Volvo Noble Marine RS800 Nationals – Day 2

by Matt Humphreys on 23 Aug 2015 Volvo Noble Marine RS800 Nationals – The fleet arrived at the boat park full of anticipation for four races in the Bay in breeze. They were not disappointed with 12-16 knots from the South and occasional chop.

Race one was clean away. Jimmy Green and James Trewick led around the first mark followed by David and Louise Steed. Your author has now had some beer so... There was much place changing. Pete Barton and Chris Feibusch (the new RS800 Class Chair) pulled away to a big lead and won, followed by Roger Phillips and Will Crocker, with Matt Humphreys and Amy Cartwright pulling through the fleet to finish third.

Race two and another clean start! (except for the pile up near the pin). We think it was Russell Gibbs and Jamie Dawson leading (maybe). They were on the horizon when they were foiled by an upwind RS700 and took a swim. Matt and Amy came through from eighth to take the win, followed by the Steeds having a good day in second, and Tim Saxton and Fiona Hampshire in third.

Race three: A large shift resulted in a very biased line which then resulted in a general recall and the appearance of the dreaded black flag. On the subsequent re-start no less than ten boats were pulled out at the windward mark including the overall event leaders until that point Matt and Amy. Roger and Will won by a country mile followed by Luke and Emma McEwen (the newly appointed fleet plank monitors).

Race four: We had a new windward mark position after a shift – well done Race Officer. Boats overstanding and reaching in from the left caused mayhem at the windward mark. Tim and Fiona won followed by local home club heroes Hugh Shone and Hannah Tattersall (great event so far guys – thanks!) with fleet stalwarts Andy and Allyson Jeffries in third.

Results by Castle Cove SC

Rank	Helm	Crew	Club	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Net
1	Tim Saxton	Fiona Hampshire	Royal Thames YC	2	1	(4)	3	3	1	10
2	Roger Phillips	Will Crocker	Burghfield & Emberton Park SC	(4)	4	2	4	1	4	15
3	Matthew Humphreys	Amy Cartwright	Weston SC	1	2	3	1	(36/BFD)	12	19
4	Hugh Shone	Hannah Tattersall	Castle Cove SC	6	3	7	(36/RET)	4	2	22
5	Andy Jeffries	Allyson Jeffries	Eastbourne Sovereign SC	(8)	8	5	7	5	3	28
6	Hugh Watson	Andy Watkins	Emsworth SC	5	6	9	8	8	(10)	36
7	Luke McEwen	Emma McEwen	Royal Lymington YC	7	9	10	(11)	2	9	37
8	Ben Schooling	George Kingsnorth	Datchet Water SC	9	10	(11)	6	6	6	37
9	David Steed	Louise Steed	Netley SC	14	13	8	2	(36/BFD)	5	42
10	Peter Barton	Chris Feibusch	Lymington Town SC	3	7	1	5	(36/BFD)	36/BFD	52
11	Paul Jenkins	Peter Jenkins	Eastbourne Sovereign SC	10	12	12	12	(36/BFD)	7	53
12	Ralph Singleton	Sophie Singleton	Datchet Water SC	(16)	15	15	15	7	8	60
13	Russell Gibbs	Jamie Dawson	Starcross YC	18	5	14	9	(36/BFD)	16	62
14	Andrew Blundell	Maddie Fenner	Warsash SC	11	11	(21)	17	9	18	66
15	Sarah Martin	Dan Kilsby		13	14	16	13	11	(36/BFD)	67
16	Martin Orton	Ian Brooks	Chichester YC & Trearddur Bay SC	19	17	13	16	(36/BFD)	11	76
17	Joe Joyner	Will Broom	Lyme Regis SC	15	16	19	(23)	12	14	76
18	Steven Greaves	Caroline Edwards	Rickmansworth SC	21	(26)	17	10	10	21	79
19	Chris Cowan	Stu Moore	Weston SC	23	18	(26)	14	15	23	93
20	James Green	James Trewick	Beer SC	12	23	6	18	(36/DNC)	36/DNC	95
21	Philip Gladman	Natasha Gladman	Itchenor SC	20	(28)	23	21	14	17	95
22	John Warburton	James Clapham	Chew Valley Lake SC	17	20	20	26	(36/BFD)	15	98
23	Daniel Goodman	Debbie Robertshaw	Datchet Water SC	22	24	(25)	20	13	22	101
24	Richard Smith	Ellie Smith	Wilsonian SC	(36/DNF)	22	18	19	36/BFD	13	108
25	Adam Knight	Peter Knight	Guernesy YC	30	(31)	24	27	17	20	118
26	Alex Benfield	Nick Ireland	Stokes Bay SC	28	25	(29)	24	16	27	120
27	David Williams	Nick Searle	Itchenor SC	25	(30)	27	25	18	26	121
28	Cameron Moss	Darrol Moss	Lyme Regis SC	26	(33)	22	32	19	24	123
29	Ian Lodder	Tom Prower	Itchenor SC	32	21	28	30	(36/BFD)	19	130
30	Simon Payne	Fenella Williams	Oxford SC	31	(32)	30	29	20	25	135
31	Alistair Hodgson	Penny Hooper	RYA	29	29	(36/DSQ)	22	36/BFD	28	144
32	Mark Sewell	Matt Barker		33	34	(36/DNF)	31	21	29	148
33	Mick Whitmore	Sarah Smith	Eastbourne Sovereign SC	24	19	(36/DNF)	36/DNC	36/DNC	36/DNC	151
34	Ian Paterson	Carol Paterson	Grafham Water SC	27	27	(36/DNF)	28	36/DNC	36/DNC	154