On Sunday 9 fevas & 11 teras launched into a very flat
river Crouch for the 1st combined BSC feva & tera open
regatta, drifting downtide on a weak easterly breeze
to their race officer & commodore John Hardy who set
them on a windward / leeward course in front of the clubhouse.
Race one saw a dying breeze just get the fleets round
the course with Diane Roberts and Robin Saunders winning
the fevas and Joshua Aldridge winning in the tera fleet
in a very trying race which rewarded those who could concentrate
for the longest or who just happened to be on the right
part of the course when the puffs came.

Race 2 was started and then canned when the wind died
totally and the fleets were sent back to the clubhouse
for early lunch and to wait for the wind .... which
unexpectedly turned through 90 degrees and came from
the west! No rest for mark layer Nick as he very quickly
relayed the course the other way round and a rapid
relaunch resulted in the re run of race 2 followed by
races 3 and 4 straight afterwards.

Excellent standards of sailing on the now fresh wind
saw the larger, more experienced crews come to the front
whilst some struggled to stay upright keeping the ribs
busy, but all ended the day with tired smiles on red faces.
Races 3 & 4 saw a guest appearance when Nick jumped in
Zacs tera and gave his son a run for his money (not bad
for an adult!) before retiring with a broken outhaul
and blaming the kit!!. Well done Nick.

1st in the feva class was Joe Butterworth crewed by
Arthur Brown, winner in tera pro sail class James Hutton Penman
and in the tera sport sail class visitor William Taylor,
Full results are elsewhere on this website 

Once again my thanks go to all who gave their time on the day
to make this a really well run, friendly event,
to Hyde Sails & Yachting solutions for providing the prizes
and to RS sailing and the rs association for providing the
loan boats and paying for Saturday’s coach Niall
Thanks all

Richard

Full Results  http://www.burnhamsc.org/event_detail.asp?type=Results&id=724