Results / SEANS Event 2 Deben YC - 16/04/2006
Seven visitors joined eight local boats for Deben Yacht Club�s first
RS200 South East Area Northern Series (SEANS) open meeting on Sunday 16th
April 2006. Three races were sailed back to back around a course set two
miles down river between Methersgate Quay and the Tips. A force 3 north-
westerly breeze enabled a windward leeward course to be set with a mile
long beat with the tide. Bringing the fleet through a gate on each beat
ensured the races were turned around without delay.
The first race provided close racing throughout for all but Simon Gillow
and Emma Harniman who broke away on the first beat. Places changes
throughout the three lap race, particularly downwind where the tide
proved a distraction, following the wind and the shifts being of greater
importance. Having held the lead for almost the entire race Gillow and
Harniman lost out to Tom Alexander and Suzy Brome who foresaw the
temporary drop in the breeze and held the starboard gybe another 100
yards before gybing into the mark and the tide on port at a closer angle
giving them the race by a couple of boat lengths. The remainder of the
fleet finished within a couple of minutes.
The second race took place in a strengthening breeze although it
continued to oscillate fairly steadily across a 30 degree range. These
conditions ensured another very close race with places constantly
changing both upwind and downwind. Andy Riley and Julie Marsden took an
early lead on the first beat to round the windward mark first, a position
they held until an impromptu capsize on the second beat lost them
significant ground. The second downwind leg appeared to favour taking the
starboard bank as the wind shifted left and strengthened giving a fast
port gybe into the mark. James Griffith and Oscar Ford spotted this ahead
of the majority of the fleet and gybed early to catch the breeze and
rounded the mark with a good lead. Gillow and Harniman had gone to the
left bank again but came out into the tide early to pick up some of the
breeze and limit the damage. A good final beat from Gillow and Harniman
gave them the race and the event. A steady performance from Robin Parsons
and Jonny Shuster secured them second place.
The final race took place in a dying breeze although the tide was
beginning to turn and as a result three laps were still completed within
an hour. A close first beat ended with Ben Alexander and Mike Hanes
squeezing into the lead to round the windward mark first narrowly
followed by Parsons and Shuster. A final wind shift right held and
enabled the starboard gybe to be maintained to the leeward mark which
significantly reduced the place changes for the remainder of the race and
enabled Alexander and Hanes and Parsons and Shuster to hold their
positions until the end. Sam Littlejohn and Alice Sepe produced the most
consistent performance of the day achieving third place in all three
races but they lost out on third place overall on the breaking of ties
rules.
Overall Results:
Pos | Boat Name | Helm | Crew | Club | Sail No | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Blood Sweat & Cheers | Simon Gillow | Emma Harniman | Wembley SC | 1147 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
2 | Slackbladder | Robin Parsons | Jonny Shuster | Deben YC | 1038 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Good Life | Ben Alexander | Mike Hanes | Deben YC | 1142 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
4 | � | Sam Littlejohn | Alice Sepe | Lancing SC | 1094 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Tom & Barbara | Tom Alexander | Suzy Brome | Deben YC | 392 | 1 | DSQ | 7 | 8 |
6 | Whippet Sarce | Andi Riley | Julie Marsden | Stewartby Water SC | 743 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
7 | Bless the Weather | Simon Kerr | Matt Kerr | Orford SC | 906 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
8 | � | Mike Chapman | Lynne Ratcliffe | Bough Beach SC | 941 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
9 | � | Matt Ambrose | Ruth Baker | Deben YC | 498 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
10 | Feck RS Drink | Chris Woodard | Linda Woodard | Wembley SC | 1136 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
11 | Nautilus | James Griffith | Oscar Ford | Deben YC | 1030 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
12 | � | Rob Poole | Rachael Davis | Deben YC | 540 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
13 | Between the Sheets | Dan Davis | Matt Davis | Deben YC | 786 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
14 | Crusty | Alan Perry | Paula Kerr | Wembley SC | 5901 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
15 | � | Guy Foskett | William Foskett | Deben YC | 508 | DNF | 14 | DNS |