2012 Winter Series

2012 Winter Series: Results

Written by Barry Sticklen Tuesday, 02 October 2012 00:00

2012 Dinghy Winter Series: Race Report Race 10 (Dec 16 2012)

Written by Barry Sticklen Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:00

Sunday Winter Dinghy Race No 10

 With the winds predicted all week as NW 15 - 20k with gusts to 25k it was a surprise to find W 3-4k and some sun early on Sunday morning.  The wind filled in to a steady W 7-9k to provide light conditions but sufficient to overcome a strong flood tide with tactics on the beat being the key to success.

In the Fast Fleet John Cooper and Becci Wigley in their RS400 finished 2nd (corrected time) but it was enough to take 1st overall in the Series.  On the day Matthew Thomas and Steve Nicholas         in their RS400 were ahead of John and Becci at the finish and took 1st place (corrected time) which gave them 3rd overall in the Series. Luke and Emma McEwen had a disappointing race finishing 8th (corrected time) but that still gave them 2nd overall in the Series but having to count a DNC they were never going to make 1st spot.

Picture: John Cooper & Becci Wigley

 Keith and Julie Willis finished 3rd (corrected time) in their RS400.

In the Medium Fleet we were expecting a determined battle between Mark Barwell and Louise Johnson in their Merlin Rocket and Adrian Barwell in his Streaker to secure a Series win but Adrian elected to sail a Supernova instead of the Streaker thus allowing Mark and Louise to take the Series win with a 2nd (corrected time) in this last race. Adrian still managed to take 2nd overall in the Series with the Streaker and took 3rd (corrected time) in the race with the Supernova. Myles Mence sailed a good race in his Blaze to take 1st place (corrected) in the race.  Richard Russell in his RS100 finished 6th (corrected time) which gave him 3rd overall in the Series.

The Slow Fleet struggled a bit with the tide when the wind went light as a shower came through but had good racing.  Jonny Tait came in 1st which gave him the Series win followed by Robby Boyd in 2nd who was also 2nd in the Series.  Liam Willis was 3rd.  Charlotte Barrett was 4th with Tom Goacher in 5th and they finished the Series on 11 points each.

Fast Fleet

1^st        Matt Thomas & Steve Nicholas                        RS 400

2^nd        John Cooper & Becci Wigley                           RS 400

3^rd        Keith & Julie Willis                                          RS 400

Medium Fleet

1^st        Myles Mence                                                  Blaze

2^nd        Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson                       Merlin Rocket

3^rd        Adrian Baker                                                  Supernova

Slow Fleet

1^st        Jonny Tait                                                      RS Tera

2^nd        Robby Boyd                                                  RS Tera

3^rd        Liam Willis                                                     RS Tera

Series Results

Fast Fleet

1^st        John Cooper & Becci Wigley                           RS 400

2^nd        Luke & Emma McEwen                                  RS 800

3^rd        Matt Thomas & Steve Nicholas                        RS 400

Medium Fleet

1^st        Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson                       Merlin Rocket

2^nd        Adrian Baker                                                  Streaker

3^rd        Richard Russell                                              RS 100

Slow Fleet

1^st        Jonny Tait                                                      RS Tera

2^nd        Robby Boyd                                                  RS Tera

3^rd        Tom Goacher                                                 RS Tera

2012 Winter Dinghy Series: Race Report Race 9 (Dec 09 2012)

Written by Barry Sticklen Sunday, 16 September 2012 00:00

Sunday Winter Dinghy Race No 9 – 9th December 2012

Race 9 of the LTSC Winter Dinghy Series was sailed on the 9th December 2012. 27 boats had signed up, 15 fast fleet and 12 medium fleet. There were no slow fleet boats this week. The Wind was coming from the South West at 13 knots gusting 20 knots.

Tig Williams was the race officer this week assisted by Fiona Mayo. They were only slightly late getting out of the starting blocks with it all to play for, as next Sunday, 16^th December will be the last race of the series.

