Results / Gul Winter Championship Rutland Water SC - 19/02/2005
"A hardcore of 9 RS300 Sailors braved the cold Northerly Force 5 for the
RS Winter Championships at Rutland.
Race one saw the fleet split in two battling up opposite sides of the
first beat with all 9 boats converging at the windward mark in close
formation, before some dramatic synchronised capsizing/ Matt Sargent went
on to win the first race followed by Gary Fryer, Cliff Shaw, Steve
Bolland and Richard Pelley.
Race two followed almost immediately, Pelley staging a dramatic
somersault out of the boat as he missed the toestraps! Fryer took victory
in the second race, followed by Sargent, John Carron, Shaw and Greg
Barton.
Sargent romped away to victory in the final race of the day pursued by
Carron, Shaw and Pelley. All enjoying the some truly eye opening
experiences on the downwind legs.
After day one all were effusive in their praise for the excellent courses
set by the Race Officer and were quickly warming up in the bar.
Unfortunately Day 2 saw the conditions worsening and a substantially
lower temperature, which led to the early conclusion of the winter
championships, and Matt Sargent taking the winter title.
Next stop: Queen Mary SC 16th/17th April."
Rutland Sailing Club
Winter Series pm 2005
Preliminary Results
Rank Fleet Class Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Nett Notes
RS300 Fleet - Sailed: 3 Discards: 0
1 RS300 443 Matt Sargent Stokes Bay 1 2 1 4
2 RS300 414 C M Shaw Stokes Bay 3 4 3 10
3 RS300 420 John Carron Milton Keynes 7 3 2 12
4 RS300 424 Gary Fryer WOBYC 2 1 DNF 13
5 RS300 411 Steve Bolland Bristol Corinthian 4 6 5 15
6 RS300 365 Richard Pelley Stokes Bay 5 DNS 4 19
7 RS300 410 Greg Barton Glossop 9 5 7 21
8 RS300 425 C Gandy Draycote 8 7 6 21
9 RS300 475 Chris Hart Port Talbot 6 DNS DNS 26