8 Mar at 5:10 pm

Vintage Marblehead Team Racing At GMYBC

Commentary by Lewis Wyeth

Day 1 of the vane Marblehead team race at gosport, last held in 2007. 16 boats have entered with pairs drawn at random this morning consisting of vintage and classic/ modern combining their score for an overall position. there is a wide range of boats dating from the 1930s right through to the 2000s.

Scores currently stand as:

1st Derek Moreland (vintage) & Peter fothergill (modern) 48pts

2nd Shaun Wyeth (vintage) & Russell Wyeth (modern) 45pts

3rd Nigel brown (vintage) & Thomas Wyeth (modern) 37pts

3rd Eric meighen (vintage) & Suzanne lewis (modern) 37pts

4th Wayne stobbs (vintage) & lewis Wyeth (modern) 31pts

4th David Lindsay (vintage) & Martin bandey (classic) 31pts

5th max buttimer (vintage) & Anthony warren (modern) 22pts

6th rob dyer (vintage) & David Mather’s (classic) 16 pts

Highest placed modern is Peter fothergill with the full 35pts

Highest placed vintage is Eric meighen with 19pts

Final day is tomorrow with 8 more heats to complete the round.

Day 2 -After completing a full round the vane Marblehead team race has finished. There were two teams that tied and on countback they also tied on the same amounts of beats and also the same amount of runs so it was decided that both would be awarded first place together these teams were,

Peter fothergill & Derek Moreland and Shaun Wyeth & Russell Wyeth

Second was won won by lewis Wyeth & Wayne stobbs

And third was won by Suzanne lewis & Eric meighen.

Highest placed vintage boat was won by Shaun Wyeth with a “witch” design Marblehead.

Highest placed modern was won by Peter Fothergill with a “starkers” Marblehead.