2016 GP14 World Championship - Day 3

by Michelle Evans on 2 Apr 2016 2016 GP14 World Championship - Day 3 of the 2016 GP14 World Championships was a day for creating tales of disaster or triumph that will be passed on from generation to generation!

As is the usual way getting a general consensus from the boat park as to the wind strength is like trying to get the real size of your catch of the day. Suffice it to say it was windy! I'll go with Force Six gusting Force Seven but don't hold me to that. With the swell, the shifts and the gusts there was a lot going on and probably the most capsizes I've seen in one day, although I wasn't at the now infamous Strangford Loch Worlds.

No need for the disaster plan to be put in place this time and those of us who kept going over either kept getting it back up and trying to get a result or went back to the safety of shore. For once though, the capsizes weren't restricted to the back of the fleet with Sam Watson and Andy Thompson (Nantwich/East Antrim) treating us all by capsizing on the start line! I'm sure there were a few of the front runners rubbing their hands together at the pairs misfortune but they still managed to finish fourth. If they manage a race with the bungs in and without capsizing they might get a win in before the end of the event.

The first beat of race four was hard work! The gusts were coming through were relentless and the hiking hard but in race mode the fleet were all still pushing for a good position round the windward mark. Then came the decision about whether to pop the kite or not. There were great gains to be made if you did with some taking 25 places by doing so but then you had to be able to keep the boat upright if you did.

The rest of the race was hard attritional sailing that saw off many boats through breakages. The rudder of Matt Burge and Paul Childs (Poole YC) came off at one point dumping them from the lead and back 10 places, Ian Dobson and Andy Tunnicliffe (RWYC/Burwain) suffered worse though when their rudder broke. They headed back in to get a new one but by the time they got back out to the fleet the second race of the day had been cancelled. One of the Barbadian boats had a broken centre board and as it was being towed back in upside down the mast snapped and forced a hole through the hull. However good our resident boat repairer is I don't think we will see them again!

It wasn't all bad news, there were some that really profited from the conditions and it gave Mike Senior and Chris White from South Staffs SC a boost with the win and moving them to second overall. Nick Craig and Toby Lewis are starting to show their class and move into first overall. Gary Deighan and Dale Knowles from Bolton SC also enjoyed the heavier conditions of the past couple of days bringing them up to ninth overall. Race four gave top ten places to some who have been out of competitive racing for a while with former GP14 Youth Champion Andy Hately and Ben Pickering (SSSC) getting an eighth and Shustoke SC sailor Steve Bennet, sailing with son Jack, getting seventh.

You couldn't really ask any more from this Championships that we have now had four different winners in as many races, will it be five out of five today or will we start to see a front runner dominate?!

