Phantom open meeting at Bowmoor Sailing Club
by Richard Nurse 2 Apr 2023 19:48 BST
1 April 2023
April 1st saw ten boats travel through some small floods to reach the club where a strong home turnout of eight awaited for the 2023 Bowmoor SC Phantom open meeting.
Sailors gathered in the clubhouse for breakfast and briefing as buoys got twisted into place for what would not be the last time of the day. The fleet quickly got afloat on the tropical blue water.
Race one got away, and it was Richard Sims who led the fleet around the windward mark but in the game of snakes and ladders, it was the local of Charlie Samson who would pull through and take the gun followed closely by Chase SC rep Adam Froggatt.
Race two followed quickly after and was once again it was a battle between Adam and Charlie at the front, with Charlie once again coming out triumphant.
Now time for lunch, the fleet headed for the club house as the result was undertaken, the wind flicked 90 degrees but as the fleet returned to the water it moved back 45.
Race three got under way, Adam lead most of the race but made an uncharacteristic mistake and was Charlie that once again take the line honours.
With first and second now determined, the final race was no change with Charlie and Adam leading the fleet.
Prize-giving followed where Charlie thanked all involved in the day.
Next up on the Phantom calendar in Shoreham next Easter Sunday and Monday. After that the Inlands hosted by Chase in Staffordshire on the 22nd and 23rd April.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
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| 1st | 1438 | Charlie Samson | Bowmoor Sailing Club | ‑1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 1449 | Adam Froggatt | Chase SC | ‑2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd | 1495 | Mike Tustin | Bowmoor Sailing Club | ‑4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4th | 1492 | Jim Hopton | Shustoke SC | 3 | 4 | 5 | ‑6 | 12 |
| 5th | 1337 | Richard Nurse | NSC | 5 | 6 | 3 | ‑8 | 14 |
| 6th | 1405 | Andy Smith | Bowmoor Sailing Club | ‑9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 7th | 1447 | Richard Sims | Burton SC | 7 | 7 | ‑10 | 5 | 19 |
| 8th | 1448 | Tom Whittingham | Bowmoor Sailing Club | ‑16 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 9th | 1439 | Simon Lennane | Llandegfedd SC | 6 | ‑11 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
| 10th | 1356 | Steve Ward | Bartley | 8 | 8 | 12 | ‑13 | 28 |
| 11th | 1429 | Dean Griffiths | Bowmoor Sailing Club | 10 | 10 | ‑11 | 10 | 30 |
| 12th | 1303 | Dave Patrick | Broadwater SC | 12 | 12 | ‑13 | 12 | 36 |
| 13th | 1406 | Olly Hopkins | Bowmoor Sailing Club | (DNS) | DNS | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 14th | 1414 | Dave Smith | Hollingworth Lake | 13 | 13 | 14 | ‑15 | 40 |
| 15th | 1012 | Paul Egerton | Blithfield SC | 11 | 15 | 17 | (DNS) | 43 |
| 16th | 162 | Giles Winslow | Bowmoor Sailing Club | 14 | (DNF) | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| 17th | 1450 | Gavin Vaughan | Burton | 15 | 14 | 15 | ‑16 | 44 |
| 18th | 1263 | Chris McCormak | Bowmoor Sailing Club | (DNS) | 16 | DNS | DNS | 56 |