Rutland Musto
Open 20-21 March 2010 by Dan Vincent
Photos: Tim Olin
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boats turned up to the first circuit event of the season,
which was a sort of accelerated transition from winter
to spring, starting with a cold, rainy and grey first
race which changed progressively until by the final
race on Sunday we had bright sunshine and a light breeze.
The first race started in breezy conditions
with gusts above 20 knots. Big Rich Stenhouse showed
that neither a complete break from sailing over the
winter, nor fatherhood had slowed him down in these
conditions. Sten was rampant and powered away from the
chasing pack who struggled round in his wake, led by
Bruce Keen and Alistair Conn. Unfortunately, Tom Offer
and Dan Vincent had a coming together resulting in a
crumpled wing and retirement for Tom and an ugly crack
on Dan’s bow, but he soldiered on.
Sten was untouchable in races 2 and 3,
ahead of Keen and Vincent, but as the breeze dropped
off to a F3-4 Keen managed to take a win in a last race.
Saturday night was a right laugh, with
rugby on TV, modest amounts of beer and the very real
risk of the shattered sailors falling into their winter
soup.
Sunday
dawned, and the lake outside was glassy calm, there
was certainly more wind inside the bunk rooms. After
a one hour postponement the wind filled in to a useful
8-10 knots.
The spring-like conditions brought new
faces to the front, and gambolling around at the head
of the fleet was the ever frisky Mike Palfreman. Speed,
good decisions and the energy of a new born lamb ensured
two first place finishes, just ahead of the improving
Dan Ward, emerging like a shy daffodil from the rich
and fertile learning ground of the main fleet. Unfortunately
for the Palfreman and Ward they let their exuberance
get the better of them and both were judged slightly
premature (not for the first time) in the last race,
letting Dan Vincent through to win the last race of
the event. Back in the pack, Keen couldn’t do enough
to close the gap on Sten, who took a deserved victory.
Results
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Musto Skiff Class
Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 22, Scoring
system: Appendix A
Rank Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Net
1st 369 Richard STENHOUSE Rutland SC 1 1 1 2 (8) 5 10
2nd 205 Bruce KEEN Stokes Bay SC 2 2 3 1 (6) 3 11
3rd 193 Dan VINCENT Stokes Bay SC (7) 4 2 4 5 1 16
4th 295 Michael PALFREMAN Stokes Bay SC 5 7 4 5 1 (23
OCS) 22
5th 286 Dan WARD Frensham Pond/ Stokes Bay SC 4 12 5
3 2 (23 OCS) 26
6th 290 Alex COOPER Stokes Bay SC 6 5 (7) 6 7 2 26
7th 281 J HILTON Datchet Water SC 9 (23 DNF) 9 8 9 4
39
8th 284 Sergei SAMUS Whitstable YC (23 DNF) 9 8 7 10
9 43
9th 356 Matt HOLLIS Rutland SC 10 6 (23 DNC) 23 DNC
4 6 49
10th 130 Alistair CONN Derwent Reservoir SC 3 3 (23
DNC) 23 DNC 3 23 DNC 55
11th 287 Peter SANDERS Queen Mary SC 13 (14) 10 9 11
12 55
12th 333 Tim CHAPMAN Rutland SC 14 8 13 (23 DNF) 14
8 57
13th 282 Mark GOALEN Queen Mary SC 8 10 (23 DNF) 23
DNC 13 10 64
14th 97 Gavin BREWER Stokes Bay SC 17 11 11 12 (19)
13 64
15th 291 Grahame SMITH Wilsonian SC 16 15 14 13 (17)
15 73
16th 376 Brendan JENNER 15 13 15 11 20 (23 OCS) 74
17th 394 Nigel WALBANK Lymington Town SC 11 16 (23 DNF)
23 DNC 15 11 76
18th 373 Paul MOLESWORTH Queen Mary SC 12 (23 DNC) 23
DNC 23 DNC 12 7 77
19th 169 David ANNAN Grafham Water SC 18 17 12 (23 DNC)
18 16 81
20th 131 Richard PELLEY Stokes Bay SC (23 DNC) 23 DNC
6 10 23 DNC 23 DNC 85
21st 393 Jonathan OLIN Rutland SC (23 DNC) 23 DNC 23
DNC 23 DNC 16 14 99
22nd 225 Francis STILEMAN Whitstable YC 19 (23 DNC)
23 DNC 23 DNC 21 17 103
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