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Waldringfield Sailing Club members once again
had remarkable success in the Alton Water Sport Centre's Frostbite
Series, held on Sundays over the last two months. Four WSC boats
placed in the top 10 out of over 100 entries.
Harry Pynn and crew Clare Gosling (Lark 2452)
finished the hard fought final race in third place, just ahead
Christopher Fish and crew Michael Gilson (Lark 2494) in 4th. Both crews
almost blew it at the final [gybe] mark by capsizing in
spectacular synchronised style. However, they were just far enough
in front to sail the last leg full of water and still keep to
handicap time.
Alan and Helen Krailing, sailing their RS200
for a change, had started the race well and hoped to leapfrog Pynn/
Gosling in the series but an uncharacteristic capsize put pay to
that and demonstrated how difficult the conditions were! In
a series where the heavy trapezing crews were at a significant
advantage due to the predominantly high winds, the WSC members showed
their high standards by consistently scoring low single figure results.
Pynn/ Gosling took first in the medium
handicap and second overall (20pts) just behind winners Matt Hart/
Craig Hurrell (AWSC) in a 505. The Krailings were third overall
and Fish/ Gilson 4th, making a clean sweep of the medium handicap
fleet. Making up the top WSC quartet, Matt Stearn/ Antonia Stear
(Lark) took 7th overall with four top ten race results.
For full results see link
http://www.altonwater.co.uk/default.asp
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