Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Event Bartley Sc - 05/08/2006
Six Vareos arrived on a beautiful sunny morning at Bartley SC to find a
very light breeze, for the final Fat Face Racing Circuit event of the
season. The first race was scheduled for 11.00 am and about 5 minutes
before that Nick Crickmore arrived. After some speedy Vareo teamwork he
was on the start line in time, completed a daring port tack start and led
the fleet from start to finish around the club course. Martin Barrett�s
was the only other boat to be anywhere near him but the rest of the fleet
were catching up fast as the wind filled in from behind.
After lunch, when most were praying for more breeze, race 2 saw
similar wind conditions but with a Windward/Leeward course. Nick had
another good start but faded as Mark Hayzelden stormed into an
unassailable lead fairly closely pursued by Chris Larr. Patience being
the most necessary virtue as the wind did very strange things
particularly near the windward mark.
With 2 races completed and 2 winners and the minor places well
distributed, there was everything to sail for in Race 3. Again Mark and
Chris disappeared into the distance but Martin managed to find a gust on
the run to gain over 200 metres and take the lead which he held to the
finish � just.
Frustrating for some, but enjoyed by all, Bartley again organized
an excellent event and it was good to see three different winners of the
three races.
| Bartley Sailing Club RSVareo Fat Face Open Results 6 Aug 06 | |||||||
| Position | Name | Club | Sail No. | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points |
| 1 | Martin Barret | Craven SC | 354 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Chris Larr | Grafham SC | 361 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Mark Hayzelden | Burghfield SC | 322 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Nick Crickmore | Waverly & Oulton SC | 334 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Jim Hood | Weston SC | 440 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Geoff Shaw | Roadford SC | 346 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Eddie McDonald | Burghfield SC | 179 | 7 | 7 | RTD. | 22 |