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Noble Marine Supernova Travellers' Series at Haversham Sailing Club

by Paul Undrell 31 Mar 2015 07:21 UTC 28 March 2015
Gavin Young reaching during the Supernova open at Haversham © Carolyn Hand

Round 2 of the Supernova Travellers Series 2015, sponsored by Noble Marine, was held at Haversham Sailing Club on Saturday 28th March.

Despite a somewhat intimidating forecast 27 competitors from across the country turned up to take on the elements. Race officer Russell Perry used the full extent of the lake to set a challenging and exciting course to show the Supernova at its best with 3 fantastic reaches (which all ended with a testing gybe).

Race 1 saw youth sailor Alex Collins show the rest of the fleet how it was done, by establishing a large lead over the first few laps. Slowly but surely however local sailor Richard Pakes, followed by Tim Hand began to make inroads into his lead such that there were only a few boat lengths in it at the end with Alex holding on to take the bullet from Richard and Tim. A notable retiree from race 1 was Gav Young whose mast was reshaped following a mistimed gybe.

Race 2 followed after lunch and this time Gav Young despite his banana mast fought it out with the ever consistent Pakes and Hand for the leading positions. The lead was swopped a number of times but it finished with Young first followed by Pakes and Hand. Race 3 followed back to back and by now the field was somewhat depleted with less than half the fleet taking part. This time saw National Champion Cliff Milliner take the lead in a closely fought race with Pakes, Young and the ever present Steve Hawley in his new boat show a good turn of speed. At the end of the race it was Milliner from Pakes and Young that held the podium positions.

The event was won by Gav Young from Richard Pakes on count back with only 2 points difference between the top 5 sailors.

Overall Results:

PosFleetSail NoClubHelmR1R2R3Pts
1st 38CotswoldGavin Young(DNF)134
2ndMaster666HavershamRichard Pakes‑2224
3rd 1079CotswoldCliff Milliner‑4415
4th 10Leigh and LowtonAlex Collins1(DNF)56
5th 1130Sutton‑in‑AshfieldTim Hand33(DNC)6
6th 1133BartleySteve Hawley5‑649
7th 25CotswoldRobin Kirby65(DNF)11
8th 1100BartleyChris Hawley87(DNF)15
9thMaster1127BartleyMike Gibson78(DNF)15
10thMaster1124HavershamPaul Earnshaw(DNF)11617
11thMaster1078BartleyGarry Butterfield‑1210717
12th 1129CotswoldChris Williams‑99918
13thMaster1123HuntsJon Pebody10‑121121
14th 1069BowmoorJohn Banbrook(DNF)131023
15th 1073CotswoldMatt Williams(DNF)16824
16thMaster1060HavershamPaul Undrell1114(DNF)25
17thVeteran1068BowmoorPete Bingham(DNF)151328
18thMaster1087BowmoorMike Walker(DNF)171229
19thVeteran1121CotswoldSteve Johnson(DNF)18DNF46
20thMaster1134CarsingtonTom Baldwin(DNF)DNFDNF56
20thVeteran707EmbertonIan White(DNF)DNSDNS56
20thMaster1045HavershamScott Wilcox(DNF)DNFDNS56
20thMaster1099Sutton‑in‑AshfieldPeter Housley(DNF)DNFDNS56
20thVeteran1033HavershamAdrian Lumb(DNF)DNSDNS56
20thVeteran1135HavershamGordon Tweedle(DNF)DNSDNS56
20thVeteran1036CotswoldMervyn Jones(DNS)DNFDNS56
20thVeteran1057ReadingIan Casewell(DNF)DNFDNF56

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