RS200 Eurocup - Days 1 and 2

by RS Association on 29 Jul 2010
Zhik RS 200 Eurocup day 1 and day 2 reports.

Day 1.

Many venues can claim to be the best in the world for sailing – Palma, Sardinia, San Fran, Wembley, BCYC, etc. But in this humble author’s opinion, one place stands out – Riva del Garda. Today, it played host to 76 RS200s on the first day of the Zhik RS200 Eurocup and did a decent impression of what sailing heaven is like, with blue skies, 16-20knots and lovely little rolling waves, perfect.

Race 1 got away first time, to everyone’s surprise, and the fleet soon all tacked off onto port and headed to the cliffs. First ones there, and also to the windward mark, were James Boyce/Sam Tozer, obviously looking to impress their travelling WAGS. Unfortunately though, Roger Gilbert/Jane Willan had slipped back into formidable RS200 form and showed how to sail low and fast downwind to pass the early leaders. They kept the lead to the end, with Andy & Jill Peters showing lots of pace downwind to almost catch Boyce/Tozer on the last downwind leg, but not quite enough, so took third.

Race 2 also saw a clean get away and yet more scrambling to the cliffs. This time, the fleets second blast from the past Dave Giles, ably assisted by Fiona Clarke, showed that age has not diminished them as they led from the start to almost the finish. Unfortunately, in a moment of bravado (maybe?) they carried the spinnaker on the final leg to the finish but were met by a monster gust and had to drop. As they slowed, Gilbert/Willan took advantage and snuck past, to record their second bullet of the day. Giles/Clarke survived to take second while Dave & Jane Hivey took third.

Special mentions for the day – Pete Vincent sailing without a bung. No other story can come close.

A very broken fleet is now enjoying free pasta (another feather in Garda’s cap), and trying to recover in time for tomorrow. If its as good as today, it’ll be awesome.

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Day 2 – Four Seasons in one day.

Day 2 of the Zhik RS200 eurocup at Riva del Garda started with low expectations, early morning rain having given way to a cloudy and moody looking skies. Nevertheless, the 200 fleet launched, almost on time, and sailed out to start a race in a gusty, northerly peeler breeze.

Half way up a monster first beat though, the breeze began to shut down and eventually, much to the relief of several of the front runners who were stranded under the windless cliffs, the race was abandoned. Then the fun began!

After 15mins of no wind, it returned with a vengeance and randomness not often seen here. Within minutes, the breeze was up to a solid 30knots, initially from the west but then quickly from the south and the fleet either blasted or sheltered as the lake became a foam of white water.

With the wind abating a little, the start gun was fired for race 3 of the series. The leaders again emerged from those who had hit the cliffs earliest and it was, again, Gilbert/Willan who led form start to finish. Behind, the fleet revelled in the blasting conditions, with the Hiveys next fastest and finishing second, just in front of the WAG supporting Boycie/Tozer combo.

With the wind getting lighter, the race officer got another race away, but a big shift 30secs before the start saw the left – and middle of the lake – paying heavily. The breeze continued to drop though and, with the leading boat only 100m from the second windward mark and a shortened course looking odds on, the race was also abandoned. commiserations to Ben Saxton/Nicola Brook……

After a good 7 hours on the water yesterday, the fleet is looking forward to a classic day today. The skies are clear, a gentle Peeler is currently blowing and its looking good for an Ora and three race day. Fingers crossed!