Results after Day 3: (race four sponsored by SP Boats)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	14023	Nick Craig	Tobytastic Lewis	GBR	Gold	5	2	3	2	12
2nd	14187	Mike Senior	Chris White	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	7	4	5	1	17
3rd	14158	Shane McCarthy	Andy Davies	Greystones SC Ireland	Gold	3	3	9	3	18
4th	14095	Matt Burge	Paul Childs	Poole YC / Hayling Island SC GBR	Gold	1	5	8	11	25
5th	14194	Sam Watson	Andy Thompson	Nantwich and Border SC / East Antrim BC	Gold	4	15	25	4	48
6th	13769	Sam Thompson	Leanne Hibberd	Royal Navy Sailing Ass GBR	Silver	9	11	22	12	54
7th	14110	Dave Young	Nicola Booth	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	14	16	11	13	54
8th	14091	Gary Deighan	Dale Knowles	Bolton SC GBR	Gold	28	12	7	9	56
9th	13669	Norman Lee	Kevin Martyn	Greystones SC IRL	Silver	10	6	30	14	60
10th	13654	Neil Marsden	Derek Hill	Blackpool and Fleetwood SC GBR	Gold	17	13	2	33	65
11th	14055	Keith Loudon	Alan Thompson	Sligo YC IRL	Gold	27	22	10	6	65
12th	14135	Paul Owen	Sam Pickering	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	6	17	24	18	65
13th	14182	Steve Bennett	Jack Bennett	Shustoke SC GBR	Gold	29	14	18	7	68
14th	14185	John Ball	Alex Scoles	Brightlingsea SC GBR	Gold	11	25	13	19	68
15th	14118	Richard Instone	Jim Toothill	Blithfield SC GBR	Gold	12	18	1	42	73
16th	14174	Lawrence Creaser	Andy Hunter	Northhampton SC /South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	24	8	12	32	76
17th	14155	Graham Flynn	Adam Froggatt	Chase SC GBR	Gold	13	30	14	20	77
18th	14188	Simon Childs	Kate Jessup	Hayling Island GBR	Gold	22	7	29	23	81
19th	14181	Andy Hateley	Ben Pickering	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	15	32	32	8	87
20th	14090	Neal Gibson	Geoff Phillips	Redoubt SC GBR	Silver	25	37	16	10	88
21st	13902	Alan Blay	Elizabeth Copland	Sutton SC IRL	Gold	16	28	19	29	92
22nd	14093	Colin Rainback	Barry Southam	Poole YC GBR	Gold	31	21	20	21	93
23rd	14195	Jonathan Carter	Gareth Wilkinson	Chelmarsh SC GBR	Silver	8	33	28	26	95
24th	14143	John McGuiness	Donal McGuiness	Moville Boat Club IRL	Gold	19	26	4	47	96
25th	14178	Jason Tindale	Robert Povey	Bar SA BAR	Gold	42	10	17	31	100
26th	13780	John Billington	Anthony Hotchkiss	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	23	24	40	15	102
27th	14186	Ian Dobson	Andy Tunnicliffe	RWYC/ Burwain SC GBR	Gold	2	1	6	DNF	115
28th	14067	Lewis Coppinger	Harrison Coppinger	Todbrook SC GBR	Silver	35	49	23	16	123
29th	13859	Mark Fleming	Seonaid Young	South Staffs SC GBR	Gold	39	36	37	17	129
30th	13901	Steven Nelson	Johnny Nelson	Donaghadee SC IRL	Silver	26	45	31	27	129
31st	13674	Simon Redhead	Steve Brown	Poole YC GBR	Silver	43	9	41	38	131
32nd	13645	Robert Gingles	Ross Gingles	East Antrim Boat Club IRL	Silver	18	38	27	52	135
33rd	13693	Joe Cross	Emily Deary	Poole YC GBR	Silver	21	23	36	58	138
34th	13812	Paul Simes	Thomas Simes	Cardiff Bay YC GBR	Silver	32	27	45	35	139
35th	14077	Curly Morris	Laura McFarland	East Antrim Boat Club/Newtonards SC IR	Gold	45	29	35	34	143
36th	14047	J P McCaldin	Carolyn McCaldin	Lough Erne YC Sligo YC IRL	Gold	DSQ	20	15	5	146
37th	14177	Pete Jacques	Hayley Ramadhar	Chase SC GBR	Gold	33	41	54	22	150
38th	14160	Will Hawkins	Sam Thomson	South Staffs SC GBR	Silver	48	39	38	25	150
39th	13721	Nick Devereux	Ellie Devereux	Budworth SC GBR	Silver	41	19	33	60	153
40th	14000	Alasdair Ireland	Philippa Benson	Glasgow University / Solway YC Scotland	Silver	20	47	43	45	155
41st	13732	Hugh Devereux	Malcolm Bird	Budworth SC GBR	Bronze	36	48	44	41	169
42nd	13694	Peter Craggs	Philip Nelson	York Railway Inst GBR	Bronze	40	35	50	46	171
43rd	14168	Chris Hawkes	Cathy Hawkes	Poole YC GBR	Silver	37	46	55	37	175
44th	13835	Adam Deary	Tracey Deary	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	38	42	63	43	186
45th	14121	Andrew Clewer	Mark Taylor	Poole YC GBR	Gold	30	DNC	21	30	187
46th	14138	Simon Cully	Elizabeth Tiernay	Blessington SC GBR	Silver	56	44	47	40	187
47th	14199	Frank Nickless	Drew Nickless	Chase SC GBR	Silver	DNC	35	26	24	191
48th	14193	Nick Colbourne	Biddy Colbourne	Chichester YC GBR	Silver	34	31	DNF	28	199
49th	14119	Rob Hicklin	Julie Hicklin	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	47	63	42	53	205
50th	13917	Michael Cox	Josh Porter	Newtownards SC IRL	Silver	51	52	39	65	207
51st	12898	Colin Symes	Michael Worme	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	79	54	49	39	221
52nd	13910	Brian Andrews	Joan McArthur	Newtownards SC IRL	Bronze	60	53	60	54	227
53rd	14128	Steve Thompson	Martin Boobyer	Poole YC GBR	Silver	44	79	58	48	229
54th	13707	Sam Collingwood	Mark Collingwood	Chelmarsh SC GBR	Bronze	52	86	51	50	239
55th	13705	Bruce Quail	Steve Haywood	Mounts Bay SC Australia	Silver	62	58	62	59	241
56th	12654	Cyril Lecrenay	Roderick Mascoll	Barbados SA BAR	Silver	57	62	64	63	246
