Weymouth Nationwide

Preliminiary Report from Weymouth Nationwide.  Saturday was wild so the organisers sent the 4.2 fleet out to their race course and kept the 5.3's on shore.  With winds of around 30 Knots (thats a lot!)in the starting area the 4.2's promptly returned to the shore and the 5.3's stayed dry.  Sunday dawned equally windy so this time it was the 4.2 fleet who decided to show their good manners and let the 5.3's launch first.  Not surprisingly it was a considerably depleted 5.3 fleet which eventiually started with around 30 boats from each flight giving two starts of around 60 boats.  With winds still hitting the 30 knot plus range it was a day for the brave and the determined but one race was successfully completed before the OOD fianlly accepted the inevitable and sent the fleet home.  So one race for the 5.3's sadly not enough to count as a series but at least worthy of awarding much dererved prizes.  No racing at all for 4.2's.

Overall victory was therefore shared between David Clark of Shotwick Sailing Club and Jamie Catchpole of Leigh and Lowton.

Scotland hero was Aaran Murray of Loch Earn SC who showed the same determination as had won him a third at Dalgety Bay the week before and was rewarded with a very creditable 26th place overall.  Well done Aaron.

Now it is off the Pwllheli for a week of National Intermediate Junior Squad training with Deputy National Topper Coach Adam Cockerill.

Full results are on line at  http://www.sailracer.org/results_report.asp?event=17904