Cumbley leads first day of Solo Nationals

by Media / Sail-World on 21 Jul 2008 The 84 strong fleet were greeted by bright sunshine and a good Force 3-4 for the first day of the Solo National Championship at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. After two races Charlie Cumbley from Teign Corinthian SC leads by four points from Paul Ellis of Salcombe.

Despite the warnings from Race Officer, Mike Curry, the fleet were like an bunch of children ready to start their summer holidays and were too eager to get away at the first start which resulted in a general recall.

At the second attempt Geoff Henstridge 4731 started at the pin end and found a good lift on the port tack approach to the windward mark which gave him a good lead from Vince Horey 4730. Charlie Cumbley came through to second by the wing mark and the three leading boats pulled away from the pack.

With the wind still at Force 4 and shifting considerably Henstridge did well to defend his lead. By the final leg to the finish Henstridge was giving close cover to Cumbley who was sat heavily on Paul Ellis 4830. Andy Davis closed up with the leaders by the finish.

Question was Where was Chubby? Chris Goldhawk took a look under his boat as he crossed the finish line but didn't find him there!

Race One - City of Plymouth Trophy
1 Geoff Henstridge 4731,
2 Charlie Cumbley 4858
3 Paul Ellis 4830
4 Andy Davis 4857
5 Dave McGregor 4832

The wind increased in strength for the second race and was now at the top end of a Force 4 gusting 5-6. As promised by the Race Officer, the black flag remained in force for the start and this time the fleet got cleanly away first time.

Dave McGregor led at the windward mark chased by Andy Davis. Still leading at the gybe mark McGregor then suffered gear failure, when his traveller car exploded, forcing him to retire.

Vince Horey came through to take the lead and remained in front until the final leg where any of seven boats could have taken the lead. Cumbley got two lucky shifts at the top of the last beat to recover and win from Vince Horey.

Race 2 - Jack Holt Trophy
1 Charlie Cumbley 4858
2 Vince Horey 4730
3 Chris Brown 4861

Two race are scheduled for Monday, with winds expected to be force 4 to 5.

Solo Nationals - Positions after 2 races

1 4858 Charles Cumbley Teign Corinthian 2 1 3pts
2 4830 Paul Ellis Salcombe 3 4 7
3 4731 Geoff Henstridge Pentland Firth 1 8 9
4 4857 Andy Davis Chase 4 5 9
5 4861 Chris Brown RYA 8 3 11
6 4940 Peter Hammond Salcombe 6 16 22
7 4747 Alister Morley Salcombe 14 10 24
8 4714 Mike Ball Papercourt 10 20 30
9 4935 David Mitchell Winsford Flash 18 13 31
10 4680 Chris Cleaves Salcombe 16 15 31
11 4501 Chris Goldhawk Chew Valley 15 18 33
12 4774 Steve Ede Ardleigh 9 25 34
13 568 Ian Houston Littleton 32 7 39
14 4761 Cliff Crawshaw Corus 7 33 40
15 4848 Stuart Bush Shustoke 11 30 41
16 4865 Steve Cockerill Stokes Bay 38 6 44
17 4735 Daniel Goodman Kingsmead 13 31 44
18 4789 David Greening Salcombe 21 23 44
19 4862 Stephen Waite Highcliffe 19 26 45
20 4730 Vince Horey King George 47 2 49
21 3847 Mike Barnes Lagos 17 32 49
22 4867 Chris Goswell Burghfield 25 24 49
23 4712 Jon Clarke Draycote 35 17 52
24 4907 Bob Taylor Corus 27 27 54
25 4536 Simon Yates Salcombe 22 35 57
26 4884 Stephen Denison Hollingworth 45 14 59
27 4921 Steve broom Spinnaker 48 12 60
28 4524 Nick Whyte Teign Corinthian 39 22 61
29 4835 Will Loy Reading 33 28 61
30 4873 John Ball Ardleigh 34 29 63
31 4922 Simon Corper Reading 44 21 65
32 4741 Steve Jones Littleton 24 43 67
33 4844 Stuart Hydon Shustoke 30 37 67
34 4866 Simon Jones Teign Corinthian 31 36 67
35 4920 Robert Gardner Notts County 23 47 70
36 4738 Alastair Raynard Carsington 36 34 70
37 4772 Mike Wilkie Littleton 54 19 73
38 4461 Richard White Clevedon 28 45 73
39 4833 Ian Harridge Chelmarsh 37 42 79
40 4748 Andrew Fox Crosby 41 38 79
41 4606 Mark Lee Spinnaker 43 41 84
42 4822 Andy Colyer Teign Corinthian 46 40 86
43 4581 Derek Jackman Chichester 42 44 86
44 4832 David McGregor Hayling Island 5 84 89
45 4703 Clive Evans Reading 50 39 89
46 4422 Lee Sydenham Chichester 84 9 93
47 4743 Simon Potts Shustoke 84 11 95
48 4803 Ian Barnett Chichester 12 84 96
49 4767 Peter Hearne Teign Corinthian 52 51 103
50 4943 Alan Johnson SCYC 20 84 104
51 4120 Godfrey Clark Fishers Green 62 46 108
52 4601 Roger Smith Marconi 55 53 108
53 4442 Barry Green Draycote 26 84 110
54 4929 Pete Mitchell Winsford Flash 63 48 111
55 3893 Barrie McLean Loch Ard 58 54 112
56 4589 Ian Ayres Rollesby Broad 29 84 113
57 4843 Hannah Showell Shustoke 61 52 113
58 3965 James Stevenson Teign Corinthian 64 50 114
59 4786 John Hale Middle Nene 73 49 122
60 4918 Peter Withrington Rickmansworth 67 56 123
61 4679 David Sanders Papercourt 40 84 124
62 4645 Ron Cockwell Highcliffe 70 57 127
63 4904 Peter Edwards Salcombe 74 55 129
64 1872 Paul Bristow Burghfield 71 58 129
65 3286 Derek Wyatt Teign Corinthian 72 59 131
66 4740 John Davey Teign Corinthian 49 84 133
67 4804 Tevor Williams Salcombe 51 84 135
68 4781 John Poulson Carsington 53 84 137
69 4936 Gordon Barclay Dell Quay 56 84 140
70 4760 Paul Hiles Royal Bermuda 57 84 141
71 4837 Nigel Pybus Dracote 59 84 143
72 4853 Martin Allen Bewl Valley 60 84 144
73 4641 Robert Hawkins Rollesby 65 84 149
74 4239 Graham Tapper Teign Corinthian 66 84 150
75 4215 Claire Clark Fishers Green 68 84 152
76 4287 Julian Goddard Hollingworth 69 84 153
77 4443 John Woods Bowmoor 75 84 159
78 3871 Garnett Showell Teign Corinthian 76 84 160
79 3174 Michael Lee Spinnaker 84 84 168
79 3267 Matthew White Clevedon 84 84 168
79 3920 Daniel Evans Teign Corinthian 84 84 168
79 4040 John Daniels Llandegfedd 84 84 168
79 4699 John Salmon Marconi 84 84 168