Salcombe Gin Merlin Rocket Week - Day 2
by Tim Fells 4 Jul 2022 08:44 PDT
3-8 July 2022
Monday morning dawned cloudy, which was not what was wanted to swing the NW breeze to the SW. Initially it looked like a repeat of Sunday's chaotic start line, but the breeze started to pull round to the SW just as the start sequence got under way. So too the tide which started to ebb, leading to some interesting starts.
RACE 3: RED v BLUE Flights, COURSE 1,4,7,1,3
With all starts under black flag there was a lot of jeopardy from lining up early in the light breeze with tide under but occasional puffs that could accelerate the fleet over the line. And so it proved to be. With two general recalls before a start got away a total of 18 boats were caught under the black flag.
On the third start, with much more consistent pressure up the harbour, those who got to the right at the top of the beat prospered, with Caroline Croft and Faye Chatterton rounding with Christian Birrell and Luke Patience. Both of these headed down the Portlemouth shore, while Chris Gould and Rob Allen in third gybed across to the town side.
Though this initially looked good, they ran out of pressure at the Ferry with the pack speeding down Fisherman's in good pressure.
Christian and Luke extended their lead on the beat back from Yalton and out to Gerston but Caroline and Faye had considerably narrowed their lead on the beat back up the harbour, with James Wells and Anna Aylward battling with Alex Warren and Jonty Freeman for third.
On the run back to Crossways, Caroline and Faye ran deeper than Christian and Luke to take control of the beach and the tidal relief down Fishermans. With some expert gybes, they extended a comfortable lead at Crossways and with tide under them were able to cover Christian and Luke to the line for a well-earned first bullet at Salcombe Week.
James and Anna took an excellent third with Tim Saxton and Mary Henderson escaping from a tight fight for fourth from Alex and Jonty in fifth and Dave Winder and Anna Blake in sixth.
RACE 4: GREEN v BLACK Flights, Course 1,7,1,3,1,3
By the afternoon start, the F3 wind had settled in the South West to give a fair beat to Blackstone. After the morning shenanigans, the fleet where a bit line shy. George and Sophie Yeoman, for the second day running, nailed the start, were able to tack and cross the fleet to the town side and pick up the right hander into Blackstone to have a significant lead.
They headed for the Portlemouth shore to get out of the tide but unfortunately ran out of breeze.
The following pack gybed in the hope of picking up the breeze coming out of North Sands and while they initially died, the breeze did come in, allowing James Goss and Chris White to accelerate down the town side before gybing back across the harbour to comfortably cross all those who had taken the customary route but had hit the hole off Biddle Point. Heading into the Bag, James and Chris led from Mike and Jane Calvert followed by Will and Rob Henderson.
On returning to the harbour, Tom Gillard and Rachael Grey had worked their way into a narrow lead from a group of four who all exchanged places on the beat back to Blackstone. James and Chris, Stu Bithell and Katherine Kimber, Taxi and Pippa and Mike and Jane Calvert were almost inseparable.
The run back to Crossways saw the leaders shuffle again. James and Chris, and Taxi and Pippa both gained by standing out into the last of the ebb to find more breeze while Tom and Rachael lost out by keeping out of the tide on the Portlemouth shore.
James and Chris led around Crossways and covered the chasers all the way to the line to take their first bullet. They missed the Sunday race as James was getting married at the weekend, so this was a perfect honeymoon celebration!
In a very tight finish, Mike and Jane just got their nose ahead of Taxi and Pippa with Stu and Katherine just behind. Tom and Rachael had to settle for fifth with Will and Rob rounding out the top six.
