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RS400 Volvo Noble Marine UK Nationals - Misty and Hazy Start on Day 3

'2013 RS400 Volvo Noble Marine UK Nationals' www.fotoboat.com

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	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

by Keith Bedborough

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