Results / Wembley SEAS Wembley S.C./ Welsh Harp - 16/04/2005
By contrast to last year the 30 RS 200 teams that arrived at Wembley to
contest the 2005 open were greeted with sunshine and a building South
Westerly breeze. An RS 200 training day had been held on the Saturday by
class ace John Lewis, and judging from the tightly bunch starts the
lessons learned were paying dividends. Four races were scheduled, two
back to back morning races and two back to back afternoon races.
Principal race Officer Peter Walker set a tight line for the number of
boats with a bias that swung from one end to the other in the shifting
wind. A clean start for race one saw David Giles and Jane Wittan get a
jump over the rest of the fleet from the pin end of the line to establish
a comfortable early lead. In second were Simon Gillow and Emma Harmiman.
Following a poor start Dave and Emma Derby climbed through the field to
be close behind Giles by the finish with Gillow third.
Race two saw Giles fly off the line and quickly establish such a big lead
that it was as if he was in a race of his own. As it turned out he was,
being one of several judged OCS at the start gun but being the only one
failing to return. This allowed Derby, who had again started poorly but
had worked his way through the fleet, to take the winner�s gun. Mike
Chapman and Lynne Ratcliffe took second place after a strong final lap
while in third place was Mick and Howie Wright. Nick and Claire Haylett
finished a commendable fourth.
With the start of race three Giles was clearly getting into his stride
with OCS�s. This time, however, he made the wise decision to return and
restart. Wright followed by Derby led the fleet around the windward buoy.
Giles, recovering from his poor start joined these two in a breakaway
bunch who scrapped it out for most of the race. Eventually Giles
established a workable lead while Derby overtook Wright to take second
place. Andi Riley and Julie Marsden put in their best result of the
weekend to take fourth.
So to the last race with Giles holding the slight advantage over Derby
with 1, 1, OCS against 1, 2, 2. Determined not to be OCS for the third
time Giles started buried on the third rank while Derby pulled off a
perfect pin end start. Derby led around the first buoy with Giles
recovering to second. Derby with a downwind speed edge established a good
lead but was pegged back by the end of the upwind legs. These two
established a large lead over the rest of the fleet. Coming into the
final buoy Derby had a slender lead over Giles. This position would have
given Derby the meeting on the tie break system. Knowing that it would be
a tough call to pass ex-team-racing star Derby on the final upwind leg,
Giles was heard to mutter �if there is to be a miracle let it be now�. At
this point Derby�s spinnaker pole promptly failed to retract during the
final spinnaker drop leaving him to sail the beat with a good part of his
spinnaker flapping in the breeze. This was enough to allow Giles to pass
Derby taking the winners gun and the meeting. Wright again took third to
give him that position overall with Chapman fourth.
In all an excellent days racing was had with the large turnout reflecting
the growing interest of Southern RS 200 sailors in the newly established
local circuit. New faces had their turn at the front, which does not
always happen on the National circuit. This was one of the main
intentions of the Southeast circuit and it is hoped that crews who have
been reluctant to give open events a try will come to future events.
RS 200 South East Area series 2005 - 1 |
Final Results
Sailed:�4 �Discards:�1 �Ratings:�None
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 753 | David Giles | Jane Willan | Weir Wood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | |
2 | 999 | Dave Derby | Emma Derby | Bough Beech | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | |
3 | 815 | Micky Wright | Howie | Maylandsea B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9.0 | |
4 | 941 | Mike Chapman | Lynne Ratchiffe | Bough Beech | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12.0 | |
5 | 743 | Andi Riley | Julie Marsden | Stewartby | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16.0 | |
6 | 839 | Tony Wakeling | Kate Wakeling | Wembley | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16.0 | |
7 | 935 | Ben Alexander | Liz Alexander | Deben | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17.0 | |
8 | 984 | Jo Wotton | Nigel Harniman | RYA | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21.0 | |
9 | 744 | Simon Gillow | Emma Harmiman | RYA | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22.0 | |
10 | 282 | Nick Haylett | Claire Haylett | Datchet | 12 | 4 | 11 | 27.0 | |
11 | 344 | Stephen Seargeant | Jane Hill | Wembley | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31.0 | |
12 | 834 | John Gill | Andrew Gill | Wembley | 9 | 12 | 10 | 31.0 | |
13 | 604 | Neil Chadborn | Lucy Hall | Wembley | 15 | 10 | 14 | 39.0 | |
14 | 1034 | Chris Anstead | Laura Anstead | Warsash | 8 | 16 | 17 | 41.0 | |
15 | 844 | Debbie Cooper | Laussa Barker | Hollowell | 9 | 22 | 14 | 45.0 | |
16 | 863(5901) | Alan Perry | Jo Brindle | Wembley | 14 | 19 | 13 | 46.0 | |
17 | 807 | James Mead | Andrea Ovenden | Fishers Green | 17 | 21 | 10 | 48.0 | |
18 | 1009 | Adam Page | Ian Sedge | Bewl | 22 | 20 | 7 | 49.0 | |
19 | 974 | Simon Howell | Richard Murphy | Wembley | 18 | 16 | 15 | 49.0 | |
20 | 1040 | Tony Witham | Mandie Neal | Bexhill | 14 | 19 | 19 | 52.0 | |
21 | 414 | Neil Shemmings | Tom Barllett | Fishers Green | 23 | 13 | 18 | 54.0 | |
22 | 634 | Martin Peters | Annette Peters | Llangorse | 19 | 15 | 21 | 55.0 | |
23 | 674 | Charles Miscampbell | Amanda Banks | Wembley | 21 | 18 | 21 | 60.0 | |
24 | 470 | Nick Powell | Andy Hipsey | nk | 25 | 12 | 25 | 62.0 | |
25 | 651 | Douglas Maxwell | Fran Hewlett | Wembley | 23 | 23 | 20 | 66.0 | |
26 | 787 | Francis Bucknall | Benjamin Bucknall/Andrew Gill | Wembley | 20 | 17 | DNC | 68.0 | |
27 | 612 | Phil Waind | Sonya Gohil | Wembley | 20 | DNF | 22 | 70.0 | |
28 | 655 | Andrew Barnett | Nicola Barnett | Island Barn | 16 | 28 | DNC | 75.0 | |
29 | 835 | Charlie Muir | Jane Sands | Wembley | DNF | 27 | 18 | 75.0 | |
30 | 971 | Jeremy Gorbold | Kay Gorbold | Oxford | 24 | 24 | DNC | 79.0 |