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LASER OPENISLAND BARN RSC18 10 08   VISITORS RULE OK It was hard to believe we were in the second half of October. Blue sky and a gentle Force 3 being shifted this way and that by lines of white cumuli made for a perfect days tactical racing.  The balmy conditions kept shortie wetsuits and sun-cream in use for another weekend and allowed the full programme of 5 races to be run with ease.The sun and breeze brought out a fleet of 16 visitors that both outnumbered and out-sailed the home fleet. In all, 31 boats came to the start for Race 1. Race 1Papercourt youth Aaron Smith in a Radial was recalled, but the rest got away cleanly.Island Barn's Paul Wright-Anderson and Colin Smith from Papercourt match-raced round the first 2 laps, never more than 2 boat lengths apart. But match racing is usually not quick and this pair allowed Graham Lund from Broxbourne to take advantage of a shift to the right on the final beat and take first. Colin Smith won the 'match race' and Wright-Anderson came in third.  Race 2Not deterred by the individual recall on Race 1, a quarter of the fleet committed mass hara-kiri in Race 2 but luckily for them all racers were called back. The I-flag worked wonders and perfect restraint was exercised by all in the second start. Colin Smith again became engaged in a 2 boat duel - this time with Ben Elvin from Wembley. In lap 1, Smith led, Elvin second. In lap 2 Elvin led, Smith second. By the finish, Smith had regained the lead, beating Elvin by 2 boat lengths. Graham Lund almost repeated his first race catch-up trick, recovering from sixth to fourth after 2 laps, but had to settle for a third at the finish.Aaron Smith did well to finish fourth in a Radial.  At lunch Colin Smith led on 3 points, with Lund second on 4, Elvin third on 6. These three looked the class acts. Race 3The impatience of youth was apparent again. Aaron Smith was again recalled after coming off worst in a pin-end scrum on a biased line. Coaches tell you to avoid these melees and Graham Lund did just that by coming off the middle of the line at speed, negating the bias in ten seconds of fast, clear air sailing. He led from start to finish. Colin Smith had a shocker, finishing in eighteenth. Race 4For Graham Lund, this was a carbon copy of Race 3. After another perfect mid line start, by half way up the first beat he was leading. This time, in clear air, he stamped his authority on the fleet and stretched his lead to half a leg by the end, deservedly taking the Open Trophy with an unassailable three firsts and a third. Colin Smith, keen to make amends for Race 3, was (it seems) over enthusiastic at the windward mark and, coming in with no rights, on port tack, was protested by Ben Elvin. Smith later magnanimously retired, thereby negating his chance of finishing in the top two. Race 5With nobody now able to beat Graham Lund for first and Ben Elvin for second, the final race would settle third place. The wind went left fifteen degrees in the last 2 minutes of the start sequence, making the port end highly favoured. Dave Goddard from Bewl Valley made a perfect pin end start and led at the end of Lap 1. Colin Smith overhauled him in Lap 2 and though closely challenged by Ben Elvin in the final lap, held on to win and salvage something from a day that might have been much better. Dave Goddard's third in this race secured for him the final podium place, beating Smith (fourth) by 5 points. Aaron Smith deserves a mention for finishing 9th overall in a Radial, a result that could have been much better had it not been for his two individual recalls.  1st    Full Rig           Graham Lund                 Broxbourne SC2nd   Full Rig           Ben Elvin                        Wembley SC3rd    Full Rig           David Goddard               Bewl Valley SC4th    Full Rig           Colin Smith                     Papercourt SC5th    Full Rig           Kevin Pearson                Thames SC1st    Radial             Aaron Smith                    Papercourt SC1st    Island Barn     Paul Wright-Anderson    IBRSC1st    Youth              Aaron Smith                    Papercourt SC  

National Solo Open Meeting at the Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club West Molesey Saturday 12th July. Thames Valley Series

16 Visitors from 11 sailing clubs with 10 home boats met in fine weather with a South West wind force 2-4 gusting 5. The race officer set a course making most of the 122 acres of raised water. There were four races with three to count, a break for midday lunch, and the day finished with the presentation of trophies and a cream tea.

