RS200 National Championships – Big waves and big fun on Day 2

by Angus Peel on 4 Aug 2015 Big waves, big winds, big fun was how my able shipmate summed up day two of the 2015 Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championships at the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club. And now as I speak with you, I'm looking out over sunny Tremadog Bay supping a big beer. Great day.

This was one of those sailing days that the fleet will be talking about for years to come.

But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. After a postponement due to tricky launching conditions, (as demonstrated by crash test dummies Ally Martin and Simon Potts) it fell to Mike Warwicker and Kate Fitzsimmons to take some brave pills and be the first lemmings over the cliff. The fleet then got on the water through some difficult breaking waves due to some fantastic teamwork throughout, ably marshalled by daddy daycare Ian Sharps - very sincere thanks from all!

Once we got out into the bay, Abersoch more than lived up to its reputation as a fantastic yachting playground, delivering a beautiful 25-30 knots. Upwind grinds followed by some white knuckle planing downwind - and waves that just kept giving and giving. Rip-snortingly-laugh-out-loud-hilarious is the nearest description to adequate that your (knackered, zonked) correspondent can find to describe the day.

In the event, James Peters and Joanna Wright extended their lead on the fleet handsomely with a two, one scoreline. They are being kept very honest by Ally and Simon - who proved they are better suited to racing than launching today - by crossing the line just behind our overall leaders in both races. Matt Mee and Emma Norris, our race three winners today, are positioned nicely on the shoulder of the early leaders.

Quote of the day? 'When my slot gasket blew, the fountain hit the spreaders!

RS200 Nationals - Day 2

Overall results:

