Results / RS800 Fat Face Racing Circuit Lymington Town SC - 14/04/2007
Round 2 of the Fat Face Racing Circuit kicked off at Lymington Town Sailing Club last weekend in beautiful hot sunshine and extremely light breeze!
With no sign of wind anywhere the committee optimistically launched the fleet who enjoyed some valuable hours of tanning rather than sailing! Just when we were all ready to give up the 5 minute gun was fired and the racing got under way.
Race one and there wasn’t a breath on the start line. As teams fought their way against the tide into the prime position on the line, a few zephyrs of breeze began to fill in.
It was the tide the played the major role up the first beat with many of the usual front runners finding themselves too far left of the course and cracking sails into the mark. First round the top mark were fleet newcomers Tim Hulse and Emma Batson. They sailed the rest of the two-lap course with real precision to take the first win of the day. Further back there was a good tussle for second between Alex Cherry/John Clifton and Andy Jeffries/Ally Ody but Jeffries/Ody won the dual in the end.
Race 2 and it was all about the wind shifts! What started out as a beat ended up as a run and vice versa! But still the committee continued with the race giving Peter Barton/Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd) their first win of the day. It was a close fought battle behind for the remaining top positions with some unusual tactics coming into play – a far cry from the usual windward-leeward problems the fleet usually faces! In the end Andy Bryson/Tom Forester took second place with Spod Olive/Guy Filmore (Sola/Harken) in third.
By the end of race 2 a pretty healthy breeze was blowing across the water. Of course it was short-lived and by the time the marks were re-laid the crews were back in the front and everyone was fighting the tide. A very fair race however soon got underway and this time Lawrie Fitzjohn-Sykes and Dan Allin put in a stellar performance to take first place in the 1-lap course. Barton and Allen (Henri Lloyd) threw in another consistent result to take second while Phil King and Tom Truman finished off the day with a great result in third.
In true Fat Face Circuit-style the fleet partied hard along with the 700s and rounded off the day in style! Peter Barton put a large majority of the fleet up at his house in Brockenhurst (thanks Peter!) while those opting to sleep in their cars found themselves back at Heather C’s house playing table football until the early hours!
Come Sunday morning however the situation out on the water was dire – wall to wall sunshine but not a breath of wind. Racing was abandoned for the day, much to everyone’s relief, and so the prize giving took place.
With only 3 races and no discard allowed, those who sailed consistently reaped the biggest rewards. Peter Barton and Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd) did just this to take first place overall. Andy Bryson and Tom Forester finished up in second place while Lawrie Fitzjohn-Sykes and Dan Allin rounded off the podium in 3rd.
A huge thank you must go to LTSC for their hospitality and for getting three races off in some seriously challenge conditions. Another thank you also to Fat Face for supporting the circuit and supplying yet more prize money vouchers.
FINAL RESULTS for Fleet = RS 800
Sailed:3, Discards:0, To count:3, To qualify:1, Ratings:PY, Entries:35, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank | Fleet | Flight | Boat | Class | SailNo | Helm | Crew | PY | R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | Total | Nett |
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1 | RS 800 | Henry Lloyd | RS 800 | 1016 | Peter Barton | Roz Allen | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ||
2 | RS 800 | Little Wing | RS 800 | 914 | Andy Bryson | Tom Foster | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ||
3 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 943 | Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes | Dan Allin | 9.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | |||
4 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1114 | Andy Jefferies | Allyson Ody | 2.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | |||
5 | RS 800 | Easy Tiger | RS 800 | 987 | Simon Coleridge | Tim Collins | 6.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | ||
6 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1083 | Spod Olive | Guy Fillmore | 5.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | |||
7 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1087 | Mick Whitmore | Sarah Smith | 16.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |||
8 | RS 800 | Whireland Ltd | RS 800 | 1075 | Neil Baker | James HUghes | 15.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | ||
9 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 866 | Tim Hulse | Emma Batson | 1.0 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||
10 | RS 800 | Fat Face | RS 800 | 1054 | Justin Deal | Sarah Marriott | 17.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | ||
11 | RS 800 | Two Legs | RS 800 | 1111 | Keith Willis | Bonnie Moody | 8.0 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | ||
12 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1011 | Alex Cherry | John Clifton | 3.0 | 25.0 | 14.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | |||
13 | RS 800 | Stampede | RS 800 | 919 | Simon Skinner | Jo Skinner | 10.0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | ||
14 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 961 | Philip King | Tom Trueman | 18.0 | 26.0 | 3.0 | 47.0 | 47.0 | |||
15 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 892 | David Pike | Nick Jerkins | 12.0 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | |||
16 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 972 | Graham Simmonds | Chriss Doe | 14.0 | 27.0 | 11.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | |||
17 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 874 | Jamie Reid | Alistair Rose | 29.0 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | |||
18 | RS 800 | Octopussy | RS 800 | 890 | Ritch Keeton | Helen Rumbold | 31.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | ||
19 | RS 800 | Wet Dreams | RS 800 | 989 | Ben Schooling | Tim Hirst | 19.0 | 14.0 | 26.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | ||
20 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1050 | Jamie Hilton | Tom Street | 25.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | |||
21 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1116 | Adrian Coatsworth | Julia Coatsworth | 28.0 | 13.0 | 22.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | |||
22 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 923 | Giles Bradford | Paul Gliddon | 22.0 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | |||
23 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 978 | Tim Smythe | Fiona Lockwood | 24.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | |||
24 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 857 | Jonny Blackburn | Charlie Odell | 13.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 66.0 | 66.0 | |||
25 | RS 800 | Penelope Pitstop | RS 800 | 883 | Kate Gillow | Neil Trickett | 36.0 DNS | 16.0 | 16.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 | ||
26 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1074 | J Ross | Heather Back | 20.0 | 21.0 | 29.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | |||
27 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1047 | Simon Grundy | Guy | 23.0 | 31.0 | 21.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | |||
28 | RS 800 | Puddle Jumper | RS 800 | 1105 | Nicholas Hand | Jane Smithwitch | 11.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 77.0 | 77.0 | ||
29 | RS 800 | Kaleidoscope 2 | RS 800 | 809 | Bill Smith | Pete Conway | 26.0 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 77.0 | 77.0 | ||
30 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1043 | Ian Collis-Smith | Paul Whitesmith | 27.0 | 19.0 | 33.0 | 79.0 | 79.0 | |||
31 | RS 800 | The Brothers Grim | RS 800 | 10 | Chris Bailey | Matt Bailey | 21.0 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | ||
32 | RS 800 | Tacktic | RS 800 | 991 | M Streetor | Liz Tier | 30.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | ||
33 | RS 800 | RS Soul | RS 800 | 910 | Chris Massey | Rick Goddard | 33.0 | 34.0 | 27.0 | 94.0 | 94.0 | ||
34 | RS 800 | RS 800 | 1055 | Greg Liggins | Dan Perry | 32.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 94.0 | 94.0 | |||
35 | RS 800 | Comfortably Numb | RS 800 | 1051 | Richard Lilley | Becca Willard | 34.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |