An enthusiastic group of ribbed National 12 sailors gathered at
Yeadon Sailing Club for the third and final event of the season.
These events have been co-ordinated by class association chairman Tim
Gatti (who also owns 4 of the 5 boats) and for various reasons
competitors from the last two events were not able to compete so four of
the five teams had not sailed these boats before. Tim briefed the
contestants on the format, in brief 3, 2, 1 go and change boats after
every race by moving up a boat number or if at N1183 back down to N2.
The event began in a gentle breeze and all boats got away cleanly from a
short start line Phil David sailing with Katie McInnes took an early
lead in Sinner N711 but were hotly pursued by Tim Gatti and Tace Morgan
sailing N493 Sinner, Neil McInnes and Rachel Dean sailing N341 Mat were
chasing hard though and the pressure on Tim caused him to miss a mark
leaving Philip first and Neil second.
In race 2 the OOD changed the course slightly but Philip was again quick
to take the lead this time sailing N1183 Tessa, Neil was first to start
but as the signal had not yet gone soon returned to start again!
Tim Gatti now in N711 moved up the fleet but it was neck and neck with
Brian Miatt and Jane Preston in N341 and John and Kathy Cheetham in N2
Goldcrest. These three finished within seconds of one another with
Tim taking second place to Philip and Katie’s second win of the day.
Neil was again first off the line in race three but starting to wish he
had a watch! Brian Miatt and Jane Preston made a great start in
N493 Laughter and although racing was very close particularly with John
and Kathy in N341 Mat Brian managed to pull off his first win of the
day, Neil recovered from his premature start in Sinner and finish 3rd
whilst Philip and Katie finished an uncharacteristic 4th in N2 Goldcrest.
After an excellent if rather rapid lunch the teams were back on the
water for race 4 and the course was changed back to the original one to
suit the 20 degree shift, possibly caused by the hotdog with onions
lunch? The wind had also increased to a comfortable two sitting
out breeze. However Philip and Katie returned to form pulling out
a good lead this time in Mat although John and Kathy in Sinner pushed
hard at times but finished second. The final race ended with the
same result for first and second places and the water was cleared for
the afternoon’s club racing. Overall a great event, thanks to Yeadon
Sailing Club for hosting the fleet, Sarah, Margaret and Kathy for the
excellent refreshments, Mike Cox and Ellie Clark for assisting in the
committee boat, Ken Goddard for coming all the way from Derby to support
and most importantly Tim Gatti for providing 80% of the fleet and
coordinating entries etc.
Overall results
Pos
Helm
Crew
Boat No
Boat Name
Design
|
1st
|
Philip
David
|
Katie
McInnes
|
|
N493
|
Laughter
|
Jack Holt
(Holt 500)
|
|
2nd
|
John
Cheetham
|
Kathy
Cheetham
|
|
N341
|
Mat
|
Uffa King
|
|
3rd
|
Brian
Miatt
|
Jane
Preston
|
|
N711
|
Sinner
|
Gnome
|
|
4th
|
Neil
McInnes
|
Rachel
Dean
|
|
N1183
|
Tessa
|
Proctor
Mark 2
|
|
5th
|
Tim Gatti
|
Tace
Morgan
|
|
N2
|
Goldcrest
|
Barnt
Green One Design
|
Howard Chadwick
N12 Class Vintage Wing Representative (Photographer and Race
Officer)
Attached- Pic 058
Philip and Katie lead the fleet in N1183
Pic 049 Brian Miatt makes the running in N341