Results after Day 2:
Pos | Sail No | Fleet | Flight | Boat name | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 |
1st | 3735 | Gold | Green | Lasagne dish | Andy Davis | Pippa Kilsby | South Staffs | 1 | | | 3 |
2nd | 3788 | Gold | Blue | Blue my mind | Christian Birrell | Luke Patience | Parkstone | | 2 | 2 | |
3rd | 3759 | Gold | Black | Red Mistress | Thomas Gillard | Rachael Gray | Sheffield Viking | | 1 | | 5 |
4th | 3811 | Gold | Green | Bruce | Stuart Bithell | Katherine Kimber | Parkstone | 2 | | | 4 |
5th | 3691 | Gold | Black | Quick Fix | Mike Calvert | Jane Calvert | Axe | | 5 | | 2 |
6th | 3803 | Gold | Red | Black Swan | Caroline Croft | Faye Chatterton | Lymington Town | 10 | | 1 | |
7th | 3746 | Gold | Blue | Point n squirt | James Wells | Anna Aylward | RYA | | 9 | 3 | |
8th | 3795 | Gold | Black | Goon | Simon Blake | Alex Jackson | Royal Brighton | | 6 | | 8 |
9th | 3799 | Gold | Green | Simply Scrumptious | Paul Rayson | Chris Hill | Salcombe | 7 | | | 7 |
10th | 3679 | Gold | Red | Daddys boat | Nick Heginbotham | Rory Gifford | Hollingworth Lake | 5 | | 13 | |
11th | 3812 | Gold | Red | Maumahara | Chris Gould | Rob Allen | Salcombe | 11 | | 8 | |
12th | 3645 | Gold | Green | Blue Velvet | Steve Hall | Simon Haighton | Royal Corinthian | 9 | | | 10 |
13th | 3807 | Gold | Blue | Baloo | Tim Saxton | Mary Henderson | Itchenor | | 16 | 4 | |
14th | 3726 | Gold | Black | Arwen | Will Henderson | Rob Henderson | Salcombe | | 15 | | 6 |
15th | 3775 | Gold | Black | Night Fury | Chris Jennings | Peter Nicholson | Burghfield | | 8 | | 13 |
16th | 3696 | Gold | Blue | Tiger Tiger | Alex Warren | Jonty Freeman | Shoreham | | 17 | 5 | |
17th | 3802 | Gold | Green | Khalesi | Simon Potts | Holly McArthur | Burghfield | 13 | | | 9 |
18th | 3730 | Silver | Blue | Blood Sweat and Beers | Paul Hollis | Ben Hollis | Blithfield | | 13 | 9 | |
19th | 3700 | Gold | Blue | Brazilian | Rob Kennaugh | Andrew Prosser | Midland | | 12 | 10 | |
20th | 3777 | Gold | Black | Mockingjay | George Yeoman | Sophie Yeoman | Itchenor | | 4 | | 20 |
21st | 3781 | Gold | Red | The Force Awakens | David Winder | Anna Blake | Hollingworth Lake | 19 | | 6 | |
22nd | 3709 | Silver | Blue | Wild at Heart | Jack Norton | Dave Royce | Ranelagh | | 18 | 7 | |
23rd | 3791 | Gold | Green | Didley Squat | Jon Gorringe | Mimi Gorringe | Parkstone | 18 | | | 11 |
24th | 3676 | Gold | Blue | Hot Totty | Antony Gifford | Jo Gifford | Royal Tay YC | | 14 | 15 | |
25th | 3687 | Gold | Green | Mellow Yellow | Matt Greenfield | Hannah Greenfield | Chew Valley Lake | 8 | | | 24 |
26th | 3787 | Gold | Green | Quicksilver | Chris Martin | Samuel Bailey | Midland | 14 | | | 19 |
27th | 3727 | Silver | Green | Fragile | Mark Stockbridge | James Gifford | Upper Thames | 16 | | | 17 |
28th | 3773 | Silver | Red | No. 34 | Alan Warren | William Carroll | Shoreham | 20 | | 14 | |
29th | 3625 | Silver | Red | Carbon Adventures | Andy Harris | Sara Warren | Tamesis Club | 28 | | 11 | |
30th | 3731 | Silver | Blue | Mayhem | Andy Jones | Maddie Jones | Burghfield | | 20 | 20 | |
31st | 3647 | Silver | Red | Liquid Dreams | Hywel Bowen‑Perkins | Lucy Penwarden | Salcombe | 24 | | 18 | |
32nd | 3768 | Gold | Blue | Hulla Baloo | Rob Cage | Hatty Cage | Thames | | 27 | 17 | |
33rd | 3790 | Silver | Green | Pointer | Colin Brockbank | Vana Vlastaki | Wembley | 22 | | | 22 |
