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Enterprise Open at Corus Colors Sailing Club
Author: Jeff Dyer
15th June 2003
A select gathering of 9 boats contested the CORUS Enterprise Open at Port Talbot, South Wales on Sunday 15th June. This was event five of the Speed sails sponsored Severnside series for the Dragon Trophy.
The usual West Country visitors appeared to have selected their crew combinations out of a hat, as lightweight Phil Kirk was paired with Stuart Dando (Frampton upon Severn S.C.), giving them an all up weight of around 15 stone, whilst the somewhat larger pairing of Geoff Coxe and A Tomlison (FOSSC) probably had double that weight.
In the first race, Ann Whitfield and Hugh Sims-Williams (PenarthYC) took advantage of some shifty warm winds to reach the windward mark first, however Jeff Dyer and Simon Cook (PYC), and the lightweight Phil Kirk and Stuart Dando moved ahead before Ann pulled back to second on the final long reach to the finish.
The second race saw the first race's leaders asleep at the start, with Roy Barker and Minnie Lucey (PYC) taking advantage to pull out a good lead. Dyer and Cook pulled back from a poor fourth to take the lead. Phil and Stuart moved past Ann and Huw to take second
place, Roy and Minnie finishing in fourth.
Dyer and Cook having won the meeting, the third race was between Ann and Phil for second place. In the light and shifty conditions that ensued, Phil's rapidly improving crew Stuart made the most of his weight advantage to ensure that they crossed the line first, Ann and Huw closely following, with Roy and Minnie in third and the ever present Ian Wakeling and Jenny Dando (Bristol Corinthian Y.C.) in fourth.
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