Cadets at Waldringfield Sailing Club - Day 2

Day 2 of the Waldringfield open meeting © David Elliott

Day 2 of the Waldringfield open meeting © Juliet Dearlove

Prizewinners at the Waldringfield open meeting © David Elliott

Competitors arrived for the second day of the Cadet Open at Waldringfield sponsored by Anglia Factors to find little wind on the River Deben. Frustratingly, the morning’s racing was lost when 30 minutes into Race 5, the entire fleet passed the wrong side of a mark and the N flag was raised.

Lunch was taken early and advantage was taken of high water to set a rectangular course around the island in front of the clubhouse. In the re-sailed Race 5 and following a long beat to windward, Waldringfield sisters Emma & Lulu Knott sailing 8432 Trident rounded the mark in first place from Stone’s Lucy & Lainey Terkelsen in 8571 Blu Calula, with Waldringfield’s Charlie Linsell & Alex Eaton third in 8421 State Of The Art. Emma & Joshua White, again from Waldringfield were fourth in 8414 Kiss, followed by overnight leaders Joe Butterworth & Arthur Brown from Fishers Green in 8910 Natural Mystique. Light winds over an ebbing tide produced few opportunities and the race finished after one circuit with the top five unchanged.

Going into the final race, Emma & Lulu led Joe & Arthur by two points. The Race Officer again set a rectangular course, but with the addition of a final beat to the finish. Charlie & Alex led at the windward from Annabel Fox & Ellie Walton from Draycote Water sailing 7658 Leviathan with Thorpe Bay’s George & Ben Warrington third in 9029 Freestyle. Emma & Lulu held fifth place, three places ahead of Joe & Arthur.

The lead changed hands down the run, with George & Ben heading Annabel & Ellie, with Charlie & Alex back in third and with a useful gap over the following fleet. The lead changed again on the short reach to the leeward mark and Annabel & Ellie took line honours by a safe margin from George & Ben with Charlie & Alex third. Joe & Arthur had made up good ground on Emma & Lulu and by the start of the beat were one place ahead in fourth. However, Emma & Lulu maintained close contact on the final leg to finish one place behind them in fifth.

Cadet Squadron Captain Geoff Harris thanked the Race Officer, Anglia Factors for their sponsorship and all those who had helped with staging the event, which had been preceded by three days of training. Waldringfield Vice-Commodore and former International Cadet Class Chairman,William Suddell presented the following trophies on behalf of the Club:

The Harris Salver for winning the Open Meeting and The Club Tankard for Best Female Helm to Emma & Lulu Knott (8432 Trident)

The Mason Trophy for first U15 to Emma White & Joshua White (8414 Kiss)

The Lookers Trophy for first U14 and the trophy for the Most Improvement since last year to Charlie Linsell & Alex Eaton (8421 State Of The Art)

The Open Trophy for first U13 to Lucy Terkelsen & Lainey Terkelsen (8571 Blu Calula)

Overall Results: