RS700 Volvo Noble Marine National Championships

RS700 Volvo Noble Marine National Championships – Day 1

by Pete Purkiss on 22 Sep 2017

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Race one of the RS700 Volvo Noble Marine National Championship at Stokes Bay SC got underway promptly in a gusty Force 4 Southerly breeze with strong Spring tides and an interesting wave pattern.

Jerry Wales and Pete Purkiss got the best of the start and led at the Windward mark with Richard Wadsworth and Robbie Bell close behind. Richard and Robbie powered past Pete downwind. After a shortening of course Jerry won with Richard second, Robbie third and Pete fourth.

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Race two got away with Jerry and Pete going left on the first beat and Ian Nolan leading others on the more favourable right. Ian led around the Windward mark with Richard in close pursuit followed by a pack. Richard hoisted early and powered over Ian.

Robbie also hoisted early but a gust took him onto the mark. Jerry had a rare swim on the gybe. Colin Dacey and James Bayliss then followed with Pete chasing. Richard won convincingly with Colin in second and Pete pulling through to third with James and Ian Nolan following.

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The fleet gathered with good beer before the AGM. Then Alex and her gallery served a delicious curry. We then settled down to listen to Mike Golding OBE amazing talk about his ocean racing adventures. Suddenly tricky chop conditions seemed insignificant compared with battling the Southern Ocean.

RS700 Results

Rank	Sail No	Helm	Club	Race 1	Race 2	Nt Pts
1	720	Richard Wadsworth	Stokes Bay SC	2	1	3
2	1042	Pete Purkiss	Brightlingsea SC	4	3	7
3	1053	Jerry Wales	Windsport	1	7	8
4	944	James Bayliss	Queen Mary SC	6	4	10
5	1027	Colin Dacey	Snettisham Beach SC	9	2	11
6	875	Robbie Bell	Snettisham Beach SC	3	9	12
7	966	Matt Carter	Lancing SC	5	8	13
8	1023	Ian Nolan	Snettisham Beach SC	12	5	17
9	1041	Matt Conner	Queen Mary SC	15	6	21
10	970	Simon Redfearn	Brightlingsea SC	8	17	25
11	808	Spike Daniels	Hayling Island SC	10	18	28
12	984	Adam Golding	Hayling Island SC	19	10	29
13	839	Phillip Highfield	Gt. Yarmouth & Gorleston	11	19	30
14	926	Simon Clark	Lyme Regis SC	17	13	30
15	859	Peter O'nions	Queen Mary SC	16	14	30
16	882	Ed Napolitano	Snettisham Beach SC	14	16	30
17	1022	Ian Swann	Hayling Island SC	21	11	32
18	914	Graham Blake	Queen Mary SC	20	12	32
19	1046	Miles Roebuck	Oxford SC	13	20	33
20	991	Theo Galyer	Stokes Bay SC	7	30/DNC	37
21	855	David Bridle	Brightlingsea SC	22	15	37
22	1031	Hamish Griffiths	Hayling Island SC	18	22	40
23	762	Adrian Howe	Oxford SC	24	21	45
24	1035	Roger Taylor	Hayling Island SC	23	25	48
25	756	Alistair Paul	Grafham Water SC	25	24	49
26	982	Roland Smith	Queen Mary SC	30/DNF	23	53
27=	1014	Chris Chambers	Restronguet SC	30/DNC	30/DNC	60
27=	871	Mark Nicholson	Hayling Island SC	30/DNC	30/DNC	60
27=	801	Stephen Carr	Brightlingsea SC	30/DNC	30/DNC	60