Great Turnout of PSC Sailors at the 2011 Bloody Mary
Well done to all those who made the journey over to Queen Mary's for the
38th Bloody Mary Pursuit Race on Saturday 8 January 2011.
Lasers, Radials and 4.7
Rob Hardwick
Olly Machell
Jack Spence
Simon Hamment
Solos
Frank Brown
Dave Mitchell
RS 200s
James Boyce and Sam Tozer
Jon Paton and Sue Mitchelmore
Andrew Boyce, Charlie Beck and a duck
Phillip and Olly White
Unusually for the Bloody Mary the weather was relatively kind and
provided excellent sailing conditions for the annual "Blow the Cobwebs
Off" event. Launching at Mary's is always a challenge, but this year a
gusty F4-5 straight up the slipways, made it particularly difficult.
After a hairy start the wind moderated to a steady force 3, which suited
the more traditional boats and meant that the majority of the high tech
skiffs and foilers didn't quite get through the fleet. When the
finishing gun went 2 1/2 hours later Papercourt sailors were spread
throughout the fleet. James and Sam were first RS 200 in 39th pipping
rusty Rob by one place. Olly and Jack closely followed in the Radials in
49th and 60th respectively. Jon and Sue were great upwind but not so
great downwind and came in 103rd (too much practicing at Papercourt).
Simon actually lead the race at one stage and finished as 1st laser 4.7.
Frank and Dave survived the start and hung in there for 2 1/2 hours to
post very respectable finishes. Phillip and Olly broke their boat as
soon as they launched but repaired it and carried on to complete the
race, while Andrew and Charlie sailed with a duck jammed in their self
bailer and know that they should have broken the hip flask out earlier.
Report by Charlie Beck
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