The
weather was kind with light North westerly wind and sunshine for
the annual CVRDA weekend hosted by Clywedog Sailing Club over this
weekend. unlike last year when racing was abandoned due to the gales.
The racing started on Sat afternoon with a Long Distance race down
to the Staylittle end of the Lake and then a few laps in the main
body of the lake. This gave the 14 entrants chance to fine tune
there boats for the serious racing on Sunday. The fleet was led
back into the main lake by two of the three-boat entry from the
Pegasus Class (designed by Uffa Fox in the early 60’s) with
the chasing pack bunched together some way behind. Pegasus 135 helmed
by Jane Jones & crew Mark just beat of the challenge of David
Rollinson & Owain Hughes in Pegasus 194 who had missed a mark
earlier and left themselves too much to do though the gap was only
30seconds at the finish. In third place was Alan Price in OK 1211.
There
was a hog roast on Saturday evening provided by a local butcher
and salads and sweets from the ladies at Clywedog which was enjoyed
members of the Old Gaffers association who were also having an away
weekend with 15 traditional gaff rigged boats and there enthusiastic
owners, along with the CVRDA contingent. A sing along was enjoyed
along with a few pints of real ale after supper which ensured a
few sore heads the following day.
Sunday
saw 17 boats come to the line for the first of three races and David
Rollinson & Owain Hughes in Pegasus 194 soon built an unassailable
lead and were never challenged. Alan Price in the OK 1211 sailed
a perfect race to come in second and John Gardiner in the Graduate
2093 just squeezed into 3rd from the other two Pegasus by a few
seconds on corrected time.
Race
two saw Rollinson & Hughes complete there Master class with
a flawless performance to gain there 2nd straight win, with Gardiner
in the Graduate 2093 taking 2nd place and Keith Rollinson &
Andrew Watson in another Pegasus (no number as this boat was lying
unused for 25yrs till 3mths ago and has been re fitted with original
rig/sails) in third place.
With
a number of boats on equal points race 3 was going give a edge to
the days racing and with Rollinson & Hughes already assured
of 1st place by virtue of their two straight wind they opted to
not start race 3 and count that as the discard. The race officer
set a windward leg up the narrows with a straight run back into
the lake and a tricky course via the wind shadow created by the
steep sides at Clywedog. Rollinson and Watson in the Pegasus broke
through on lap one from the Hornet 140 (built in 1953 and one of
only a few left sailing) of Roger & Hugh Devereux from Shearwater
Sailing Club. Mark Jones and Daughter in Pegasus 135 managed to
get through Rollinson and Watson and hang on to the end and Duncan
Spencer-Smith came past the hornet to take 3rd.
The
overall results were:
1st
Place David Rollinson & Owain Hughes Pegasus 194
2nd Place John Gardiner Graduate 2093
3rd Place Keith Rollinson & Andrew Watson Pegasus
4th Place Mark/ Jane Jones and crews Pegasus 135
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