Musto Skiff's
at the Lord Birkett hoisted by Ullswater Yacht Club
12 Musto’s took part in the Lord Birkett
hoisted by Ullswater Yacht Club over the 7th and 8th
of July. The Lord Birkett is a long distance race with
a mass start across the lake and around 200 boats just
to make life a little interesting. The course is basic
and the shortest time on handicap wins with both days’
scores making up the overall winner.
On the first day Lee and Lester Noble
showed the fleet why they were the form team to beat
with a clean start and a well sailed race gaining them
the first day Ovingtonsy. Second and third home were R.
Stenhouse and I. Trotter only around 1 minute adrift.
M. Addison sailed an good race to come home in 7th rounding
out the top three Mustos. The informal nature of the
event and the social made for a enjoyable evening that
will no doubt bring a bumper turnout for next year.
The second day dawned somewhat brighter
with a slightly reduced breeze and it was all to play
for in the final race. The fleet were eager to get away
prompting a general recall and the black flag. The fleet
were more obedient at the second attempt with both R.
Stenhouse and the Nobles not getting off to the best
of starts. As the race progressed, the local knowledge
and quick sailing of the Nobles was enough to recover,
taking the race win and the event overall title for
a record 4th time. In the chasing pack the Mustos of
J. Reekie, I. Trotter and R. Stenhouse were fighting
up to the final moments with a 3, 4 and 6. This resulted
in I. Trotter leap frogging R. Stenhouse into second,
R. Stenhouse 3rd and pulled J. Reekie up to 6th from
a less than successful first day. The results of the
top five with all the Mustos is shown below with the
full race results available from www.ullswateryachtclub.org.
Position Boat Crew R1 R2
Total
1 49er L. Noble & L. Noble 1 1 2
2 Musto I. Trotter 3 4 7
3 Musto R. Stenhouse 2 6 8
4 29er A. Noble & H. Moran 16 2 18
5 IC Asy J. Robson 5 17 22
6 Musto J. Reekie 21 3 24
35 Musto M. Addison 7 71 78
52 Musto K. Stenhouse 60 49 109
63 Musto J. Evans 30 112 142
85 Musto P. Griffith 88 102 190
142 Musto I. Judd 151 131 282
146 Musto S. Lowe dnf 82 293
165 Musto R. Purdy 161 162 323
170 Musto J. Ridley 153 180 333
197 Musto P. Robinson dnf Dnf 422
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