Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Photo: Graham Knox

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

The race results at the Lake on Sunday 16 April were dominated by the five Solos out. The light wind conditions suited them well with Martin Brennan winning all three races.

The westerly air stream and dull weather gave shifting conditions in the first race, but at least they were able to sail three laps of the course. After that, the wind was lighter for the subsequent races and only two laps were sailed.

The turnout was the best so far this year with 14 boats out. On the water, Nick Brook and Rhiann Bramwell, in a RS400, were the leaders ahead of Les Bithell and Naz Maquire, in a Merlin Rocket. Adjusting the handicaps gave the Solo racers close finish places with Brennan in the lead, followed by Nick Hornsby, Nigel Davey and Mike Smith in that order. Richard Blackburn was some way behind in his first outing. In the Juniors, sibling rivalry saw Jessica Marsh beat her elder sister Lauren.

Over the weekend, Jasper Bramwell was at Grafham Water, in Rutland, for the Topper Inland Championship. Four races were sailed on Saturday where he won the first one and finished runner up overall as there was no wind at all on the Sunday. This was an outstanding result in a fleet of over 100 young sailors.