Mirror Southern Travaller at Bosham Sailing Club

by Simon Lovesey 11 Jun 2004 09:48 BST

Nineteen Mirrors at the Bosham Southern travellers event © Bosham SC

Nineteen Mirrors enjoyed a superb days racing at Bosham Mirror Open, part of the popular Southern Traveller series. At the front the Yeoman brothers, George and Jack dominated proceedings with two straight wins. The next five places were incredibly close, with just two points separating this group.

With a light northerly and a strong flood tide, it was a long sail out to the start. With the tide under the fleet and the inevitable general recall, race one eventually got under way. The Yeomans led from start to finish and were never really challenged, making the most of the conditions and their local Chichester Harbour knowledge. The pursing pack experienced many place changes and some close racing, with Tom Robinson and Shaun Mason of Warsash coming second and South Zone Squad members Jamie Knill and Lewis Rumbol of Poole third.

Race two saw a similar pattern of recalls and the Yeoman Brother dominating from start to finish. Again the rest of the fleet enjoyed very close racing, p laying out a challenging game of snakes and ladders in deciding which shore to hug when avoiding the strong tide on the run. In the end father and son team, Graham and James Griffin of Chichester, took second place from Tom and Shaun.

With a change in tide and a dying wind with the sea breeze trying to establish itself, Race Three proved very challenging. Most of the fleet were caught out by the change in tide and struggled to make the start on time, National Squad sailors Josh Rumbol and Tom Davidson of Poole, judged the conditions perfectly and led from start to finish. After a late start, father and son pair, Simon and James Lovesey from Warsash split from the fleet on the second beat to find more wind on the Eastern shore to finish in second place, with Graham and James Griffin third.

The Mirror Southern Traveller Series consists of twelve events on inland and coastal waters, many are supported by training days.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	70280	The Other Half	George Yeoman	Jack Yeoman	ISC	1	1	~~DNF~~	2
2	70155	Tickie Crab	Graham Griffin	James Griffin	CYC	4	2	3	5
3	70003	Encore Une Fois	Tom Robinson	Shaun Mason	Warsash	2	3	8	5
4	70263	Ace of Clubs	Josh Rumbol	Tom Davidson	Poole YC	6	6	1	7
5	70154	Passing Wind	Simon Lovesey	James Lovesay	Warsash	7	5	2	7
6	70258	Checkmate	Jamie Knill	Lewis Rumbol	Poole YC	3	4	4	7
7	70216	Which Witch	Alice Darling	Jillian Darling	ISC	5	7	11	12
8	70084	No Strings Attached	Louisa Currey	Alisdair Currey	ISC	9	8	5	13
9	69238	Blue Seal	Andrew Shaw		ISC	8	9	6	14
10	59187	Purple Haze	Ron Vass	Ed Nicholls	Maidenhead SC	13	13	7	20
11	69334	Defonse-toi	Shaun Hampton-Matthews	Ed Hampton-Matthews	Warsash	10	10	~~DNF~~	20
12	42473	Blue Bells	Andrew Marsh	Charlie Marsh	ISC	11	12	10	21
13	70103	Running Bear	Miggs Wallace	James Wallace	BSC	14	11	~~DNF~~	25
14	64016	Silver Fox	Sam Nicholls	Georgina Kirkwood	Maidenhead Sc	17	18	9	26
15	58227	Maximus Meridious	Jon Bonsor	Jake Bonsor	Warsash	12	14	~~DNF~~	26
16	70102	Starship	Tom Lovesey	Emily Hampton-Matthews	Warsash	16	16	~~DNF~~	32
17	69969	Atomic Eel	Sienna Murdoch	Lily Marsh	ISC	19	15	~~DNF~~	34
18	65914	Mogwai	Oloivia Mace	Jessica Briggs	BSC	15	19	~~DNF~~	34
19	69782	Zanzibar	Alex Lindsay	Matt Stater	ISC	18	17	~~DNC~~	35