The Southern Travellers Series attracted seven visitors who joined the locals at Bewl Valley on April 24th. It was a glorious day with bright blue skies and a good force 2. Race officer Geoff Warley set a trapezoid course with a sausage.
The first race saw Peter Cook and Roger Brown leading at the first mark but they were overhauled by the Shoreham pair of Steve Popple and Tyler Harmsworth. Popple had the lead for a lap and a bit before sailing the wrong course and retireing. Clive Morley was so excited at leading that he hit the mark and by the time he had done his turn was passed by Harmsworth, Chris Shelton and Cook and that was how they finished.
Race two started after the lunch break and Harmsworth took an early lead that he never lost. Shelton sailed round in second place but behind him there was plenty of position changing but at the finish Cook was again third.
The last race started back to back but after a short delay whilst the course was reset. Harmsworth had the event won so gave the rest of the fleet a chance by being OCS at the start. Having returned and started late he caught the fleet but could get no higher than second. Shelton lead for most of the race apart from a short period when Brown read all the shifts [or got lucky!] and lead round the second windward mark only to loose out down the run. Shelton then held fisrt to the finish but behind him the next five were swapping places and finished within 30 seconds of each other, with Harmsworth second and Cook in his customary third place.
So the overall winner was Tyler Harmsworth from Shoreham SC with Chris Shelton from Downs SC second and Peter Cook of Bough Beech third.
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| Rank | Fleet | SailNo | HelmName | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | Nett | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Phantom | 1340 | Tyler Harmsworth | Shoreham SC | 1 | 1 | (2) | 4 | 2 | |
| 2nd | Phantom | 1211 | Chris Shelton | Downs SC | (2) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Phantom | 1125 | Peter Cook | Bough Beech | (3) | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| 4th | Phantom | 1184 | Clive Morley | Minnis Bay SC | (5) | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |
| 5th | Phantom | 1189 | Simon Hare | Oxford SC | 4 | (5) | 5 | 14 | 9 | |
| 6th | Phantom | 1167 | Roger Brown | BVSC | (7) | 6 | 6 | 19 | 12 | |
| 7th | Phantom | 1244 | Bob Barris | BVSC | 6 | 7 | (8) | 21 | 13 | |
| 8th | Phantom | 1237 | Bob Hammond | Shoreham SC | (8) | 8 | 7 | 23 | 15 | Classic |
| 9th | Phantom | 1317 | Steve Popple | Shoreham SC | (10 DNF) | 10 DNC | 10 DNC | 30 | 20 |
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