Whitstable Yacht Club Open - 22 &23rd May 2004

The 19 sailors who made the trip to Whitstable had 5-10 knots of breeze and a slight chop on the racecourse.

The first two races saw the usual suspects hit the front with Sten taking the first race and trotter the second.

Race 3 was lead from start to finish by Martin Boatman who was followed home by Trotter and Ian Turnbull, with Sten only managing a 6th and Kev being OCS it was looking good for Trotter.

Race 4 saw Paul Clements take the win followed closely by Trotter. Good pressure down the last run saw Martin take 4 places to steal the 3rd spot from Kev on the line.

Sunday was another light wind affair and as the wind disappeared it was Ian Turnbull who kept his head to lead the fleet over the line with Paul Clements and Kit Stenhouse taking 2nd and 3rd.

The final race was abandoned so Trotter took overall Ovingtonsy with Sten, Martin and Kev having to be split by count back. With all 5 races having a different winner this was the most competitive Musto Skiff event to date.

Thanks must go to Whitstable Yacht Club for hosting another fantastic event.

Overall Results:

1st Ian Trotter.
2nd Richard Stenhouse;
3rd Martin Boatman;
4th Kev Anderson;
5th Ian Turnball;