Volvo Noble Marine RS800 UK Nationals - Roger and Will lead on day two

by Debbie Darling on 10 Aug 2013 Day two dawned overcast, drizzly and looked pretty light. Local knowledge proved correct, with Andy 'Stand By for a Foam Up' Jefferies correctly picking up the extra sea breeze once the sun came out.

Race one started in a steady 13-15 knots with the right paying heavily due to the lesser tide, flatter water and bend heading in on Port. Many of the fleet had picked this leading to a few failed Garda-esque port tack approaches. Overnight leaders Nick Charles / Christian Humphrey and Roger Phillips / Will Crocker got the match racing started early. At the first windward mark it was Roger and Will leading from Laurie Fitzjohn Sykes / Dan Allin with Tom Halhead and Stu Jagger in third. Laurie took the lead on the second beat with Roger and Will electing to avoid the right hand corner and dropping down to second. These positions were held to the finish with Dave Hivey and Rob Partridge picking the best line through the traffic at the final windward to come through and take third.

The breeze had built significantly for the second race, starting in about 17-18 knots. Tim Saxton / Jonny Clegg and Dave / Rob went for the right hand end of the line, tacked and headed for the beach immediately. Tim / Jonny’s pace saw them rounding the first mark with a ten metre lead over Dave / Rob, with Roger and Will rounding in third. The breeze continued to build to over 20 knots during the race with the final downwind getting pretty spicy, and a graveyard of 7’s / 8’s near the gybe point and bottom of the course. Tim and Jonny took a big win, with Dave / Rob in second and James Date / Toby Wincer coming through to take third. With the breeze continuing to increase and tide turning to increase the chop, the third race was sensibly canned, leaving everyone to head back for an early bath and time to hit the charity shops ahead of the 'tight and bright' pub crawl planned for later on.

