Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit HISC - 06/07/2002
48 200s, 45 RS800s and 11 RSK6s drove down the causeway at Hayling Island
SC on Saturday with very little optimism. Under a grey sky there was
almost zero wind and the first sight that welcomed everyone as they
passed the lifeboat station was of cruisers not making any headway
against the tide. Great!! Little did we all know that the weather gods
were really going to play ball and supply some of the best possible winds
imaginable for some fantastic competitive sailing.
As the clouds lifted on Saturday and some funny bright thing in the sky
started giving some warmth, the race teams out in Hayling Bay called the
fleets out with very sceptical sailors not really believing the
information that there was now a breeze. Oh yea of little faith - the
race teams did know what they were talking about. A 4-5 knot
southwesterly soon built, so that race 2 and 3 were sailed in a force 3-4
with clear blue skies. Very happy crews really could not believe their
luck, suntans and top sailing.
Sunday was very different with low clouds giving a uniform slate grey
coverage and constant rain. There was also a good breeze, around a force
4-5 from the southwest giving real waves in the bay. Between race 4 and 5
the visibility really closed down and the wind increased making race 5
very action packed. This was not for the faint hearted but some of the
downwind stuff was superb. The race teams held their nerve and with the
Isle of Wight reappearing the wind slightly eased to a force 4 for the
final race. With a very low tide everyone had to take the long way round
to get home with Hayling bar at its notorious best. However, this did
mean that everyone had the 3 mile roller coaster kite burn back to the
club, which will be remembered for a long time.
A word that is over used at times to describe an event is awesome but
this was truly an awesome event
RS800 Report
45 boats arrived on the Saturday morning to sunny spells and no breeze!
However as the race officer predicted the wind had started to fill in out
in the bay. The first race got underway in a light force 2 with James
Date and new crew Mark Hogan leading at the windward mark, closely
followed by Mike Lennon and Nicky Griffin, then Steve Irish and Martin
Gotrel. By the leeward mark Lee Sydenham and Adam Brushett had pulled
back from 5th place into 2nd and were hot on the heels of Date/Hogan. By
the finish Sydenham/Brushett (sponsored by Taylor Made Computer
Solutions) had sailed through to take the race win, with Lennon/Griffin
in 2nd and Geoff Carveth and Craig Davies in 3rd. Race 2 got underway
after a general recall, and a few victims falling to the black flag,
Steve Irish led the race from start to finish taking the bullet. As the
wind built for Race 3, we saw some large wind shift and lots of changing
places in the fleet. Lennon/Griffin sailed consistently and
conservatively to win the race ahead of Carveth/Davies, followed by
Ronald Millar and Peter Marshall.
Sunday started with grey skies and drizzle, which brought with it lots of
wind and big waves - you either love it or you hate it! The exciting
conditions made for awesome sailing, swimming and a few dis-masted
boats. Carveth/Davies led the first race, closely followed by Paddy
Gamble and Martin Frary, then Sydenham/Brushett. On rounding the leeward
mark, Carveth realised he had been over at the start and was forced to
dive out of the race. This left Gamble/Frary closely chased by
Sydenham/Brushett who managed to crack off and 'send it' through to take
the lead and the first win of the day. The race committee quickly got
the second race underway; this time it was Lennon/Griffin in the lead at
the windward mark. It wasn't long before Sydenham/Brushett managed to
take the lead and the 2nd race in their favoured conditions! Date/Hogan
proved a force to be reckoned with in the 3rd race, leading all the way
round before being piped to the post by Irish/Gotrel on the finish line.
Sydenham/Brushett came in 3rd, which was enough to be overall winners of
the weekend. The journey into shore at the end of the day proved to be
just as eventful as the racing as boats surfed back to the sailing club
over the bar, a good weekends sailing had by all!
