Results / Fat Face RS Racing Circuit Event Burghfield Sc - 11/06/2005
FAT FACE RS300 OPEN � BURGHFIELD SAILING CLUB 11 JUNE 2005
Despite the forecast light winds a determined band of RS300 gathered at
Burghfield Sailing Club on Saturday 11 June to be faced with a wind which
was only constant in its fickleness. A number of new faces were making
their first appearance on the 300 circuit, while the event also saw the
return of Graham Cooper, showing of his new B Rig after brief flirtations
with the RS Vareo and 600. Despite some close racing it was Burghfield�s
resident 300 maestro, Brian Powell, who managed to display consistency
and determination to win every race.
The first race began in a Force 1, or perhaps less, with Powell gliding
away in first place on starboard tack, and the rest of the fleet
following. Matt Sargent, who had tacked away at the Committee boat end
was lucky to escape from the lull which engulfed him and rejoin the fleet
as the breeze swung left, to make the windward mark almost a fetch. A
brief lull followed by small gusts (passing lorries on the M4?) allowed
Powell, Graham Cooper and Barry Steel to escape from the chasing pack led
by Sargent. Positions stayed that way until Sargent gradually wound in
first Steel and then Cooper, with the latter pair closing to within 3 or
4 meters of Powell before he again escaped, to win by eight minutes.
Cooper held on to third despite doing turns after bearing away into
Sargent.
Race 2 saw a new course, starting at the top of the lake under the
motorway. Sargent tucked up underneath Powell on the line in the hope of
making an escape while he stalled, but it was a Powell-Sargent 1-2 at the
windward mark again. Andy Gould had a great race in third place, and was
nearly able to capitalise on the intense tacking duel ahead of him on the
second beat. Capitalise he did when Sargent failed to react quickly
enough to a gust on the run, and ended up with a very muddy masthead.
However Sargent positions were reversed on the last reach. Graham Cooper
took fourth.
In Race 3 the Race officer had set a port biased line, and the stage was
set for one of the famous Barry Steel port flyers. He was denied when
Sargent and Powell took the pin on starboard, and normal service was
resumed, despite a bizarre shift which saw Powell completely becalmed as
Sargent sailed by � same direction, but on both tacks! It finished
Powell, Sargent, and then Steel, who snatched third, and a moment of
glory, from Phil Underwood. This was enough to confirm that order
overall. However mention must be made of Graham Cooper�s form with his B-
rig, and some excellent improvement from Andy Gould who won the Fat Face
Merit Prize.
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RS300 Fat Face Open - 11 June 2005 |
Preliminary Results
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: PY
Pos | Class | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | RS300 | 355 | Brian Powell | Burghfield SC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 |
2 | RS 300 | 443 | Matt Sargent | Royal Artillery Yacht Club | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 |
3 | RS300 | 366 | Barry Steel | Aldenham SC | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12.0 |
4 | RS 300 | 456 | G Cooper | Chew Valley | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13.0 |
5 | RS300 | 413 | Andy Gould | Cotswold Sailing Club | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14.0 |
6 | RS300 | 422 | Alastair Wood | Bough Beech | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16.0 |
7 | RS300 | 43 | Punderwood | Cotswold Sailing Club | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20.0 |
8 | RS300 | 406 | Andy Sturla | Cotswold Sailing Club | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24.0 |
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