GILL Series 2: Salcombe YC

 

Salcombe Yacht club hosted round 2 of 2009 sponsored Gill series. 9 local boats were joined by visitors from 

as far afield as Northampton and Trent Valley.

 

Tom Stewart and Liz Ross who did a good job of throwing away round one (Burghfield) seemed determined to make amends.  

y led at first mark in race one and pulled away to win from current Gill champions Graham Camm and Zoe Ballantyne, who in turn worked ir way through fleet.

 

Race two on Saturday morning started in a strong Norrly. Current cadet Champion Arthur Henderson crewed by Mary Henderson led charge off start line, but got a little too low on fetch to first mark. Tom and Liz again led and n pulled away from pack on long beat to Gerston. Kevin Iles and Jane Wade made significant progress and stormed through into second place. fleet n enjoyed a challenging seat of pants (one cheek behind transom) ride back to bag. As often Blackstone end of course had completely different conditions, Tom and Liz had pain of being becalmed within yards of leeward mark while fleet caught up and sailed through. Jon Ibbotson and Charlotte Stewart kept ir wits about m and beat John and Mandy Thornton in a close finish.

 

third race went to Stewart and Ross again who worked up from a shaky start to overhaul Graham and Zoe who held an early lead. Jon and Charlotte finally worked through chaos and pulled up to third.

 

Going into race four (on Monday morning) Thorntons, Graham and Zoe, Jon and Charlotte and Tom and Liz were all able to win open.

protagonists all opted for relatively safe starts up line from supposedly favoured Mill Bay shore. y n all looked a bit daft when a port shift left m stranded and unable to lay start line, meanwhile John and Katy Meadowcroft had a flying start coming out from shore. Derek and Christina Davis saw some breeze on right, crossed tide twice and rounded top mark behind Meadowcrofts. From potential victors John and Charlotte made best beat while Graham and Zoe got caught up in a messy bout of roll tacking. Tom and Liz had a good run to Gerston and pulled through to fourth place. In increasing breeze y worked through less experienced crews and on run to Gerston second time pulled into lead. Meanwhile Jon and Charlotte and Camms did same to finish second and third on line.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Gill’s generous sponsorship prizes were spread down fleet.

Photos courtesy of Explosures http://www.explosures.co.uk/ (

01548) 842005

 

Special Prizes 

 

Prize	Winner
Admirals Cup ( sail no under 3414 )	3291 Tom Ballantine & Nicky Bass / Harry Bridger
Junior	3418 Arthur Henderson & Mary Henderson
Family (must include a Junior)	3485 Gavin Willis & Sabrina Willis

 

Overall results