1. 1010 Lee Sydenham Adam Brushett HISC 1 2 8
1 1 3 8
2. 1007 Mike Lennon Nicky Griffin HISC 2 46 1
3 2 4 12
3. 922 Steve Irish Martin Gotrel Draycote SC 22 1 9
4 3 1 18
4. 1000 Geoff Carveth Craig Davies HISC 3 6 2
46 7 5 23
5. 1004 Richard Lovering Brian State Winner Bank SC 7
5 5 7 4 46 28
6. 986 Paul Jenkins Colin Hatton Weirwood SC 13 3 7
8 5 10 33
7. 951 Pady Gamble Martin Frary Stokes Bay SC 8 46 6
2 8 11 35
8. 932 Ricky Tagg Rox Allen HISC 5 7 10 22
10 6 38
9. 929 Ronald Millar Peter Marshall Dalgety Bay SC 9 10 3
15 9 8 39
10. 983 Mike Way Anne Way Mayflower SC 18 14 4
12 13 7 50
11. 960 Spod Olive Mike Warren Stokes Bay SC 20 4 22
18 6 9 57
12. 924 Phil Bolton Kate Saunders RNSA 46 13 24 9
11 13 70
13. 985 David Sayce Fiona Sayce HISC 6 9 21 17
20 46 73
14. 961 Tim Penfold Will Penfold HISC 14 8 26 46
12 16 76
15. 1001 James Date Mark Hogan Port Dinorwic SC 4
46 15 10 46 2 77
16. 902 Gary Smith Lynn Whitmore Eastbourne Sovereign 12 22
46 16 14 14 78
17. 860 Dave Geal Alyson Ody Eastbourne Sovereign 23 26
19 11 15 46 94
18. 892 David Pike Robert Pike Eastbourne SC 28 12 17
6 46 46 109
19. 843 Rob Watson James Holmes Royal Lymington SC 32 24
46 21 18 15 110
20. 956 Greg Wells Celia Edgington HISC 10 46 11 4
46 46 117
21. 853 Dave Adams Peter Noble Broadstairs SC 19 30 12
13 46 46 120
22. 819 Buzz Keck Ray Ryder Bowmoor SC 16 17 25
45 19 46 122
23. 992 Stephen Chiverton Jeremy Davis HISC 21 16 18
23 46 46 124
24. 930 Paul White Graham sexton Thorpe Bay YC 30 29 35
20 17 46 131
25. 806 Martin Orton Lucy Kennedy HISC 46 46 46 14
16 12 134
26. 980 Neil Ashby Alan Higgs HISC 17 23 16 46
46 46 148
27. 900 Chris Powells Kirsty Hart HISC 15 33 13 46
46 46 153
28. 971 Adam Golding Chris Paul HISC 45 32 38 19
21 46 155
29. 804 Neil Baker Chris Dodds HISC 25 25 14 46
46 46 156
30. 883 Ian Jubb Lesley Bennett HISC 26 11 27 46
46 46 156
31. 955 Andrew Smith Beck Tobin Stokes Bay SC 24 19 28
46 46 46 163
32. 987 Graham Simmonds Emma White HISC 29 20 23 46
46 46 164
33. 901 Greg Lamb Keith Garner HISC 11 18 45 46
46 46 166
34. 944 Alisdair Hall Sandy Wright RNSA 46 15 20 46
46 46 173
35. 903 Mick Whitmore Sarah Smith Eastbourne Sovereign 31 27
29 46 46 46 179
36. 894 Alistair Hodge Andrew Brothwell Bexhill SC 36 46
33 25 46 46 186
37. 953 Andrew Pickerell Graham Dobson Pevensy Bay SC 37 46
34 24 46 46 187
38. 926 Alastair Shires Penny Shires Stokes Bay SC 39 28 30
46 46 46 189
39. 1009 Paul Taylor Julie Taylor Datchet Water SC 46
21 31 46 46 46 190
40. 931 Mark Pollington Pete Barlow Burghfield SC 27 34 37
46 46 46 190
41. 871 Liz Humphrey David Fewings HISC 33 31 36 46
46 46 192
42. 836 Derek Buchanan Elaine Buchanan Oxford SC 35 36 32
46 46 46 195
43. 991 Malcolm Streeton Richard Styles HISC 38 37 39
46 46 46 206
44. 927 Julie Fawcett Dominic Hull Stokes Bay SC 34 46 46
46 46 46 218
45. 899 Neil Mclellan Jon Branch Weston SC 46 35 46
46 46 46 219