Scottish Traveller 2006 V: Loch Venachar

18 Oppies (12 main, 6 regatta) arrived to typical Venachar weather - no wind. Luckily the forecasters were correct, and a good breeze arrived to allow a 14:30 launch. Later than planned, but in time to fit 3 races in. Wind was Easterly F3 gusting F4.
Day 1 Summary: a challenging day for all competitors, with experience taking the lead. James & Anna fought for 1st place, with Shona chasing hard. Nathan & Ross put in solid performances, Tom worried the squaddies, and Drew showed a promising return from his enforced absence due to a broken arm. The younger members of Main Fleet acquited themselves well: Callum & Kae worked hard for their places, whilst Andrew Mitchell showed that his main fleet place was well & truly earned.
Regatta Fleet also performed well. Andrew Mitchell moving up left a much more balanced fleet. The Lorne-links-lorne (trapezoid-sausage-trapezoid for the sassenachs) course provided enough of a challenge to see competitive sailing throughout both fleets.
The 2 regatta DNCs made a wise choice: the conditions were beyond their capabilities.

R2 provided a convincing win from James Logan. Anna followed in 10 lengths behind, with Shona about same distance behind.
R3: Another close fought start line. Everybody went for the bias advantaged pin end. The wind conditions proved challenging, with the unexpected outcome of keeping the fleet together.

Day 2 dawned to light zephyrs: too light for any sailing. Luckily a squall came through and left a reasonable breeze. The fleets launched for the final two races, including the 2 junior regatta sailors for whom Saturday's conditions had been too strong. To see if the the sailors were awake today's course was triangle sausage triangle. Some exciting racing ensued in strengthening wind. Anna showed off her experience, but had some serious competition from Shona & James. Both planned races were completed to provide the full race series.

An excellent weekend's sailing despite the unpromising weather on arrival. Andrew Mitchell had an excellent debut to main fleet. Both fleets sailed well, and are now very evenly matched. The final two events of the Traveller series should be interesting.

Results

Five (5) Races, one discard after 4 completed
Conditions: Wet & Windy. Wind F3 to F5

Main Fleet - overall

Position (Overall)	Gold	Silver	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	1		5433	J Logan	CCC	1	1	2	1	4	5
2	2		5540	A Burnet	RNCYC	2	2	1	4	1	6
3	3		5435	N Forrester	CCC	4	8	3	3	3	13
4	4		5518	S Ross	SVSC	5	3	4	7	2	14
5	5		5519	R Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	7	4	6	5	11	22
6		1	5272	T Kemsley	CCC	6	5	7	6	7	24
7	6		4320	D Airlie	StMLSC	8	7	5	8	6	26
8	7		5454	K Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	9	6	8	10	5	28
9		2	4647	A Mitchell	CCC	11	11	11	2	9	33
10		3	4948	C Airlie	StMLSC	3	9	10	12	12	34
11		4	5293	K Clark	RNCYC	12	10	9	9	8	36
12		5	4911	A McGowan	CCC	10	12	~~DSQ~~	11	10	43

Gold Fleet

Position	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	5433	J Logan	CCC	1	1	2	1	4	5
2	5540	A Burnet	RNCYC	2	2	1	3	1	6
3	5435	N Forrester	CCC	3	7	3	2	3	11
4	5518	S Ross	SVSC	4	3	4	5	2	13
5	5519	R Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	5	4	6	4	7	19
7	4320	D Airlie	StMLSC	6	6	5	6	6	23
8	5454	K Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	7	5	7	7	5	24

Silver Fleet

Position	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	5272	T Kemsley	CCC	2	1	1	2	1	5
2	5293	K Clark	RNCYC	5	3	2	3	2	10
3	4948	C Airlie	StMLSC	1	2	3	5	5	11
4	4647	A Mitchell	CCC	4	4	4	1	3	12
5	4911	A McGowan	CCC	3	5	~~DSQ~~	4	4	16

Regatta Fleet

Posn	Sail	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	4175	J Borrill	CCC	1	1	1	2	1	4
2	4974	J Gillespie	CCC	2	3	3	1	2	8
3	7190	A Mawer	CCC	3	2	2	4	~~DNF~~	11
4	5153	A Gibson	CCC	4	4	~~DSQ~~	3	3	14
5		A Davies		5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	29
6=	5449	S Mitchell	CCC	~~DNC~~	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	32
6=	4130	A Logan	CCC	~~DNC~~	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	32

Traveller Series Results