Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Derwent - 02/06/2002

Twenty RS400s left the Jubilee Bank Holiday weather behind them and made the trip north to Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club for a weekend of drizzly rain and squalls. The constantly changing weather conditions and valley sailing kept everyone on their toes and made for exciting racing with lots of place changing at the front of the fleet. The first race was won by David Giles and Fiona Clark who extended their lead throughout the race from Chris Jennings and Ed Nicklin. Race two brought a heavy squall and saw four boats black flagged at the start. Jennings / Nicklin won from Giles / Clark with Greg O�Brien and Heather King in third. Race three saw the wind drop away to nothing on the start. Giles and Heather Chipperfield found the wind first to lead the whole way round, winning from Jennings / Nicklin with Giles / Clark in third. Monday dawned with gusts of 13-14kts and some big shifts. Giles / Clark read the shifts well to win the first two races from Jennings / Nicklin and Dave Shiel and Chris Fillard respectively. Final race of the day saw Jennings / Nicklin take the winners gun from O�Brien / King with Phil Jackson and Gerard Barron in third. Tuesday brought another new wind direction with gusts of 18kts. First race was won by Giles / Clark from Shiel / Fillard. Race two saw the wind gusting up to 25kts. Jackson / Barron led until the final lap when they were overtaken by Jennings / Nicklin who held on to take the winners� gun, Jackson / Barron in second and Dave Exley and Nigel Hall taking third. Giles / Clark won the event overall, after being tied on points with Jennings / Nicklin, but winning with four race wins to their credit against Jennings / Nicklin�s three. In the close competition for third place overall, Shiel / Fillard were just two points ahead of O�Brien / King.