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Lark Red Square National Championships - Day 3 & 4
Author: Lark Red Square National Championships
Tuesday
Racing abandoned due to excessive Southerly winds and sea state, so the fleet made the most of a lay day and played beach games and partied hard in the evening.
Wednesday
Races 4, 5 and 6
Wednesday dawned the complete opposite of Tuesday with no breeze to speak of, but the fleet put to sea launching into a difficult swell to attempt to catch up on the race programme. Luckily as they arrived at the Committee Boat a very light breeze filled in from a SE direction.
Race 4
Pathfinder, Pete Vincent and Tegwyn Roberts, started Race 4 in frustrating
conditions. As the first beat progressed it became clear that the breeze was
shifting right and that the right hand side the beat was paying. This
favoured Richard and Jenny Bennett who rounded ahead of Emma Harris and
Helen Woodward and Chris Fish and Nathalie Bannister. With a strong spring
ebb setting the first reach became very tactical with Dougal and Nigel Scott
working their way through to 3rd by the gybe mark. These positions were
maintained up the next beat and down the run, where the wind dropped very
light. Wisely, PRO, John Griffiths, decided to shorten, giving Richard and
Jenny Bennett their first National Championship race win, with
Harris/Woodward in second and the Scotts in third.
Race 5
After a gap of almost an hour waiting for the wind to steady and fill back
in, the fleet got away to sail an almost identical race, with right paying
again up the first beat. This time, it was Neil and Fiona Ravenscroft who
took advantage to take a clear lead at the windward mark, with Steve and
Karen Bolland hot on their heels and Justin Deal and Sarah Mariott from
Exeter University following in third. Again, a light and fickle breeze on
the final downwind leg meant there was much to be gained and lost. The
Ravenscrofts kept their lead, but Deal and Mariott sailed a cleverly to
overhaul the Bollands before the finish.
Race 6
Another line start began the last race of the day, with Dougal and Nigel
Scott getting clear by the windward mark, followed by Harry Pynn and Tom
Alexander and Simon Cox and Dave Herbert in their new Rondar Lark. By the
leeward mark, after two very tight and tricky reaches, there had been no
place changes in the top five. However, Harris and Woodward, who had been in
5th place picked up port lift which brought them out in front of the Scotts
at the start of the run, with the Scotts behind now battling for second
place. This time, the race officer decided to give the fleet one more beat
before shortening. The Scotts took advantage, sailed fast and pipped
Harris/Woodward at the finish post by a whisker. Paul and Vicky Gardner
overhauled both Pynn/Alexander and Cox/Herbert to finished a commendable
third.
More Information:
- YachstandYachting.com Lark Page
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