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.
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Overall results
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