RS400 Volvo Noble Marine UK Nationals - Misty and Hazy Start on Day 3
by Keith Bedborough on 7 Aug 2013
2013 RS400 Volvo Noble Marine UK Nationals
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The Noble Marine Volvo RS400 nationals got off to a slightly misty and hazy start on day three chiefly due to the excellent whisky tasting session organised by the Urquhart Twins on the Monday evening many thanks to Benromach. After the grey skies of Monday the sunshine had returned and a perfect F2-3 westerly was awaiting the fleet in the east course area.
The day was sponsored by KLG Estates and race one got away cleanly on the second start under the black flag. Mr and Mrs Robertson got away cleanly and appeared to have found an extra gear and had established a considerable lead by the windward mark , never to be seen again. In the pack there was a lot of place changing with the left hand side paying sometimes, and sometimes not. Paul and Mark Oakey gybed early on the second run to get into second place where they stayed to the finish, the ever consistent Farbrother / Martin claimed third and Rog Carter and Ein Stein did a great job climbing up the fleet to finish fourth.
Race two the wind had dropped slightly but remained fully powered hiking strength to keep the legs stretched. Again it was team Robertson that flew off the start line and again appeared to be in a different class getting no serious challenge to claim a second bullet. The racing was very close again in the chasing pack, with Mark and Bec Barron sailing a skilful race to just get second from Rog and Ian,whilst some guy called Pete Vincent crewed by Bendy Bonnie managed to fluke his way into fourth.
Special mention of the day has to go to Meg Hobson who had perhaps slightly over indulged in the free whisky and spent a considerable amount of the first race hanging overboard. Her problems were further confounded when a water bottle got stuck in the kite chute and she was sent forward under the foredeck to fix the problem not a nice job in rolling sea at the best of times!
Tonight promises the be a slightly quieter affair, albeit that the Crews Union are holding their annual General meeting so perhaps it is not bad that the start is slightly later tomorrow. The fleet are all keenly preparing the for the Scottish themed fancy dress party and ceilidh and there is a run on tartan tat in the charity shops of North Berwick. With the Robertsons stellar performance they have closed the gap on Farbrother to three points so it will be all to play for in the next two days.
Volvo Noble Marine RS 400 National Championship 2013
East Lothian Yacht Club
Provisional results as of 14.00 on 6.8.13
Overall
Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 44, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank |
Sail No |
Helm |
Crew |
Club |
Category |
G/S/B |
Tally |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
R9 |
R10 |
Total |
Nett |
1st |
1418 |
Howard Farbrother |
Dan Martin |
Queen Mary Sailing Club |
Master |
G |
10 |
1.0 |
(10.0) |
2.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
22.0 |
12.0 |
2nd |
1319 |
Stewart Robertson |
Sarah Robertson |
Royal Forth Yacht Club |
Master/Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
G |
21 |
2.0 |
(8.0) |
5.0 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
23.0 |
15.0 |
3rd |
476 |
Mark Barron |
Bec Barron |
Loch Tummel Sailing Club |
Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
G |
22 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
(19.0) |
5.0 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
39.0 |
20.0 |
4th |
965 |
Roger Carter |
Ian Robertson |
Wormit Boating Club |
|
G |
