Chew Valley Assymetric Open Event 16-17 March 2013

Well, it was an event of two halves. Saturday saw 12 Cherubs line up for the first event of the year.

After the first lap of race 1 it seemed an upset might be on the cards as Sweet Dreamzz arrived first to the top mark and Shiny Beast was clearly first to round the leeward mark, but Marmite’s superior upwind speed soon became apparent and she went on to take the bullet convincingly. Meanwhile Eleanor was pushing hard and enjoying some match racing with Cool Beans (their first race) battling to a 3-sail photo finish.

In fact Marmite should have won all 3 races easily but missed the shortened course notiifcation in the second and third races so doing a further lap (but still coming 3rd). Credit to Tom and Andrew in Subtle whose consistent finishing put them in first place at the end of Saturday.

Conditions during Saturday went from fairly breezy to light to hailing and 30 knot squalls, which kept things interesting. The challenging gusts combined with a few dunks in chilly water shortened a couple of crew’s days. Atum enjoyed the windy periods but struggled when the breeze dropped off. It was great to see Phil and Sarah in E-Numbers while Alex seemed very happy with babysitter Laura (Andrew’s girlfriend proving very handy with a spoon and petit filou).

The fleet retired to chez Trim for recorded rugby (very disappointing) and BBQ (decidedly more satisfying) before a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday” to Simon and Tim and then finding a patch of floor to sleep on (although some people were snoring happily some time before the last sausage was eaten).

Sunday was a completely different day. Despite a nice 8-12 knot forecast, the lake was a mirror until 12 noon. But the sun came out and the breeze threatened to fill in so a course was laid and the fleet made its way to the start, only for the breeze to shift and then die again before a warning signal was sounded.

So Saturday’s results stood: 1st Subtle Knife 2nd Marmite 3rd Eleanor 4th Atum Bom 5th Cool Beans 6th Shiny Beast

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