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2016 Volvo Noble Marine RS800 UK National Championships - Final day

by Luke and Emma McEwen on 29 Aug 2016
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The final day of the RS800 National Championship at Hayling Island Sailing Club dawned somewhat grey and windy, the sun occasionally peeking through as the clouds scudded past. The fleet emerged into the dinghy park slowly and in some cases reluctantly after a hearty curry, dancing to the funky Steel Strum band and a couple of bottles of finest navy rum dispensed via the RS Boom of Doom team bonding equipment.

With three of the scheduled 10 races left to go, the SW 20-30 knot forecast and ebbing tide were making the racing look marginal, but the HISC race team put on a brave face and headed out in the committee boat, only to be driven back by the waves over Chichester bar. A straw poll of the fleet indicated not much enthusiasm to race at low water inside the harbour, so both the RS400 and RS800 championships were concluded. For entertainment we got to watch the 20 or so RS700s do battle with the sandbars in front of the clubhouse, with even the local boats finding new places to run aground.

So the final results for the RS800 championships stand as last night, including one discard after seven races:

1st Luke and Emma McEwen (Royal Lymington YC) - 11pts
2nd Roger Phillips and Will Crocker (Emberton Park SC) - 23pts
3rd Phil Walker and John Mather (Draycote Water SC) - 23pts
4th Tim Saxton and Fiona Hampshire (Grafham / Royal Thames) 27pts
5th Andy and Allyson Jeffries (Eastbourne Sovereign SC) - 29pts
6th Pete Barton and Chris Feibusch (Lymington Town / Hayling Island) 29pts
7th Rory Hunter and Nick Hollis (Datchet Water SC) - 30pts
8th Paul and Peter Jenkins (Eastbourne Sovereign SC) - 60pts

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Birds Eye - 2016 RS800 Volvo Noble Marine National Championship © Sportography.tv



First Master Helm and Crew went to Andy and Allyson; Paul and Peter were the First Family team; Emma was first lady with Christina Bassadone as First Lady Helm; first Youths were Rory and Nick. Cameron Moss (the youngest competitor and helm at 15 years old) and his dad Darrol won the Silver Fleet, adding a nice silver platter to the new spinnaker they won in the draw for early entry.

The Endeavour prize for finishing every race went to the Dutch team of Michiel Geerling and Jody de Jager. The first overseas team was Gilles Peeters and Maiwenn Hermine from YC de Carnac, in 14th place. First buddy pair were Paul and Peter Jenkins, with Rory Hunter and Nick Hollis.

Varied conditions over the seven championship races made this a good event to demonstrate the RS800 weight equalisation system. Both light and heavy teams found their way to the front in all winds. Combined crew weights are fully equalised from 136kg to 153kg, but boats can be competitive even outside that range: the first and second placed teams were just off opposite ends of the scale. The lightest pair at the Nationals was 127kg, the heaviest weighed in at 172kg.

The RS800 fleet is very grateful to HISC for putting on excellent racing in often challenging conditions, keeping us safe in Saturday’s big waves and making the shore-side entertainment great fun. Thank you to our generous sponsors Volvo, Noble Marine, Harken, RS Sailing, and Harriet at the HISC Chandlery.

The next RS800 circuit event is at the ever-popular Eastbourne Sovereign SC on 17-18 September.

