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Noble Marine Comet Trio Mark 1 National Championship at Exe Sailing Club - Overall

by Caroline McAusland & Steve Ashford 15 Jul 05:33 UTC 12-14 July 2024
Podium in the Noble Marine Comet Trio Mark 1 Nationals at Exe © M. Accred

Day 3 dawned with a glassy River Exe & the spectacle of 20 Trios being towed out to sea to beat the tide & enable a prompt start when the wind filled in.

Race 5 started in light winds. Guy and Graham 509 reached the windward mark first followed by Andrew and Caroline 501 and Steve and Martin in 510. These positions remained to the leeward mark when Andrew and Caroline and Steve and Martin gained favourable lifts on the second beat in a dying breeze. This seemed to suit Steve and Martin 510 who sailed high to the starboard layline gaining a sizeable lead for the run to the finish. However Andrew and Caroline sailed deeper to gain first place by the leeward gybe to the finish.

A tussle then ensued between Steve and Guy who gained an overlap on the gybe mark with a friendly disagreement about the 3 boat overlap rule. So Guy ended up in second and Steve in third place after blowing a 100 metre lead on the last leg losing 2 places. In 4th place were Chris and Ben Biglin 5th place Bob and Colette.

Race 6: Guy & Graham, undeterred by lack of spectacles seemed to go very fast & led for the duration of the race. A well deserved win! The Ways seemed to be turbo charged in the light breeze & finished second.

Race 7: The sun emerged & everyone looked happy to be afloat. The breeze picked up a little which was fitting for the final race of the series. The McAuslands started at the pin end arriving at the windward mark in close proximity to the Ways. They each took a different angle going down to the gybe mark with the McAuslands just rounding first. There was a steady breeze for the final triangle, enhanced by the sight of dolphins at the windward mark. Andrew & Caroline took first place followed by The Ways & Chris & Ben Biglin.

A great event put on by so many helpers with Bob Horlock masterminding the event.

Overall results were the McAusland first, Guy & Graham second & Anne & Mike third. Bob, Colette & guest crew Nick Ajderian won the Ancient Mariner trophy.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubAncient MarinaComet MastR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
1st501Andrew McAuslandCaroline McAuslandExe SCYN‑42‑911318
2nd509Guy FarrantGraham SykesExe SCYN‑833321‑612
3rd513Anne WayMike WayExe SCNN24(OCS)5‑62215
4th505Chris BiglinBen BiglinExe SC / RNSANN3‑11444‑6318
5th503Bob HorlockColette Horlock/Nick AjderianExe SCYN7‑81‑855422
6th510Steve AshfordMartin YeomansWhitefriars SCYN1(RET)763‑13724
7th511Richard SallissCarole WilliamsCotswold SCYN51052‑134‑1326
8th486Ben FlowerPoppy Salliss/Karen WilsonCotswold SCNN‑9127‑159928
9th394Simon GregoryVeronique Mackey‑HartExe SCNN6(DNF)610‑1110537
10th348Sam MayneChris MayneHawley Lake SCNY‑13581110‑121145
11th601Toby ElliotSue FrostExe SCNN127‑1399‑151047
12th428David McKayRichard StradlingExe SCYN‑18616157‑17852
13th435Jamie GrigorTim FarmerWhitefriars SCNN119(OCS)12147‑1553
14th373John AndrewsHeather TurnerWhitefriars SCNY10131113‑168‑1655
15th364Symon DolicznyJane HigginsExe SC / Cotswold SCNY‑17121016816‑1762
16th1509Frankie UptonDebbie WoodcockExe SCNN‑14(RET)121412141264
17th502Nicholas WebberTom IngramExe SCYN15(DNF)14‑1817111471
18th369Mark NicholsonMalcolm CrundwellExe SCNY16(DNF)1517‑18181884
19th381Phil BaileySteve BaileySutton Bingham SCNY‑19(RET)171919191993
20th495Patsy DavidTony DavidExe SCYY20(RET)1820(DNC)DNCDNC100

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