Picture: Ian Sanderson

In the fast fleet Luke & Emma McEwen were the fist round in their RS 800 followed by another RS 800 sailed by Richard Keeton & Richard Lilley. Declan Clamp & Gary Stones in their B14 at this time were occupying third position over the water. The end of lap 2 saw the first and second places remain the same, but the B14 sailed by M.Cockrills & Nick had stolen the march on the other B 14 of Declan & Gary. At the end of the third and final lap the lap two positions were maintained. After the handicaps were applied Luke & Emma kept hold of the win but the B 14 of M. Cockrills & Nick took second place from the 2^nd RS 800 of Richard Keeton & Richard Lilley, third.

In the medium fleet at the end of lap 1 Ian Sanderson was in the lead in his Blaze. Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson were about 20 seconds behind in their Merlin Rocket with Richard Russell in his RS 100 third over the water. Mark & Louise were gaining on Ian to take the lead by the end of the second lap by 6 seconds. This lead would be stretched to about thirty seconds by the end of the third and final lap. Richard maintained his third over the water throughout. When the computer had done its work though Mark & Louise discovered they had not done enough to keep the win as Ian had the advantage on corrected time by about a minute. Also Richard had been relegated to fourth place by Tim Knight sailing his Laser who took third.

Fast Fleet

1^st        Luke & Emma McEwen                                 RS 800

2^nd        M. Cockrills & Nick                                       B 14

3^rd        Richard Keeton & Richard Lilley                     RS 800

Medium Fleet

1^st        Ian Sanderson                                               Blaze

2^nd        Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson                     Merlin Rocket

3^rd        Tim Knight                                                    Laser

2012 Winter Dinghy: Race Report Race 8 (Dec 02 2012)

Written by Barry Sticklen Sunday, 09 September 2012 00:00

Sunday Winter Dinghy Race No 8 – 2nd December 2012

Race 8 of the LTSC Winter Dinghy Series was sailed on the 2^nd December 2012. 23 boats had signed up, 13 fast fleet, 7 medium fleet & 3 slow fleet. The Wind was coming from the West North West at 5 knots gusting at least 6 knots.

John Levell was the race officer this week assisted by Steve Homewood. The fast fleet set of at 10.45 with Luke & Emma McEwen in an RS 800 leading the way, second at the end of the first lap was Peter Conway & Ginny Harvey in their International 14.

Picture: Adrian Baker.

Third was John Cooper & Becci Wigley in the first of the RS 400’s. Although these positions would remain at the end of the second & final lap the computer had different ideas. On corrected times John & Becci took the honours from Luke & Emma with Giles Chipperfield third in his D-One having relegated Pete & Ginny to fourth place.

The Medium fleet got away at 10.54 with Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson in their Merlin Rocket leading the pack. Second was Richard Russell in his RS 100 followed by The Blaze of Stuart Watson. At the end of the second lap Mark & Louise remained in first position over the water but both Stuart Watson & Geoff Havers & Jo Barriball had risen through the fleet pushing Richard back to fourth place. Again the computer did its wicked work. Adrian Baker in his Streaker was catapulted from fifth over the water into first place on corrected time with Stewart Watson taking second and Mark & Louise third.

The three slow fleet boats set off with the medium fleet, two Tera Pro’s & one Tera Sport. Robby Boyd in the first of the Tera Pro’s took first place from Jonny Tait in the second Tera Pro with the Tera Sport with Tom Goacher onboard bringing up the rear. Although a convincing win for Robby in his Pro the Tera Sport of Tom Goacher only missed second pace by 4 seconds on corrected times.

Picture: Robby Boyd

Fast Fleet

1^st        John Cooper & Becci Wigley                            RS 400

2^nd        Luke & Emma McEwen                                   RS 800

3^rd        Giles Chipperfield                                             D-One

Medium Fleet

1^st        Adrian Baker                                                    Streaker

2^nd        Stuart Watson                                                 Blaze

3^rd        Mark Barwell & Louise Johnson                         Merlin Rocket

Slow Fleet

1^st        Robby Boyd                                                     RS Tera Pro

2^nd        Jonny Tait                                                        RS Tera Pro

3^rd        Tom Goacher                                                    RS Tera Sport