Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Chew Valley Lake SC - 12/03/2005
Sunny skies greeted the competitors for the first open of the RS600 Fat
Face circuit at Chew Valley Sailing Club. As soon as the fleet left the
shore the temperature plummeted and a fresh, gusty and shifty wind
developed.
Race one saw Paul Smalley lead around the first mark but a capsize
allowed Jamie Mawson and Alex Knight through. A gust then caused carnage
at the gybe mark before Mawson went on to win. Knight led the fleet round
the windward mark in race two but was overtaken by Smalley on the reach.
These positions remained the same with Mawson finishing in third. Race
three saw the closest racing of the weekend as Andy Heissig and Alex
Knight rounded the windward mark together. A group of boats then formed
at the front of the fleet. Places swapped regularly between the leading
four boats which all finished within two boat lengths of each other.
Smalley took the honours from Knight.
On the Sunday a light and shifty breeze made for ticky conditions. Demo
Dave took a flyer in race four and was never challenged. Smalley pulled
up to second with Knight in third. The breeze filled in more for race
five which saw Mawson winning in front of Smalley and Knight. In the
final race Mawson started well but lost out to Smalley and Knight meaning
that Smalley won the event.
Thanks goes to Chew Valley Sailing Club, to Fat Face and it was good to
see some new faces getting to grips with the 600.
1. Paul Smalley CVLSC 3 1 1 2 2 1
7 1
2. Jamie Mawson Ulley 1 3 3 12 1 3
11 2
3. Alex Knight CVLSC 4 2 2 4 3 2
13 3
4. Shaun Anderson RAFSC 2 4 6 3 4
12 19 4
5. Ian Collis Smith CVLSC 5 12 5 7 5
4 26 5
6. Simon Bennett CVLSC 7 7 7 8 7
5 33 6
7. Andy Heissig Lymington 12 5 4 5 12
12 38 7
8. Demo Dave RS Racing 12 12 12 1 6
12 43 8
9. Fred Merchant RS Racing 6 12 12 6
12 12 48 9
10. Wayne Hancock Bartley 12 6 12 12 12
12 54 10
11. Marton Meldon Bartley 12 12 12 12 12
12 60 11