RS400 European Championship - Classic Garda conditions on day 2

by Sarah Robertson and Roger Carter on 31 Jul 2014 Day two of the RS400 European Championship dawned bright and the remnants of a light northerly Peler greeted the 45 teams keen for another great days racing.

The fleet got off cleanly for race 1 and the difficult choice was between the cliffs for a lift or out to get more breeze, a mix of the two with a decent right hand shift at the first windward mark seemed to be the way to go. Back on form, the Oakeys were first around the windward mark and disappeared into the horizon with a huge lead. The chasing pack were following down a one sided run meaning there were minor place changes. The breeze started to die for the second lap and the chasing pack had a great race with plenty of place changes as boats chopped from left to right up the long shifty beat looking for the breeze. Instead of gybing off down the second run Carter and Einstein hit the cliffs and a header and good breeze and ghosted all the way down and a few boats began to follow. The boats in at the cliffs were looking very good but eventually the breeze filled in from the left and carried those boats down to the line. The 'two crews', Bedborough and Brown clinched a last minute second from David Rose and Ian Hefferman (who had made the long crusade from Cork), followed by Carter from the left, and the Metcalfes, Gorringe and the evergreen Robertsons in that order.

In true Garda fashion the wind then shutoff completely, and then flicked Ora-like through 180 degrees and steadily increased to F4-5 accompanied by a little rain for race 2. After much fast-pin adjusting and a very efficient course reset, a clean start and the fleet split up the first beat more or less evenly with boats either sailing off the biased port end or tacking straight off the committee boat and heading for the cliffs. After much close tacking up the cliffs, the boats who came out early did well but the ones who held on ended up overshooting the windward mark. In the end the boats that went left were the ones that gained and first around was Gorringe, then 'back on form' Howie Farbrother / Desperate Dan followed by Elaine Turner / Sijbrand Jimjams and the Robertsons. Turner and the Robertsons gybed early to overtake Howie / Gorringe and the Robertsons led up the second beat until the breeze began to die off. Gorringe then regained the lead and went into the last run in first, only to lose it again more or less on the line as the Robertsons found a magic puff to plane past for the bullet. Howie secured third with the Oakey’s sneaking into a significant fourth and Turner hanging on for fifth. Very close tight competitive racing right down the fleet with lots of places to be won in the shifty conditions, and even small mistakes being punished with several places lost.

So that’s the sailing bit, but much more importantly we already have a few Duckhams nominations :-

1) The Robertsons (yet again) faced transport and logistical challenges achieving the drive from Edinburgh to Riva with only one side light and no indicators on either car or trailer.

2) Simon Grey receives a nomination for shouting at his crew when the kite jammed –only to find he’d left all his kids lifejackets stored under the foredeck.

3) Dave Hardcore and his tent. He pitched in a hurry, hit the pub in a hurry, came back several hours later in less of a hurry only to discover the inner tent was back to front and he couldn’t figure out why his tent door had disappeared.

4) A quote was overheard in a thick Irish accent as the breeze disappeared and the rain was lashing 'this wasn’t in the Garda brochure'……

With an 11am start setup for tomorrow and the aim to get threeraces in the fleet hopes for an end to the rain and a return to classic Garda conditions! On the social and family front we have daily kiddies movie nights, Ladies night, Australian night, Scottish night and several RS parties all to squeeze in. It’s not all about the sailing!

