X

Result Details

Event name: Silver Tiller
Date: 17 April 2011
Type:
Club: Cookham Reach Sailing Club
Classtype:MERLIN-ROCKET , see more results

Cookham Reach Open Meeting - Sunday 17th April 2011

 

Whilst the dominating high pressure did nothing for the strength of the wind, it did persuade 29 boats to enter this year’s Craftinsure Silver Tiller Event for the Cookham Shield . The Officer of the Day, David Phillips, had no alternative except to postpone the start allowing the competitors more time to prepare for the challenge ahead and enjoy the hospitality of this most welcoming of Thames sailing clubs.

 

The fleet was split into four flights and finally released from shore for the first race. However such were the conditions 13 boats did not finish. The flight winners were 1079 Passing Cloud – Richard Harris and 1097 Flinkidink – Mike Stephens.

 

The Officer of the Day and his team were given a real challenge throughout the day and for the second race after lunch re-sited the start line. Conditions were still testing, but whilst the wind direction was variable, the strength was definitely improving. As a result only two boats did not finish. 1079 was again a winner with the other start being won by 774 Quiver – Martin Hunter. They were followed by 3702 Salmon en Croute – Duncan Salmon and 1097- Mike Stephens

The safety boat crews were having a pleasant restful time but were brought into action with a dismasting and a bizarre capsize by 3650, Lawrence Tosh crewed by his son Joe. The excuse was that the helm wanted to adjust his racing flag! Despite this, 3650 was still able to take part in the third race.

 

Race 3 had the most wind of the day with the northerly bias allowing spinnakers to be flown on the downwind leg. The challenge for the OD was now trying to guess for how long he could keep the race going in the late afternoon when the wind could suddenly fail at any time. The flight winners were 1079 and 774 followed by 1097 and 3702 respectively.

Throughout the day and in each flight there had been close competition with everyone having experienced their own disaster or bit of luck. The final results were very close.

 

The Peter Flanagan Trophy (kindly donated by his widow, Christine, and to be awarded to the highest placed Cookham boat):-

3645 Blue Velvet – Jeremy and Jo Deacon.

The Cookham Shield:- 1st 1079 Passing Cloud – Richard and Harry Harris. Tamesis SC. 2nd 774 Quiver - Martin Hunter and Jack Tosh. Thames SC. 3rd 1097 Flinkidink – Mike Stephens and crew. Tamesis SC. 4th 3702 Salmon en Croute – Duncan and Harriet Salmon. Wembley SC. 5th 3088 Shenandoah – Andrew Harris and Francis Gifford. Tamesis SC.

Report : Richard Cartwright.

 

Rank Fleet SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Nett
1 Yellow 1079 Richard Harris Harry Harris Tamesis SC |1| 1 1 2
2 Green 774 Martin Hunter Jack Tosh Upper Thames SC |2| 1 1 2
3 Red 1097 Mike Stephens female crew Tamesis SC 1 |2| 2 3
4 Blue 3702 Duncan Salmon Harriet Salmon Wembley SC |4| 2 2 4
5 Red 3088 Andrew Harris Francis Gifford Tamesis SC 2 |3| 3 5
6 Red 3707 Alex Jackson Lady Sadie Shoreham SC 3 |4| 4 7
7 Green 3650 Tosh Joe Tosh Banbury SC 3 |DNF.16| 4 7
8 Green 1136 Joe McLaughlin Tom McLaughlin Tamesis SC |5| 5 3 8
9 Blue 3645 Jeremy Deacon Joanne Deacon CRSC |5| 3 5 8
10 Yellow 3610 Richard Dee Chris Gould Midland SC 4 4 |DNC.16| 8
11 Red 3555 Tim Harridge The Gray Hampton SC |8| 6 5 11
12 Blue 3637 Alan Broadbent Russell Hall Wembley SC |7| 5 7 12
13 Yellow 3465 Graham Webb Mary Webb CRSC |DNF.16| 6 6 12
14 Blue 3676 Pat Blake Jilly Blake CRSC |DNF.16| 7 6 13
15 Yellow 3371 Paul Dean Nicki Della Porta Wembley SC 6 |10| 8 14
16 Yellow 3632 Marcus Robb Rebecca Roberts CRSC |DNF.16| 8 7 15
17 Yellow 3334 Alex Singleton Kevin Singleton CRSC 7 9 |10| 16
18 Red 3571 Andy Jones Maddie Jones Parkstone SC 9 7 |DNF.16| 16
19 Green 3535 Anthony Rickaby Mayuri Shah Wembley SC |DNF.16| 9 8 17
20 Yellow 3290 James Hall Josh Hall CRSC |DNF.16| 11 9 20
21 Blue 607 Berry Ritchie Sue Harris Tamesis SC 6 |DNC.16| DNC.16 22
22 Green 3570 Roy Reuter Nick Reuter CRSC |DNF.16| 8 DNC.16 24
23 Green 3627 Dan Willett Pete Nicholson Brightlingsea SC |DNF.16| DNC.16 DNC.16 32
23 Green 3681 Douglas Maxwell Nigel Harniman Wembley SC |DNF.16| DNC.16 DNC.16 32
23 Blue 3717 David Charlton Celia Charlton Brightlingsea SC |DNF.16| DNF.16 DNC.16 32
23 Blue 3456 Martin Evans Chris Evans CRSC |DNF.16| DNC.16 DNC.16 32
23 Red 3106 Brian Clarke Nick Wilson Ranelagh SC |DNF.16| DNC.16 DNC.16 32
23 Red 3344 Clive Evison Tricia Evison CRSC |DNF.16| DNC.16 DNC.16 32
comments powered by Disqus