Overall Results

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Entries: 42, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Tally No Fleet Sail No Helm Crew Club Category R1
26 Aug		 R2
26 Aug		 R3
26 Aug		 R4
27 Aug		 R5
27 Aug		 R6
27 Aug		 R7
27 Aug		 Penalty SI 13.2 Total Nett
1st 137 Gold 1220 Luke McEwen Emma McEwen Royal Lymington YC   3.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 (6.0) 1.0 1.0   17.0 11.0
2nd 132 Gold 1204 Roger Phillips Will Crocker Emberton Park SC   (10.0) 2.0 1.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 8.0   33.0 23.0
3rd 101 Gold 1178 Phil Walker John Mather Draycote Water SC   4.0 5.0 4.0 (8.0) 2.0 6.0 2.0   31.0 23.0
4th 131 Gold 1203 Tim Saxton Fiona Hampshire Grafham/Royal Thames   7.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 (19.0) 3.0   46.0 27.0
5th 134 Gold 1212 Andy Jeffries Allyson Jeffries Eastbourne Sovereign SC MH/MC 8.0 6.0 (10.0) 7.0 1.0 2.0 5.0   39.0 29.0
6th 136 Gold 1219 Peter Barton Chris Feibusch Lymington Town/HISC MH/MC 5.0 (13.0) 8.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 4.0   42.0 29.0
7th 127 Gold 1189 Rory Hunter Nick Hollis Datchet Water SC   2.0 9.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 (43.0 BFD) 7.0   73.0 30.0
8th 128 Gold 1195 Paul Jenkins Peter Jenkins Eastbourne Sovereign SC MC (18.0) 10.0 9.0 6.0 11.0 7.0 17.0   78.0 60.0
9th 138 Gold 1221 James Hughes Toby Wincer Netley SC   9.0 (19.0) 11.0 19.0 8.0 5.0 14.0   85.0 66.0
10th 123 Gold 1164 Russell Gibbs Jamie Dawson Starcross YC MH 6.0 12.0 (43.0 BFD) 11.0 12.0 18.0 16.0   118.0 75.0
11th 124 Gold 1166 Ralph Singleton Sophie Singleton Datchet Water SC MH 1.0 4.0 6.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 14.0 13.0   124.0 81.0
12th 110 Silver 1062 Cameron Moss Darrol Moss Lyme Regis SC   (25.0) 8.0 20.0 15.0 13.0 21.0 6.0   108.0 83.0
13th 106 Silver 1043 Christopher Dodd Bryony Meakins Rutland Water SC   (26.0) 22.0 23.0 9.0 10.0 12.0 9.0   111.0 85.0
14th 135 Silver 1218 Gilles Peeters Hermine Maween YC Carnac   17.0 11.0 12.0 (24.0) 24.0 4.0 19.0   111.0 87.0
15th 102 Silver 841 Mateo Lavauzelle Quenech'du Eulalie YC Carnac   15.0 17.0 24.0 12.0 (43.0 DSQ) 10.0 15.0   136.0 93.0
16th 108 Silver 1050 Joe Joyner Will Broom Lyme Regis SC   22.0 (27.0) 19.0 14.0 16.0 15.0 10.0   123.0 96.0
17th 133 Gold 1211 Christina Bassadone Tasha Gladman Itchenor SC MH/MC 11.0 7.0 (43.0 BFD) 17.0 43.0 DNC 9.0 12.0   142.0 99.0
18th 112 Silver 1067 Elliott Wells James Eales HISC   23.0 (30.0) 17.0 21.0 17.0 11.0 18.0   137.0 107.0
19th 114 Gold 1099 Alistair Hodgson Penny Hooper RYA MH 14.0 24.0 22.0 16.0 20.0 16.0 (30.0)   142.0 112.0
20th 130 Gold 1202 Andrew Blundell Maddie Fenner Warsash SC   13.0 18.0 13.0 (30.0) 22.0 24.0 20.0 3.0 143.0 113.0
21st 117 Gold 1138 Andrew Brown Stewart Brown RYA   16.0 20.0 21.0 (43.0 DNC) 19.0 13.0 28.0   160.0 117.0
22nd 120 Gold 1146 Martin Orton Ian Brooks Chichester SC MH/MC 20.0 21.0 18.0 10.0 9.0 43.0 DNE (23.0)   144.0 121.0
23rd 126 Silver 1186 Nick Robins Tom Darling HISC   21.0 (29.0) 16.0 20.0 21.5 RDG 21.5 RDG 21.5 RDG   150.5 121.5
24th 118 Silver 1144 Daniel Goodman Debbie Robertshaw Datchet Water SC   24.0 25.0 25.0 13.0 (43.0 DNC) 29.0 11.0   170.0 127.0
25th 116 Gold 1132 Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes Ann Babtie QMSC   12.0 15.0 7.0 (43.0 DNC) 29.0 43.0 DNC 24.0   173.0 130.0
26th 121 Silver 1154 Matthew Ponsford Olivia Winther Chichester SC   19.0 26.0 29.0 27.0 21.0 17.0 (43.0 DNC)   182.0 139.0
27th 107 Silver 1046 Robin Richardson Rowan Smithson Itchenor SC   31.0 (32.0) 30.0 18.0 15.0 26.0 22.0   174.0 142.0
28th 113 Silver 1091 Alex Benfield Nick Ireland tba   (32.0) 31.0 28.0 23.0 27.0 20.0 29.0   190.0 158.0
29th 139 Silver 882 Axel Nicoleau Mahaud Yann SNT   29.0 14.0 14.0 29.0 30.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC   202.0 159.0
30th 167 Silver 900 Andy Tarboton Lizzie Shawcroft Netley SC   (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 25.0 14.0 22.0 21.0   211.0 168.0
31st 111 Silver 1068 Michiel Geerling Jody de Jager Braassemermeer   33.0 (37.0) 26.0 31.0 25.0 27.0 27.0   206.0 169.0
32nd 119 Silver 1145 John Booth Debbi Booth Stokes Bay SC   30.0 16.0 (43.0 BFD) 33.0 18.0 43.0 RET 43.0 DNC   226.0 183.0
33rd 115 Silver 1131 Becky Diamond Sophie Porteous HISC   (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 22.0 31.0 23.0 25.0   230.0 187.0
34th 105 Silver 1011 James Fuller Simon Clark Lyme Regis SC MH 36.0 35.0 33.0 26.0 23.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC   239.0 196.0
35th 129 Silver 1200 Matt Jackson John Newbold Carsington SC   37.0 38.0 35.0 32.0 26.0 28.0 (43.0 DNC)   239.0 196.0
36th 125 Silver 1169 David Williams Paddy Jeffries Itchenor SC   27.0 28.0 15.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC   242.0 199.0
37th 104 Silver 1130 Lizzy Foreman Florian Mausy YC Carnac   35.0 34.0 31.0 28.0 32.0 (43.0 RET) 43.0 DNC   246.0 203.0
38th 109 Silver 1058 Ian Lodder Tillie Brown Itchenor SC   28.0 23.0 27.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC   250.0 207.0
39th 166 Silver 1156 Philip Gladman Emily Covell Itchenor SC   (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 28.0 25.0 26.0   251.0 208.0
40th 122 Silver 1160 Mark Allaway Claire Neale HISC   34.0 36.0 32.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC   274.0 231.0
41st 103 Silver 933 Charles Condell Charles Halliwell Chew Valley Lake SC   38.0 33.0 34.0 (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC   277.0 234.0
42nd 168 Silver 855 Graham Williamson Jeremy Williamson HISC   (43.0 DNC) 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 34.0 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC 43.0 DNC   292.0 249.0
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