Waldringfield Easter Egg
The annual National 12 Easter event at
Waldringfield was shortened to one very cold day. Saturday was
wisely called off by the race team due to silly amounts of breeze.
On Sunday, after clearing the snow from
the boats the fleet launched for three races back to back.
Ex Mirror world Champion and P&B
sailmaker Ross Kearney crewed by Charlotte Stewart(3494) led around
the top mark in his first ever N12 race, unfortunately it all went
wrong at the leeward mark when tide and boat handling issues helped
to let Antony and Jo Gifford(3514) as well as Tom Stewart and Liz
Ross(3513) through. Antony and Jo decided that the plummeting
temperature and the snow settling on the decks was all a bit daft
and went home, allowing Tom and Liz to win.
The second race was led through out by
Frances Gifford and Sophie Mackley (3431) who despite four tacking
duels and some hard covering downwind from Tom and Liz won easily.
The sailors had just begun to defrost a little by now, but the rescue crews were suffering and the PRO sensibly decided to call it a day. Results
1st Tom Stewart and Liz Ross
Northampton S.C.
2nd Frances Gifford and Sophie Mackley
Aldeburgh Y.C.
3rd Ross Kearney and Charlotte Stewart
Northampton S.C.
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