Results RS200

Scores take into account 1  discard
 

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	1286	Roger GILBERT, Jane WILLAN	5,0	1	1	1	1	(2)	1
2	1323	David HIVEY, Jane HIVEY	10,0	(4)	3	2	2	1	2
3	1088	James BOYCE, Sam TOZER	18,0	2	4	3	5	(ocs)	4
4	962	Andrew PETERS, Jeraldine PETERS	22,0	3	6	(10)	3	4	6
5	1231	David GILES, Fiona CLARK	23,0	5	2	6	7	(ocs)	3
6	900	Hamish CALDER, Severine REES-JONES	42,0	8	10	5	9	10	(13)
7	1423	Marianthe EVANGILIDIS, Stephen JANERING	48,0	(51)	7	4	8	5	24
8	1106	George YEOMAN, Georgie AKIN-SMITH	48,0	(18)	15	7	4	15	7
9	1328	Ben SAXTON, Nicola BROOK	50,0	11	19	(35)	12	3	5
10	1087	Tim ELLIS, Lucy PRESTON	52,0	13	9	14	(23)	8	8
11	1422	Caroline MARTIN, Nick MARTIN	57,0	10	18	(30)	6	9	14
12	908	Martin BOATMAN, Samantha MURPHY	64,0	17	5	11	(35)	21	10
13	854	Andrew SHAW, Rachel WILLIAMSON	72,0	6	8	(32)	20	23	15
14	1157	Joshua FLACK, Thomas BROPHY	72,0	14	17	16	(21)	6	19
15	617	Ian SHARPS, Ellie MARTIN	77,0	12	34	8	(ocs)	7	16
16	1146	Matt GREENFIELD, David ROLFE	80,0	(26)	13	13	18	19	17
17	1130	Rob JANERING, Ian GILL	85,0	7	11	19	22	26	(28)
18	865	Steve DAVIS, Kate DAVIS	91,0	(35)	25	15	15	18	18
19	345	Tom HALHEAD, Karen BAKER	96,0	22	(28)	12	25	11	26
20	1325	Charlotte SAVAGE, Mike WOOD	97,0	19	36	(39)	10	20	12
21	1031	Chris CATT, Nikki CATT	107,0	16	22	(33)	26	22	21
22	831	Thomas WRIGHT, Helen WIGHTMAN	114,0	28	(45)	26	33	16	11
23	825	Rosie BREARLEY, Rosie BREARLEY	119,0	(50)	43	37	13	17	9
24	999	David DERBY, Emma DERBY	119,0	15	14	23	(60)	47	20
25	1301	Pete VINCENT, Tessa Hrh NICHOLLS	121,0	43	(46)	20	11	24	23
26	1378	Mike SAUL, Sophie HARTLEY	121,0	31	24	18	19	29	(ocs)
27	1010	Steve RESTALL, Judy RESTALL	125,0	46	12	31	(ocs)	14	22
28	472	Ian MILLS, Claire STOPPS	134,0	29	33	28	17	27	(38)
29	1004	Charlie POYNER, Katie LEE	136,0	33	37	(57)	14	25	27
30	1419	Toby ASHTON, Rachel ASHTON	140,0	21	20	9	(ocs)	13	ocs
31	760	Neil BARRETT, Sophie JONES	140,0	36	(51)	22	16	35	31
32	792	Maia WALSH, Peter BENTLEY	152,5	(48)	23	dnc	28	36	35
33	1246	Oliver SLOPER, Emma LOMBARD	172,0	39	(59)	48	29	31	25
34	1029	Christian HUMPHREY, Noelle VIDAL	174,0	20	26	21	30	(dnc)	dnc
35	1389	Paul LEWIS, Katie NICHOL	175,0	32	21	27	43	(ocs)	52
36	1149	James HAYDEN, Katie BOWER	179,0	(60)	42	51	24	28	34
37	870	Stephen TIERNAN, Sarah HICKMAN	180,0	9	27	24	(dnc)	43	dnc
38	1148	Rob MARTIN, Jan MARTIN	180,0	25	(dnc)	42	48	12	53
39	1117	Henry MAXFIELD, Eddie GLENNIE	183,0	27	48	(50)	41	34	33
40	1018	Simon CORY, Sarah STYLES	184,0	41	39	41	27	(63)	36
