By Paula Southworth
Congratulations to Nick Craig and Toby Lewis - Nick has 'DONE IT
AGAIN', he has very convincingly won the Enterprise Inland
Championship at Pennine SC with an original entry of 48 Enterprise.
Congratulations also go to our Ladies Inland Champion Ann
Jackson/Alan Skeenes. Ann/Alan had a varied set of results
but the 4th in Race 4 was definitely the one Ann
enjoyed, despite some port and starboard discussions on the water
with husband Nick. This venue was very friendly for the spectators,
the Winscar Reservoir was low in water, still very deep and cold,
so the fleet were sailing below the level of the club. Only
Martin Honnor/Dennis Swain decided to take a cool dip to offset the
sunny, humid conditions. This dip was taken in a very
'gentlemanly' fashion with very little vocal expletives. The
sailors were warned to be on their best behaviour as sound carries
a long way in still conditions. Rounding of the first mark,
in most races, was very vocal and could be clearly heard from the
shore. Most responded to the request for respectful language
- well done, we know you were under pressure!!!
Saturday Race 1 was sailed in very 'patchy'
wind conditions ranging between 1 - 3. Tony Woods had a
flying start leaving Nick/Toby a long way behind them. It
then appeared that Nick/Toby had found a motor. In fact Tony had
found a hole in the wind which allowed Nick/Toby to sail by with
ease. From onshore it was a strange site. Nick/Toby gave a great
demonstration on how to role tack it was a pleasure to observe from
the shore and very evident that this is a contributory factor to
Nick/Toby's success.
Race 2 The wind dropped (if that was
possible!!) but the format was similar to the first race
Sunday Race 3, 4 and 5 Started with a very
misty morning and very little wind and disillusioned sailors.
The race officer Dee was in buoyant mood and eager to go. It
was announced that the Enterprises would be taking to the water,
there was a lot of muttering 'no wind' but obviously Dee had
reliable sources and by the time the first race was due to start
the wind had picked up, still very light 2 - 3 but not quite so
fluky. There were at least 2 General recalls which were
followed by the use of the 'dreaded black flag'. At the prize
giving thanks was given to Pennine SC and a plaque was presented to
David Craik the Commodore who presented the prizes. This
venue was ideal for the social side as well as sailing.
Thanks was also given to the bar staff (bar ran dry), the Galley
Team and Dee the Race Officer. In fact the whole event was
run by a very 'well oiled team' at Pennine, well done and a big
thank you to everyone for making it such an enjoyable event.
The provision of camping facilities was much appreciated - campers
were entertained by the Steve Blackburn road show.!! Although
some competitors (The Girls) did not get enough beauty sleep!!
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