B14 Nationals - Day 1 report
by Alan Davis on 11 Jul 2014
B14 Nationals Stuart France
Competitors at the 2014 B14 Nationals arrived at the beach to the forecast 15-20 knots blowing from a direction famously described by Jim Saltonstall as ‘oribble'.
With some, frankly, excellent work by the Race Committee the shifty conditions produced three great races with the teams who worked out the wind extending some big leads over the fleet.
Race 1 was run in conditions that favoured the convergence zone on the left side of the beat, which caused some to rely on the left corner later in the day with the opposite result! Mark Watts and Chris Bishop (Ullman Sails) led the fleet around lap 1 from current European Champions Ben McGrane and Olivier Vidal (P&B South) and a tight group of boats including Scott Gray and Charlie Cobourn in 'the Grey Boat', Peter Knight and Jane Reeves (Demelza) and Alan Davis and Toby Barsley-Dale (Troublegum). Scott and Charlie took the lead downwind and rounded the leeward gate in the lead, but were then overhauled by P&B South on lap 2. P&B South sailed the perfect beat and sailed away to win race 1 with defending champions, Mike Bees and Ferret second and World Champions Tim Harrison and Jonny Ratcliffe (Anthill Mob) third.
Race 2 was run in slightly more breeze, but contained as many snakes as ladders. The second beat proved critical with four boats getting the jump on the fleet - P&B South extended their lead to record their second win, followed by Ullman Sails, Troublegum and Chris Lewns and Tom Pygall (Whitstable Marine). The remained of the fleet were led home by Bees and Ferret.
Race 3 was the best of the day’s wind. P&B South showed they were human with a couple of minor strategic mistakes and a kite problem, but they quickly recovered to take fourth. Bees and Ferret took the win from Ullman Sails with Anthill Mob in close attendance. The World Champions in Anthill Mob collected more points on day one than they had in the whole of the 2013 Worlds…
B 14 Nationals
Paignton Sailing Club
Results as of 16:29 on July 10, 2014
Overall
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Entries: 27, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
Total
|
Nett
|
1st
|
757
|
Netley
|
Ben McGrane
|
Oliver Vidal
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
2nd
|
771
|
Brightlingsea
|
Mike Bees
|
Martin Worth
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
1.0
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
3rd
|
791
|
Weston
|
Mark Watts
|
Chris Bishop
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
4th
|
758
|
|
Tim Harrison
|
Jonny Ratcliffe
|
3.0
|
6.0
|
3.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
5th
|
787
|
|
Alan Davis
|
|
8.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
6th
|
785
|
Restronguet
|
Peter Knight
|
Jane Reeves
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
7.0
|
23.0
|
23.0
|
7th
|
788
|
Whitstable
|
Mark Barnes
|
|
9.0
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
28.0
|
28.0
|
8th
|
620
|
|
Scott Gray
|
|
5.0
|
18.0
|
6.0
|
29.0
|
29.0
|
9th
|
877
|
RYA
|
Dan Cowin
|
Dam Hollands
|
10.0
|
8.0
|
12.0
|
30.0
|
30.0
|
10th
|
786
|
|
Gerry Fermor-Brown
|
Leaky Fermor-Brown
|
7.0
|
15.0
|
11.0
|
33.0
|
33.0
|
11th
|
744
|
Netley / Stokes Bay
|
Chris Duffin
|
Harvy Nott
|
19.0
|
7.0
|
10.0
|
36.0
|
36.0
|
12th
|
761
|
Whitstable
|
Chris Lewns
|
Tom Pygall
|
27.0 DNF
|
4.0
|
9.0
|
40.0
|
40.0
|
13th
|
772
|
Weston
|
Kathy Sherratt
|
Charlott Jones
|
12.0
|
14.0
|
15.0
|
41.0
|
41.0
|
14th
|
4
|
|
Josh Wilce
|
|
17.0
|
9.0
|
17.0
|
43.0
|
43.0
|
15th
|
764
|
Starcross
|
Tony Blackmoor
|
Meg Baker
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
22.0
|
45.0
|
45.0
|
16th
|
783
|
West Mersea
|
Henry Wells
|
Ben Heathcote
|
20.0
|
13.0
|
13.0
|
46.0
|
46.0
|
17th
|
763
|
|
Don Forster
|
|
13.0
|
16.0
|
18.0
|
47.0
|
47.0
|
18th
|
762
|
Starcross
|
Crispin Taylor
|
Guy Taylor
|
16.0
|
19.0
|
14.0
|
49.0
|
49.0
|
19th
|
79
|
Netley
|
Tom Gatehouse
|
Kate Wardle
|
15.0
|
23.0
|
16.0
|
54.0
|
54.0
|
20th
|
766
|
Broxbourne
|
Barry Price
|
Al Storer
|
18.0
|
17.0
|
21.0
|
56.0
|
56.0
|
21st
|
2
|
|
Carl Raynes
|
|
21.0
|
21.0
|
19.0
|
61.0
|
61.0
|
22nd
|
789
|
Restronguet
|
Henry Metcalf
|
Chris Webber
|
14.0
|
28.0 DNF
|
20.0
|
62.0
|
62.0
|
23rd
|
768
|
Hayling
|
James Gardner
|
Anne Gardner
|
22.0
|
22.0
|
24.0
|
68.0
|
68.0
|
24th
|
702
|
Porthpean
|
Paddy Seyler
|
Steve Coello
|
24.0
|
20.0
|
25.0
|
69.0
|
69.0
|
25th
|
730
|
West Mersea
|
Tom Russell Grant
|
Stafford Glover
|
23.0
|
24.0
|
23.0
|
70.0
|
70.0
|
26th
|
722
|
Restronguet
|
Ben Lloyd-King
|
Stephen Watkins
|
27.0 DNF
|
25.0
|
26.0
|
78.0
|
78.0
|
27th
|
672
|
Queen Mary
|
Christan Wilms
|
Daniela Alt
|
28.0 DNC
|
28.0 DNF
|
28.0 DNC
|
84.0
|
84.0
|
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