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Roger Gilbert and Jane Willan have taken the lead after day 2 at the Gul RS200 National Championships at Hayling Island SC. Two race wins Monday took Gilbert and Willan seven points clear of second placed Ben Saxton and Kate Macgregor with a clean score of three wins after the first discard. In third place are Geoff Carveth and Lucy Macgreagor and in fourth Tom Nd Jo Hewitson.
Day 2 – Gul RS200 National Championships
The fleet ventured out of Chichester harbour, accompanied by drizzle and 18-21 knots of SW to start race 3 for the Southern Sailboats Bowl.
Pathfinders for the race Dave Steed/Noelle Vidal decided to show the fleet the way up the first beat, declining to take the option to tack onto starboard and carrying on over to Portsmouth before turning left. With the rest of the fleet coming in from the left, it was Ben Saxton/Kate McGregor leading at the first mark, with Steed/Vidal close behind.
Robbie Burns/Victoria lee-Simpson made a good effort of getting entangled on the mark, misjudging the tide and taking out a large proportion of the fleet in the process. Most got round though and enjoyed the sleigh ride downwind conditions in the big waves. Gilbert/Willan eventually pulled through the fleet to take the wining gun, with Marshall King/Emma Clarke in 2nd and Geoff Carveth/Lucy McGregor 3rd.
Race 4 for the Yachts and Yachting Trophy started in similar conditions, but with a more confused sea state. Ian & Chris Martin, acting as pathfinders, had paid attention in the first race and after banging hard right came into the windward mark first. However, Gilbert/Willan again showed their class by ripping downwind to take lead, followed over the finish line by Tom/.Jo Hewitson and then the Martins. Behind however, the fleet was having fun and games with numerous capsizes in the difficult waves resulting in LDC bringing down nine new masts – apparently a mast shaped like a banana is not fast!!
Overall, Gilbert/Willan are winning, with Saxton/McGregor 2nd and Carveth/McGregor 3rd. Top silver fleet is Maria Stanley/Ian Robertson from Oxford SC, with James & Sam Yearsley winning the bronze fleet.
RS200 - Leading positions after 4 races (136 entries)
1st 1286 Roger Gilbert Jane Willan Frensham Pond SC 1 -24 1 1 27 3
2nd 1328 Ben Saxton Kate Macgregor Grafham Water SC -14 1 5 4 24 10
3rd 1357 Geoff Carveth Lucy Macgreagor HISC 4 -47 3 5 59 12
4th 772 Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson Broadwater SC 12 2 -19 2 35 16
5th 1203 James C Stewart Toby Lewis Parkstone SC 7 5 (137.0 DSQ) 6 155 18
6th 962 Andrew Peters Jeraldine Peters King and Queen YC 2 -30 8 10 50 20
7th 988 Ian Martin Chris Martin Burghfield SC -15 8 9 3 35 20
8th 771 Marshall King Emma Clarke RSG YC /Army SA 6 -13 2 13 34 21
9th 1350 James Peters Alan Roberts HISC -19 3 10 9 41 22
10th 1094 Sam Littlejohn Becky Hyde Lancing SC 8 4 -39 11 62 23
11th 202 Robbie Burns Victoria Lee Simpson Largs SC 5 6 -23 12 46 23
12th 1231 Sarah Allan Simon Haighton Littleton SC 11 7 7 -16 41 25
13th 1323 David Hivey Jane Hivey Merchant Taylors' SC 13 -20 4 14 51 31
14th 1254 David Steed Noelle Vidal Mengham Rythe SC -29 10 6 19 64 35
15th 1172 Matthew Burge TBA Poole YC -23 11 12 15 61 38
16th 953 Nicholas Charles Juliet Kingsnorth Littleton SC 3 -48 31 7 89 41
17th 999 Dave Derby Emma Derby Bough Beech SC 9 21 17 -29 76 47
18th 936 Mark Heather Simon Conway Wilsonian SC 20 17 16 -25 78 53
19th 1130 Rob Janering Marianthe Evangelidis Wembley SC 17 -69 13 26 125 56
20th 1301 Pete Vincent HRH Tessa Nicholls Bristol Corinthian YC 16 16 28 -62 122 60
21st 1165 Ian Pickard Loopie Lucy Matthews RNSA -35 19 15 28 97 62
22nd 854 Andrew Shaw Jeremy Williamson Itchenor SC 18 9 -58 36 121 63
23rd 1313 Steve Dunn Charlotte Cotter Wembley SC 10 23 (137.0 DNC) 30 200 63
24th 766 Harry Roome Prue Roome Itchenor SC -40 25 22 17 104 64
25th 1088 James Boyce Sarah Hornby Papercourt SC 21 22 -29 23 95 66
Event website - www.hisc.co.uk/openresults08/RS200_nationals_2008.htm
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10:29 PM Mon 25 Aug 2008 GMT
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