EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL
CHAMPIONSHIP 2001
results
The Eastern Cape Championship was once again sailed at
Swartvlei with great success.
This year it was decided to open the event to more than just
the youth classes and Mirrors. The Extra class joined as a
championship class and some Lasers and windsurfers joined in a
non-championship regatta to make a total fleet of 90 boats.
The new owners of Trail's End Holiday Resort did a fantastic
job in preparing the venue.
Saturday started with no wind and a light drizzle. Racing was
postponed till after lunch when two races were sailed in very
light wind. The Mirrors sailed a trapezoidal course and it was
difficult for a competitor that made a mistake to make up ground.
The first race saw Alf in very good form, leading from start
to finish. Kuba wasn't far behind and Nigel also showed off his
light weather skills. The second race saw a complete turn around
as a 60-degree wind shift played a huge role. The fleet was
caught offguard but Fuad, Nigel and Louise made good use of the
wind switch. Louise did very well in the light weather, showing
the guys what she's capable of. After the first day it was close
and Nigel lead with only one point and Fuad and Alf were tied
second.
The third day saw some good, close, competitive sailing. The
morning race saw very light conditions and it was almost a
drifter up the first beat. Felix Unite made a good appearance and
was leading at one stage with Kuba and Nigel following closely.
Felix ended up coming 3rd but was protested by Waldo for rocking
his boat spoiling his well sailed race, but because of the close
racing every point counted and in the end it made a difference of
being tied 1st to tied 2nd. Kuba and Nigel had a very
close race upfront. Race 4 was closely contested. Alf was leading
but got covered by a wall consisting of Nigel, Waldo and Kuba
down the run. Waldo had the inside line claiming room at the mark
but Alf accidentally hit Waldo while rounding and had to do a
720. Waldo was in the lead for the first time in the regatta but
Kuba was close on his heels. Kuba and Waldo had a tacking duel
right up to the line and Kuba was victorious. In the 5th race
Waldo got his revenge starting right at the pin, port taking the
fleet, leading from start to finish. Kuba followed close behind
and had a close race with Fuad. After the second day it was very
close with Kuba up front, Nigel second and Waldo third.
On the last day it was still anybody's regatta. It was do or die time and it took good efforts from Waldo and Nigel to catch Kuba. There were still very light conditions and at the start of the first race the wind switched to port making the pin end favoured. Fuad, Felix and Waldo saw this in time and all three of them made good use of it! The wind was very switchy and Waldo was in a very good position covering Kuba and Nigel. Alf grabbed the opportunity with both hands which soon saw him with a reasonable lead. Waldo was second and Felix third. The wind was switchy and patchy so anything could still have happened. Waldo was making up ground fast and so was the rest of the fleet. At the bottom mark Waldo was leading and Alf had a little spinnaker trouble. Waldo covered Alf and Fuad decided to go far to the starboard side of the course. Waldo barely kept his lead as Fuad flew through the finish line passing Alf followed by Nigel who also went right. Waldo was leading the regatta by one point at this stage and Kuba just had to beat him in the last race to win which he did. A great effort from Nigel in the last race, leading from start to finish giving him the race win he was searching for in the regatta. Kuba just covered Waldo and that assured him the victory with the tie broken in his favour.
| Swartvlei - 22 to 24 September 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 7 Races 1 discard | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Sail | Name | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | Less Disc |
| 1 | 69489 | Kuba Miszewski | CCSC | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 |
| 2 | 69903 | Waldo Zevenster | RYC | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 |
| 3 | 69490 | Nigel Smithie | MAC | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 |
| 4 | 23283 | Fuad Jacobs | ZVYC | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
| 5 | 70073 | Alf Williams | ZVYC | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 |
| 6 | 66857 | Louise Meek | ZVYC | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 36 |
| 7 | 9489 | Felix Unite | ZVYC | 7 | 7 | DSQ | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 37 |