Kestrel Open 2001
Great Moor Sailing Club welcomed the Kestrel Owners Association for the first time for an Open Meeting at our lake over the weekend of 12th/13th May. This provided an opportunity not only for Kestrel owners at our Club to race with the best Kestrel sailors in the country but also for Club members to hire Club Kestrels and mix it with the best.
The weather held fine for both days with warm sunshine and a good North Easterly breeze. Race officer duties were split between Chris Johnson and Alan Rand. Eleven entries took part over the 2 days. This was a little down on expectations with some regular Kestrel helms having to do crewing duties due to a shortage of crews.
Racing was extremely close and competitive, with the club boats getting into the action. They performed surprisingly well compared to many newer boats fitted with spinnakers. In the main competition both John Howell / Will Taylor and Martin Beddows / Tony Green had good results with 2nd and 4th places respectively.
The leading Club boat was in 5th place helmed by Richard Patrick with Joanne Hamilton. At the end of racing on the Saturday some quaffing of ale took place to wash down the meal provided by Graham Turner.
All the visitors commented how much they had enjoyed themselves and were keen to return next year, hopefully spreading the word and bringing more boats with them. At the prize giving Martin Beddows the GMSC Commodore thanked all who had taken part in the event especially the Race Officers, assistant race officers, rescue operators and galley cooks.
| Pos | Sail No | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Total | Helm | Crew | Club | Club Boat |
| 1 | 1548 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Paul Jarvey | Kate Hearsum | BSC | ||
| 2 | 1544 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | John Howell | Will Taylor | GMSC | ||
| 3 | 1555 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | Dave Hearsum | James Jarvey | HBSC | ||
| 4 | 377 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Martin Beddows | Tony Green | GMSC | ||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Richard Patrick | Joanne Hamilton | GMSC | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1551 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | Mike Smith | Ian Hanson | SWSC | ||
| 7 | 1547 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | Rod Brown-Lee | Jenny Brown-Lee | BSC | ||
| 8 | DNS | 5 | 6 | 23 | Marc Savitsky | Alec Savitsky | GMSC | 2 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | Ian Richards | Phill Gough | GMSC | 3 | ||
| 10 | 1553 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 29 | Ian Rimtoul | Liz Armstrong | BSC | ||
| 11 | 1103 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | Charkes Cox | Rodney Tulloch | KWSC |
