Results / Gul Scottish Grand Slam East Lothian YC - 04/05/2002
The five event GUL RS GRAND SLAM Circuit which includes Torbay, Stokes
Bay/Lee on Solent, the Nationals and the Inlands kicked off in some style
at East Lothian Y.C, North Berwick on May 4/5th. For the second year in a
row the weather gods really liked the idea of an RS event in North
Berwick on a Bank Holiday and supplied glorious sunshine, almost total
clear blue skies and decent winds. In such weather the sailing area of
North Berwick has to be one of the most scenic in the country with sandy
beach, Bass Rock, hills, gannets and puffins. On top of all this East
Lothian YC are so friendly and keen to lay on a good event which included
top race management from Race Officers Ted Hill and Jim Sinclair. After
having had three quality races on Saturday in a good force 3-4 in bright
sunshine with rapid turn arounds and the club gives every competitor an
ice cream as you pull the boat up the slip you know you have arrived on
planet happy.
Watersports photographer Nick Kirk also had a very happy event; with his
waterproof digital camera he took some fantastic shots which he displayed
on a big screen in the evening. He then kept the fleet entertained with
his unusual antics including wearing a survival suit on Sunday and
swimming around the leeward mark to get the best action shots from
different angles as the 400 fleet descended on mass!! A man dedicated
indeed. Hopefully he got the shot of Nick Craig, RS400, getting his pole
stuck in the netting over the leeward mark and having to send his crew
onto the foredeck to break free, entertainment of the highest order.
1 Martin Goodlad Prestwick 607 2 1 1 4 2 6
2 Peter Griffith South Shields SC 786 3 2 2 1 1 6
3 Howard StevensonTynemouth SC 690 1 5 5 2 3 11
4 Ian Rhodes Northampton 808 4 3 3 3 4 13
5 Bruce Millar ELYC 791 5 4 4 5 5 18