IOM Scottish Travellers 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.

Score sheet