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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
 
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