Report - Roy Nettleship                                                                                                                                                  

The Nottingham Sailing Club GP14 Open this year returned to its traditional date of the May Day Bank Holiday, and a fleet of 15 boats enjoyed a glorious day sailing in a firm south-westerly breeze, enabling courses which involved impressively long beats and runs.

Starting immediately upstream of Holme Sluice where the River Trent is widest, Jonathan McGovern (Hollingworth Lake) won the first race in fine style, but had the misfortune to snag the chain on a starting mark in the second race which, like the third, was won by Richard Instone (Chase) with John Salomonson (S Staffs) taking third in all three races.  Behind those three there was quite a scrap, with Roy Nettleship (Nottingham) scoring two fourths and one swamping, and Ian Hankinson (Aldridge) staying ahead of the rest.  The fleet also included visitors from Nantwich, and the enthusiam shown by the seven home boats confirmed the growing strength of the Class at Nottingham.

The day finished as always, with afternoon tea to accompany the Prize-giving.

Results

1^st     Richard Instone & Linda Estaugh                     13815     2pts
2^nd     Jonathan & Tim McGovern                               13855     3pts
3^rd     John Salomonson & Tracie Knight-Stanley      10801      6pts
4^th     Roy Nettleship &Steve Bailey                            10011     8pts
5^th     Ian Hankinson & Chris Morgan                          13772     9pts
6^th     Chris Yates & Dave Jones                                 13868     11pts