Niners at Ullswater

29ers and 49ers do battle

Lake Ullswater provided a scenic backdrop to the travelling 9er fleet who were joined by the ever growing Musto Skiffs. Race officer, Nick Sterwardson, got the 49ers off on the first time of asking, which provided a battle between the home team of Lester and Lee Noble and Jonny Coates and Charlie Muir.

Jonny and Charlie showed they were quickly on the pace by leading round the first windward mark in all four races but the Noble team proved there was no substitute for time spent acquiring the 'knowledge', using the 'occasional' windshift to consistently break the finishing tape. Brand new team Matty and James Lyons slotted into third overall to demonstrate that regular weekend racing amongst the six strong 49er Ullswater fleet is paying dividends.

The 29er fleet produced another two boat dogfight between GBR 9, James Stewardson and Tom Morris, and yet another Noble pairing, Anne and Julia, in the suitably named orange boat, Nemo. Although both list Ullswater as their home club, national squad duties allow James and Tom little time to practise on local turf. Nevertheless the results couldn't have being closer with both teams recording two firsts and two seconds, but Team Nemo took the victory spoils by securing the last race. Mature pairing Clive Telford and Jonathan Heginbotham's consistent results won out over the remaining young guns to stand upon the remaining podium place.

29er	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Nett
1	Noble Anne	Noble Julz	1	2	2	1	4
2	Stewardson James	Morris Tom	2	1	1	2	4
3	Telford Clive	Heginbotham Johnathan	3	3	3	3	9
4	Partridge Becky	Stewartson Katy	5	4	4	4	12
5	Hall Sarah	Donaldson Jenny	4	5	5	5	14
49er
1	Noble Lester	Noble Lee	1	1	1	1	3
2	Coates Jonny	Muir Charlie	2	2	2	2	6
3	Lyons Matty	Lyons James	3	3	3	4	9
4	Simpson Mark	Simpson Johnathan	4	DNF	4	3	11
5	Pester Joe	Murphy Paul	5	DNF	5	DNF	16