Results / Roadford Lake Sailing Club Open Meeting Roadford SC - 24/05/2014
Sadly only two visitors joined two locals for the Vareo Grand Prix at the lovely Roadford Lake location in South West Devon. Saturday proved to be slightly disappointing as the steady morning wind decided to move about in the afternoon and finally die just after 4 o'clock, allowing only two races to be sailed. Richard Willows proved to be quickest in the lightish conditions, with some jostling for places behind, Julian Brooke Houghton coming second in both. By early evening, a torrential downpour set in, obviating any thoughts of a barbecue, and the two staying over settled in for some indoor cooking and beers! Sunday dawned as forecast with a brisk and increasing southerly wind and three excellent back-to-back races were held. The biggest gust of the morning hit the fleet just after the first mark and took out everyone bar Richard who sailed on to finish first. The next race saw slightly steadier wind, with Richard and Julian moving away from Mark Harrold and Stephen Nelson who unfortunately contended with a spinnaker hourglass for most of the downwind legs. In the final race at the first leeward mark, Richard was just ahead of Julian, but misjudged badly his final gybe in to the mark ending with him watching everyone sail by from an upside down position! He recovered to finish second, with Julian first sailing very conservatively to the finish. Thanks to the Roadford OODs who stuck out fairly damp and chilly conditions to record the results and run the club racing at the same time, hopefully better next year.
by Richard Willows
RS Vareo Grand Prix 24/25th May
Roadford Lake Sailing Club
Results are final as of 9:55 on May 27, 2014
Overall
Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Nett
1st RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 6.0 4.0
2nd RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton (2.0) 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 9.0 7.0
3rd RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold (4.0) 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 17.0 13.0
4th RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 3.0 (4.0) 3.0 4.0 4.0 18.0 14.0
Race 1 - 24/05/14 at 1400
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Place Points
1 RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 1 1.0
2 RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton 2 2.0
3 RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 3 3.0
4 RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold 4 4.0
Race 2 - 24/05/14 at 1500
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Place Points
1 RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 1 1.0
2 RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton 2 2.0
3 RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold 3 3.0
4 RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 4 4.0
Race 3 - 25/05/14 at 1030
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Place Points
1 RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 1 1.0
2 RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton 2 2.0
3 RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 3 3.0
4 RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold 4 4.0
Race 4 - 25/05/14 at 1130
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Place Points
1 RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 1 1.0
2 RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton 2 2.0
3 RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold 3 3.0
4 RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 4 4.0
Race 5 - 25/05/14 at 1230
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating Place Points
1 RS Vareo 190 Julian Brooke Houghton 1 1.0
2 RS Vareo 621 Roadford Lake Richard Willows 2 2.0
3 RS Vareo 244 Roadford Lake Mark Harold 3 3.0
4 RS Vareo 337 Swanage Stephen Nelson 4 4.0