Llangorse Sailing Club hosted 22 Flying Fifteens over the weekend of 9th &10th May 08 for the TNT sponsored Traveller event and annual LSC F15 Open Meeting.
FF Open 2009
Results
There were 4 Open, 5 Silver & 13 Classics with 14 Visitors. A low turn out from the Llangorse boats
The wind strength was ideal 12 knots with gusts up to 15.Unfortunately the direction of SW was not the best for the Llangorse Lake.
With the forecast for Sunday being little wind it was agreed to try for 3 races on the Saturday
There were 2 starts Open & Silver followed by Classic.
Race 1
Both starts were clean but unfortunately the wind did a Llangorse and made for a biased beat.
In the Open fleet Richard Hope in 3642 made a good start which he consolidated during the race to win
Classic fleet saw Tim Tomlinson 2433 charging to the wrong mark. He did recover later in the race after a battle with Nick Heath 2520 and Peter David 2645 to win.
The Silver was won by Andy Clarke 3378.
Because of the big wind shift the Race Office shortened the race
Race 2
Good windward leg this time with the wind increasing to 15 with some gusts at 20.
Unfortunately Richard Hope had a gear failure which left David Morgan 3780 to establish a good lead which he held to the end.
The long run down the lake saw some big place changes. Some went low(Llangorse boats)some went high(visitors).It usual evened out on the beats.
Result
Open 3780
Silver 3378
Classic 2433.
Race 3
Fortunately Richard Hope repaired his boat and made the best use of the increasing wind strength crewed by Scott Smith.
There were some exciting spinnaker reaches for all the boats
There was no place changing in open fleet the result being
3642,3780,3751
In the other fleets it was business as usual
Silver 3378 followed by 3006 David & Lynne Travis
In the Classic 2433 made it a hat trick of wins
The fleets then retired ashore for the usual Llangorse food after sailing followed by the Castle pub in Llangorse with much noise and good humour.
Sunday.
Very little wind maybe force1 from the North.
The Race officer set a figure of 8 course.
Race 4
The Open & Silvers made a clean start with 3751 coming off the worst. In the hope of improving things 3751 tacked off onto port into the middle of the lake.
This proved a good move where he got more wind reaching the windward mark 1st. The wind varied from zero to just about planning.
3751 consolidated his lead finishing a comfortable winner.
The Classic race was much more frustrating with big holes in the wind and much place changing especially off the wind.
2695 eventually won followed by 2606
Silver saw a change of winners with 3365 followed by 3385
Race 5
The result for the Silver & Classic looked very much decided but with all to play for in the Open fleet.
Race 5 ran a similar pattern to race 4.
3751 broke away on the 1st beat to set up a clear lead. There were a few anxious moments when they went into a hole but all was well in the end.
In the Silver it was again 3365 with Classic 2433 proving a comfortable winner.
Overall
Open. 3751 Nick & Claire Taylor
Silver 3378 Andy Clarke & Nadia Melnikova
Classic 2433 Tim Tomlinson & Mark Greer
Thanks to the race officer Robert Dangerfield and his team for all their efforts over the weekend