Sailors come from afar for Snowflake series
A total of 42 boats arrived to take part in Chichester Yacht Club’ s second 2024 snowflake event.
After the storms of recent weeks the weather was beautifully calm with blue sky and a moderate south easterly wind.
Martin Orton, as race officer, set a trapezoidal course starting on the west shore of the ‘lake’ with a beat alongside Birdham pool to a windward mark in front of the clubhouse.
The wind and the tide combined to punish anyone that chose the wrong path to the mark.
The CYC Snowflake races often attracts sailors from across the south, and on this occasion a large Norfolk Punt arrived and drew some admiring looks from the locals.
In the fast fleet, the first four were very consistent.
Jack Holden ( RS400) won both races, followed by George Yeoman and Owain Matthews (Merlin Rocket), who were in turn followed by Richard Sharp (Finn) and Matt Johnson (Finn).
In the medium fleet, Rob and gem ma bur ridge sailing a 2000 resumed their battle with Alex Butler in his Solo, sharing the honours with a win each – exactly as they had on day one of the series.
They were followed by Ian Morgan (Solution) in the first race and M Frary (Solo) in the second race.
In the slow fleet, the Three Mirrors dominated the racing with Tracy and Charlie Hunt taking race one and richard and rupert Searle taking race two.
Lucy and Rosy Searle took third place in both races ahead of Chichester’s Freddie Jones in his Optimist.
The next Snowflake races will take part this Sunday, February 11, with a first race start time of 10:30am.
Anyone wishing to register can do so at www.cyc. co.uk– where full results for the series can be found.
by MARK GREEN
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