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2003 Cat Report
Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Sailing club hosted a
catamaran open meeting over the Bank holiday weekend for Formula 18's and
Spitfire's. The event consisted of 6 windward/leeward race's on the Saturday and
Sunday for the event trophy followed by a separate handicap long distance race
on the Monday.
Seventeen competitors from as far afield as the Isle of
Wight were at the start for the first race on Saturday. Conditions were perfect
with a mixture of sunshine and a force four southerly wind coupled
with a flood tide. As the racing progressed the wind increased, as did the
height of the waves, the speed of the fleet and the frequency of capsizes!
At the end of the day after three races Jon Worthington and Tom Quayle
from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Sailing Club were leading the Formula
18's in spite of an OCS in the second race. Stuart Gummer and Chris
Rashless from Saint Helens Sailing Club finished the day leading the
Spitfire's. Sunday dawned with the forecast light variable winds and race
officer Dave Houghton did well to sail 2 races before lunch, but had to
concede defeat in the afternoon when the first race had to be abandoned
after the wind shifted ninety degrees before dying all together. Overall
the lead in both classes remained unchanged with Worthington/Quayle winning
the Formula 18's with four wins and Gummer/Rashless winning in the
Spitfires.
Mondays Long distance race started with a short beat from the committee boat to a mark laid off the Beach Cafe at Gorleston, the fleet then headed offshore on a three sail reach to a Navigation Mark off Lowestoft. Halfway out to the mark a see breeze began to compete with the Offshore wind which saw several changes in positions. By the time the first boats reached the mark the sea breeze had settled and provided a three sail, twin wire reach to the next Navigation mark off Great Yarmouth. The final leg back inshore to the finish line was another high speed three sail reach. First to finish in an hour was the Formula 18 of David Hazard and Suzanne Rhodes from Datchet Water Sailing Club, but winners on handicap were Chris Sproat and Georgina Burk from Bognor Regis Sailing Club sailing a spitfire. Overall Results. Formula 18 Overall
1st GBR044(Worthington/Quayle)
2nd GBR094 (Hazard/Rhodes)
3rd GBR584 (Robinson/Fagmund).
Spitfire Overall
1 st GBR088 (Gummer/Rashless)
2nd GBR055 (Gavson/Smith)
3rd GBR071 (Scantlebury/Hams).
Long Distance Race
1 st Spitfire GBR070 (Sproat/Burk)
2nd Formula 18 GBR094 (Hazard/Rhodes)
3rd Spitfire GBR074 (Power/Power).
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