Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Event Lee-on-Solent - 06/05/2006
The 3rd Fat Face circuit event held at Lee on Solent Sailing Club 6th/7th
May 06 was mixed weather and saw the largest fleet of RS600 so far this
season with lots of new and old faces coming together.
Torrential rain and a lack of wind greeted 18 RS600 sailors for the
latest Fat Face circuit event at Lee-on-the-Solent sailing club. The wind
filled in though for the first race where Olly Straker led from the
start, holding off challenges by Ian Marshall and Jamie Mawson who
finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
In second race John Powell led at the windward mark closely followed by
Andy Heissig and Dave Nunn. Heissig managed to take the lead and went on
to win, John Powell sailed well but slipped to 4th as the whole fleet
finished within seconds of each other. Mawson pulled through to second,
after being over the start line, while Marshall also gained places to
finish 3rd. The third race saw Marshall winning, from Mawson and Heissig.
Sunday started bright with little wind. After race 4 was abandoned due
to a large windshift, the re-run race turned out to be a drifter as the
wind died again. Dave Nunn and Alan Williams got good starts with
Williams getting to the windward mark first. However, there was enough
to allow Powell to pick through the fleet on the run to win from Marshall
and James Soinsbury, leaving Williams and Nunn to drop back to 7th and
8th respectively. The wind filled in again for the penultimate race where
Heissig and Mawson managed to pass Andy Hewitt, with Heissig pulling
clear to win from Mawson and John Charles.
Marshall sealed the event by winning the last race, with Heissig second
overall from Mawson and then Hewitt. Thanks goes to Lee-on-the-Solent
sailing club for hosting a well organised event which saw some close
racing throughout the fleet.