Lymington XOD Wednesday Series Week 2
by Rory Paton 9 May 04:33 UTC
8 May 2024
A cracking day to go sailing with the gentle south westerly sea breeze clicking in just in time, with strong easterly flowing tide.
Our race team lead by James Hoare and Chris Baldwick set a lovely windward leeward course from the Starting Platform. First away off the start line were James Markby's X Ray, Gill Elis' Heyday and Nick Nell's Dolce Vita.
X Ray managed the fleet well and lead at the windward mark from Lone Star and Mayfly. On the second run to mark Y ex Olympic sailor Barry Dunning and his Crumpet made a concerted move for the beach which payed handsomely moving from 4th to 3rd place
X Ray held off the challenge of Lone Star to win convincingly.
Race 2 Results: (full race results here)
1st X117 X Ray, James Markby, David Bedford and Ben Paton
2nd X119 Lone Star, Paul Woodman and Oliver James
3rd X176 Crumpet, Barry and Carol Dunning and Simon Knight
4th X161 Mayfly, Rory and Amanda Paton and Chris Sanders
5th X83 Astra, Steve and Isobel Adshead and Giles Ormerod
Full Lymington XOD series results can be found at rlymyc.org.uk/afloat/results/XOD-results