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Netley RS100 Club Championship 2024

by Nigel Wakefield 20 Oct 15:55 UTC 19 October 2024

The annual club champs brought four visitors to Netley, the mecca of RS100 sailing. In total, 20 boats completed five rapid-fire races ably RO'd Andy and Melissa Chapman.

There were varying levels of incompetence throughout the fleet. Two ex-national champions were in attendance, trying to show the way. Nigel Wakefield scraped together a good series for the win, Huw Powell finished 7th.

Dave Smart (Chew Valley Lake SC) showed that local knowledge wasn't needed to come 2nd. He claimed to "not understand tides" but that didn't seem to hold him back. Bart Bridgen was 3rd with a consistent series, despite spending one whole run trying to hoist his spinnaker. Nick "light airs specialist" Sandison was also consistent and finished 4th overall.

James Ross got the most start notable start in the fourth race. He threaded the needle through a crowded port bias line, on port, to start at speed (on port). This helped him finish 5th overall. Duncan "I've never beaten an ex-national champion" Barr beat at an ex-champ to finish 6th.

Other visitors, Mike, Tom and David, all acquitted themselves well in the light and variable wind. We hope you return next year.

The prize-giving was unconventional, the consensus was to award the prizes to the capsizers. Andy Heather had attempted a massive roll gybe but only achieved an ungraceful belly flop onto the mainsail. Tom Milne overbalanced out of a tack and went in backwards head-first.

Its normal to receive gifts on your birthday, however birthday boy Nick Creak capsized on the pin with 2 minutes to go. It was so kind of him to treat us to such a spectacle! He also treated the fleet to cake in the bar.

There was post racing beer and curry. See you next year.

Overall Results:

PosHelmSail NoR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1Nigel Wakefield145171125
2David Smart5236438114
3Bart Bridgen2685523915
4Nick Sandison3484647519
5James Ross373316112420
6Duncan Barr36481711622
7Huw Powell50891156323
8Toby Heather2641426101632
9Mike Green3141191551035
10Martyn Prince1021331316837
11Tom Hirst3661212941437
12David Fewings36910810131341
13Andy Heather41217108151245
14Nick Creak15615191417753
15Michael Rhodes40718152091153
16Andy Trickett266191312141554
17Luke Goble22971016212154
18Steve Main37221419212156
19Alex Davies276161717122162
20Tom Milne127202019181875

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