Emsworth Sailing Club RS Tera Open, 8 October 2022

Published 01:00 on 20 Sep 2022

An autumn Open Meeting always brings more weather risks, so there was much relief amongst the organisers and race officers when the day arrived with sparkly sunshine and a gentle (many would say too gentle!) breeze.

32 young competitors (aged from 9 15) duly registered on the morning with 19 visitors and 13 club sailors. We had visitors from Warsash, Netley, Frensham, Felpham, Hayling Island but our furthest visitor came from Dale YC in Pembrokeshire!

There was good competitive racing in both fleets with some exceptional light wind techniques in evidence. The Pro Fleet enjoyed some tight racing with Oliver Stratton Brown (who announced his retirement from the Tera fleet during prize giving) leading the pack in both of the first 2 races demonstrating that his hours of practice really do pay off. He pipped his brother to win the series by 1 point!

The Sport Fleet had more movement between the movers and shakers at the top of the fleet with local club sailor Ben getting a first in the first race, Emily from Warsash with a 1st in the 2nd and Callum from HISC making the most of the strengthening sea breeze to gain a first in the 3rd race sealing his win overall.

It was great to see the friendships made during different regional and national Tera events demonstrated on the water and we look forward to welcoming the Tera family back to Emsworth for next year's Open at the end of September.

Full results can be found at https://www.emsworthsc.org.uk/2022-juniors/2022-rs-tera-open.

Many thanks to everyone who makes such events possible especially our race officers and safety crews. Also many thanks to all members for their support and understanding during the event.

Ann Williams