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Results – Marblehead Santa Dash Open 2016

13 keen sailors gathered at the Club for the annual Marblehead Santa ‘Dash’, unfortunately it turned out to be a very very slow dawdle.

The race start was delayed in the hope of a gentle breeze arriving, this did not happen but eventually the racing got underway with each race taking over 40mins.

In the end we managed five races, allowing for one discard. The worthy winner was local boy Graham Elliott with three firsts, followed by Darin Ballington second and John Smith third.

  1. Graham Ellott  5Pts
  2. Darin Ballington 11
  3. John Smith 12
  4. Brad Gibson 16
  5. Neil  Westbrook 18
  6. Graham Birkett 24 (two 3rds)
  7. Graham Whaley 24 (one 3rd)
  8. John Brierley 26
  9. Damian Ackroyd 33
  10. Mike Parkington 35
  11. John Taylor 38
  12. Alan Watkinson 42
  13. Colin Walton 46

Extra IOM Fixture 31/12/16

This Saturday’s IOM racing was called off due to a lack of wind which means we have only raced one of the three fixtures planned to date.

With that in mind, there will now be an extra event scheduled for New Years Eve (Saturday 31st December) with racing starting at the earlier time of 12 noon.

Entries for the last Marblehead event of the year (The RM “Santa Dash” Open Meeting on 17th December) are now into double figures, so a good turnout looks assured.

Icebergs versus Dragons

aka Dragonforce 65 Winter #5 Results

After an early lake inspection by Ernie it was decided to inform the distant travellers that the chance of sailing was slight, due to ice and light wind.

This situation changed at 10.30 when 7 very keen sailors turned up to race.

A short course at the clubhouse end was set with 8 races being held.

With the wind strength increasing the ice floating into the course caused problems to the light boats stopping them dead and pushing them backwards. The racing was then abandoned and all retired to the clubhouse for tea and a chat.

  1. Ernie Rice 10 Pts
  2. Colin Deakin 14 (on count back)
  3. Andrew Peter 14
  4. Alan Watkinson 24
  5. Sally Collings 27
  6. Richard Walker 33
  7. David Benjamin 37

 

(Note – Last weeks racing [#4] was abandoned due to lack of wind)