34th | 3539 | Gold | Blue | Gangsta Paradise | Dan Alsop | Jennie King | Lyme Regis | | 29 | 16 | |
35th | 3690 | Silver | Green | General Lee | Lucy Harridge | Andrea Downham | Hampton | 31 | | | 15 |
36th | 3756 | Gold | Green | Robert | Sophie Mackley | James Ward | Shoreham | 34 | | | 14 |
37th | 3749 | Silver | Blue | Stanley | Colin Anderson | Sean Anderson | Blithfield | | 39 | 12 | |
38th | 3659 | Gold | Green | Zeno | Julian Parry | Leise Scott | Hollingworth Lake | 35 | | | 16 |
39th | 3806 | Silver | Black | Blue Tit | Ben Jones | Helen Hilditch | Shoreham | | 23 | | 28 |
40th | 3684 | Silver | Black | Keyser Soze | Tom Low | Ed Low | West Hoe | | 25 | | 27 |
41st | 3715 | Silver | Black | Truly Scrumptious | Richard Cooke | Russell Hall | Wembley | | 21 | | 32 |
42nd | 3745 | Silver | Red | Outnumbered | Paul Dean | Hannah Burt | Wembley | 32 | | 21 | |
43rd | 3711 | Gold | Green | Sylvia | Chris Kilsby | Tom Morris | Upper Thames | 21 | | | 33 |
44th | 3789 | Silver | Black | Off‑piste | Nick Scroggie | Edward Scroggie | Parkstone | | 31 | | 23 |
45th | 3648 | Silver | Red | Bang Tidy | Antonia Wright | Jamie Wright | Shoreham | 30 | | 24 | |
46th | 3665 | Silver | Green | Still not over | Ross Jackson | Dave Reid | Shoreham | 25 | | | 30 |
47th | 3748 | Silver | Black | White Tiger | Nigel Brooke | Suzie Brooke | Lymington Town | | 26 | | 29 |
48th | 3598 | Silver | Blue | Bar Humbug | Robert Smith | Suzy Brough | Salcombe | | 37 | 19 | |
49th | 3740 | Gold | Green | Why ask | Patrick Blake | Jill Blake | Cookham Reach | 26 | | | 31 |
50th | 3518 | Bronze | Blue | Smoked Salmon | Timothy Harms | Amelia Little | Hampton | | 30 | 27 | |
51st | 3714 | Silver | Black | Kevin | Alan Markham | Sue Markham | Lymington Town | | 24 | | 37 |
52nd | 2663 | Silver | Red | Tyrrannosaurus Rex | Christopher Haworth | Jo Haworth | Blackpool & Fleetwood | 27 | | 34 | |
53rd | 3602 | Silver | Blue | Ambience | Martin Evans | Chris Evans | Hampton | | 33 | 28 | |
54th | 3814 | Gold | Green | After you | James Goss | Chris White | South Staffs | | DNC | | 1 |
55th | 3671 | Silver | Green | Snakey B | Piers Lambert | Andy Bines | Brightlingsea SC | 37 | | | 25 |
56th | 3761 | Bronze | Red | Beast Quest | David Bursey | Frances Bursey | Parkstone | 40 | | 23 | |
57th | 3801 | Gold | Blue | Pokey | Matt Biggs | Becca Jones | Bartley | | 3 | | DNC |
58th | 3784 | Gold | Red | Strung up | Ian Dobson | Ally Potts | Hayling Island | 3 | | BFD | |
59th | 3697 | Bronze | Red | Too Dark and Stormy | Richard Page | Nicola Scaddan | Hampton | 42 | | 22 | |
60th | 3611 | Gold | Green | The Phantom Menace | Jenny Dodds | Chris Dodds | RYA | 4 | | | DNC |
61st | 3704 | Bronze | Black | Factory Maid | Jemma Horwood | Nicola Bass | Thames | | 32 | | 34 |
62nd | 3678 | Gold | Red | Nora | Steve Crook | Sally Townend | Hollingworth Lake | 6 | | BFD | |
63rd | 3622 | Silver | Green | The Edge | Christian Hamilton | Jacintha Hamilton‑Love | Itchenor | 41 | | | 26 |
64th | 3706 | Bronze | Blue | Monkey Puzzle | Kevin Anderson | Sadie Anderson | Salcombe | | 35 | 32 | |
65th | 3702 | Silver | Blue | Salmon en croute | Duncan Salmon | Ruth Hanstater | Salcombe | | 7 | BFD | |
66th | 3675 | Bronze | Blue | White Sauce er er | Rob Hatley | Joe Hatley | Tamesis Club | | 38 | 31 | |
67th | 3607 | Silver | Green | The Fifth Element | Steve Conroy | Anna Rayson | Salcombe | 33 | | | 36 |