eries Place	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4
1	1570	James Peters	Joanna Wright	Hayling Island SC	7	1	3	2	1
2	1467	Ally Martin	Simon Potts	Burghfield SC	16	5	6	3	2
3	1566	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Burghfield SC	18	2	9	1	6
4	1549	Tim Saxton	Holly Scott	Itchenor SC/Burghfield SC	31	6	12	4	9
5	1603	Chris Catt	Roz McGrane	Netley SC	31	9	4	10	8
6	1508	George Yeoman	Sophie Ormsby	Itchenor SC	32	7	7	5	13
7	1562	Edd Whitehead	Kate Allam	Parkstone YC	36	10	1	15	10
8	995	Hamish Walker	Emma Hivey	RNSA/ASA	40	3	10	11	16
9	1458	Nick Charles	Alice Eyre	Parkstone YC	46	15	15	13	3
10	1365	John Teague	Liz Teague	Briston Corinthian YC	46	14	11	6	15
11	1237	Dicken MacLean	Jo Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	47	22	14	7	4
12	1579	Josh Metcalfe	Millie Alcock	Y Felinheli	47	16	16	8	7
13	1350	Ben Palmer	Amy Seebright	Hayling Island SC	59	24	18	12	5
14	1347	David Jessop	Clare Michelmore	Papercourt SC	65	11	17	17	20
15	1559	Andrew Peters	Jill Peters	QMSC	67	20	2	22	23
16	1488	Mark Heather	Lucy Preston	Hayling Island SC	67	4	8	14	41
17	1283	Gillies Munro	Daniel Harris	Royal Findhorn YC	67	18	19	19	11
18	123	Owen Bowerman	Morgan Peach	RTYC/HISC	68	12	22	20	14
19	1481	Jack Holden	Meg Fletcher	Arun YC	75	21	5	25	24
20	855	Tom Brophy	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone YC	85	8	28	16	33
21	1422	Caroline Martin	MJ Gifford	Lee on Solent SC	85	23	26	18	18
22	1495	Tim Ellis	Ed Cowell	Hayling Island SC	88	26	27	23	12
23	1072	Neil Barrett	Sophie Jones	Wanlip SC	91	35	25	9	22
24	1538	Martin Penty	Sam Waller	Beaver SC	99	19	24	37	19
25	1490	Andy Hadfield	Karen Baker	Parkstone YC	106	29	34	26	17
26	1600	Frances Peters	Claire Lasko	Hayling Island SC	107	13	13	46	35
27	1159	Alistair Norris	Fred Mainwaring	Red Wharf Bay	115	37	36	21	21
28	626	Will Taylor	Fiona Mulcahy	Brightlingsea SC	118	30	21	27	40
29	1228	Joe Adams	Emma Lucas	Burghfield SC	122	28	35	33	26
30	658	Niki Birrell	Sarah Williams	Parkstone YC	131	25	46	28	32
31	426	Ian Coppenhall	Jessica Blick	Exe SC/Hunts SC	134	34	39	32	29
32	629	Will Henderson	Mary Henderson	Itchenor SC	135	17	33	43	42
33	1378	Mike Saul	Faye Caswell	Yorkshire Dales SC	135	31	23	44	37
34	772	Tom Hewitson	Lucy Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	143	38	42	36	27
35	1545	Dan Vickers	Georgie Vickers	Parkstone YC	146	40	37	30	39
36	1551	Jame Penty	Emma Grayson	Beaver SC	149	45	20	48	36
37	1602	Emma Deal	Ellie Sharps	Burghfield SC	153	53	45	24	31
38	1102	Greg Kelly	George Catchpole	Isle of Man YC	153	36	38	45	34
39	623	Ben Wilcox	Rachel Offer	ELYC	156	46	31	41	38
40	1515	James Hutton-Penman	Tom Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	158	43	29	31	55
41	1296	Matt Bromley	Andrea Bromley	RYA	159	56	41	34	28
42	1257	Phil Hardisty	Ciara Kaneen	Isle of Man YC	165	41	59	35	30
43	1546	John McKelvie		Strangford Lough YC	168	48	32	42	46
44	1332	Edward Grayson	Rachel Grayson	Beaver SC	174	39	30	29	76
45	1604	Matt Venables	Calum Healey	Royal Southern YC	176	50	62	39	25
46	864	Luke Burywood	Hannah Burywood	Burghfield SC	189	62	44	40	43
47	1173	Chris Larr	Abigail Larr	Northhampton SC	196	58	40	50	48
48	927	Toby Heppell	Calista Paxton	Shoreham SC	197	44	52	47	54
49	584	Tim Freeman	Hannah Sands	Warsash SC	201	47	54	53	47
50	1606	Martin Joesbury	Sian Joesbury	Budworth SC	206	32	61	57	56
51	16	Paul Lewis	Rosie Lewis	Hayling Island SC	209	27	51	55	76
52	985	Alexander Dawson	Rachel Spain	Itchenor SC	213	54	63	51	45
53	756	Christopher Sanders	Pippa Hardman	Mumbles YC	214	33	53	52	76
54	1117	Jonathan Olin	Natalie Messingham	Datchet Water SC	225	64	71	38	52
55	740	Kathryn Hutton- Penman	Matthew Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	229	74	55	56	44
56	1459	Mike Warwicker	Kate Fitzsimmons	Bough Beech SC	232	63	70	49	50
57	910	Liberty Askew	Amelia Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	233	51	57	76	49
58	909	Jack Vincent	Marc Vincent	Bough Beech SC	243	67	65	58	53
59	1263	Julian Bradley	The Killer Shrimp	Wembley SC	244	42	50	76	76
60	779	Peter Goodyear	Nicolla Ellis	Burton SC	245	68	72	54	51
61	1256	Louise McKeand	Cathy	Leigh and Lowton SC	249	49	48	76	76
62	590	Christopher Thomas	Richard Thomas	Broadstairs SC	250	55	43	76	76
63	805	Jamie Smith	Larissa Connabeer	HISC/ RTYC	253	52	49	76	76
64	920	Sophie Heritage	William Heritage	Gurnard SC	258	59	47	76	76
65	1133	Jamie Webb	Harriet Lucas-Clements	Hayling Island SC	262	71	73	61	57
66	1605	Kevin Druce	Charlotte Roberts	Burghfield SC	269	61	56	76	76
67	1405	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	Loch Ryan SC	269	57	60	76	76
68	1417	Mike Budd	Katie Budd	SCYC	275	65	58	76	76
69	1565	Roger Wilson	Lizzie Turner	Welsh Harp SC	276	72	69	59	76
70	1116	Stirling Taylor	Phillipa Blunden	Burnham SC	276	60	64	76	76
71	1110	Tom Dean	Mike Penty	Beaver SC	276	73	67	60	76
72	786	Rheanna Pavey	Megan O'Brien	Stour SC	283	69	76	62	76
73	519	Sue Brannam	Mike Proven	Burghfield SC	284	66	66	76	76
74	1330	Pete Haddrell	Flea Haddrell	Burghfield SC	290	70	68	76	76
75	297	Tom Harrison	Jeny Pearson-Farr	Wessex SC	303	75	76	76	76