RS800 2013 National Results

Provisional Results as of 17:01 on August 9, 2013

Overall

Rank	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Fleet	Buddy Team	Other	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Nett
1st	1204	Roger Phillips	Will Crocker	Emberton park sailing club	Gold	A		1.0	(5.0)	2.0	4.0	12.0	7.0
2nd	1203	Tim Saxton	Jonathon Clegg	Grafham Water / Itchenor	Gold	B		6.0	2.0	(17.0)	1.0	26.0	9.0
3rd	1187	David Hivey	Rob Partridge	LDC	Gold	F		4.0	(6.0)	3.0	2.0	15.0	9.0
4th	1195	James Date	Toby Wincer	Port Denorwic	Gold	D		3.0	3.0	(4.0)	3.0	13.0	9.0
5th	1144	Nicholas Charles	Christian Humphrey	RYA	Gold	N		5.0	1.0	(8.0)	5.0	19.0	11.0
6th	1189	Hugh Shone	Hannah Tattersall	Castle Cove Sailing Club	Gold	I	LC	2.0	(8.0)	6.0	7.0	23.0	15.0
7th	1182	Andy Jeffries	Chris Fibush	ESSC	Gold	H		9.0	4.0	7.0	(12.0)	32.0	20.0
8th	1180	Tom Halhead	Stu Jagger	.	Gold	E		12.0	9.0	5.0	(13.0)	39.0	26.0
9th	1113	Ben Schooling	Tim Hirst	Datchet Water	Gold	I		11.0	7.0	(16.0)	8.0	42.0	26.0
10th	1066	David Pike	Nick Jerkins	ESSC	Gold	M	M	(49.0 DNF)	11.0	12.0	9.0	81.0	32.0
11th	872	Dan Kilsby	Sarah Martin	Dubai Offshore Sailing Club	Gold	C	LC	(16.0)	10.0	11.0	11.0	48.0	32.0
12th	1133	Hugh Watson	Andy Watkins	Emsworth Sailing Club	Gold	P	M	10.0	13.0	10.0	(30.0)	63.0	33.0
13th	1154	David Steed	Louise Fisher	Netley s c	Gold	L	LC	7.0	14.0	14.0	(28.0)	63.0	35.0
14th	1163	James Green	Jamie Trewick	Beer SC	Gold	K		8.0	(15.0)	13.0	14.0	50.0	35.0
15th	1061	Tom Jeffcoate	Emma Warner	Notts county sc	Gold	G		13.0	(23.0)	9.0	22.0	67.0	44.0
16th	1129	Luke McEwen	Emma McEwen	Royal Lymington YC	Gold	J	LC	15.0	12.0	(19.0)	19.0	65.0	46.0
17th	864	Ella Mitchell	James Morland	Warsash	SIlver	P	LH	14.0	17.0	(23.0)	15.0	69.0	46.0
18th	1072	Alex Koukourakis	Robert pike	ESSC	Gold	G		(20.0)	18.0	18.0	16.0	72.0	52.0
19th	1128	Seb Baucutt	Alex Farrall	Thorpe Bay YC/ Essex YC	SIlver	D	Y	18.0	20.0	(24.0)	17.0	79.0	55.0
20th	1124	Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes	Daniel Allin	Queen Mary SC	Gold	K		(49.0 DNF)	49.0 DNC	1.0	6.0	105.0	56.0
21st	1132	Mick Whitmore	Sarah Smith	Eastbourne Sovereign sailing Club	Gold	O	M / LC	21.0	(49.0 DNF)	15.0	21.0	106.0	57.0
22nd	868	Joel Walker	Sarah Crossman	Lancing SC	SIlver	D	LC	(49.0 DNC)	19.0	20.0	20.0	108.0	59.0
23rd	1142	Oli Woods	Jane Turner	OB Woods Design	SIlver	O	LC	22.0	21.0	(28.0)	18.0	89.0	61.0
24th	1146	Martin Orton	Ian Brooks	Chichester YC/ Treardddr Bay SC	Gold	M	M	17.0	(49.0 DNF)	21.0	27.0	114.0	65.0
25th	1179	Neil Farmer	Karen Baker	Datchet/Parkstone	SIlver	N	LC	19.0	26.0	22.0	(35.0)	102.0	67.0
26th	1127	Derek Buchanan	Elaine buchanan	Oxford	SIlver	L	M / LC	(49.0 OCS)	16.0	25.0	29.0	119.0	70.0
27th	1200	Richard kennedy	Tom kennedy	Thorney Island SC	SIlver	E		24.0	22.0	(30.0)	24.0	100.0	70.0
28th	1288	Mike Green	Sophie McAleenan	Eastbourne	SIlver	E	LC	(30.0)	25.0	26.0	26.0	107.0	77.0
29th	1091	Ben Daigneault	James Powell-Cullingford	Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club	SIlver	F		26.0	24.0	(37.0)	29.0 AVG	116.0	79.0
30th	953	Andrew Pickrell	Tom Lambert	Wilsonian Sailing Club	SIlver	I	M	25.0	29.0	27.0	(49.0 DNF)	130.0	81.0
31st	989	Andrew Jarvis	Andy Kerr	Oxford Sailing Club	SIlver	M		27.0	(31.0)	31.0	25.0	114.0	83.0
32nd	951	Andrew Blundell	Maddie Fenner	Warsash Sailing Club	SIlver	H		23.0	30.0	(38.0)	33.0	124.0	86.0
33rd	1043	Chris Dodd	Henry Arnold	Rutland Water Sailing Club	SIlver	A		32.0	27.0	33.0	(49.0 DNF)	141.0	92.0
34th	815	Kit Glover	Mike Hutton	Itchenor Sailing Club	SIlver	A		(49.0 DNF)	28.0	32.0	32.0	141.0	92.0
35th	1122	Grahame smith	Nicola smith	Wilsonian sc	SIlver	J	M / LC	29.0	33.0	(34.0)	31.0	127.0	93.0
36th	983	Dan Druce	Stu Moore	Stokes Bay	SIlver	L	Y	(49.0 DNF)	49.0 DNF	40.0	10.0	148.0	99.0
37th	961	Stewart Patience	Jenny Persson	Berliner Yacht Club	SIlver	J	LC	31.0	32.0	36.0	(49.0 DNF)	148.0	99.0
38th	1010	Katie Norton	James Clapham	Cardiff Yacht Club	SIlver	N	LH	(49.0 DNC)	49.0 DNC	29.0	23.0	150.0	101.0
39th	1015	Simon Payne	Fenella Williams	Oxford	SIlver	O	LC	33.0	37.0	(42.0)	37.0	149.0	107.0
40th	1185	Stephen Brown	Will Brown / Phil Bairstow	Ullswater YC	SIlver	C		34.0	35.0	41.0	(49.0 DNF)	159.0	110.0
41st	932	Brian Allen	Claire Allen	Brightlingsea sailing club	SIlver	G	M / LC	28.0	34.0	(49.0 DNC)	49.0 DNC	160.0	111.0
42nd	821	Jamie morgan	nick logan	Grafham	SIlver	B		(49.0 DNF)	49.0 DNC	35.0	34.0	167.0	118.0
43rd	907	Stephen McIntyre	Ewen Lamont	Loch Lomond Sailing Club	SIlver	F		35.0	(49.0 DNF)	49.0 DNF	36.0	169.0	120.0
44th	900	Thomas Durham	Roger Plail	ESSC	Silver	P		(49.0 DNC)	36.0	39.0	49.0 DNF	173.0	124.0
45th	1102	Peter Hayward	Jill Mair	Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club	SIlver	H	M / LC	(49.0 DNF)	38.0	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	185.0	136.0
46th	1050	Keith Ellis	Kim Ellis	Castle Cove SC	SIlver	B		(49.0 DNC)	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	196.0	147.0
46th	847	Martin Keen	Richard Keen	HISC	SIlver	C	M	(49.0 DNC)	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	196.0	147.0
46th	982	Aaron Smith	Alec Rodgers	Wilsonian SC	SIlver	K		(49.0 DNC)	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	49.0 DNC	196.0	147.0