 24 DNF 44
14th Laser 135390 John Reed BBSC 21 20 3 6 19 48
15th Laser 133492 Darren Steele BBSC 18 7 13 25 10 48
16th Laser 158363 Chris Catt DOWNS 16 22 12 13 12 53
17th Laser Radial 173486 Mark Heather BBSC 15 11 17 14 26 57
18th Laser 173572 David Victor Ch.S.C 28 18 16 9 17 60
19th Laser 174916 James Cooke DOWNS 26 23 8 15 18 64
20th Laser 169098 Sonya Riley BBSC 23 30 22 19 6 70
21st Laser Radial 170169 James Royston BVSC 11 19 27 DNF 16 73
22nd Laser 172565 Joe Pascoe WWSC 17 32 33 12 14 75
23rd Laser 137358 John Masters Ch.S.C 27 14 15 27 21 77
24th Laser Radial 154747 D Homer W.S.C 19 16 21 26 24 80
25th Laser Radial 17387 Nick Bush WWSC 14 24 34 23 22 83
26th Laser 166405 D Carter BBSC 33 33 30 16 15 94
27th Laser 163354 Mark Dowling BVSC 32 28 19 22 25 94
28th Laser 173573 lan Patrick BBSC 29 27 28 18 27 100
29th Laser 173386 Pat McNaulty Ch.S.C 24 31 20 28 DNF 103
30th Laser 136401 C Watts BBSC DNF 25 24 31 23 103
31st Laser 127551 JamesAndrews tamsc 20 13 31 DNF DNF 105
32nd Laser Radial 170615 Ben Paton Lym 13 17 DNF DNF DNF 112
33rd Laser 115368 Keiran Dix War 25 26 26 DNF DNF 118
34th Laser 139344 lone Branton BBSC 30 DNF 29 32 30 121
35th Laser Radial 165548 K Fitzsimmons BBSC 35 35 32 30 28 125
36th Laser 172838 Robert Willmott Ch.S.C 31 34 35 29 DNF 129
37th Laser 112025 Robert Bushell BBSC 34 36 36 34 31 135
38th Laser Radial 177527 Anne Burrell BBSC DNF 37 37 33 29 136
39th Laser 77789 T Tolson BBSC 36 DNF 38 35 32 141
40th Laser Radial 159460 Alex Smith BBSC DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 164

Results generated and submitted using Sailwave sailing scoring software.

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