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Results / Gul RS800 Inland Championships Grafham Water S C - 02/10/2004

The RS Inlands at Grafham. Light winds? No chance. As usual the RS classes arrived at Grafham to the now familiar sight of looking downwind from the security of the clubhouse and a cup of tea, watching the white water whipping off the surface. What was it going to look like when you reached the starting area and looked back up wind? 40 800�s shared the event with the 700�s and the 400�s with two race courses to accommodate us all. Chris Haworth and Stuart Aston launched themselves into the lead of race one and weren�t challenged as most people decided they needed to check the undersides of their boat to make sure they weren�t too dirty after the drive up. Steve Irish and Martin Gotrel recovered well from some leeward mark swimming to take 2nd ahead of Ben McGrane and Jonathan Clegg. James Date and Nick �this is my first time in an 800, and it�s blowing 30 knots� Lowe got round in 4th after some capsize practice and a very steep learning curve. Race two saw a slightly diminished fleet, after a couple of broken masts and it was just too much for some. The sight of 400�s pitch poling on the other course was a good gauge of how windy it was, I can only imagine what the 700/800 course looked like from where they were. Irish/Gotrel led the race from start to finish with Date/Lowe holding off McGrane/Clegg for 2nd and 3rd. Haworth/Aston came in 4th. There were only 14 boats left racing by the end of race 3, but the racing at the front was as close as ever, Irish/Gotrel led round the first mark, closely followed by Haworth/Aston and Date/Lowe who�s bow never came back to the surface after the bear away and Lowe experienced his debut trip round the forestay, leaving McGrane/Clegg to cruise off into 3rd. As the wind swung a long way to the right turning the race into a reach-reach affair, making for some exciting attempts to hold the kites down the slightly broader one, Irish/Gotrel held on to win from Haworth/Aston with McGrane/Clegg completing their run of 3rds for the day. Date/Lowe capitalised on watching the leaders being blown into oblivion as the wind swung further right and 2 sailed down the penultimate lap to get back to 4th. In truly efficient Grafham style we were all off the water, packed up and in the bar by 4 o�clock, a dangerous prospect with talk of more wind the next day, it only took a few beers before such phrases as �we aren�t going sailing tomorrow, let�s get lashed!� were heard around the club. After the mandatory visit to the Wheatsheaf, the fleets returned for disco and cheap booze at the club and were further entertained by Dave Sheils �stag do�, he didn�t know it was his stag do, but seemed to have avoided one so thanks to his mates in the 400 fleet, enter WPC 69, baby oil, handcuffs and a banana. Enough said. Day two dawned and much to the horror of those still drunk from the night before, mentioning no-one in particular (Tim Boon), a gentle 5 knot breeze blew across the pond. Fortunately this increased throughout the day with twin wiring again by the final race. Haworth/Aston got themselves miles in the lead of the first race and stayed there. The battle for 2nd was a close one with Date/Lowe eventually getting the better of Irish/Gotrel by half a boat length. Justin Deal and Sarah Marriot were leading the chasing pack and came in 4th. Deal/Marriot found the slightly lighter breeze to their liking and showed good pace and pond sailing skills to find themselves in the lead of race 2 of the day but couldn�t hold off an on form Irish/Gotrel who went on to take the bullet. Date/Lowe couldn�t get past Deal/Marriot and settled for 3rd ahead of Alex Davies and Sarah Hughes. The final race and Irish/Gotrel had it sewn up already but went on to take another bullet anyway, Steve obviously not happy with that 3rd tarnishing his near perfect scorecard from the first race of the day! Haworth/Aston got 2nd in the last to guarantee 2nd overall. Dom Johnson and Jenny Heeley sailed very well to take 3rd in the last race and we will no doubt be seeing more regular appearances at the front from them. Deal/Marriot completed a good day with a 4th that pulled them up to 4th overall. Thanks go to Grafham Water S.C. for another superbly organised and smoothly run event, I believe the rescue crews did an awesome job and, were probably glad of a bit of a rest on Sunday after Saturday�s conditions. Next stop for all the RS classes is the pursuit race and end of year prize giving at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. One pursuit race a day and a big party on Saturday night, it�s a recipe for a top weekend! James Date 1080
Gul RS800 Inland Championships

