Snipe South Easterns 2003

Snipe South-Eastern Championships, Maldon

18 Snipes turned out for South-Eastern Championships held at Maldon Yacht Club on 12th and 13th July. The event was started with a one minute's silence in memory of Phil Marshall, a former winner of the event and Maldon Yacht Club member.
Saturday's racing started from the club line and finished off the far corner of Northey Island. This was a trying race in little wind, which varied in direction all the time. Peter Wolstenholme with crew Sue Roberts came through to win. John Love and Chris Surridge were second and Iain and Richard Marshall third. The second race, started from the committee boat, was shortened to allow the boats to get back to the clubhouse before the last of the tide disappeared. Local sailors Iain and Richard Marshall came in first with Alan Williams and Liz Crouch second. The racing on Saturday may have been frustrating but everyone enjoyed a barbecue at the clubhouse where the bar stayed open till late.
Sunday was a much better day for sailing with a constant force four blowing. The Race Officer, Keith Gower, was able to set two long courses into the open water off Osea Island in the Blackwater estuary. The result of the third race was the same as the first race with Wolstenholme first and Love second. The final race was won by Brian and Ian Gregory with Peter Wolstenholme second. The racing was extremely close with one mistake loosing you several places. Competitors, club members and visitors had an enjoyable weekend.

Helm	Crew	Boat	Sail Nr.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Total Points	Overall Position
				Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points
P. Wolstenholme	S. Roberts		29611	1	0.75	9		1	0.75	2	2.00	3.50	1
B. Gregory	I. Gregory	Andromeda	28451	4	4.00	6		3	3.00	1	0.75	7.75	2
J. Love	C. Surridge	Fiddlesticks II	27098	2	2.00	4	4.00	2	2.00	4		8.00	3
I. Marshall	R. Marshall	Minjeeta	29501	3	3.00	1	0.75	5	5.00	7		8.75	4
A. Williams	L. Crouch		29834	DSQ		2	2.00	4	4.00	3	3.00	9.00	5
A. Hoy	J. Hoy		29408	9		5	5.00	8	8.00	6	6.00	19.00	6
J. Simpson	I. Sinclair		20558	5	5.00	11		6	6.00	8	8.00	19.00	7
G. Welch	G. Hoy		20557	8	8.00	3	3.00	9	9.00	9		20.00	8
I. Varney	R. Satterley		27871	6	6.00	8	8.00	10		10	10.00	24.00	9
S. Przybylski	R. Eves	Skippy	19328	7	7.00	12	11.00	15		11	11.00	29.00	10
R. Taylor	J. Howe	Navigo	28385	11	11.00	7	7.00	13 (jnt)		12	12.00	30.00	11
I. Knight	D. Bennett		29164	DNS	18.00	DNS		7	7.00	5	5.00	30.00	12
A. Moss	J. Leeder	Jaws	26581	14		10	9.00	13 (jnt)	13.00	12	12.00	34.00	13
J. Williams	K. Knapman		28276	12	12.00	13	12.00	RTD	17.00	RTD		41.00	14
A. Kidd	G. Farrow	Lady Bird	21452	10	10.00	15	15.00	16	16.00	16		41.00	15
G. Campbell	Keith Pitt	Blue Bayou	26090	16	16.00	16		11	11.00	14	14.00	41.00	16
P. Grundy	G. Steele	Congusto	21910	15	15.00	RTD		12	12.00	15	15.00	42.00	17
B. Rowbotham	J. Mills		20559	13	13.00	14	14.00	DNS	18.00	DNS		45.00	18