Eastern Area Spring update Mark Maskell At time of writing and still in pain after the Hunts Open meeting, we are now 20% of the way through the event calendar for the year. So far it has been racing of complete contrast. Broadwater was a nice warm day but light and variable winds from all directions and at times drifting conditions. Hunts was the opposite cold, very windy and shifty blustery conditions. Both events had good turnouts compared to previous years and with new members racing which is great to see. At Hunts, Gary Ungless wisely decided to sit out the last race of the day and decided to send up his drone to capture the action. You can access the videos at the link below. There are 4 files, the sequence is 1,2,4 and 3 to follow the race almost to the finish. ood-online.com/DroneVideo/SoloOpen.html The Top10 places after two events are as follows.
Rank Boat Class SailNo
Club
HelmName Broadwater SC Hunts SC Total Nett
1st
Solo 5953 Hunts
Martin Brooking
4 2 6
5 9 9 10 12 12 6 12 12 2 15 15 15 32 32 1 42 42
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Solo 5838 Hickling Broad Brian Morum Solo 5249 Fishers Green Nick Pighills
Solo 6007 Brightlingsea
Mark Maskell
13 17
Solo 5417 Rickmansworth Steve Forester
Solo 5887 Snettisham Beach Jasper Barnham 41.0 DNC
Solo 6112 Spinnaker Solo 5723 Hunts Solo 5158 Warsash
Ian Mathews
1 41.0 DNC 42 42
David Cronk 41.0 DNC
3 44 44
Nick Charles
3 41.0 DNC 44 44
Solo 4801 Fishers Green Godfrey Clark 41.0 DNC
4 45 45
The next events in the series are Rollesby Broad on the 18 th April (which may well have taken place by the time you read this) followed by the Eastern Area Championships at Brightlingsea on 9 th and 10 th May.
Action from Rollesby. Photo Below: Ellie Edwards
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