Gwyn Edwards Handicap 2009

Overall

Sailed:3, Discards:1, To count:2, Ratings:PY, Entries:13, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank Tally Fleet Boat Class Nat SailNo Helm Crew Club PY R1 R2 R3 Total Nett Notes
1st       Shearwater   1988 Greg Wilcox Alex Wilcox   814 1.0 (7.0) 1.0 9.0 2.0  
2nd       Merlin-Rocket John   3103 John Parmeter Richard Parmenter   1044 (2.0) 1.0 2.0 5.0 3.0  
3rd       Laser Radial   191793 Roy Sandford     1101 4.0 2.0 (DNC) 20.0 6.0  
4th       Dart 16 2P Main/Jib/K   2037/3 Matt Wiseman John Wiseman   872 (DNC) 5.0 3.0 22.0 8.0  
5th       Laser Radial   180470 Steve Phillips     1101 5.0 4.0 (DNC) 23.0 9.0  
6th       Laser Radial   166340 Chris Hills     1101 7.0 3.0 (DNC) 24.0 10.0  
7th       Dart 16 2P Main/Jib   1964 Peter Sharrod Richard Playford   895 3.0 9.0 (DNC) 26.0 12.0  
8th       Dart 16X   3115 Tom Nash Maurice Nash   872 (11.0) 8.0 4.0 23.0 12.0  
9th       Laser Radial   173783 Hugh Ashford     1101 8.0 6.0 (DNC) 28.0 14.0  
10th       Taser   Taser William Hodgson Otto Moutrie   1023 6.0 (DNC) DNC 34.0 20.0  
11th       Merlin-Rocket Simon   3350 Don Terry Simon Terry   1034 9.0 (DNC) DNC 37.0 23.0  
12th       Dart 16 2P Main/Jib   2039 Mike Pollard Liz Faulkner   895 10.0 (14.0 DNF) DNC 38.0 24.0  
13th       Laser Radial   141218 Michael Mulkerrin     1101 (14.0 DNF) DNC DNC 42.0 28.0  

 

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Thirteen boats (five Lasers Radials, three Dart 16’s, one Dart 16x, two Merlin Rockets, one Taser and a Shearwater) took part in the Gwen Edwards Handicap.

The wind was coming from the north east and was gusting at 20 mph on a flat sea. Three races were to be sailed with the best two results of them to count.

In race 1 Greg Wilcox crewed by Alex Wilcox in the Shearwater flew into the lead from Peter Sharrod crewed by Richard Playford in a Dart 16 with John Parmenter crewed by Richard Parmenter in a Merlin in 3rd and Roy Sandford in a Laser in 4th. The order stayed the same for the first three, but Mike Pollard crewed by Lizzy Faulkner in a Dart 16 and William Hodgson crewed by Otto Moutrie in a Taser were closing up. At the end the Wilcox’s were nearly a lap in front of Sharrod and Playford with the Parmenter’s in 3rd. On handicap the 2nd and 3rd places were reversed and Sandford was 4th.

Race 2 saw the wind drop down to a gusting 15 mph. The fleet stayed closer together but the Wilcox’s led from Matt Wiseman crewed by John Wiseman in a Dart 16 with Tom Nash crewed by Maurice Nash in a Dart 16x in 3rd and the Parmenter in 4th. At the end of the two lap race the first four positions were still the same, but on handicap the Parmenter’s finished in 1st, Sandford was 2nd, Chris Hills in a Laser was 3rd and Steve Phillips in a Laser (who had led the Lasers to the last mark) was 4th.

The afternoon race was depleted to four boats as the wind increased to 17mph. The Wilcox duo again took a good lead for the three lap race from the Wiseman’s with the Nash’s in 3rd with the Parmenter’s in 4th. The positions stayed the same till the end, but on handicap the Parmenter’s were 2nd behind the Wilcox’s, with the Wiseman’s in 3rd.

The overall results were as follows:

1st        Greg Wilcox crewed by Alex Wilcox (Shearwater)               2 Points.

2nd        John Parmenter crewed by Richard Parmenter (Merlin)         3 Points.

3rd        Roy Sandford (Laser Radial)                                                 6 Points.

4th        Matt Wiseman crewed by John Wiseman (Dart 16)               8 Points.