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National 12 Gul Series Sun and Fun at Brightlingsea.

The 12 class National circuit moved on to Brightlingsea for a two day meeting on the 6th and 7th of June.

The first days racing was held in a blustery 15-20kts. Andrea Downham made a return to the front of Tom Stewart’s 12 and the pair shot off to win both races with a degree of comfort. Graham Camm and Zoe Ballantyne were the best of the rest with a second and a third, they were narrowly beaten by John and Ollie Meadowcroft in race two.

Sunday dawned sunny and with less wind but thankfully a few more knots than the forecast. With the wind swirling around and unsure from where it wanted to blow the race team’s job was tricky as was the sailing. In the first race of the day Tom & Andrea were joined at the front by team Camm and also team Gifford with Antony crewed by son James. They all converged on the top mark together with Tom and Andrea edging ahead. But this race was nothing if not unpredictable. Huge ladders and large snakes could be found as the wind tried to blow first down the Blackwater and then down the Colne. In a close battle The Giffords scored the win with the Camms and Tom & Andrea hot on their heels.

The Start of the second race saw three boats return after breaking the line early. The Camms made no mistake and ran away with the victory followed by the Giffords and the Meadowcrofts. Tom and Andrea recovered to fourth with Nick Copsey and Steve Carver climbing to fifth. This set up a last race show down between the Camms and Tom & Andrea. The left looked like it was paying up the last beat. Camms, Giffords and Tom were all close at the top mark but a final shift to the left saw team Camm clear ahead and they looked to have escaped to claim the overall victory. Happily the unpredictable conditions continued and changes in fortune were common. On the second beat local stars David Conlon and Sarah bines sailing a 25 year old design 8 came from nowhere to push for second place, they had used the tide and a big swing to the right. As the wind died the fleet closed on the leaders but they were able to hold on and recorded their third Gul series win of the year.
  

Overall results

Rank

Sail No

Helm

Crew

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Total

Nett

1st

3530

G Camm

Z Ballantyne

2.0

(3.0)

2.0

1.0

1.0

9.0

6.0

2nd

3544

T Stewart

A Dawnham

1.0

1.0

3.0

(4.0)

2.0

11.0

7.0

3rd

3543

D Coper

O Meadowcroft

3.0

2.0

(5.0)

2.0

5.0

17.0

12.0

4th

3529

A Gifford

R GIfford

(7.0)

6.0

1.0

3.0

3.0

20.0

13.0

5th

3528

N Copsey

S Carver

4.0

4.0

4.0

(5.0)

4.0

21.0

16.0

6th

3537

M Hoyle

C Stewart

5.0

5.0

6.0

(8.0)

7.0

31.0

23.0

7th

3348

D Conlon

S Bines

6.0

7.0

(8.0)

6.0

6.0

33.0

25.0

8th

3545

T Lee

J Bugge

(11.0 DNF)

8.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

41.0

30.0

9th

3271

N Lillywhite

Flillywhite

(11.0 DNF)

11.0 DNF

9.0

9.0

9.0

49.0

38.0

10th

3513

G Finch

HPelling

(11.0 DNF)

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

50.0

39.0

 

 

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