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Bayliss sailing to RS700 title at UK Nationals |
Paul Bayliss added three more wins make it six straight after day 3 at the Gul RS700 Nationals at Hayling Island SC. In each race he was chased across the line by Tim Johnson. These two are now 12 points clear of the next competitor, Jon Heissig.
Johnson has kept the pressure on Bayliss and going into the final day Bayliss has still to watch that Johnson does not break away - the Olympic medal races all over again.
Day 3 of the Gul RS700 Nationals brought a great force four and a subdued but still challenging seaway to keep the fleet entertained. The classes RYA judge Peter Fitt opened the day with a rules seminar which threatened to take over the entire day as more and more questions came from the floor. Many thanks to Peter for continuing to support the class championships.
Just to highlight peoples increased confidence in the conditions the first race resulted in the first general recall of the championship. The fleet managed to get away under a black flag. Again there was a real split in opinion as to the best way up the beat with most of the leaders taking the port side of the course. Paul Bayliss again managed a clean start and was able to power away to a safe lead by the windward mark followed by Jon Heissig. A lot of close racing throughout the fleet but the leading group were comparatively static until Jon let Tim Johnson and Nick Peters through to take second and third.
The second race was more of the same for the second race of the day with Paul Bayliss leading at the windward mark and ab le to gun it down the first downwind to take an unassailable lead. Tim Polglase rounded second and held this position until Tim Johnson closed up to challenge on the second run before taking the position on the last beat with Ian Nolan closing the gap in fourth.
The final race of the day was again started under a black flag. It was quickly apparent that the committee boat end of the line was favoured. Paul Bayliss again started well and placed a cover on his main rival Tim Johnson up the first beat with Pete Purkiss and Jon Heissig leading the chasing crowd. Jon was able to move through to third for a short while until Pete found a big gain on the right and was able to challenge Tim for second. Tim Polglase worked his way up to fourth, just ahead of Tony Dencher. Pete Purkiss managed to get washed off the rack coming into the finish, (an extreme strategy to avoid writing the race report). A special mention should also go to Ian Swann who managed to keep his capsize score down in the last race to nearly get the top ten position he deserves. He still leads the gold fleet capsize league....by a margin.
With the sailing done, the serious business of the day started with the annual Seasure Go-Karting challenge. This year saw the fleet split into teams for a Le Mans enduro type race. This was serious business and the racing was ‘robust’ to say the least. I won’t go into the details of the results, but I think it is fair to say we were all pleased to see tim Johnson win something this week, especially after he managed to overtake the correspondent under a red flag. Nice one Tim!
Paul Bayliss looks secure in his championship lead, but with three races scheduled for the last day, the minor placings are still very open with Tim Johnson holding the advantage over Jon Heissig. In the silver fleet Aiden Mitchell had a storming day to take the lead from Andrew Collenette and Pete Shaw.
RS700 - Positions after day 3, 7 races, 1 discard
1st 875 Paul Bayliss Portchester SC 1.0 1.0 1.0 (50.0 OCS) 1.0 1.0 1.0 56.0 6.0
2nd 762 Tim Johnson Chew Valley Lake SC 2.0 (3.0) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 15.0 12.0
3rd 882 Jon Heissig ltsc/gygsc 5.0 5.0 (50.0 DNC) 3.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 75.0 25.0
4th 923 Nick Peters HISC 4.0 6.0 3.0 7.0 3.0 10.0 (50.0 DNC) 83.0 33.0
5th 970 Tim Polglase HISC 13.0 2.0 (50.0 DNC) 5.0 7.0 3.0 4.0 84.0 34.0
6th 979 David Gorringe Lymington Town SC 3.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 8.0 (27.0) 25.0 76.0 49.0
7th 969 Andy Brown HISC (24.0) 13.0 7.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 6.0 86.0 62.0
8th 962 Steve Marshall Sully SC 7.0 11.0 5.0 13.0 (50.0 DNC) 18.0 16.0 120.0 70.0