Series Place Sail No Helm Crew Club Series Points Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
1 1058 Steve Irish Martin Gotrel Draycote 6 2 1 1 3 1 1
2 1064X C Maworth S Aston BCYC 10 1 4 2 1 7 2
3 1080 James Date Nick Lowe Port Dinorwic SC 15 4 2 4 2 3 5
4 1054 Justin Deal Sarah Marriott 22 6 7 6 4 2 4
5 1044 Ben McGrane Jonathan Clegg WPSA 25 3 3 3 11 5 11
6 1057 Spod Olive J Norris Stokes Bay 32 7 5 5 7 8 9
7 961 Phil King Ian Roberson Farmoor 56 12 11 40 8 18 7
8 989 Ben Schooling Tim Hirst Datchet Water SC 59 5 40 7 19 14 14
9 991 Malcome Street Miles Roebuck HISC 71 9 12 11 40 19 20
10 890 Richard Keeton Helen Rumbold Royal Lymington YC 73 11 17 13 18 17 15
11 1074 Joe Llewellyn Caroline Ellis Royal Torbay YC 76 40 16 8 12 15 25
12 864 Adrian Coatsworth Julia Jenkins Southwold SC 78 10 14 10 25 22 22
13 1016 Mark Longstaff Marcus Fleming GWSC 82 40 6 40 10 10 16
14 983 Tim Boon Rich Evans FFSC 90 40 9 9 13 40 19
15 839 Alex Davies Sarah Hughes Draycote 98 40 40 40 6 4 8
16 1011 James Ross Gareth Russell Hamble River 99 40 15 12 23 25 24
17 932 Dom Johnson Jenny Heeley Datchet SC 103 40 40 40 9 11 3
18 964 Ian Martin Chris Martin Datchet Water SC 106 40 40 40 14 6 6
19 985 David Sayle Fiona Sayle HISC 113 40 40 40 5 16 12
20 916 Babs Emmans Roland Emmans Weston SC 120 13 13 14 40 40 40
21 881 Andrew Cornuh Orwin Murray Wessex SC 122 40 40 40 15 9 18
22 903 Mick Whitmore Sarah Smith Eastbourne Sovereign SC 123 40 40 40 20 13 10
23 892 David Pike N Jenkins Eastbourne Sovereign SC 131 40 40 40 26 12 13
24 926 Alastair Shires Penny Shires Stokes Bay 138 40 40 40 16 21 21
25 1084 Matt Critchley Ryan Crawford Stokes Bay 142 14 8 40 40 40 40
26 836 Derek Buchanan Elaine Buchannan Oxford 146 40 40 40 22 27 17
27 883 Kate Gillow Andy Griffith Draycote 147 40 40 40 21 23 23
28 1010 Ollie Page Jonno Lancing 157 40 40 40 17 20 40
29 1072 Jon McGuire Louisa McGuire Stokes Bay 160 40 40 40 28 26 26
30 909 Alex Taylor Rich Anderton South Caernarvonshire YC 168 8 40 40 40 40 40
31 940 David Goudie Laurence Riches GWSC 168 40 40 40 24 24 40
32 1066 Matthew Amiss Becky Gardner Weston 170 40 10 40 40 40 40
33 941 Chris Catt Phil Kennard Warwick Uni S C 187 40 40 40 27 40 40
34 845 G Adamson L Martin Stone SC 200 40 40 40 40 40 40
34 919 Chris Stevens Jo Skinner Stokes Bay 200 40 40 40 40 40 40
34 922 Nick Wapshott R Byne Draycote 200 40 40 40 40 40 40
34 943 Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes Dan Allin Cambridge Uni CRC 200 40 40 40 40 40 40
34 1013 Rob Style Nick Copley GWSC 200 40 40 40 40 40 40
34 1045 Andrew Foulds Oliver Dewhurst Grimwith 200 40 40 40 40 40 40

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