57th	12152	Charlie Glumeau	Neil Hutchinson	Barbados SA BAR	Silver	DNC	40	69	36	251
58th	13951	Brenda Preston	Steve Preston	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	54	81	48	68	251
59th	12515	Joanne Lammens	Adrian Ramsey	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	64	51	73	64	252
60th	14059	Michael Davies	Simon Scott Brown	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	59	71	74	57	261
61st	14171	Lawrence Baalham	Gary Brown	Donaghadee SC IRL	Silver	69	43	DNF	44	262
62nd	13276	Adam Vaughan	Phil Pethybridge	Derwent Res SC	Bronze	50	56	52	DNF	264
63rd	13594	Ruslan Scutelnic	Alexandru Scutelnic	Welsh Harp SC / Moldova	Bronze	46	67	46	DNS	265
64th	14146	Patrick O'Connor	Brendon Brogan	Sligo SC Ireland	Gold	DNC	76	34	51	267
65th	12226	Peter Armstrong	Loise Armstrong	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	55	81	77	56	269
66th	13419	Mark Nichols	Martin Lichfield	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	77	61	71	61	270
67th	13884	Martin Murphy	Robert Cox	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	58	56	62	DNS	282
68th	14175	James Stafford	Patrick Irwin	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	67	61	57	DNF	291
69th	13911	Dave Burrows	Kate Billinge	Winsford Flash SC GBR	Silver	49	58	81	DNS	294
70th	13747	Thomas Foulkes	Ian Foulkes	Winsford Flash SC GBR	Bronze	68	74	DNC	49	297
71st	13791	Julie Waddington	Chris Waddington	Bolton SC GBR	Silver	63	75	53	DNS	297
72nd	13180	Martin Dews	Victoria Dews	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	73	83	75	66	297
73rd	8237	Neil Burke	Brian Gibbs	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	DNF	65	80	55	306
74th	13894	Neil Hawkins	Michelle Evans	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	76	78	78	74	306
75th	13880	Mandy Mitchell	Jon Close	Winsford Flash SC GBR	Silver	DNC	72	68	62	308
76th	13794	Nick Brandon	Vicky Ford	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	66	DNF	65	73	310
77th	14139	Derek Fleming	Trevor Welton	South Staffs SC / Poole YC GBR	Silver	70	70	67	DNF	313
78th	14088	Duncan Fraser	Gail Fraser	Ceylon Motor YC Sri Lanka	Bronze	71	67	70	DNF	314
79th	14010	Graham Courtney	Julie Courtney	Bolton SC GBR	Silver	61	82	66	DNS	315
80th	13551	Tim Edom	Jo Edom	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	83	69	59	DNF	317
81st	13341	Ian Greenham	Karl Brady	Mounts Bay Aus	Bronze	84	90	72	72	318
82nd	14056	Arthur Logan	Fiona Logan	Castle Semple SC Scotland	Bronze	DNC	59	87	70	322
83rd	4615	Stephen Parry	Phil Green	York Railway Inst GBR	Bronze	65	DNF	82	71	324
84th	14129	Newenham De Cogan	Andrew Corkill	Newtonards SC Ireland	Bronze	78	69	76	DNS	329
85th	13819	Duncan Greenhalph	Annette Fitzpatrick	Arran SC / South Staffs SC Scotland	Silver	DNC	64	56	DNF	332
86th	4194	Dave Pugh	Anne Pugh	South Staffs SC Mississaugu Canada	Silver	72	50	DNS	DNS	334
87th	12605	Richard Inniss	Franchero Ellis	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	85	89	85	76	335
88th	14153	Phil Barnfield	Tim Crossley	South Staff SC GBR	Bronze	DNS	88	88	67	349
89th	8073	Stephen Leheup	Sharon Christie	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	81	84	84	DNC	355
90th	14057	Ann Penny	Clare Patton	Derwent Reservoir SC GBR	Bronze	86	85	83	DNC	360
91st	12854	Christopher Winslow	Jamie Winslow	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	DNF	91	89	75	361
92nd	14165	Neil Boyd	Paul Monaghan	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	74	DNS	79	DNF	365
93rd	14011	Steve Turner	Dave Pickering	Chase SC GBR	Bronze	80	77	DNF	DNS	369
94th	13778	Meg Hicklin	Annie Hicklin	South Staffs SC GBR	Silver	53	DNF	DNF	DNF	371
95th	13611	Louis Proksch	Catriona Gingles	Mounts Bay SC AUS	Bronze	DNC	87	86	DNF	385
96th	13257	Maurice Baalham	Colin Watson	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	DNS	DNF	DNF	69	387
97th	13865	James Ogg	Ronan O'Bierne	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	DNS	74	DNS	DNF	392
98th	13841	Russell Wheeler	Trevor Vaile	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	75	DNS	DNS	DNS	393
99th	13897	John Froggatt	Roger Round	Chase SC GBR	Bronze	82	DNC	DNC	DNS	400
100th	9524	Tim Quinton	Ross Parker	Barbados SA BAR	Bronze	DNF	92	DNF	DNF	410
101st	13445	Tony Patterson	Jenny Patterson	Donaghadee SC GBR	Bronze	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	424
101st	13700	Adam Chaplin	Ralph Haliburton Chaplin	Blackpool and Fleetwood SC GBR	Bronze	DNC	DNF	DNS	DNF	424
101st	14041	Robert Heaney	Ivan Heaney	Donaghadee SC IRL	Bronze	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	424
101st	14120	Melanie Brown	Nicola Brown	Poole YC GBR	Bronze	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	424
101st	14028	John Edge	Lisa Carpenter	South Staffs SC GBR	Bronze	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	424