Risultati RS400

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2	3
1	GBR 1414	Jon Gorringe, Nicola Bass	9,0	1	6	2
2	GBR 1319	Stewart Robertson, Sarah Robertson, Royal Forth YC	12,0	4	7	1
3	GBR 1385	James Downer, Jon Price, Royal Victoria YC	17,0	2	8	7
4	GBR 1215	Josh Metcalfe, Patrick Metcalfe, Y Felinheli	18,0	3	5	10
5	GBR 1432	Keith Bedborough, Richard Brown, Dalgety Bay SC	21,0	8	2	11
6	IRL 1339	Emmet Ryan, Jay Stacy	21,0	6	9	6
7	NED 864	Elaine Turner, Sijbrand Jongejans, Braasemermeer	24,0	9	10	5
8	GBR 922	Roger Carter, Ian Robertson, Wormit Boating Club	30,0	11	4	15
9	GBR 1172	Barrie Thornton, Alex Oyston	33,0	7	18	8
10	GBR 1049	Neil McLellan, Ollie Milling-Smith, East Lothian YC	36,0	5	11	20
11	GBR 1384	Paul Oakey, Mark Oakey, Portchester SC	37,0	32	1	4
12	GBR 1394	Mark Tucker, Julie Tucker, Lee on Solent SC	40,0	12	19	9
13	GBR 1342	Jack Holden, Ollie Miller, Arun YC	40,0	14	12	14
14	GBR 1418	Howard Farbrother, Desperate Dan Martin, Queen Mary SC	41,0	17	21	3
15	IRL 1179	David Rose, Ian Heffernan, Royal Cork YC	47,0	28	3	16
16	GBR 1326	Nick Martin, Ben George, Lee on Solent SC	49,0	13	24	12
17	GBR 1161	Ben Robertson, Hannah Robertson	49,0	18	14	17
18	GBR 1196	Peter Snowdon, Teresa Miolla, Scaling Dam SC	50,0	10	15	25
19	GBR 1199	Graham Child, Will Perrett, Lee on Solent SC	54,0	19	17	18
20	GBR 1290	David Brown, Rebecca Witt, Queen Mary SC	64,0	29	22	13
21	GBR 1393	Nick Zammit, Nick Zammit, Locks SC	64,0	20	25	19
22	GBR 1123	Nev Herbert, Steve Penfold, Royal Lymington YC	65,0	15	28	22
23	GBR 1018	Richard Bolton, Martin Booth, East Lothian YC	65,0	16	26	23
24	GBR 1294	John MacKenzie, Andy Box, West Lothian SC	70,0	33	16	21
25	CAN 8	Allan Measor, Darren Monster, Water Rats SC	77,0	22	29	26
26	GBR 979	Oliver George-Taylor, Toria Burton, Locks SC	78,0	34	20	24
27	GBR 564	Jacob Ainsworth, Kayleigh Roberts, Derwent Reservoir	82,0	24	31	27
28	GBR 1067	James Logan, Philippa Logan, Nottinghamshire County SC	85,0	36	13	36
29	GBR 1129	David Webley, Fraser Mulford, Wormti Boating Club	88,0	21	35	32
30	GBR 440	Robert Yeamans, Nadia McMinn, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC	88,0	30	30	28
31	GBR 1162	Martin Slack, Scott Macbeth, Royal Findhorn YC	89,0	27	32	30
32	GBR 1	David Harcourt, Christine Short, RYA	93,0	31	33	29
33	GBR 1240	Paul Engelmann, Katy Engelmann, Silverwing SC	101,0	23	36	42
34	GBR 1233	Nick Francis, Simon Edwards, Queen Mary SC	101,0	41	23	37
35	GBR 1164	Roy Cowie, Garry Rendall, Findhorn SC	107,0	39	27	41
36	GBR 475	Chris Dowie, Nicole Tinmurth, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC	108,0	35	38	35
37	GBR 1198	Simon Grey, Jenny Foredeck, Chanonry SC	109,0	38	37	34
38	GBR 786	Bruce Murdoch, Steve Wilson, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC	110,0	40	39	31
39	GBR 1168	Oli Harris, Ed Deacon, Alton Water SC	110,0	43	34	33
40	GBR 1051	Matt Sheahan, Ellie Sheahan, Netley SC	111,0	25	dnf	40
41	GBR 1097	Aaron White, Niall White, Scaling Dam SC	114,0	26	42	dnf
42	GBR 768	Colin Davies, Naomi Moran	123,0	37	40	dnf
43	GBR 894	John Perry, Gary Aylmer	123,0	44	41	38
44	GBR 981	Roly Wilson, Tom Joyce, RNSA	124,0	42	43	39
45	GBR 494	Stephen MacGillivray, Simon MacGillivray, Royal Findhorn YC	136,0	dns	44	dnf

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