41	614	Richard WHITELEY, Dan PHILLIPS	190,0	44	49	36	31	(61)	30
42	487	Sam MAXFIELD, Pete MATTHEWS	193,0	24	30	(dnc)	38	45	56
43	593	Chris BOWER, Liz MACDONALD	200,0	(62)	56	38	37	37	32
44	953	Juliet CHARLES, Lina HAINES	201,0	42	35	47	39	38	(48)
45	1264	Simon GILLOW, Fiona BRETT	204,0	40	(53)	43	32	44	45
46	1321	Micky BOUGHTON, Elllen MILNER	207,0	37	31	40	42	57	(dnc)
47	748	Matt BROMLEY, Andrea MORGAN	208,0	(47)	40	46	44	39	39
48	1164	Emma JOHNSON, Penny JOHNSON	209,0	59	41	(dnf)	50	30	29
49	714	Claire WALSH, Jasmine HUSBAND	211,0	38	38	25	(dnc)	33	ocs
50	960	Jayne JOHNSON, Nicola MCILROY	217,0	23	32	45	40	(dnf)	ocs
51	1020	Andrew HARTLEY, Evelyn HARTLEY	219,0	55	50	34	(ocs)	40	40
52	1015	Wayne FLETCHER, Deb FLETCHER	221,0	34	16	17	(ocs)	ocs	dnc
53	1000	Suzy RUSSELL, AJ DAWSON	221,0	52	(dnc)	53	47	32	37
54	1036	Robert POOLE, George MILLER	240,0	(68)	44	61	34	50	51
55	876	Keith ESCRITT, Anne SAUL	242,0	30	29	29	(ocs)	ocs	ocs
56	834	Andrew GILL, James CLAYTON	244,0	54	(57)	52	55	41	42
57	1132	Peter LORETTO, Naomi FLACK	249,0	58	55	49	36	51	(dnc)
58	888	Matthew SHEAHAN, Ellie SHEAHAN	258,0	61	(64)	62	52	42	41
59	1263	Julian BRADLEY, Lil BATES	262,0	(dnf)	dnc	44	45	52	44
60	1278	Kat WARD, Venetia WINGFIELD	265,0	56	66	54	(ocs)	46	43
61	1150	David BEANEY, John BEANEY	270,0	(dnc)	61	55	56	49	49
62	1417	Nigel HARNIMAN, Emma HARNIMAN	273,0	45	47	(dnc)	49	55	dnc
63	640	Katharine LOVERING, Helen WINWARD	275,0	66	52	56	53	48	(dnc)
64	1144	John GILL, Judy FAULDS	278,0	57	(63)	58	54	62	47
65	734	Clare STUBBS, Helen Stubbs	287,0	64	65	(dnf)	58	54	46
66	446	Cameron HUNTER, Jonathan ELLERY	294,0	63	62	59	57	53	(dnc)
67	558	Jerry COLLINGWOOD, Alice MOORE	296,0	(70)	69	64	46	59	58
68	1248	Denis BROPHY, Simon FLASK	296,0	49	54	60	(ocs)	56	dnc
69	1025	Alex BEANEY, Anon TBA	300,0	(71)	60	65	62	58	55
70	419	James BAYLISS, Lucinda BAYLISS	307,0	53	58	(raf)	59	60	ocs
71	460	Katie NURTON, Louise RENWICK	308,0	67	(dnf)	63	51	ocs	50
72	526	Daniel HAWKINS, Cassie HAWKINS	314,0	65	(67)	66	61	65	57
73	627	Hermione PATTISON, Pie ROMER	318,0	69	68	(dnf)	63	64	54
74	709	John FISHBOURNE, Ewan MCHENRY	385,0	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc
74	1290	Andrew GROVES, Tessa GROVES	385,0	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc
74	9999	James RUSSELL, Danielle RUSSELL	385,0	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc

dnc

 
 RDG-results are as follows:

792

Maia WALSH, Peter BENTLEY

race 3:

30.5 scores

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