25th Sept 2010 -
Report courtesy of OK Dinghy UK
| boat |
helm |
r1 |
r2 |
r3 |
points |
position |
| 2138 |
Robert Deaves |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| 2123 |
Andy Turner |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| 2059 |
Pete Turner |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
| 2045 |
Will Turner |
3 |
4 |
- |
7 |
4 |
| 2120 |
Dan Ager |
6 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
| 2122 |
Simon Cox |
5 |
7 |
- |
12 |
6 |
| 2137 |
Simon Shaw |
8 |
10 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
| 2036 |
Paul Church |
7 |
6 |
- |
13 |
8 |
| 2031 |
Dave Cooper |
9 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
9 |
| 2075 |
Paul Constable |
10 |
9 |
7 |
16 |
10 |
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Report courtesy of OK Dinghy UK
Saturday morning saw a fleet of 10 OKs turn out at Ardleigh SC
for tea, bacon sandwiches and some sailing. Conditions were sunny,
with a chilly force 3-4 northerly breeze. Race 1 saw Simon Cox take
an early lead at the first mark, followed by Paul Church, then Andy
and Pete Turner. Robert Deaves read the shifts well up the beat to
take the lead, with Andy and Pete tussling for second place. Robert
took first place with Andy second and Will Turner moving up the
fleet to take third place on the last beat.
Race 2 started after lunch in similar conditions. Will Turner got
a flying start from the committee boat end and held the lead for
most of the first lap (with the help of an untimely capsize by Simon
Cox), before sailing into a black hole in the shadow of some trees
around the leeward mark. Paul Constable was also well up at the
first mark, but some impromptu swimming took him back down the fleet
The fleet bunched up as they hit the doldrums, and Pete Turner
managed to extricate himself from the pack to take the lead, with
Dan Ager and the rest of Team Turner snapping at his heels. Back in
the breeze and Deaves' upwind speed pulled him back to take the lead
and finish first, ahead of Pete and Andy.
The wind strengthened going into race 3, and Cox squeezed
through on port tack at the pin end to give him the edge up the
first beat, chased round the windward mark by Andy
Turner, Dan Ager and Robert Deaves. Cox took time out for a quick
swim (along with most of the fleet at some point during the race),
letting through Deaves, Turner and Ager. Deaves pulled away to
secure his third win and wrap up the day's racing, with a whole new
day's racing to look forward to at Waldringfield on Sunday.
