RS800 European Championships day 2

by Toby Wincer on 31 Jul 2014 At the RS800 European Championship, after a night of thunderstorms that trapped many people in the Occa bar until later than originally planned, the RS800’s emptied their boats of water and tried to dry sailing kit before heading out for three planned races.

Chat in the boat park was of no chance of getting any races in and definitely no Ora. But the race committee were keen to get out there and race in the fading northerly. After two failed attempts to get away and the first appearance of the black flag during this regatta, the fleet got away in a rapidly dying breeze with Tom Halhead and Stuart Jagger leading the fleet to the pretty blue and white flag that awaited us at the windward mark - take two....

Thinking that was it for the day, the majority of the fleet kept pointing at the sailing club. Much to everyones’ surprise, the wind swung 180 degrees and came in at upwards of 20 knots. After much hanging around and waiting for the course to be completely reset, no small challenge in a lake that is 400m deep, we got away at the first attempt after the race officer started proceedings with the naughty flag.

By the time the race started the wind was starting to drop, but the fleet headed up the first beat in 15 knots with the committee boat initially being the favoured end, but a 40 degree shift soon put an end to that with Tim Saxton and Sam Littlejohn leading out the cliffs on the left. In close contention were Joel Walker and Sarah Crosman who rounded second followed by Dave and Louise Steed, Andy and Allyson Jeffries, and Luke and Emma McEwan.

With the wind continuing to track left, the race became a bit of a one dimensional affair, but with some shifts and changes in pressure still to be taken advantage of. James Date and Toby Wincer found some channels down the run to put themselves amongst the leaders, working their way into third by the next top mark. Saxton and Littlejohn were by this point on the horizon in a rapidly dying breeze with crews in the playpen at the front, with team Steed in hot pursuit, Date and Wincer chased closed the gap to Dave and Louise on the run before a nip and tuck beat to the shortened course at the next windward mark. Saxton and Littlejohn took the bullet with Dave and Louise taking an excellent second, followed by Date and Wincer. Walker and Crossman held on to take fourth, with Luke and Emma completing the top five.

With the wind now at virtually zero, the fleet were pleased to see AP over H flying and permission to proceed to the bar and after racing pasta. Three more races planned tomorrow with the event now truly in catch up mode, more thunderstorms forecast tomorrow, but things looking more hopeful for Thursday and Friday.

Risultati RS800

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2
1	GBR 1195	James Date, Toby Wincer, Port Dinorwic SC	5,0	2	3
2	GBR 1154	David Steed, Louise Steed, Netley SC	6,0	4	2
3	GBR 1203	Tim Saxton, Sam Littlejohn, Grafham Water SC	7,0	6	1
4	GBR 1129	Luke McEwen, Emma McEwen, Royal Lymington YC	8,0	3	5
5	GBR 868	Joel Walker, Sarah Crossman, Lancing SC	11,0	7	4
6	GBR 1212	Andy Jeffries, Allyson Jeffries, Eastbourne Sovereign SC	19,0	10	9
7	GBR 1211	David Hivey, James Barlow, RYA	21,0	1	20
8	GBR 1180	Tom Halhead, Stu Jagger	21,0	5	16
9	GBR 1073	David Conlon, Ed Gibbons	24,0	11	13
10	GBR 7	Derek Buchanan, Elaine Buchanan, Oxford SC	25,0	13	12
11	GBR 949	Peter Barton, Chris Feibusch, HISC	26,0	8	18
12	GBR 1132	Mick Whitmore, Sarah Smith, Eastbourne Sovereign SC	27,0	17	10
13	FRA 897	Gilles Peeters, Jean Rouillon, YC Carnac	27,0	16	11
14	GBR 1163	James Green, James Trewick, Beer SC	28,0	21	7
15	GBR 1133	Hugh Watson, Andy Watkins, Emsworth SC	28,0	20	8
16	GBR 1135	Ella Morland, James Morland, Warsash SC	28,0	9	19
17	GBR 1128	Seb Baucutt, Alex Farrell, Essex YC	31,0	14	17
18	GBR 1138	Martin Boatman, Andrew Brown	34,0	28	6
19	GBR 1202	Andrew Blundell, Maddie Fenner, Weston SC	36,0	12	24
20	GBR 1148	Steven Greaves, Caroline Edwards, Rickmansworth SC	40,0	15	25
21	GBR 1142	Oli Woods, Jane Turner, Itchenor SC	41,0	27	14
22	GBR 1091	Paul Jenkins, Peter Jenkins, Weir Wood SC	41,0	26	15
23	GBR 982	Aaron Smith, Alec Rodgers, Wilsonian SC	44,0	18	26
24	FRA 1161	Jean-Louis Treguier, Camille Donnet Bart, Club Nautique de Viry	50,0	29	21
25	FRA 1130	Julian Antier, Fritsch Boris	51,0	22	29
26	GBR 1087	Tim Palmer, Alex Nelson	51,0	24	27
27	GBR 1072	Jon Bennett, Guy Whittaker	53,0	31	22
28	GBR 1010	John Warburton, James Clapham, Royal Torbay YC	54,0	23	31
29	GBR 932	Brian Allen, Claire Allen, Brightlightsea SC	59,0	36	23
30	GBR 1185	Stephen Brown, Philip Bairstow, Ullswater YC	60,0	19	dnf
31	GER 961	Stewart Patience, Felix Krause, Berliner YC	62,0	30	32
32	GBR 1015	Simon Payne, Fenella Williams, Oxford SC	64,0	34	30
33	GBR 1099	Alistair Hodgson, Penny Hooper, Draycote Water SC	66,0	25	dnf
34	GBR 1121	Paul Blackburn, Phil Burchell, Stokes Bay SC	69,0	dns	28
35	FRA 1100	Jean-Francois Oger, Philippe Oger, CSAGS	73,0	32	dnf
36	GBR 1066	Clive Everest, Alex Everest, HISC	74,0	33	dnf
37	GBR 1122	Grahame Smith, Nicola Smith, Wilsonian SC	76,0	35	dnf
38	GBR 1047	Adam Knight, Nico Ozanne	82,0	dns	dnf
38	GER 1191	Andrew Scoones, Lucy Scoones, Echinger SC	82,0	dns	dnf
38	GBR 1005	Ian Jubb, Sarah Martin	82,0	dns	dnf

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