RS700 Magic Marine Inland Championship at Queen Mary Sailing Club

by Richard Wadsworth on 17 Oct 2016 This year’s Magic Marine Inland Championship, held at Queen Mary Sailing Club 8-9 Oct 16, also served as the final event of the 2016 Magic Marine Grand Prix Circuit.

The home RS700 fleet was augmented by the travelling support of the “usual suspects” so the Championship drew a healthy fleet of 12 boats. With both the Inland Championship Trophy and Magic Marine Grand Prix Trophy (with some very generous sponsorship!) to compete for, the sailors eagerly anticipated the racing along with the usual bout of catching up with old friends in the boat park.

Day one

There was a noticeable change in temperature from the recent National Championship, with sailors starting to layer up a little more albeit the wind was only a Northerly F2-3. The first two races took place in relatively light and shifty conditions. In these partial trapezing conditions big gains were available for spotting the wind shifts, maintaining boat speed and an occasional spot of luck. Colin Dacey laid down the gauntlet from the off - winning the first race and following it up with a third and second, whilst Pete Purkiss was his next closest challenger with a second, first and fourth. Other good individual race results went to the chasing pack, but consistency was difficult to achieve in the conditions. Colin could have recorded a second win in the final race of the day if he could only count to four… breaking for the finish line on lap three he allowed Richard Wadsworth through to take the race win.

Day two

The wind forecast for day two looked slightly more promising than the previous day. Whilst the wind remained very gusty and variable, the first two races were held in a F3-4 and Pete began to show the rest of the fleet a clean pair of heels with two race wins. Richard also showed some good speed in these conditions achieving a second place in the first race and leading for the majority of the second race… he clearly went to the same engineering school of mathematics as Colin when he went for the finish line on lap three (of four!) and handed the win to Pete. Despite the forecast for a building wind strength, the wind dropped to a F2 for the last race with Colin taking the race win and Graham Blake showing some great speed to take second and Pete taking third.

Overall Pete Purkiss won the Inland Championship, with Colin Dacey in second and Richard Wadsworth in third place.

With only three event to count, the Magic Marine Grand Prix Circuit results were tight at the top, which sent Richard into a flat spin as he tried to work out how to break the tie between Pete and Colin, and Ian Nolan and Spike Daniels during the presentation (Clare - this is his excuse for not taking any pictures!). In the end Richard Wadsworth won the overall Magic Marine Grand Prix, with Pete Purkiss second, Colin Dacey third and Ian Nolan fourth.

The Inland Championship was a great success: I’d like to thank Queen Mary Sailing Club for their hospitality and race coordination over the weekend. I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Magic Marine for their very generous sponsorship of the Grand Prix.

Next year’s calendar will be released imminently and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on this fun and competitive circuit!

Rank	SailNo	HelmName	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1st	1042	Pete Purkiss	Brightlingsea SC	2	1	-4	1	1	3	12	8
2nd	1027	Colin Dacey	Snettisham Beach SC	1	3	2	-4	3	1	14	10
3rd	720	Richard Wadsworth	Stokes Bay SC	4	6	1	2	2	-8	23	15
4th	1023	Ian Nolan	Snettisham Beach SC	-7	2	7	3	4	5	28	21
5th	914	Grahm Blake	Queen Mary SC	5	4	8	6	-9	2	34	25
6th	808	Spike Daniels	Oxford SC	3	-9	5	8	5	4	34	25
7th	1020	Stephen Hermanson	Queen Mary SC	-9	5	3	5	8	6	36	27
8th	1011	Matt Conner	Queen Mary SC	-10	10	6	9	6	7	48	38
9th	1029	Chris Kirk	Queen Mary SC	8	7	-9	7	7	9	47	38
10th	982	Roland Smith	Queen Mary SC	-11	11	10	10	10	10	62	51
11th	944	James Bayliss	Queen Mary SC	6	8	(13.0 DNF)	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	66	53
12th	758	Simon Hawes	Queen Mary SC	(13.0 DNC)	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	13.0 DNC	78	65

Rank	Helm	Sail no	Club	Rutland	HISC	Lymington	Europeans	Nationals	Inlands	Total
1	Richard Wadsworth	720	Stokes Bay SC	41(DNC)	1	1	41(DNC)	5	3	5
2	Pete Purkiss	1042	Brightlingsea	41(DNC)	3	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	8	1	12
3	Colin Dacey	1027	Snettisham Beach SC	41(DNC)	8	2	41(DNC)	19	2	12
4	Ian Nolan	1023	Snettisham Beach SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	3	41(DNC)	12	4	19
5	Spike Daniels	808	Oxford SC	41(DNC)	6	7	41(DNC)	14	6	19
6	Graham Blake	914	Queen Mary SC	2	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	18	5	25
7	Simon Readfearn	970	Brightlingsea	41(DNC)	9	41(DNC)	5	17	41(DNC)	31
8	Jerry Wales	1043	Windsport	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	1	1	41(DNC)	43
9	Adam Golding	984	HISC	41(DNC)	2	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	4	41(DNC)	47
10	Ian Swann	1022	HISC	41(DNC)	4	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	3	41(DNC)	48
11	Chris Kirk	1029	Queen Mary SC	1	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	9	51
12	Matt Conner	949	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	5	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	8	54
13	James Bayliss	944	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	10	11	62
14	Nik Williams	1040	HISC	41(DNC)	7	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	15	41(DNC)	63
15	Adrien Burnard	789	HISC	41(DNC)	10	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	16	41(DNC)	67
16	Simon Letten	104	HISC	41(DNC)	5	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	22	41(DNC)	68
17	Milan Hajek	1034	YCLP	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	2	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	84
18	Robbie Bell	875	Snettisham Beach SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	2	41(DNC)	84
19	Michal Kotek	988	JMJ	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	3	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	85
20	Richard Keeton	954	Lymington Town SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	4	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	86
21	Olsa Jiri	955	LSB	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	4	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	86
22	Ed Reeves	825	Royal Lymington YC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	6	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	88
23	Jiri Kuthan	788	YCLP	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	6	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	88
24	Neil Ashby	1011	Bewl SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	6	41(DNC)	88
25	Andy Brown	958	HISC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	7	41(DNC)	89
26	Stephen Hermanson	1020	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	7	89
27	Tig Williams	938	Lymington Town SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	8	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	91
28	Richard Lilley	945	Lymington Town SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	9	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	91
29	Theo Galyer	991	N/A	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	9	41(DNC)	91
30	Roland Smith	982	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	10	92
31	Robert Dickenson	856	HISC	41(DNC)	11	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	93
32	Huw Reynolds	1041	Restronguet	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	11	41(DNC)	93
33	John McKenna	909	HISC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	13	41(DNC)	95
34	Ed Napolitano	882	Snettisham Beach SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	20	41(DNC)	102
35	Peter Onions	859	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	21	41(DNC)	103
36	Hamish Griffiths	1031	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	23	41(DNC)	105
37	Mark Nicholson	871	HISC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	24	41(DNC)	106
38	Rob Dickinson	856	HISC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	25	41(DNC)	107
39	Roger Taylor	1035	HISC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	26	41(DNC)	108
40	Chris Chambers	1014	Restronguet	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	27	41(DNC)	109
41	Simon Hawes	758	Queen Mary SC	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	41(DNC)	123