Volvo Noble Marine RS700 National Championships day 2

by Dave Smithwhite on 23 Aug 2014 Variable conditions greeted competitors for the second day of the Volvo Noble Marine RS700 National Championships. The shifty north westerly breeze varied between four and 22 knots across the day. Three races were run with three different winners.

In the first race Ian Swann took a port flyer and initially led the fleet but at the windward mark it was Jerry Wales leading with Ian Swann second coming into the windward mark from the left hand side of the course. Places changed regularly on the second beat and the following downwind leg. At the finish it was Jerry Wales first, Ian Swann second and Simon Letten third.

The wind was light for the first two laps of the second race. Jerry Wales and Dave Smithwhite rounded the windward mark together with Wales overtaking Smithwhite on the first leg to the spacer mark. These two pulled away from the fleet on the downwind leg. On the second beat Smithwhite and Wales split tacks with Smithwhite going further to the right hand side of the course and picking up a shift to the right and going into the lead. Robbie Bell, last year’s national champion pulled up to third and these positions were held to the end of the race.

There was more breeze for the last race of the day, however it was very shifty. Boats arrived at the windward mark in the top ten from both the left and the right hand sides of the course with Neil Ashby showing the fleet the way round and holding an impressive lead. Richard Wadsworth rounded in second place. There were several capsizes on the downwind and much place changing on the second beat. By the finish Jerry Wales pulled through to second behind Neil Ashby and Richard Wadsworth.

Results as of 16:52 on August 22, 2014

700 Fleet

Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 21, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Tally	Fleet	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Nett
1st	50	700	1030		Jerry Wales		1.0	1.0	1.0	(2.0)	2.0	7.0	5.0
2nd	42	700	839	Shoreham SC	Neil Ashby		6.0	4.0	4.0	(7.0)	1.0	22.0	15.0
3rd	40	700	1019	Hayling Island SC	David Smithwhite		(7.0)	5.0	5.0	1.0	5.0	23.0	16.0
4th	45	700	1023	Snettisham Beach SC	Ian Nolan		2.0	3.0	(15.0)	4.0	8.0	32.0	17.0
5th	47	700	1040	Hayling Island SC	Simon Letten		4.0	(6.0)	3.0	6.0	4.0	23.0	17.0
6th	51	700	875	Snettisham Beach SC	Robbie Bell		5.0	(22.0 RET)	7.0	3.0	7.0	44.0	22.0
7th	41	700	720	Bristol Corinthian YC/RNSA	Richard Wadsworth		3.0	8.0	(10.0)	10.0	3.0	34.0	24.0
8th	48	700	1022	Hayling Island SC	Ian Swann		(12.0)	9.0	2.0	8.0	9.0	40.0	28.0
9th	49	700	910	Graham Water SC	Alex Reid		11.0	2.0	8.0	9.0	(13.0)	43.0	30.0
10th	56	700	802	Lancing SC	Gary Austin		9.0	(22.0 RET)	6.0	5.0	12.0	54.0	32.0
11th	53	700	1027	Snettisham Beach SC	Colin Dacey		10.0	7.0	(13.0)	12.0	6.0	48.0	35.0
12th	38	700	905	Netley SC	Spod Olive		8.0	10.0	12.0	11.0	(17.0)	58.0	41.0
13th	37	700	959		Jakub Kosvica		(14.0)	11.0	9.0	13.0	11.0	58.0	44.0
14th	44	700	914	Graham Blake	Graham Blake		15.0	12.0	16.0	(17.0)	10.0	70.0	53.0
15th	46	700	737	Thorney Island SC	Richard Kennedy		13.0	(22.0 RET)	11.0	14.0	15.0	75.0	53.0
16th	52	700	944	Littleton SC	James Bayliss		(22.0 DNF)	22.0 DNC	14.0	15.0	14.0	87.0	65.0
17th	39	700	762	Great Moor SC	Adrian Howe		16.0	14.0	19.0	(22.0 RET)	20.0	91.0	69.0
18th	54	700	820	Lyne Regis SC	James Fuller		(22.0 DNC)	13.0	20.0	19.0	19.0	93.0	71.0
19th	55	700	1020	Royal Navy SC	Stephen Hermanson		(22.0 DNF)	22.0 RET	17.0	16.0	18.0	95.0	73.0
20th	36	700	907		Martin Cvan		17.0	(22.0 DNC)	18.0	20.0	21.0	98.0	76.0
21st	43	700	1031	Queen mary SC	Hamish Griffiths		(22.0 DNF)	22.0 DNC	21.0	18.0	16.0	99.0	77.0