First Race, Mike Hobin from Oxford, a previous winner here, was first to round the windward mark and went on to win from Godfrey Clark, Fishers Green and Will Loy of Reading sailing club.
Second Race, was tight with Will Loy winning from Simon Corper, Reading and Daniel Goodman of Kingsmead.

Third Race, here spectators were treated to a real nail biter with Will Loy and Rob Wilder of Tamesis, quickly getting clear of the fleet and battle throughout with often only a boats length to separate them. Will winning from Rob with Godfrey Clark third.

Forth Race, was another close race with Mike Hobin winning from Daniel Goodman and Rob Wilder

The Home fleet trophy was won by Arthur Philips 11th from Gareth Griffiths 12th and Peter Halliday in 15th position.

Final results were: -

Posn.        Sail               Name                       Sailing Club               Score

   1            4835              Will Loy                   Reading                      5
   2            4927              Mike Hobin              Oxford                        6
   3            4836              Rob Wilder               Tamesis                      9
   4            4120              Godfrey Clark           Fishers Green           10
   5            4922              Simon Corper            Reading                    12
   6            4735              Daniel Goodman       Kingsmead               13
   7            4850              Joe McLaughlin        Tamesis                    16
   8            4772              Mike Wilkie              Littleton                   23
   9            4441              Andrew Voysey        RYA                         24
 10            4741              Steve Jones               Littleton                    24
 11            4048              Arthur Phillips          Island Barn               33
 12            3385              Gareth Griffiths        Island Barn               35
 13            4215              Claire Clark              Fishers Green            38
 14            4190              Paul Johnson             Rickmansworth         39
 15            4071              Peter Halliday           Island Barn                39
 16            4762             Anthony O’Connor    KGSC                        41
 17            4647             Michael Lipscombe    Island Barn                44
 18              606             Malcolm Barnes         Island Barn                52
 19            4686             Hugh Jervis                 Island Barn                57
 20            4064             Keven Fuller               Datchet                      58
 21            4252             Glen Cole                    Island Barn                59
 22            3457             Mervyn Cinnamond    Island Barn                60
 23            4073             Peter Cottrell               Island Barn                67
 24             978              David Lawton              Island Barn               68
 25            3171             Richard Wall-Budden  Island Barn               69
 26            3262             Stuart Whitmore          Island Barn               76
Our grateful thanks to:-
 Race Officer Peter Curtis and his Duty Team
June and Janet for catering
Jim Champ for his work on the computer.
And all those helm’s who took part.

David Clark

Laser Open – Results

 

183952 John Reay IBRSC 1 5 3 1 3 8
178519 Kevin Pearson Thames 10 3 1 3 4 11
178737 Rob Sumner IBRSC 8 9 2 4 1 15
170487 Paul Wright Anderson IBRSC 15 1 4 2 8 15
161421 John Peck BA Silverwing 3 14 6 5 2 16
178516 Julian Smith IBRSC 6 2 8 8 5 21
180392 Andrew Barnett IBRSC 5 6 5 6 DNC 22
164469 Daniel Scott Wembley 7 4 7 7 DNC 25
169278 Mike Curtis IBRSC 11 8 10 10 6 34
155849 Pete Roberts BA Silverwing 13 7 9 11 9 36
175470 Russel Jones Broadwater 9 18 13 9 7 38
186244 Julia Hancock Queen Mary 4 10 11 OCS DNF 49
44519 Alasdair Maclean IBRSC 17 17 12 13 12 54
144282 Brian Greenaway IBRSC 14 16 14 18 11 55
186193 Quentin Andrews IBRSC 18 22 19 12 10 59
155736 David Baldwin IBRSC 22 13 20 14 13 60
165372 Simon Bean IBRSC 2 12 DNC DNC DNC 62
176285 DJ Goodway Littleton 21 11 17 21 14 63
132281 Alan Fuller Hampon 16 21 16 16 15 63
168115 John Magrath IBRSC 12 19 18 15 DNC 64
140044 David Bean IBRSC 19 15 15 17 DNC 66
85172 Martin Yates IBRSC 20 20 22 19 16 75
118493 Owen Padfield Maidenhead/ Oxford 23 23 21 20 17 81