Making the most of and earlier date than usual, the annual CVRDA meeting on the River Avon at Chippenham saw a good fleet of British Moths augmented by a mixed collection of boats from various decades.
The width of the river made it sensible to run the racing as a series of pursuits and in the first race this nearly backfired as most of the fleet was heavily bunched as the finished approached and it was only a fortuitous capsize by Rodney Gingell (Moth) in the middle of the pack made it possible to separate the first five or six boats at the bell with Rupert Whelan’s Moth getting the nod from his wife Kathryn’s Firefly.
The second race was a Moth benefit with Rupert taking a comfortable win from Roger Devereux and Rodney Gingell. With Rupert switching places with OOD Mark Collyer, the last race the last race was fought out between Gingell and Devereux and the during the whole fifty minutes there was never more than a couple of boat lengths between them, but in the end it was Gingell who won the race and so ensured second place overall.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Type | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Moth | 533 | Rupert Whelan | Whitefriars | 1.5 | |
| 2nd | British Moth | 661 | Rodney Gingell | Chippenham | 3.75 | |
| 3rd | British Moth | 515 | Roger Devereux | Shearwater | 4 | |
| 4th | British Moth | 681 | Hamish Grigor | Chippenham | 7 | |
| 5th | Firefly | 2324 | Kathryn Whelan | Charlie Whelan | Whitefriars | 7 |