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SW Topper Traveller Summer Series Round 1 at Paignton Sailing Club

by Edward Lee 27 Apr 2023 06:13 BST 22-23 April 2023
Launching during the Paignton Topper Open © Jun Kaneko

Many thanks to Paignton Sailing Club for a fantastic weekend opening our SW Topper Traveller summer series on 22nd and 23rd April 2023. It was great to see so many new sailors joining us for this event.

There was the usual coaching on the Saturday before the races on the Sunday. The English Riviera delivered on Saturday with a building afternoon breeze. Sundays race day brought variable and shifty conditions, different in each race, and an April shower during the last, brought even more variety. There were three winners of the four races with close competition throughout the fleet.

Paignton SC were fantastic hosts: Great race organisation and a warm Topper welcome of a free bowl of pasta for chilly sailors once they were ashore.

Well done to Thomas Semmens, Harry Mills and Edward Lee for their 1,2,3 in the 5.3sqm class, to Ollie Rawlings for coming top in the 4.2sqm class, and big congratulations to Endeavour prize winner Topper-Traveller-first-timer Leo Kaneko.

Our next SW Topper Traveller event is 13th and 14th May at Saltash SC: coaching on Saturday and Racing on the Sunday. First-timers are always welcome to the Topper Family, and at Saltash (my club), there is free camping nearby and even some boats to lend. See you there!

Overall Results:

PosRigSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3R4Pts
1st5.347706Thomas SemmensBrixham YC/Paignton SC11‑324
2nd5.347621Harry MillsSaltash SC43‑518
3rd5.347732Edward LeeSaltash SC3‑9148
4th5.347731Isabel WilliscroftPaignton SC5‑72310
5th5.347653Amelia GilboyPaignton SC‑624612
6th5.348196Victory MontgomeryN/A25‑6512
7th5.342331Toby CollsChew Valley Lake SC84‑9719
8th4.247021Ollie RawlingsLyme Regis SC967‑1022
9th5.345236Dylan PritchettChew Valley Lake SC10‑128826
10th5.330384Tayah GilboyPaignton SC78(DNC)DNC30
11th5.345732Jack TuckerCastle Cove‑131110930
12th5.346913Leo KanekoDittisham SC12‑13111134
13th5.344004Leo GriffithsChew Valley Lake SC/Exe SC1110(DNC)DNC36
14th5.348513Nicola RichardsCastle Cove SC(DNC)DNCDNCDNC45

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