Chichester Yacht Club Magazine April 2017 | Page 7

Snowflake Finale — by Mark Green
It was a very grey day for the finale of the
2017 Snowflake but despite the relatively
early start time of 10:30 we had a good
turn-out of 38 boats.
The Race officer, Phil Allan, had to deal
with the fluky winds which shifted by 30
degrees during the race.
In the Fast Fleet the Shoreham Merlins
made an appearance, maybe to get their
eye in for the Merlin Open on 1st of April.
In the Medium fleet there was a great
turn-out in the Single handers with nine
lasers, four Aeros, four Solos, plus a
selection of others.
The final results of the series can be seen
on the Website here.
In addition to the winners of the fleets we
awarded a number of specific prizes.
Mayger from Felpham.
► 1st Lady Helm and 1st CYC : Lucy
Boreham
► 1st Legend (over 70 Helm) was
awarded to Derek Jackman.
Fast Fleet
► 1st veteran anf 1st overall in Fast fleet
– David Sayce and Fiona Sayce.
► 1st Lady helm Ruth Rhodes sailing
their fireball with 1st Legend (over 70
Sailor) Neil Arnott
► 1st CYC was awarded to Nick and
Roger Eliman.
Thank you to everyone who did a duty
during the Winter Series, the level of
enthusiasm was fantastic.
I know that I enjoyed every one of the
events and it was great to meet so many
dinghy section members prepared to give
up their Sunday mornings to help.
Juliet Bracknell and Biddy Colbourne were
presented with flowers for their constant
support of the event on the entry desk and
tea bar respectively.
Slow Fleet
► Icicle Trophy : Alice
Serna and Alex
Cray for sporting
behaviour.
Medium Fleet
► 1st Veteran: Bruce
Grant from ISC
► 1st Laser & 1st
Junior to laser radial
sailor – Alex Butler
► 1st Solo and Jack
Holt Trophy (for a
boat designed by
Jack Holt) – Guy
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