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Results / SE Circuit

Brightlingsea S.C.
11/05/2024 - 12/05/2024
Silver Tiller:
Multi-Day Silver Tiller:
Vintage:
Regional: SE
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Thank you Will Henderson for the report.

On 11th and 12th May Brightlingsea S.C. hosted 23 Merlins for the Brightlingsea Merlin Open sponsored by Allen.  The Open was held jointly with the Solo Eastern Area Championships.  The weather could hardly have been better.  The competitors were greeted by warm sunshine and a force 3 to 5 Easterly on Saturday with a quieter Force  1 – 2  on Sunday. 

Three races were sailed on each day, all with triangle, sausage, triangle, sausage courses.  On Saturday all the beats except for the last couple were across a strongly flooding tide.  The reaches were perfectly set so that it was just possible to lay them with spinnakers up.  That presented challenges for the skills and fitness of helms and crews.  There were many weary bodies at the end of the day.  All more than ready for liquid and solid refreshment.  Superb homemade cakes were followed after a short interval for more liquid, by a sausage casserole.

Race 1 saw 3791 (Jon Gorringe and Mat Currell), 3726 (Will and Arthur Henderson) and 3775 (Chris Jennings and Pete Nicholson) tack onto port soon after the start and stretch away across the tide to round the first mark in that order, which was maintained until the end of the first sausage when 3775 gybed astutely and took over second place.  Those positions were held until the finish.  Races 2 and 3 were similar stories, except that in race 2 3812 (Ollie Meadowcroft and Rob Allen) joined the party and pushed 3726 down to 4th place, and in race 3 3726 led around the course with 3775 beating 3791 for second place.

Sunday’s lighter winds brought some relief for tired legs and brought other boats to the fore.  In race 4 3812 (Ollie and Rob) cracked the start and the first beat to win the race comfortably.  They were followed home by 3746 (James Wells and Anna Aylward) in 2nd, 3799 (Paul Rayson and Christian Hill) in 3rd and  3751 (Rupert and Mary  Henderson-White) in 4th.  Meanwhile Saturday’s stars languished in 10th (3791), 6th (3775) and 13th (3726).  In race 5 Ollie and Rob won again.  This time followed in 2nd by the consistent Chris and Pete. 3782 (Ed Chapman and Amy Clay) were 3rd and 3671 (David Conlon and Rebecca Bines) were 4th.  3791 (Jon and Mat) crept around in the lightest winds of the day to 6th.  That left all to play for in race 6 after which the second discard would apply.  Jon and Mat were holding scores of 1, 1, 4, 10, 6; Chris and Pete 2, 2, 2, 6, 2; Ollie and Rob 8, 3, 8, 1, 1; Will and Arthur 3, 4, 1, 13, 14.  Jon and Will re-discovered their starting mojos, tacked onto port soon after the start and were well away in 1st and 2nd, while Ollie and Rob and Chris and Pete were not among the front-runners.  In an attempt to pass Jon and Mat,  Will and Arthur went on a bad shift and were overtaken by  3751 (Rupert and Mary  Henderson-White) and 3796 (Will Warren and Charlotte Stewart).  However, they recovered to 2nd down the run.  After that there was little change in the front group except that 3753 (Andy Bines and Sarah Conlon) overtook Will Warren and Charlotte for 4th

In the final analysis, Jon Gorringe and Mat Currell’s counters of three firsts and a fourth gave then a well-deserved first place overall.  Chris Jennings and Pete Nicolson were second counting four seconds and Will and Arthur Henderson were third with counters of 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Prizegiving was held in the glorious sunshine outside the clubhouse.  Custom hand-crafted plates were given to the helms and crews of the first three boats.  Allen Brothers vouchers were awarded. The Club, its many volunteers and its staff were thanked for putting on an excellent weekend’s sailing which was enjoyed by all.

The next event on the Allen SE Series is at Whitstable Yacht Club on 22nd and 23rd June combined with the next Craftinsure Silver Tiller Sea category meeting.

