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Whitstable Week 2017

Posted: Saturday, 12 August, 2017

Whitstable Week 2017 - The year of all or nothing with the weather! Little wind on Monday, no wind on Tuesday, strong northerly winds and large waves for Wednesday and Thursday, then one good day of fairly flat water and F3-4 South Westerly on Friday to round the week off. Seems like August has let us down! But, we did get 7 of the 10 races in, and Tom Bruton did a great job as Race Officer to get sailing in when he could. Almost 50 boats took part, with some good close racing across all classes when we were able to sail. Thanks to the Race team, Safety team, Social team and everyone who helped out to make the week a success. Full results are available on http://wyc.org.uk/on-the-water/results, but the summary and special prize winners were:

• 1st Overall - Christian Brewer (Laser Standard).
• 1st Under 18 - Tom Oliver.
• Laser - 1st Christian Brewer, 2nd Mark Grinter.
• Laser Radial - 1st Ruth Oliver, 2nd Tom Oliver.
• Merlin - 1st James Goodfellow/Julie Nuttall, 2nd Rien Zilvold/Liz North.
• Tasar - 1st Stephen Nation/Julie Puckett, 2nd Tessa Lancaster/Nick Lancaster.
• General Handicap - 1st David Connor (Lightning), 2nd Peter Heyes (Streaker).
• General Classification (Wanderer) - 1st Richard Maltby/John Hope.
• Slow Handicap - 1st Alex Wilson/Harry Wilson (RS Feva).
• Catamarans - 1st Tony & Julie Dod (Dart 18), 2nd Robert Govier (Dart 18).
• Loudest competitor - Tom Oliver.
• Spirit of Whitstable Week - Martin Akers & John Gibbons (Merlin).

Photo by Samuel Turner.