9 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
(9.0) |
4.0 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
32.0 |
23.0 |
5th |
1161 |
Ben Robertson |
Hannah Robertson |
Scaling Dam SC |
Lady Crew |
G |
39 |
3.0 |
9.0 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
(15.0) |
6.0 |
|
|
|
|
44.0 |
29.0 |
6th |
1200 |
Keith Bedborough |
Martin McCrew |
Dalgety Bay Sailing Club |
|
G |
4 |
(13.0) |
2.0 |
7.0 |
13.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
|
|
|
|
51.0 |
38.0 |
7th |
1313 |
Peter Vincent |
Mad Bonnie Moody |
Llandegfedd SC and Bristol CYC |
Master/Lady Crew |
G |
13 |
9.0 |
(13.0) |
9.0 |
10.0 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
53.0 |
40.0 |
8th |
1384 |
Paul Oakey |
Mark Oakey |
Portchester Sailing Club |
Master |
G |
8 |
7.0 |
(45.0 DNF) |
21.0 |
7.0 |
2.0 |
9.0 |
|
|
|
|
91.0 |
46.0 |
9th |
1390 |
Andy Hatch |
Daniel Hawkins |
Queen Mary SC |
Master |
G |
19 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
(19.0) |
15.0 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
|
|
|
|
65.0 |
46.0 |
10th |
1351 |
Ian Robson |
Harry O'Riordan |
Aldeburgh Yacht Club |
Master |
G |
1 |
14.0 |
5.0 |
15.0 |
4.0 |
(16.0) |
8.0 |
|
|
|
|
62.0 |
46.0 |
11th |
1337 |
Kevin Gibb |
Dave Milroy |
Largo Bay Sailing Club |
Master |
G |
37 |
6.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
(45.0 BFD) |
11.0 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
91.0 |
46.0 |
12th |
1029 |
Wayne Fletcher |
Deb Fletcher |
Scaling Dam SC |
Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
G |
12 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
13.0 |
(45.0 BFD) |
|
|
|
|
93.0 |
48.0 |
13th |
1398 |
Stuart Urquhart |
Richard Urquhart |
Royal Findhorn Yacht Club |
|
G |
32 |
11.0 |
14.0 |
10.0 |
3.0 |
10.0 |
(21.0) |
|
|
|
|
69.0 |
48.0 |
14th |
1294 |
John MacKenzie |
Andy Box |
West Lothian Sailing Club |
|
S |
5 |
12.0 |
(16.0) |
16.0 |
11.0 |
14.0 |
13.0 |
|
|
|
|
82.0 |
66.0 |
15th |
1196 |
Peter Snowdon |
Teresa Miolla |
Scaling Dam Sailing Club |
Master/Lady Crew |
G |
24 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
6.0 |
(21.0) |
9.0 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
|
88.0 |
67.0 |
16th |
1322 |
Ross Ryan |
Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith |
Notts County Sailing Club |
Master/Lady Crew |
S |
25 |
18.0 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
14.0 |
18.0 |
(27.0) |
|
|
|
|
107.0 |
80.0 |
17th |
810 |
Graeme Henry |
Katie Masterson |
St Mary's Loch Sailing Club |
Master/Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
B |
7 |
(34.0) |
21.0 |
20.0 |
5.0 |
22.0 |
16.0 |
|
|
|
|
118.0 |
84.0 |
18th |
1018 |
Richard Bolton |
Lucy Robertson |
East Lothian Yacht Club |
Master/Lady Crew |
S |
3 |
(23.0) |
23.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
|
|
|
|
109.0 |
86.0 |
19th |
1405 |
Liam Donnelly |
Chris Law |
Royal North of Ireland |
Master |
S |
27 |
21.0 |
18.0 |
(36.0) |
30.0 |
7.0 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
|
126.0 |
90.0 |
20th |
1292 |
Christopher Eames |
Niall Eames |
Ballyholme YC |
Youth |
S |
36 |
17.0 |
6.0 |
(35.0) |
26.0 |
17.0 |
25.0 |
|
|
|
|
126.0 |
91.0 |
21st |
1414 |
James Gardner |
Anne Gardner |
HISC |
Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
G |
26 |
10.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
28.0 |
(45.0 DNS) |
45.0 DNS |
|
|
|
|
147.0 |
102.0 |
22nd |
739 |
Phil Hermiston |
Martin Cruden |
Royal Findhorn Yacht Club |
Master |
S |
29 |
19.0 |
22.0 |
23.0 |
(27.0) |
23.0 |
17.0 |
|
|
|
|
131.0 |
104.0 |
23rd |
1260 |
Patrick Shellcock |
Max Nicholson |
Parkstone Yacht Club |
Youth |
S |
42 |
29.0 |
27.0 |
14.0 |
