Burnham Optimist Open

We had 47 registered for the Saturday of our Open. The series was seven races and the fleets split between Race and Regatta.

Saturday was one of those Balmy Burnham days with the land breeze from the west being countered by the ever increasing sea breeze. John Hardy, our race officer for the weekend, managed to get two races sailed before lunch. In the Race fleet James Hutton-Penman won the first and Tom Johnson the second, the second race being somewhat of a lottery behind second placed Karyna Manuel as there was a pile up at the final mark.

In Regatta fleet the first race was won clearly by Luke Cahalane and the second by Matthew Braybrook with Luke right behind him.

Unfortunately no more racing was possible after lunch as the wind had become too variable so capsizing and swimming was the order of the afternoon. The children seem to enjoy this as much as the sailing!!!

Sunday dawned with a good South Westerly which built to 20 knots by the afternoon. Regatta fleet completed three races with Matthew being in a class of his own, he won all three. James Grant sailed consistently well with two thirds and a second.

Race fleet sailed five races and it was nip and tuck all the way. The first and third races were won by Tom, in the third race Tom quickly spotting on the final gate that the down tide buoy was the one to go around and went from third to first and beating a somewhat bemused James. James won the other three. Other places were hotly contested with Chay Taylor, Karyna and Hamish Eckstein all sailing very well.

In the final analysis Regatta fleet was won convincingly by Matthew Braybrook, James Grant was second and Luke Cahalane third. Race fleet was won the James with Tom second and Chay third, on equal points with fourth placed Karyna.

Well done to all the competitors for a great weekend of sailing and a big thank you again to John Hardy our race officer, Richard Taylor our safety officer, Lynne Bikhazi for organising all the prizes and Joy Taylor for producing all the competitor/adult lunches.

One final well done goes to all our junior Oppie sailors who sailed over the weekend, a great performance given you have only been on the river for a short period. A real well done to Sophie Johnson and Griff Davies who finished the first race on Sunday in lots of wind and to Ben Hutton-Penman for sailing so well before the races started.

Burnham Oppie Open Race 2010

Entries: 20 Races Sailed: 7 Discard: 1

And yes there was a lot of shouting!

Burnham Oppie Open Regatta 2010

Entries: 29 Races Sailed: 5 Discard: 1

Series Place	Sail No	Helm	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5
1	5210	Matthew Braybrook	4	3	1	1	1	1
2	4720	James Grant	11	8	3	3	2	3
3	4437	Luke Cahalane	14	1	2	7	4	7
4	4790	Joshua Green	16	4	7	8	3	2
5	5429	Niamh Davies	19	5	5	5	6	4
6	5465	Ben Bellchambers	20	6	8	2	7	5
7	4940	Cameron Ellershaw	34	12	16	6	8	8
8	5855	Angus Eckstein	34	10	30	9	9	6
9	5374	Scott Ellis	38	14	10	4	10	30
10	262	Scarlet Anderson	41	2	4	30	5	30
11	1176	Sophie Johnson	70	23	6	30	11	30
12	5120	Harvey Minks	81	9	12	30	30	30
13	5244	Griff Davies	82	21	19	30	12	30
14	5319	Adam Llloyd	84	11	13	30	30	30
15	1111	Felix Wallis	85	16	9	30	30	30
16	5275	Phillipa blunden	88	13	15	30	30	30
17	5546	Ben Hutton- Penman	90	19	11	30	30	30
18	5018	Max Wilsher	91	17	14	30	30	30
19	5989	TobyBrown	97	7	30	30	30	30
20	4455	Hatsie Moon	97	20	17	30	30	30
21	14	Abbie Jayasekara	100	22	18	30	30	30
22	1000	Josha Bennett	104	24	20	30	30	30
23	5725	Mia Manuel	105	15	30	30	30	30
24	86	Karensa Newcombe	108	18	30	30	30	30
25	4869	Natalie Main	115	25	30	30	30	30
26	5090	Dominic Moon	120	30	30	30	30	30
26	5172	Sam Hegarty	120	30	30	30	30	30
26	5273	Harry Dodd	120	30	30	30	30	30
26	5542	Harry Phelps	120	30	30	30	30	30