Just one race Sunday completed racing for the three fleets at Hayling Island SC Open Meetings.
Overall Winners:
- Flying 15 – Greg Wells and David Tulloch
- 505 – Roger Gilbert and Ian Mitchell
- Osprey – Ben Townsend and Ed Richardson
The Flying 15 class were racing for the Southern Area Championship and the Bulwark Trophy, with the World Championship taking place in the UK, at WPNSA, later in the year, this attracted a strong fleet to HISC.
Greg Wells and David Tulloch won the final race, moving them ahead of overnight leaders Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson, both finishing with 6 pts. In third were Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwalader.
In the 505 event Roger Gilbert and Ian Mitchell completed a cleansweep to finish three points ahead of Charlie Walters and Alex Davies. Third were Jim Blyth and Darrel Samanjoul.
In the Osprey class Ben Townsend and Ed Richardson also won the final race to finish eight points clear of Terry Curtis and Peter Greig, with third Richard Marshall and Kevin Francis.
Racing took place in strong winds, the Saturday Bay racing described by an Osprey sailor as ‘a war of attrition’, which meant that Sunday’s racing was held within Chichester Harbour.
Flying 15 – Leaders after 4 races (33 entries)
1st 4112 Greg Wells and David Tulloch – Hayling Island SC 1 -5 4 1 – – 6 pts
2nd 4089 Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson – Hayling Island SC -7 1 1 4 – – 6 pts
3rd 4142 Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwalader – Hayling Island SC 2 6 3 -19 – – 11 pts
505 – Leaders after 4 races (9 entries)
1st 9215 Roger Gilbert and Ian Mitchell – Frensham Ponds/HISC -1 1 1 1 – – 3 pts
2nd 9085 Charlie Walters and Alex Davies – Datchet Water SC 2 -3 2 2 – – 6 pts
3rd 9236 Jim Blyth and Darrel Samanjoul – Largo Bay 3 4 3 -10 – – 10 pts
Osprey – Leaders after 4 races (7 entries)
1st 1322 Ben Townsend and Ed Richardson – Emsworth SC -2 1 1 1 – – 3 pts
2nd 1234 Terry Curtis and Peter Greig – Castle Cove & Netley 1 -8 8 2 – – 11 pts
3rd 1373 Richard Marshall and Kevin Francis – Poole YC 4 2 -8 8 – – 14 pts
