Results / Open Farmoor SC - 09/04/2005
Farmoor S.C., Oxford
Saturday 9th April was the 1st Training Day of the season with 11
trainees new and old to the fleet with a variety of time in the boat.
With strong winds giving some difficulties to those newest to the boat
everyone finished the day learning something and improving their boat
handling.
Sunday 10th April saw the first of the one day circuit events at Oxford,
a cool sunny day with force 4 winds. Race 1 saw Ian Marshall and Dave
Nunn get clear port hand starts but Shaun Anderson and Damon Bower ended
up having a port/starboard collision on the start line. Shaun recovered
well to follow Ian and Dave up the beat in 3rd place. Shaun slowly
reeled Dave in overtaking him towards the end of the first lap and went
on to finish 2nd behind Ian.
Race 2 started well with John Randall taking an early lead and holding it
until Mark 3 the gybe mark of a trapezoid course where he took a costly
swim dropping back to 4th place, putting Ian in 1st place again followed
by Shaun and Dave. John�s capsize allowed Jon Powell to catch up making
4th place closely contested.
Race 3 had a port bias start line making it difficult to cross on a
starboard tack, Jon Powell and Dave just got a clear start on port with
Jon reaching the windward mark in 1st place. Shaun started the wrong
side of the committee boat on the wrong line so was sailing catch up for
the whole race. Ian just rounded the windward mark in 2nd place and
moved into 1st on the second leg going on to win his 3rd race. Shaun
sailed well catching everyone giving Dave a run for his money and
finishing in 2nd place.
Thanks go to Oxford Sailing Club and the race officer for a great days
racing.
Position Name Sail No Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
1st Ian Marshall 979 1 1 1 3
2nd Shaun Anderson 649 2 2 2 6
3rd Dave Nunn 826 3 3 3 9
4th John Randall 774 4 4 4 12
5th Jon Powell 954 5 5 5 15
6th Damon Bower 921 6 6 6 18
7th Tony Mitchell 918 RTD DNS RTD