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Craftinsure Supernova Traveller Series at Winsford Flash Sailing Club

by James Stark 24 Jun 07:02 BST 15 June 2024

On 15th June sixteen contenders arrived ready and raring to go for the Craftinsure Supernova travellers event at Winsford Flash Sailing Club.

Unfortunately the fleet were met by calm conditions which were extremely difficult to navigate. However, three sailors managed to show true skill on the calm still surface, Alex Reeve, followed by Winsford's own sailors Pete Chambers, and Pete Coop.

In all three races, you wanted to get in front early, and Alex proved to make good progress from each start.

Although the front runners showed a great performance, it's worth noting that Paul Undrell and Eric Haselden had a good chance for one of the podium spots until the last race! It was very close in the front five with these 5 pulling away from the mid fleet fairly quickly.

In the middle, it looked quite tightly packed and difficult to get passed each other, with battles to get some clean air.

At the back, it was excessively difficult to get going with the bad airs from the sails of the other Supernovas, not really getting much momentum until they had rounded marks and got away again.

Although the day was not the most blustery of days, it was good to see the experience shine through and the warm hospitality of the host club.

Winsford looks forward to seeing everyone again next year and the Class Association thanks the 'home team' for organising the event.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmR1R2R3Pts
1st1344Alex Reeve‑1112
2nd1168Pete Chambers‑4325
3rd1321Pete Coop‑5235
4th1160Paul Undrell24‑76
5th1296Eric Haselden35‑118
6th709Chris Aubrey‑66410
7th1253Ian Clarke8‑10614
8th1120Duncan Cheshire‑117916
9th1004Rob Paddison12‑15517
10th519David Baldwin Williams‑109817
11th1254Tom Bleasdale711(DNF)18
12th494Richard Duncan‑1581018
13th1275Iain Barlow914(DNC)23
14th1171Mark Meadows1312(DNC)25
15th406James Stark14‑161226
16th1241Frank Lafferty‑1613DNF28

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