(31.0) |
24.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
|
|
140.0 |
109.0 |
24th |
979 |
Oliver George-Taylor |
Matt Langdon |
Locks SC |
Youth |
B |
30 |
(45.0 DNS) |
26.0 |
22.0 |
25.0 |
20.0 |
18.0 |
|
|
|
|
156.0 |
111.0 |
25th |
588 |
Ollie Berryman |
Ed Bolitho |
Helford River Sailing Club |
|
B |
41 |
25.0 |
24.0 |
28.0 |
16.0 |
(45.0 DNS) |
22.0 |
|
|
|
|
160.0 |
115.0 |
26th |
0 |
David Harcourt |
Christine Short |
RYA |
|
S |
16 |
24.0 |
19.0 |
17.0 |
(36.0) |
26.0 |
34.0 |
|
|
|
|
156.0 |
120.0 |
27th |
630 |
Peter Craggs |
Phil Nelson |
York RI Sailing Club |
|
B |
6 |
33.0 |
15.0 |
32.0 |
(34.0) |
21.0 |
23.0 |
|
|
|
|
158.0 |
124.0 |
28th |
1049 |
Neil McLellan |
Ollie Milling-Smith |
East Lothian Yacht Club |
|
S |
35 |
16.0 |
30.0 |
29.0 |
(38.0) |
27.0 |
24.0 |
|
|
|
|
164.0 |
126.0 |
29th |
1162 |
Martin Slack |
Scott Macbeth |
Royal Findhorn Yacht Club |
Master |
B |
38 |
(32.0) |
25.0 |
27.0 |
18.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
|
|
|
|
162.0 |
130.0 |
30th |
728 |
Rob Hastings |
Neil Morgan |
Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club |
|
B |
23 |
26.0 |
29.0 |
26.0 |
(40.0) |
29.0 |
33.0 |
|
|
|
|
183.0 |
143.0 |
31st |
1110 |
Vicki Thurston |
Jenny Douglas |
Queen Mary Sailing Club |
Lady Helm/Lady Crew |
B |
20 |
30.0 |
28.0 |
(40.0) |
17.0 |
31.0 |
38.0 |
|
|
|
|
184.0 |
144.0 |
32nd |
475 |
Christopher Dowie |
Naomi Moran |
Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club |
Lady Crew |
B |
34 |
22.0 |
36.0 |
30.0 |
(39.0) |
28.0 |
29.0 |
|
|
|
|
184.0 |
145.0 |
33rd |
877 |
Phil Britton |
Jules Thorne |
Dalgety Bay SC |
Master/Lady Crew |
B |
17 |
31.0 |
(45.0 DNS) |
39.0 |
20.0 |
36.0 |
20.0 |
|
|
|
|
191.0 |
146.0 |
34th |
1101 |
Max Tosetti |
Simon Baker |
Queen Mary SC |
Master |
B |
18 |
(36.0) |
32.0 |
34.0 |
22.0 |
25.0 |
35.0 |
|
|
|
|
184.0 |
148.0 |
35th |
1129 |
David Webley |
Fraser Mulford |
Wormit Boating Club |
Master |
B |
33 |
28.0 |
35.0 |
25.0 |
(37.0) |
33.0 |
32.0 |
|
|
|
|
190.0 |
153.0 |
36th |
1117 |
Jane Robertson |
Eric Robertson |
East Lothian Yacht Club |
Master/Lady Helm |
B |
40 |
27.0 |
(37.0) |
33.0 |
29.0 |
37.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
|
|
194.0 |
157.0 |
37th |
1006 |
Hugh Marston |
Steve Fraser |
East Lothian Yacht Club |
Master |
B |
11 |
(39.0) |
34.0 |
31.0 |
35.0 |
32.0 |
26.0 |
|
|
|
|
197.0 |
158.0 |
38th |
1195 |
Oliver Webster |
Laura Webster |
Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club |
Lady Crew |
B |
2 |
(38.0) |
33.0 |
37.0 |
33.0 |
35.0 |
28.0 |
|
|
|
|
204.0 |
166.0 |
39th |
441 |
Simon Grey |
Meg Hobson |
Chanonry Sailiing Club |
Master/Lady Crew |
B |
14 |
35.0 |
38.0 |
38.0 |
23.0 |
(39.0) |
36.0 |
|
|
|
|
209.0 |
170.0 |
40th |
1180 |
Fiona Ferguson |
Graham Logan |
Loch Tummel Sailing Club |
Lady Helm |
B |
15 |
(45.0 DNF) |
31.0 |
24.0 |
45.0 BFD |
34.0 |
37.0 |
|
|
|
|
216.0 |
171.0 |
41st |
924 |
Simon Mathews |
Penny Atkinson |
Lancing SC |
Master/Lady Crew/Loving Cup |
B |
28 |
40.0 |
39.0 |
(41.0) |
32.0 |
38.0 |
39.0 |
|
|
|
|
229.0 |
188.0 |
42nd |
509 |
Darren Martin |
Dave Matthews/Helen Jackson |
Royal Windermere Yacht Club |
|
B |
41 |
37.0 |
(45.0 DNC) |
45.0 DNC |
24.0 |
40.0 |
45.0 BFD |
|
|
|
|
236.0 |
191.0 |
43rd |
1032 |
Patrick Burns |
Norman Burns |
RYA |
Master |
|
|
(45.0 DNC) |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
|
|
|
|
270.0 |
225.0 |
43rd |
1406 |
Dave Cheyne |
Gordon Patterson |
Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club |
Master |
|
43 |
(45.0 DNC) |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
45.0 DNC |
|
|
|
|
270.0 |
225.0 |
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