Musto Skiffs at
the Tiger Trophy 2010
The annual event held by Rutland Sailing
Club in support of the John Merricks Sailing Trust is
usually either blowing 20knots + or light, but still
attracts upwards of 200 entries from different classes.
This year was no exception with an entry of 176 boats,
and light winds for both days of racing. The only addition
to the regular theme was that Saturday had some of the
thickest fog most of the sailors had ever sailed in…spectators
who arrived at the regular viewing point on the dam
wall were greeted with 100m visibility, and those who
then stopped at the church to watch the starts could
here people laughing and chatting, and the occasional
fully battened mainsail going crack through a gybe or
tack, but little else.
Tim Chapman commented that for once, and
the only time ever that he got a good start he found
himself having lost sight of the windward mark and overstood
on the left side of the course with literally hundreds
of boats coming towards him on a starboard reach, oops!
It wasn’t going to be ideal conditions
for the 6 Musto’s who had entered, but they all made
the best of it, and good humour spread around the dinghy
park with people exchanging comments of the more frustrating
moments that turned to slightly worrying levels of insane
laughter!
Nick Hollis led our class overnight in
24th position, finishing the weekend in a creditable
47th, before anyone says 47th isn’t creditable, this
was actually 6th placed high performance asymmetric.
It was also great to see new and old faces
alike; Adam Kitchen from Chichester having recently
bought GBR153 finished every race in his first outing
in the boat, and is eager to join the other youth sailors
at the up coming open meetings. Jonathan Olin was unlucky
to loose Saturdays racing due to a lost wing pin, that
although securely fixed on launching seemed to disappear
somewhere in the fog, but I’m sure Jonathan will also
be keen to join the youth members too.
Results
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