Musto Skiff Open
Meeting at Chew Valley lake Sailing Club – 12/13th March
Photos : Tania Samus
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With the arrival of the recent spring
weather, 13 Musto Skiffs made the trip to Chew Valley
Lake to dust off the winter cobwebs for the first Open
event of the season.
On Saturday the wind was blowing from
the south east and varies from 5-10kts in races 1 and
2, rising to around a slightly steadier 12kts in the
3rd. The race officer chose to set a windward-leeward
to utilise the length of the lake. The wind however
was regularly backing to come more over the hill and
this lead to much variation wind strength and direction
with most falling foul of a hole at some point during
the day. Putting it simply, it was a game of snakes
and ladders with much to made or lost by hitting the
corners. James McIntosh (Stokes Bay) sailed well making
the most of the conditions to lead over night with a
3, 1, 2 from Chris Wright (Carsington) with a 2, 2,
7.
Sunday dawned brightly but with the wind
swung round to the west, again in 5-10kts, rising in
the 3rd to around 12kts. The wind was generally much
gustier and variable and with the windward mark in the
lee of the shore there ware many ladders to climb and
snakes fall down here. Much frustration could be heard
on the water! Again James McIntosh proved most adept
in these conditions with a solid 1, 3, 3. Mike Palfreman
and Dan Vincent of Stokes Bay were both making a charge
up the leader board each recording a race win but were
unable to shake off poor results from the previous day.
The overall leader board saw James McIntosh
take the win with consistent top threes. Mike Palfreman
claimed second with moments of glory and some to be
forgotten. Jamie Hilton sneaked into 3rd with a consistent
set of results, nothing flash, nothing drastic.
Many thanks to Chew Valley sailing Club
for their hospitality and to the race team who dealt
very well with the conditions.
The next open meeting is at Rutland on
26th & 27th March by which time hopfully the containers
from the worlds will have been unloaded to swell the
fleet.
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