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Steve Nicholson Memorial race at Northampton Sailing Club
Author: Peter Travers
Northampton Sailing Club held the second Steve Nicholson Memorial Trophy last Saturday, 19th January. The event is fast becoming one of the premiere early season inland meetings. Following the success of the inaugural meeting last year, the event once again brought together some of the top UK sailors including several National and World champions. The fleet was large, 104 boats arrived at Pistford to be greeted by near perfect conditions.
The double handers got the day under way with some very competitive racing from the Fireball fleet who were using this event as the last time to check the boat handling out before they go off to the Worlds in Tampa USA. As the breeze increased, several of the fleet practised their capsize drills, but eventually Kevin Hope & Rob Gardner came out on top.
Single handlers were once again dominated by the Laser Vortex. The winning boat was sailed by Keith Escritt, who was closely challenged by Anthony York in his RS600 throughout the racing. The U18 were giving everyone a run for their money lead by Nicholas Scott in his Laser with two fourth places. Alan Burrell sailing his Phantom once again had good day racing, keeping up with the Vortex and RS600 to finish fourth overall.
The asymmetric racing took place while everyone else was resting and proved to be great viewing for every one. Several spectacular capsizes and some very near misses from the leading boats gave everyone the chance to stay in contention for the lead. The Laser Stratos sailed by Bruce Bonar and Will Hall came out on top. Kevin Anderson sailing his Musto Skiff closely followed them in second place.
The day racing was a great success, only thanks to relentless effort of Chris Wright and his team on the water, the many helpers on the shore and, of course, those who turned up to sail.
In total, the day raised Ј1600 for the National Asthma Campaign.
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- Northampton Sailing Club
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