SOLING NORTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001
The Soling North West Championships were held at the Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht club over the weekend of 6th and 7th May. There were Solings from the home fleet plus 2 teams from Scotland and 2 teams from the south of England making 10 boats in all.
6 races were held in the River Wyre (opposite the B&FYC clubhouse) on the first day in winds of 5 to 10 knots. The courses were of windward/leward format. GBR 155 (Buzz Lightyear) won the first race being the first to get to the relief of the flooding tide "back edie" alongside the jetties to the north of B&FYC. GBR 147 (Chinook) had the better of the first day though' with 4 wins. The other race was won by GBR 143 (Cockatoo-2).
Saturday brought light winds (5 knots and less). GBR 155 won the first race. The second race was won by GBR 36 (Gerda). The third race was won by GBR 143 having kept out of the 'pile up' at the leward mark. This 'pile up' resulted in the protest committee disqualifying GBR 155, GBR 144 and GBR 7. The last race was won by GBR 155.
Results Sheet |
Soling NW Championship 2001 |
Race |
Points After 1 Discard |
Final Position | ||||||||||
Boat Name |
Sail No. |
Competitors |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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Cockatoo 2 |
GBR 143 |
M Preston,B Bottomley and R Preston |
2 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
0.75 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
0.75 |
2 |
24.5 |
2nd |
Gerda |
GBR 144 |
D Fish, P Chester and C Aubrey |
7 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
0.75 |
DSQ |
6 |
49.75 |
5th |
Billy No Mates | GBR 165 |
S Fitton, G Furnival and L Furnival |
6 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
DNF |
4 |
3 |
8 |
52 |
6th |
Maverick |
GBR 126 |
P Mountain, R Mountain and A Mountain |
9 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
65 |
10th |
Marshala |
GBR 5 |
D Priestley, M Hignett and M Parkinson |
4 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
60 |
8th |
Buzz Lightyear |
GBR 155 |
G Richardson, A Taylor and S Lee |
0.75 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0.75 |
8 |
DSQ |
0.75 |
27.25 |
3rd |
Chinook |
GBR 147 |
G Barker, C Murray and J Burchall |
3 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
4 |
0.75 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
19 |
1st |
Chieftain |
NZ 159 |
J Jameson, D Fraser and J McClaren |
8 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
63 |
9th |
Solaris |
GBR 7 |
H Loudon, B Fountain and I Loudon |
DNS |
10 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
DSQ |
9 |
59 |
7th |
Manuel |
GBR47 |
J Norris, S Allen and V Smith |
5 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
37 |
4th |