Rutland Musto
Skiff Open Meeting 15/16 March 2008
23 boats turn out despite the
forecast ....
This event was a good lesson in ‘How to
win without winning’. None of the top three managed
to finish first in any of the four races which were
competed for in a variable and shifty F2. At this wind
strength a slight difference in pressure allows the
Musto helms to straighten their legs and the boatspeed
to significantly increase, nobody was able to show any
great consistency in predicting where and when this
would happen.
The first race was led from the start
by Inland Champion Kit Stenhouse. Places changed behind
her but it was Endeavour Champion, Steve Tylecote who
edged out World Champion, Rich Stenhouse.
Race 2, and while Kit was recovering her
boat from an untimely capsize, Dan Vincent and Gareth
Davies picked a big right hand shift to lead round the
windward mark. They swapped places down the first run
and then remained that way until the finish. Behind
them Alex Koukaris was best of the rest, just in front
of Rich Stenhouse.
The third race started and, new to the
class, Matt Hollis scored a convincing victory, while
Mike Palfreman, acknowledged light wind guru, was at
last beginning to show some form with a third behind
R Stenhouse.
Race Four and Nick Hollis determined to
shine after his brother’s success pulled off a port
tack flier, welcome to the fleet Nick. This propelled
him to 5th place following Tylecote, Tom Offer, Vincent
and a victorious Iver Ahlmann.
All retired to the bar, happy but tired,
looking forward to the promise of more wind on day 2.
Unfortunately, Sunday dawned and the wind delivered
in spades, there was little dissent as the Race Officer
cancelled all racing, which left Rich Stenhouse the
winner, followed by Tylecote and Vincent.
Photos
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Full results below…
Dan Vincent
1st Musto Skiff 332 Stenhouse, Richard
Rutland SC 3 4 2 (11) 20 9
2nd Musto Skiff 0 Tylecote, Steve Rutland SC 2 (5) 4
4 15 10
3rd Musto Skiff 193 Vincent, Dan Stokes Bay/RNSA (8)
2 8 2 20 12
4th Musto Skiff 252 Stenhouse, Kit Rutland SC 1 8 5
(12) 26 14
5th Musto Skiff 295 Palfreman, Mike Stokes Bay (10)
6 3 7 26 16
6th Musto Skiff 288 Peake, Andrew Eastbourne 4 (7) 7
6 24 17
7th Musto Skiff 292 Koukourakis, Alex Eastbourne 7 3
(11) 9 30 19
8th Musto Skiff 170 Ahlmann, Iver Rutland SC 5 14 (17)
1 37 20
9th Musto Skiff 356 Hollis, Matt Rutland SC 9 12 1 (15)
37 22
10th Musto Skiff 260 Offer, Tom Chew Valley 6 (20) 13
3 42 22
11th Musto Skiff 290 Davies, Gareth Blackwater (13)
1 12 13 39 26
12th Musto Skiff 63 Hollis, Nick Rutland SC 15 (18)
6 5 44 26
13th Musto Skiff 209 Wright, Tom Rutland SC (16) 15
9 8 48 32
14th Musto Skiff 131 Pelley, Richard Stokes Bay 11 16
10 (18) 55 37
15th Musto Skiff 262 Shone, Hugh Castle Cove (18) 13
18 10 59 41
16th Musto Skiff 283 Keates, Mick King George SC 14
11 (19) 16 60 41
17th Musto Skiff 282 Goalen, Mark Queen Mary SC 17 10
15 (19) 61 42
18th Musto Skiff 205 Keen, Bruce Stokes Bay 12 (17)
16 17 62 45
19th Musto Skiff 284 Samus, Sergei Whitstable (24 DSQ)
9 20 20 73 49
20th Musto Skiff 16 Chapman, Tim Rutland SC (DNC) 21
14 14 73 49
21st Musto Skiff 291 Smith, Grahame Wilsonian SC 19
19 (21) 21 80 59
22nd Musto Skiff 160 Simpson, Jon Blackwater 20 22 22
(DNC) 88 64
23rd Musto Skiff 171 Lowndes, Richard Rutland SC (DNC)
DNC DNC 22 94 70
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