Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Photo: Martin Watts

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

It was a good day for young Jasper Bramwell at the lake on Sunday 21 August. Sailing in Topper dinghies, he has been selected to try a slightly larger sail than the present one. Despite an adjustment to reflect the advantage on handicap, he was the overall winner on the day, with s second place in the first race and two wins to follow.

The first race was won by Martin Brennan in a Solo in the shifty north westerly wind. He followed that with two runner-up spots. Nick Brook is getting more used to his Phantom and managed a couple of third places, though he was seen in the lead on the water. Another contender was Nick Hornsby in a Solo scoring a fourth and a third place. The second race saw a close tussle between three Solos with Nigel Davey challenging and finishing in fourth place.

Away from the club, two past members, Matt Mee and Chris Robinson were battling in the GP14 Class World Championship at Skerries to the north of Dublin. In a fleet of 104 boats they were tied on points for first place with another pair but ended up placed overall runners up after a count back of the race results.