Peterborough Lakeside Sailing Club Open Regatta
by Joseph Tierney 2 Oct 2000 08:25 UTC
1st October 2000
Following a lingering foggy, windless start to the day, the sun finally broke through and brought with it a gentle breath of wind just in time for the start of the first race. We were pleased to receive visitors from Wanlip SC and Notts County SC who brought their Byte, Topper and Scorpion classes to join the local club fleet. The Scorpion was the fastest boat on the water by some distance and he turned in three straight wins despite the earnest efforts of the fleet behind him. The nearest to him were the Phantom, the "Bogeyman" Wayfarer and the brand new Kestrel. With two out of three races to count, he could have sat out the third race, but the fickle breeze had by then picked up a little and he was enjoying the sailing! With such a mixed fleet, it is easy for the smaller boats and less experienced helms to be overshadowed but sterling efforts took the Byte into fourth place in the first race and the Topper, in his first open meeting, sailed and finished in creditable style in three quite demanding races. Lakeside always welcomes visitors, even if they come and win our events!
Overall Results:
1st Nigel Potter Scorpion 2pts
2nd Tony Lines Phantom 3pts
3rd Dave & Coral Walton Wayfarer 3pts
4th Richard Cracknell & Liam Pike Kestrel 7pts
5th Kevin Bassam & Frank Benson Wayfarer 9pts
6th John Brown & John Burgess Wayfarer 10pts
7th Tom Blackett & Caroline Brown Wayfarer 11pts
8th Brian & Alison Fisher Wayfarer 13pts
9th Pam Bunney Byte 13pts
10th Mick & Sandra Rust Wayfarer 13pts
11th Dennis Kirk & Stuart Gray 470 20pts
12th Frank Fenton-Coopland & Bob Harvey 21pts
13th Darryl Neale Topper 23pts
14th Friz Lines-National Solo 23pts
15th Ian Sheldon & Mick Seaton Enterprise 26pts
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