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Results / Gul RS800 Grand Prix Beer SC - 07/05/2011

The RS800s that made the trip down to the Gul RS Grand Prix event in Beer, Devon on May 7/8 May were rewarded with good wind, great waves, beautiful scenery and an awesomely friendly sailing club.

With the forecast looking pretty fruity for Sunday, 4 races were held on Saturday to make the most of the good wind. The first three races were held in a 10-15 knots south easterly and big rolling swell making it tricky to get the boats fully ripping upwind but great for downwind surfing.


The first race saw the fleet raft up on the pin end of the start line allowing Justin Deal and Ollie Page to get away and hold the lead to the finish. James Date and Toby Wincer soon untangled themselves from the startline melée and caught up to second by the finish. Dave Hivey and James Stewart sailed to an excellent third in their first wavey open since starting racing 800s this year.

Justin and Ollie got away again in the second race, chased hard round the course by Jamie Hilton and Chris Martin, James and Toby, and Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes and Sarah Crossman.

Dan Kilsby and Bart Bridgen got a good start in the third race and lead around the first lap. James and Toby were a bit quicker and also took advantage of a few windshifts on the second beat to get past and sail away to take the win. Dan and Bart held on for second and Dave and James took another good third.

The forth race saw the breeze pick to 15 - 20 knots which made great sailing conditions even better! The wind also shifted right meaning that the leading boats all overstood the first bottom mark. Dan and Bart were the recipients of this change in fortune and took the lead closely followed by Andy Jeffries and Allyson Oddy. The two teams swapped places all the way round the four laps with Dan and Bart just squeezing past at the last mark to take the win. Justin and Ollie sailed to third, all the more impressive considering they had swapped boats with Ian Martin and Adam Broughton on the water after a breakage in the third race.

The members of Beer Sailing Club put on a cracking social in their newly finished clubhouse, even inviting some sailors back to sleep in their houses instead of camping in the torrential rain, which was very much appreciated!

The next day saw sun but very strong winds, gusting in excess of 28 knots on the race course. With the wind and waves due to build the race officer made the sensible decision to cancel racing for the day. This allowed the sailors to enjoy ice creams in the sun in the picturesque village.

Justin and Ollie took the overall win beating James and Toby by just one point, Dan and Bart were third. It was good to see some new faces joining in the fun and hopefully we will see some more at the Zhik Eurocup in Carnac 28 - 31 May, and the next Gul Grand Prix event at Hayling Island on the 25/26 June. Thanks again to the race team and all of the members of Beer for putting on a fantastic event and I look forward to seeing everyone in Carnac!

Sailing Results

RS800 Beer Open 2011

Entries: 13      Races Sailed: 4      Discard: 1


Series Place Sail No Helm Crew Club Series Points Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4
1 1133 Justin Deal Ollie Page Lansing 5 1 1 6 3
2 1148 James Date Toby Wincer Port Dinoric/FFSC 6 2 3 1 DNF14
3 985 Dan Kilsby Bart Bridgen Stokes Bay 9 6 6 2 1
4 1128 Andy Jeffries Allyson Ooy Eastbourne 11 4 5 8 2
5 1161 David Hivey James Stewart Sailing Togs 13 3 7 3 7
6 1124 Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes Sarah Crossman Queen Mary 13 12 4 4 5
7 1144 Jamie Hilton Chris Martin Burghfield 15 10 2 7 6
8 1121 Ben Schooling George Kingsworth Helensburgh 17 5 8 9 4
9 1166 Ralph Singleton Ollie Singleton CVLSC 21 8 9 5 8
10 1131 A Harvey M Stone Mumbles 29 7 11 11 DNF14
11 1135 Ian Martin Adam Broughton Datchet 29 9 10 10 DNC14
12 1115 Andrew Smith Nick VT Netley 35 11 12 12 DNF14
13 822 Simon Pryor Tom Pryor Lympstone 40 13 13 DNS14 DNS14

DNC-Did Not come to Starting Area DNS-Did Not Start OCS-On Course Side of Start Line
ZFP-Z Flag Penalty under Rule 30.2 BFG-Black Flag Penalty under Rule 30.3 SCP-Scoring Penalty under Rule 44.3
DNF-Did Not Finish RAF-Retired After Finishing DSQ-Disqualification
DNE-Disqualification Not Excludable        DGM-Disqualification Not Excludable under Rule 69.1b        RDG-Redress
PEN-Penalty PNE-Penalty Not Excludable

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