Wee Nip Open Meeting Round 1 - EPSC
30th March 2019
A sunny but light and variable wind greeted the eleven entrants to Emberton Park for the first of two open meetings to be held at our sailing club this year.
A weed free lake and gloriously dry day made for an enjoyable days sailing with the top two places being keenly fought over between John Burgoine and Keith Coxon. In fact after a break for lunch and having completed 16 races, Keith’s sub total was less than John’s, though fortunately for John his discards gave him a lower final score and hence a well earned first place.
Third place went to John Simmons who also had high discards, due to a servo failure, but his nimble fingers were soon at work installing a working replacement and true to his usual form, John was still able to achieve a podium place.
Thanks must go to Mike Ewart who, having sold his own Wee Nip volunteered to act as Race Officer for the day, thus allowing Alan to campaign his own ‘Glengoine’ on home waters.
Thanks too to Dave Pace for manning the park gate and assisting Mike with recording finishers. Colin’s wife Linda who made a delicious sponge cake, devoured eagerly, post race, by tired yachties, and sailing club commodore Rob Bell for supporting the event and photographing the action from the club rowing dinghy.
Prizes for the day had a definite chocolate theme, after all Easter is fast approaching but perhaps there should also have been prizes for the three skippers who after 16 heats somehow contrived to attain equal points, hopefully their placings are in the correct order.
30th March 2019
A sunny but light and variable wind greeted the eleven entrants to Emberton Park for the first of two open meetings to be held at our sailing club this year.
A weed free lake and gloriously dry day made for an enjoyable days sailing with the top two places being keenly fought over between John Burgoine and Keith Coxon. In fact after a break for lunch and having completed 16 races, Keith’s sub total was less than John’s, though fortunately for John his discards gave him a lower final score and hence a well earned first place.
Third place went to John Simmons who also had high discards, due to a servo failure, but his nimble fingers were soon at work installing a working replacement and true to his usual form, John was still able to achieve a podium place.
Thanks must go to Mike Ewart who, having sold his own Wee Nip volunteered to act as Race Officer for the day, thus allowing Alan to campaign his own ‘Glengoine’ on home waters.
Thanks too to Dave Pace for manning the park gate and assisting Mike with recording finishers. Colin’s wife Linda who made a delicious sponge cake, devoured eagerly, post race, by tired yachties, and sailing club commodore Rob Bell for supporting the event and photographing the action from the club rowing dinghy.
Prizes for the day had a definite chocolate theme, after all Easter is fast approaching but perhaps there should also have been prizes for the three skippers who after 16 heats somehow contrived to attain equal points, hopefully their placings are in the correct order.
