IOM Scottish Travellers 2005 Event  2 - Paisley - 14th May 2005

The second event in the 2005 Travellers series was held at Barshaw Park on a warm and sunny day.  11 boats took part representing the Buchaness,  Aberdeen,  Brechin and Paisley clubs.  The racing started in a gentle easterly breeze which held up until nearly the end of the day's sailing.  This enabled RO Robert Rooney to run 22 races. Over the first 3 races,  there was a different skipper in first place,  with extremely tight racing throughout the fleet.  However,  as the morning proceeded,  Richard Rowan got a good setup on his Italiko and managed a run of 5 firsts in a row.  Alistair Law and Ian Dundas pursued him in vain.  Unfortunately,  Graham Campbell's day ended prematurely with a boat control failure. After lunch,  the wind dropped and became much more variable in direction.  Consequently,  Alistair and Ian took first place in a greater number of races.  However,  the "Green Boat" was never far behind and ended the day's racing with a good lead. A new member from Brechin, Colin McGinnis, was taking part in his first Travellers series event.  After a slow start in the morning,  he gradually improved over the day and ended with a excellent 3rd place in the final race  (this despite having a boat which was nearly 80 gms overweight). All boats were check weighed prior to starting the event.  This yielded the following weight statistics: Fins  -20 to +8 gms        Boats in number 1 rig   -50gms to +140gms.  Obviously,  boats which didn't weight correctly were sorted before racing commenced. Photos    Score sheet