RS800 European Championships - Gradient breeze on day 3

by Dave Hivey on 1 Aug 2014 The fleet launched early on Wednesday at the RS800 Europeans to take advantage of the gradient breeze forecast for the morning. It was certainly not the sunny Ora that we had come to Garda to see, but the Northerly breeze did not disappoint (for a while).

Race three started in 13-15knots, in pouring rain with a pin end bias, which Jeffries / Jeffries used to their advantage, port tacking the fleet. Most of the contenders bar Hivey / Barlow were at this end and worked their way up the left by the cliffs. Hivey / Barlow started at the boat and tacked to get the greater pressure on the right of the course. The fleet were split, but in the end it was the right hand side that paid and Hivey / Barlow had a sizeable lead at the windward mark. The racing behind was extremely close as usual, with places changing regularly. On the third lap Date and Wincer extended from the bunch, played some blinding shifts up the difficult last beat and caught right up to Hivey / Barlow who were ruing going round the wrong leeward mark. A tight gybing battle down the last run saw Date / Wincer take the race win. Third was Barton / Feibusch who also sailed a blinding last lap.

The breeze built for race four with the same dilemma facing the fleet: go for the shift by the cliff or the greater breeze on the right? It was tight at the top mark until Hivey / Barlow managed to gybe into a gust large enough to build a healthy lead over the next three laps and in the process surprise the race officer, who initially didn't think they were coming in to finish! Behind a bunch of five boats were continually changing positions in the gusty and very shifty conditions. At the finish Barton / Feibusch again illustrated their savvy tactics to take second place with Date / Wincer placing third.

Race five started in the same Northerly breeze but it was starting to moderate. Again the battle between the shift and the breeze was the decision for all bar Saxton / Littejohn who shot off the line like a bullet to take a healthy lead at the first mark. Unfortunately on the last beat the wind flipped 180 degrees and the race was abandoned with only a few minutes to go to the finish.

With the new (and much warmer) southerly breeze established we started race five again in just under 15 knots. All the usual suspects were at the front again apart from Date / Wincer who unfortunately found a hole in the breeze by the cliffs. A tight race saw the places changing constantly with all the boats were trying to avoid the large holes in the wind and stay in phase with the 25 degree shifts. Down the last run it was Saxton / Littlejohn and Boatman / Brown who unfortunately managed to find holes and lost their top three positions. Halhead / Jagger sailed the perfect run, staying in the pressure to take the bullet. It was a photo finish on the line between Hivey / Barlow and Date / Wincer finishing in that order. A great comeback for Date / Wincer again.

Tonight is the Auzzie themed social at the Riva bar. It may not be the latest of nights however as we are starting at 11am again in the morning, with a 0945 launch to the starting line.

Risultati RS800

 
Punteggi presi in considerazione 1  scarto
 

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2	3	4	5
1	GBR 1211	David Hivey, James Barlow, RYA	6,0	1	(20)	2	1	2
2	GBR 1195	James Date, Toby Wincer, Port Dinorwic SC	9,0	2	3	1	(4)	3
3	GBR 1203	Tim Saxton, Sam Littlejohn, Grafham Water SC	15,0	6	1	(9)	3	5
4	GBR 949	Peter Barton, Chris Feibusch, HISC	17,0	8	(18)	3	2	4
5	GBR 1129	Luke McEwen, Emma McEwen, Royal Lymington YC	18,0	3	5	4	(12)	6
6	GBR 1180	Tom Halhead, Stu Jagger	19,0	5	(16)	6	7	1
7	GBR 1154	David Steed, Louise Steed, Netley SC	21,0	4	2	8	(10)	7
8	GBR 1212	Andy Jeffries, Allyson Jeffries, Eastbourne Sovereign SC	29,0	(10)	9	5	6	9
9	GBR 1138	Martin Boatman, Andrew Brown	29,0	(28)	6	7	8	8
10	GBR 868	Joel Walker, Sarah Crossman, Lancing SC	35,0	7	4	(16)	11	13
11	FRA 897	Gilles Peeters, Jean Rouillon, YC Carnac	36,0	(16)	11	10	5	10
12	GBR 1073	David Conlon, Ed Gibbons	50,0	11	13	(19)	15	11
13	GBR 1135	Ella Morland, James Morland, Warsash SC	52,0	9	(19)	18	13	12
14	GBR 1202	Andrew Blundell, Maddie Fenner, Weston SC	53,0	12	(24)	11	16	14
15	GBR 1163	James Green, James Trewick, Beer SC	54,0	(21)	7	17	14	16
16	GBR 1133	Hugh Watson, Andy Watkins, Emsworth SC	58,0	20	8	12	(21)	18
17	GBR 1127	Derek Buchanan, Elaine Buchanan, Oxford SC	60,0	13	12	15	20	(21)
18	GBR 1132	Mick Whitmore, Sarah Smith, Eastbourne Sovereign SC	64,0	17	10	(21)	18	19
19	GBR 1142	Oli Woods, Jane Turner, Itchenor SC	73,0	27	14	(dnf)	9	23
20	FRA 1161	Jean-Louis Treguier, Camille Donnet Bart, Club Nautique de Viry	74,0	(29)	21	13	25	15
21	GBR 1148	Steven Greaves, Caroline Edwards, Rickmansworth SC	79,0	15	(27)	24	23	17
22	GBR 1091	Paul Jenkins, Peter Jenkins, Weir Wood SC	79,0	(26)	15	20	22	22
23	FRA 1130	Julian Antier, Fritsch Boris	91,0	22	(31)	23	19	27
24	GBR 1128	Seb Baucutt, Alex Farrell, Essex YC	96,0	14	17	(dnf)	dnf	24
25	GBR 1099	Alistair Hodgson, Penny Hooper, Draycote Water SC	97,0	25	26	29	17	(31)
26	GBR 982	Aaron Smith, Alec Rodgers, Wilsonian SC	97,0	18	28	22	29	(30)
27	GBR 1010	John Warburton, James Clapham, Royal Torbay YC	102,0	23	(33)	27	27	25
28	GBR 1072	Jon Bennett, Guy Whittaker	103,0	(31)	22	26	26	29
29	GBR 1087	Tim Palmer, Alex Nelson	103,0	24	29	(31)	24	26
30	GBR 1185	Stephen Brown, Philip Bairstow, Ullswater YC	107,0	19	(dnf)	14	dnf	33
31	GBR 1005	Ian Jubb, Sarah Martin	107,0	(dns)	25	30	32	20
32	GER 961	Stewart Patience, Felix Krause, Berliner YC	117,0	30	34	25	(dnf)	28
33	GBR 1121	Paul Blackburn, Phil Burchell, Stokes Bay SC	124,0	(dns)	30	28	31	35
34	FRA 1100	Jean-Francois Oger, Philippe Oger, CSAGS	131,0	32	(dnf)	32	30	37
35	GBR 1015	Simon Payne, Fenella Williams, Oxford SC	131,0	34	32	(35)	33	32
36	GBR 1122	Grahame Smith, Nicola Smith, Wilsonian SC	137,0	35	(dnf)	34	34	34
37	GBR 1047	Adam Knight, Nico Ozanne	138,0	(dns)	dnf	33	28	36
38	GBR 932	Brian Allen, Claire Allen, Brightlightsea SC	141,0	36	23	(dnf)	dnf	dnf
39	GBR 1066	Clive Everest, Alex Everest, HISC	156,0	33	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf
40	GER 1191	Andrew Scoones, Lucy Scoones, Echinger SC	164,0	(dns)	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf

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