| 9th
August 2010
National Kitesurf
Racing Round 3
Barrow in Cumbria was
the location for the latest round of the BKSA Course Racing and
which had 21 racers from around the country entered and trying their
best in the great conditions that Earnse Bay had to offer. The area
receives a lot of wind and if you look out onto the horizon from
the beach you can see all the off shore wind turbines tapping into
one of nature’s free form of energy.
The forecast was for the 2 day event was good wind for Saturday
and not much for the Sunday so the Race crew set up a course quite
early and 3 races were run in the morning and it was Callum Edge
who set the pace with Denzil Williams from Cornwall hot on his tail
and the fight for 3rd position was between Lee Harvey ‘pasty’
also from Cornwall and Jason McCaffery. The 3 races were run back
to back so that meant that as soon as the 1st person had crossed
the line they set a 10 minute limit for the rest to cross over the
line then start the next race which meant people were not getting
any rest in between the races and were getting quite tired.
The race crew then had a lunch break which should have lasted just
an hour but extended into 3 because the tide had gone out too far
leaving the safety craft and race boat grounded! But then racing
resumed late afternoon and they ran 5 races back to back in the
wind that had increased to about 20 knots by now which made for
very fast racing.
Callum and Denzil were continuing their fight at the front of the
pack hotly followed by Lee but Jason was making mistakes and fell
back quite considerably leaving it open for Lee. New to this event
was the introduction of gates which meant that you had to pass between
2 bouys (the gate) on the way to the upwind marker, this meant you
had to put more tacks in (change in direction of travel) and made
it more tactical which was a great success. Twice Denzil made the
gate from the start line which meant he didn’t need to change
tacks an extra 2 times and gained him a great lead so in the last
race of the day he won followed by Callum and in the 6th Race of
the day Lee won followed by Denzil then Callum.
A total of 8 races were run on the Saturday which is the maximum
allowed races in one day, sadly Sunday the wind had blown itself
out and so no more racing took place but it meant that Denzil and
Pasty could get a head start on their way back to Sunny Cornwall!
Results
1st Callum Edge
2nd Denzil Williams
3rd Lee Harvey
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