Solo Open at Broadwater Sailing Club

by Dave Walford 16 Mar 2014 21:32 GMT 9 March 2014

Spring appeared to have arrived after a somewhat damp and windy Winter. A breezy and warm day in the Spring sunshine greeted the thirty six entrants to the first Solo open meeting of the year, held at Broadwater Sailing Club.

Following on from the new format in 2013, 4 short races were again held (2 back to back in the morning / afternoon) with 3 to count and prizes for the middle fleet position and the most improved helm.

The lake looked deceptively calm but before the race started the southerly wind had increased to a steady force three with gusts of force four. This producing an opportunity for the competitors to use the full length of the lake for the beat followed by exciting reaches and a short run.

Race one was won by Steve Corby (King George) in Solo 5324 closely followed by Simon Maskell (Hunts) in Solo 5339 and Patrick Ward (Chipstead) in Solo 4801.

Race two commenced after a general recall again in similar conditions. In this race there was one outright winner who after the first beat lead without being closely challenged Mark Maskell (Blackwater) in Solo 5455. Thereafter the theme from the first race continued with Simon Maskell (brother of Mark) in second and Steve Corby in third.

After lunch the fleet returned to the water with all still to sail for ! Simon Maskell took on the challenge with two firsts in both the third and fourth race.

In race three he was closely followed by Ewan Birkin-Walls (Grafham) in Solo 5135 / Steve Corby in third and to his credit Steve's son Alex Corby (King George) in fourth Solo 5234.

In race four Mike Dray (Littleton) in Solo 4386 was second and Ewan Birkin-Walls third The overall Open Meeting winner was Simon Maskell and he thanked everyone at the club for hosting a successful meeting. He was particularly complimentary about the delicious food and cakes.

Solos at Broadwater - photo © Catherine Turner

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	5339	Simon Maskell	Hunts	2	2	1	1	4
2nd	5324	Steve Corby	King George	1	3	3	Rtd	7
3rd	5135	Ewan Birkin ‑ Walls	Graffam	4	6	2	3	9
4th	5234	Alex Corby	King George	5	4	4	6	13
5th	5455	Mark Maskell	Blackwater	9	1	6	9	16
6th	5281	James Ross	Hamble River	6	5	5	DNS	16
7th	5115	Andrew Boyce	Papercourt	7	8	16	4	19
8th	4386	Mike Dray	Littleton	8	14	13	2	23
9th	4801	Patrick Ward	Chipstead	3	11	10	11	24
10th	5168	Tim Lewis	Littleton	11	15	8	5	24
11th	5320	Dave Walford	Broadwater / RYA	12	9	11	7	27
12th	5466	Paul Playle	Island Barn	10	12	7	10	27
13th	4688	Alistair Roaf	Chipstead	16	10	9	8	27
14th	5373	Phil Sturmer	Royal Burnham	18	7	12	16	35
15th	5138	Patrick Overs	Paxton Lakes	13	17	19	13	43
16th	5152	Andrew Thompson	Chipstead	14	18	18	14	44
17th	1102	Will Loy	RYA	22	13	15	DNS	50
18th	5265	Bob Trend	Chipstead	28	19	20	15	54
19th	5329	Barry Longman	Fishers Green	25	24	14	17	55
20th	5446	Alex Powell	Porchester	23	21	25	12	56
21st	5012	Claire Clark	Fishers Green	15	16	27	DNS	58
22nd	4533	Andrew Cooney	Broadwater	20	23	22	19	61
23rd	4222	Richard Linsdale	Broadwater	17	22	31	23	62
24th	3316	Richard Keefe	Hunts	24	20	23	20	63
25th	5222	Joe Rycroft	RYA	19	29	21	DNS	69
26th	4551	Bill Hutchings	Tonbridge	21	28	26	22	69
27th	5454	Dave Weatherhead	Broadwater	27	26	17	DNS	70
28th	4221	Nick Fairweather	Broadwater	30	31	29	18	77
29th	4872	Travis Benton	Broadwater	26	32	24	DNS	82
30th	4591	Adrian Thomas	Broadwater	31	33	33	21	85
31st	4757	Mike Parker	Broadwater	RTD	27	28	DNS	86
32nd	5344	Rodney Steel	Broadwater	29	30	30	DNS	89
33rd	5207	Mike Wiltshire	RYA	RTD	25	32	DNS	94
34th	4867	John O Dowd	Broadwater	33	34	34	DNS	101
35th	4689	Andy Chaplin	Broadwater	32	35	Rtd	DNS	104
36th	4417	Sid Quay	BROADWATER	RTD	DNS	DNS	DNS	111