9th 714 Aidan Mitchell HISC 14.0 (29.0) 18.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 18.0 101.0 72.0
10th 906 Andy Holland Hunstanton SC 19.0 14.0 (50.0 DNC) 18.0 10.0 9.0 12.0 132.0 82.0
11th 908 Mike Dencher Chew Valley Lake SC 18.0 18.0 13.0 14.0 (21.0) 11.0 10.0 105.0 84.0
12th 890 Ian Swann HISC/Brightlingsea SC 29.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 (30.0) 28.0 11.0 122.0 92.0
13th 761 Pete Purkiss Brightlingsea SC/GWSC 10.0 4.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 5.0 15.0 13.0 147.0 97.0
14th 767 Stuart Riches Hunstanton SC 11.0 15.0 14.0 20.0 20.0 (21.0) 20.0 121.0 100.0
15th 893 Andrew Collenette HISC 8.0 12.0 23.0 17.0 25.0 19.0 (31.0) 135.0 104.0
16th 978 Peter Shaw Carsington SC 23.0 17.0 17.0 6.0 17.0 25.0 (27.0) 132.0 105.0
17th 973 Simon Letten HISC 6.0 25.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 9.0 20.0 7.0 167.0 117.0
18th 904 David Patterson HISC 22.0 (24.0) 11.0 22.0 24.0 22.0 19.0 144.0 120.0
19th 870 Tony Dencher Netley SC 9.0 9.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 7.0 5.0 180.0 130.0
20th 861 Eddie Gatehouse Chichester YC 16.0 16.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 18.0 17.0 15.0 182.0 132.0
21st 928 Fraboulet Cidric YC de Carnac France 25.0 (50.0 DNC) 15.0 16.0 31.0 24.0 21.0 182.0 132.0
22nd 866 Richard Marsden HISC 27.0 19.0 19.0 (50.0 DNC) 15.0 31.0 22.0 183.0 133.0
23rd 960 Ian Nolan Hunstanton SC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 16.0 21.0 36.0 4.0 8.0 185.0 135.0
24th 939 Sam Attrill Gurnard SC 12.0 21.0 20.0 15.0 19.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 187.0 137.0
25th 758 Colin Dacey Grafham Water SC 15.0 30.0 10.0 (50.0 DNC) 11.0 23.0 50.0 DNC 189.0 139.0
26th 926 Chris Wright Carsington SC 17.0 10.0 (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 26.0 14.0 23.0 190.0 140.0
27th 981 Gerard Hughes HISC 21.0 26.0 9.0 8.0 27.0 (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 191.0 141.0
28th 912 Richard Allen Carsington SC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 12.0 11.0 16.0 30.0 24.0 193.0 143.0
29th 963 Mark Pollington HISC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 OCS 4.0 14.0 13.0 14.0 195.0 145.0
30th 787 Angus Chisholm HISC (30.0) 22.0 25.0 26.0 28.0 16.0 30.0 177.0 147.0
31st 934 Matt Stark Lymington 20.0 (28.0) 26.0 27.0 23.0 26.0 28.0 178.0 150.0
32nd 914 Andrew Tomlins Queen Mary SC 26.0 23.0 30.0 (50.0 DNC) 32.0 32.0 29.0 222.0 172.0
33rd 983 Marcus Boret HISC 28.0 27.0 27.0 24.0 (37.0) 34.0 32.0 209.0 172.0
34th 954 Nik Williams HISC (50.0 DNF) 31.0 31.0 23.0 34.0 29.0 26.0 224.0 174.0
35th 945 Chris Aston (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 28.0 25.0 22.0 33.0 17.0 225.0 175.0
36th 938 James Ross Weston SC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 13.0 8.0 9.0 230.0 180.0
37th 984 Adam Golding HISC (50.0 DNF) 20.0 6.0 19.0 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 245.0 195.0
38th 742 Richard Valentine Weston SC (50.0 DNC) 32.0 24.0 50.0 DNC 33.0 38.0 34.0 261.0 211.0
39th 803 Michael Thomson HISC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 29.0 29.0 35.0 35.0 50.0 DNC 278.0 228.0
40th 791 Paul Blackburn HISC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 22.0 50.0 DNC 39.0 39.0 35.0 285.0 235.0
41st 734 Andri Friederich YC du Der, France (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 28.0 38.0 37.0 33.0 286.0 236.0
42nd 961 Stephen Keating Datchet Water SC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNF 21.0 50.0 DNC 40.0 40.0 50.0 DNC 301.0 251.0
43rd 982 Matt Jackson Carsington SC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 29.0 36.0 50.0 DNC 315.0 265.0
44th 881 Neil Robinson MRSC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
44th 709 John Hinsley Weston SC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
44th TBA Luke Yates (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
44th 974 Alex Southan (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
44th 859 Pete Onions Queen Mary SC (50.0 DNF) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
44th 780 Nathan Rushin HISC (50.0 DNC) 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 50.0 DNC 350.0 300.0
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8:31 PM Tue 26 Aug 2008 GMT
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