RS300 Northern Championships - Tim Keen victorious

by Tim Keen on 9 Jul 2014 With the sun out and a good breeze we set sail for a long distance race. At the third attempt the first race got under way with 210 boats fighting for position and a bit a clean air Dave Jenkins took and early lead (in the RS300 fleet) while Matt Jenkins was ashore trying to lash together his rudder stock to the back of the boat!

Tim Keen managed to pass Dave Jenkins with Matt Jenkins in hot pursuit and passing Dave by the second island turning point. First timer Alex Sharp led Mark Henman but with Sharp's boat trying to do an impression of a submarine by taking on a few buckets of water the fly weight Henman passed him, and to rub salt into the wound Sharp forgot to sign on so received a DNS.

Glorious sunshine and light wind again made it a third time lucky for the start of race two. Matt Jenkins marched out to a five minute + lead at the second island turning point over Tim Keen, Dave Jenkins, Alex Sharp and Mark Henman. On the way to the second island the wind conditions were changeable, from becalmed to F3.

Overnight unsuccessfully a few tubes of stickerflex were applied to Sharp's boat to try and stop it becoming a submarine which as on Saturday allowed Henman to pass. With slightly more breeze filling in from behind Keen was able to close the gap to Matt Jenkins but was not able to pass as the wind swung 180 degrees close to end of the second leg. Matt Jenkins took victory by about 10 seconds after four hours of racing.

Congratulations to the new RS300 Northern Champion Tim Keen!

 

Final Lord Birkett placing
Position	Name	R1	R2
18th	Tim Keen	33	26
30th	Matt Jenkins	48	24
66th	Dave Jenkins	62	77
154th	Mark Henman	163	141
181st	Alex Sharp	DNS	143
Out of 210 boats!

Complete Results: 

SailNo	Club	HelmName	Sheffield	Sprints	Hayling	Lord Birkett 5/6 July	Aldenham	Grafham	Top 3	Position
			8/9 Mar	12/13 Apr	21/22 Jun		13/14 Sept	11/12 Oct
323	Sheffield Viking SC	Matt Jenkins	1	3	31	2	31	31	6	1 =
328	Sheffield Viking SC	Tim Keen	2	31	3	1	31	31	6	1 =
500	Aldenham SC	Pete Ellis	5	8	8	31	31	31	21	3 =
481	Royal Victoria SC	Martin Harrison	12	4	5	31	31	31	21	3 =
426	Barnt Green	Rich le Mare	11	6	9	31	31	31	26	5
354	Thorney Island	Mark Newton	10	12	10	31	31	31	32	6
411	Bristol Corinthian	Steve Bolland	31	5	1	31	31	31	37	7
417	Aldenham SC	Dan Treloar	9	17	12	31	31	31	38	8
518	Hykeham SC	Luke Pepper	4	7	31	31	31	31	42	9
432	ESSC/TISC	Mark Riddington	8	31	4	31	31	31	43	10
524	Thorney Island	Matt Sargent	31	10	6	31	31	31	47	11
478	Sheffield Viking SC	James Cowlishaw	3	14	31	31	31	31	48	12
410	Llandudno SC	Tom Moore	31	13	7	31	31	31	51	13 =
450	Sunderland SC	Mark Henman	31	16	31	4	31	31	51	13 =
370	Sheffield Viking SC	Phil Bishop	31	1	31	31	31	31	63	15
523	Aldenham SC	Harry McVicar	31	2	31	31	31	31	64	16 =
480	Emsworth SC	Dave Acres	31	31	2	31	31	31	64	16 =
379	Aldenham SC	Dan Skinner	31	22	11	31	31	31	64	16 =
391	Derwent SC	Dave Jenkins	31	31	31	3	31	31	65	19
525	Aldenham SC	Barry Steel	13	22	31	31	31	31	66	20
341	Tynemouth SC	Alex Sharp	31	31	31	5	31	31	67	21
347	Swarkestone SC	Sam McKay	6	31	31	31	31	31	68	22
454	Aldenham SC	Duncan Jenkins	7	31	31	31	31	31	69	23
335	Bartley SC	Sam Knight	31	9	31	31	31	31	71	24
476	Hykeham SC	Steve Sallis	31	11	31	31	31	31	73	25
526	Aldenham SC	Mark Donnelly	31	15	31	31	31	31	77	26
321	Hykeham SC	Andy Bayliss	31	18	31	31	31	31	80	27
415	Rutland	Andrew Belson	31	19	31	31	31	31	81	28
386	Datchet	John Moore	31	20	31	31	31	31	82	29
406	Aldenham SC	Jim Strother	31	21	31	31	31	31	83	30
456	Deben SC	Ross McKissock	31	22	31	31	31	31	84	31