Scottish Traveller 2

Loch Venachar Sailing Club

Results are final as of 19:56 on April 29, 2007

Loch Venachar - Scottish Traveller II

A bright, breezy, sunny day saw the ususal suspects arrive at Loch Venachar for the second event on the Scottish Traveller for the juniors. Once again, as they will all season, Optimists and Toppers gather in the same location for a weekend series of 6 races.

Bright, breezy, Venachar? Unusual - but true! The change of date has worked really well for the fleet. The conditions were perfect for the squad members to show off their strong wind skills, with winds gusting to force 5 at times. Some exciting racing saw the lead changing hands all the way round the triangle-sausage course. The easterly wind allowed the race team the luxury of using the club race box, and the sailors the challenge of a transit race line.

The star of the day has to be Tom Kemsley, who pulled in a hat-trick of firsts. All of the racing was close-fought, with every place contested hard.

Commiserations have to go to Andrew Mitchell, who arrived with a new boat, but had to retire after race 1 with catastrophic gear failure.

Day 2 (more commonly known as Sunday) saw some more close racing in ideal conditions. James Logan showed a return to form, with Andrew McGowan and Tom Kemsley fighting hard. Once again, every place was hotly contested, with several changes of position throughout the races.

No trip to Loch Venachar is complete without mention of the excellent catering from the galley. Home made soup (4 varieties on offer this time!), tray bakes, and the usual gammut of filled rolls kept sailors and support crews fed.

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Main Fleet

Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:11, Scoring system:My scoring system

SailNo	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
5272	Tom Kemsley	C.C.C.	1	1	1	(7)	2	3	15	8
5433	James Logan	CCC	4	4	(6)	1	1	1	17	11
5435	Nathan Forrester	CCC	2	3	4	3	(5)	2	19	14
5454	Katherine Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	5	2	2	4	6	(12 DNC)	31	19
5650	Andrew McGowan	CCC	(8)	5	7	2	3	4	29	21
5519	Ross Stanley-Whyte	RNCYC	(9)	6	3	5	4	6	33	24
4948	Callum Airlie	St Mary's Loch SC	3	(8)	5	6	8	7	37	29
4320	Drew Airlie	St Mary's Loch SC	7	(9)	8	9	7	5	45	36
5293	Kae Clark	RNCYC	6	7	(9)	8	9	8	47	38
4974	Jack Gillespie	C.C.C.	(12 DNC)	12 RAF	10	10	12 DNC	9	65	53
5404	Andrew Mitchell	Helensburgh	10	(12 DNC)	12 DNC	12 DNC	12 DNC	12 DNC	70	58

Regatta Fleet

Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:4, Scoring system:My scoring system

SailNo	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
5301	Alasdair Grey	C.C.C.	1	3	3	(5 DSQ)	1	1	14	9
5363	Andrew Mawer	CCC	3	1	1	(5 DSQ)	2	2	14	9
4227	Erin Kemsley	C.C.C.	2	2	2	(5 DSQ)	3	3	17	12
4802	Andrew Davies	C.C.C.	4	4	4	1	(5 DNC)	4	22	17

Scoring codes used

Code	Description
DNC	Did not come to the starting area
DSQ	Disqualification
RAF	Retired after finishing

The Series

T1: Gourock

T2: Loch Venachar

T3: N Berwick

T4: Helensburgh

T5: Dalgety Bay

T6: Loch Morlich

T7: Bardowie

T8: Prestwick

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