Overall

Sailed: 6, Discards: 2, To count: 4, Entries: 23, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Tally Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 37 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3791 Parkstone SC Jon Gorringe Matt Currel 975 1.0 1.0 4.0 (10.0) (6.0) 1.0 23.0 7.0
2nd 38 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3775 Burghfield SC Chris Jennings Pete Nicholson 975 2.0 2.0 2.0 (6.0) 2.0 (24.0 DNC) 38.0 8.0
3rd 13 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3726 SalcombeYC Will Henderson Arthur Henderson 975 3.0 4.0 1.0 (13.0) (14.0) 2.0 37.0 10.0
4th 39 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3812 Broadwater SC Ollie Meadowcroft Rob Allen 975 (8.0) 3.0 8.0 1.0 1.0 (24.0 DNC) 45.0 13.0
5th 33 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3746 RYA James Wells Anna Aylward 975 4.0 (11.0) 5.0 2.0 8.0 (13.0) 43.0 19.0
6th 31 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3751 Brightlingsea SC Rupert Henderson-White Mary Henderson-White 975 6.0 (12.0) (12.0) 4.0 7.0 3.0 44.0 20.0
7th 7 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3793 Burghfield SC James Williams Rich Cornes 975 5.0 7.0 3.0 (11.0) (17.0) 6.0 49.0 21.0
8th 41 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3796 Shoreham SC William Warren Charlotte Stewart 975 (11.0) 5.0 9.0 5.0 (12.0) 5.0 47.0 24.0
9th 40     MERLIN-ROCKET 3782 CMYC Edward Chapman Amy Clay 975 7.0 (10.0) (10.0) 9.0 3.0 7.0 46.0 26.0
10th 44 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3799 Fishers Green SC/ Salcombe YC Paul Rayson Christian Hill 975 (17.0) 6.0 7.0 3.0 (16.0) 14.0 63.0 30.0
11th 22 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3753 Brightlingsea SC Andy Bines Sarah Conlon 975 18.0 (19.0) (19.0) 8.0 5.0 4.0 73.0 35.0
12th 25 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3696 Shoreham SC Alex Warren Rob Henderson 975 (13.0) 8.0 (11.0) 7.0 11.0 9.0 59.0 35.0
13th 35 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3671 Brightlingsea SC David Conlon Rebecca Bines 975 (16.0) (13.0) 13.0 12.0 4.0 8.0 66.0 37.0
14th 29 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3702 Fishers Green SC Duncan Salmon Beka Jones 975 (15.0) 14.0 14.0 (17.0) 9.0 10.0 79.0 47.0
15th 8 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3672 Brightlingsea SC Ben Clegg Abi Clegg 975 10.0 15.0 6.0 (20.0) (22.0) 18.0 91.0 49.0
16th 36 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3756 Shoreham SC Sophie Mackley George Bender 975 12.0 (16.0) (16.0) 14.0 10.0 15.0 83.0 51.0
17th 42 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3770 Fishers Green SC Jon Steward Graham 975 14.0 9.0 15.0 (19.0) 15.0 (24.0 DNC) 96.0 53.0
18th 43     MERLIN-ROCKET 3553 Burnham SC Flynn Davies Jo Tribe 975 (21.0) 17.0 (20.0) 16.0 13.0 11.0 98.0 57.0
19th 45 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3745 Broadwater SC Paul Dean Hannah Burt 975 (22.0) (24.0 OCS) 17.0 18.0 19.0 12.0 112.0 66.0
20th 15 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3817 Stone SC Geoff Kimber Helen Kimber 975 19.0 18.0 18.0 15.0 (21.0) (24.0 DNC) 115.0 70.0
21st 32 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3715 Fishers Green SC Richard Cooke Russell Hall 975 20.0 20.0 (21.0) (21.0) 18.0 17.0 117.0 75.0
22nd 46 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3578 Fishers Green SC Nick Yannakoyorgos Hannah Baker 975 (23.0) 21.0 (22.0) 22.0 20.0 16.0 124.0 79.0
23rd 11 Merlin   MERLIN-ROCKET 3247 Frensham Pond SC Clive Epvett Megan Pascoe 975 9.0 (24.0 DNC) (24.0 DNC) 24.0 DNC 24.0 DNC 24.0 DNC 129.0 81.0

 


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