Rutland Open - 24-25th March

Five different race winners over the weekend showed the depth of competition within the fleet.

Newcomer to the MPS fleet Andy Peake wins his first race in his new Musto - proving how easy the transition from 700's to an MPS can be.

Twenty-two hardy souls were greeted with a full blown hoolie and weather cold enough to freeze nuts on brass monkeys, at Rutland Sailing Club, for the first open of the season.

The fleet took to the water on Saturday with a four race programme ahead of them. After Andy's win in race 1, Sten stamped his authority on the event winning the next three races. Racing was very close throughout the fleet with all mistakes punished.

Saturday finished with Sten in pole position, Peake 2nd, Perkins 3rd and Trotter 4th.

Sunday dawned early. With an hours less sleep the fleet took to the water. Someone upstairs must have listened to the moans and groans of the fleet as low and behold there was a little less wind and SUNSHINE!

Perkins stormed out of the blocks and recorded a well deserved first, with the next three boats finishing within a boat length of each other.

Race 6 was snatched from Trotter on the last gybe to the finish by Stenhouse.

The penultimate race was to be Dan Dixon's race as Perkins capsized on the last run and helped him to fifth place overall.

Sten had already won the event but with only one discard the points were tight for a podium finish; Trotter took the bullett with Perkins second.

Peake had peaked too early but finished a very credible fourth in his first event. Perkins pipped Trotter on countback to finish a well deserved second.

Congratulations to Richard on winning the event and to all the competitors who finished all of the races on Saturday - as it was bloody cold!

Many thanks to all at Rutland Sailing Club for a well run event, especially the crews on the Committee boat and ribs.

Rank Fleet SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total Nett Notes

1st Musto Skiff 265 Richard Stenhouse RSC 2 1 1 1 (3) 1 2 3 14 11
2nd Musto Skiff 293 Rick Perkins Whitstable 3 7 4 2 1 3 (13) 2 35 22
3rd Musto Skiff 294 Ian Trotter Derwent (9) 3 2 5 4 2 5 1 31 22
4th Musto Skiff 288 Andy Peake Eastbourne 1 2 3 4 2 (8) 6 8 34 26
5th Musto Skiff 161 Dan Dixon Stone (DNC) 5 15 3 5 5 1 4 62 38
6th Musto Skiff 290 Gareth Davies Stone 6 4 8 6 8 (9) 3 6 50 41
7th Musto Skiff 262 Hugh Shone Castle Cove 5 6 9 9 (10) 4 8 7 58 48
8th Musto Skiff 26 Kit Stenhouse RSC 4 9 5 8 7 7 10 (16) 66 50
9th Musto Skiff 285 Steve Tylecote RSC (DNC) 8 7 12 17 15 4 9 96 72
10th Musto Skiff 146 Ant Chapman RSC (DNC) 10 13 11 9 6 12 11 96 72
11th Musto Skiff 065 Leigh Albrecht Queen Mary 7 11 6 7 12 13 18 (DNC) 98 74
12th Musto Skiff 292 Alex Koukourakis Eastbourne 13 (DNC) DNC DNC 6 11 11 5 118 94
13th Musto Skiff 169 Tim Chapman RSC (DNC) DNC 10 10 13 16 9 12 118 94
14th Musto Skiff 283 Mick Keates King George 8 14 11 14 (DNC) DNC 14 13 122 98
15th Musto Skiff 295 Michael Palfreman Starcross (DNC) 15 12 13 14 14 16 15 123 99
16th Musto Skiff 193 Dan Vincent RNSA/Stokes Bay 10 (DNC) DNC DNC 16 10 7 10 125 101
17th Musto Skiff 209 Tom Wright RSC 13 13 14 15 15 17 17 (DNC) 128 104
18th Musto Skiff 305 Daniel Henderson Thorpe Bay (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 11 12 15 14 148 124
19th Musto Skiff 215 Jamie Stevenson RTYC 11 12 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 167 143
20th Musto Skiff 170 Iver Ahlmann RSC (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 17 185 161
21st Musto Skiff 160 Jon Simpson Stone (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 19 DNC 187 163
22nd Musto Skiff 179 David Evans RSC (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 192 168
22nd Musto Skiff 238 Paul Clarke Thorpe Bay (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 192 168