68th | 3703 | Gold | Blue | Faithless | Richard Whitworth | Jemima Scroggie | Parkstone | | 10 | BFD | |
69th | 3753 | Gold | Blue | Appetite for Destruction | David Conlon | Sarah Conlon | Brightlingsea | | 11 | BFD | |
70th | 3555 | Silver | Black | Sam Blocksidge | Sam Blocksidge | Will Wilkinson | Tamar River | | 34 | | 38 |
71st | 3683 | Gold | Black | Bluebird | Arthur Henderson | Olivia Bell | Salcombe | | BFD | | 12 |
72nd | 3764 | Gold | Red | Fancy Liqour | Tim Fells | Frances Gifford | Salcombe | 12 | | BFD | |
73rd | 3666 | Gold | Red | …ted… | John Meadowcroft | Ollie Meadowcroft | Upper Thames | 15 | | DNF | |
74th | 3705 | Silver | Red | Two pints of lager | Geoff Wright | Tom Gurney | Blithfield | 29 | | SCP | |
75th | 3547 | Bronze | Red | Moondance Assasin | Peter Male | Tim Male | Blithfield | 52 | | 25 | |
76th | 3813 | Bronze | Red | Pace Maker | Steve Harling | Eleanor Thomas | Starcross | 51 | | 26 | |
77th | 3502 | Bronze | Blue | Shindig | Scott Smith | Christopher Smith | Upper Thames | | 44 | 33 | |
78th | 3736 | Bronze | Black | Metachrosis | Jon Bloice | Philippa Bloice | Whitstable | | 36 | | 41 |
79th | 3710 | Gold | Red | Paradigm Shift | Jon Ibbotson | Robert Stewart | Burghfield | 17 | | BFD | |
80th | 3771 | Bronze | Black | Skip | Alex Pausey | Matthew Percival | Upper Thames | | 43 | | 35 |
81st | 3766 | Gold | Black | The Bear | Andy Dalby | Mark Oakey | Burghfield | | BFD | | 18 |
82nd | 3794 | Bronze | Blue | Icthys | Julian Harms | Richard Adams | Midland | | 19 | BFD | |
83rd | 3657 | Silver | Green | Revolution | Anthony Lofts | Sophie Penwarden | Salcombe | 38 | | | 42 |
84th | 3725 | Silver | Black | Island Girl | Andrew Squire | Laura Squire | Salcombe | | DNF | | 21 |
85th | 3686 | Bronze | Green | If | Kevin Rose | Emily Charles | Upper Thames | 43 | | | 39 |
86th | 3615 | Silver | Blue | Edgar | Stuart Bates | Louisa Archer | Hollingworth Lake | | 22 | BFD | |
87th | 3707 | Bronze | Red | Monkey Business | Stuart Jenkins | Imogen Jenkins | Hampton | 48 | | 35 | |
88th | 3606 | Bronze | Blue | Take it Easy | Joseph Woods | Jonathan Woods | Tamesis Club | | 45 | 38 | |
89th | 3530 | Bronze | Black | Sir Topaz | Mike Colles | George Bender | Midland | | 40 | | 43 |
90th | 3796 | Gold | Red | Roberta | William Warren | Megan Pascoe | Shoreham | 23 | | BFD | |
91st | 3621 | Bronze | Black | Raunchy | Tristram Squire | Peter Slack | Salcombe | | 41 | | 44 |
92nd | 3670 | Bronze | Blue | Filthy Gorgeous | Mark McKeever | Gracie McKeever | Midland | | 28 | DNF | |
93rd | 3733 | Gold | Blue | The Darkside | Steve Mitchell | Julie Nutall | Porthpean | | | 30 | |
94th | 3561 | Bronze | Red | Snorting | Joe Shaw | Patricia Hickey | Wembley | 54 | | 37 | |
95th | 3800 | Bronze | Black | Brambles | Richard Bramley | Tony Cheal | Shoreham | | 47 | | 47 |
96th | 3599 | Bronze | Green | Harry | Nigel Cooper | John Hollands | Salcombe | 50 | | | 45 |
97th | 2604 | Bronze | Green | Satisfaction | Jeremy Stein | Sarah Percival | Upper Thames | 49 | | | 46 |
98th | 3586 | Bronze | Black | Shadowplay | Kieron Mason | Belinda Mason | Blithfield | | 46 | | 49 |
99th | 3654 | Bronze | Blue | Tales of Acapulco | Geoffrey Cox | Monika Papiez | Salcombe | | DNF | 36 | |
100th | 3724 | Silver | Red | Sublime | Joe McLaughlin | Sean Roberts | Tamesis Club | 36 | | BFD | |
101st | 3750 | Gold | Red | Indiscretion | Neal Lillywhite | Freya Lillywhite | Salcombe | 39 | | BFD | |
102nd | 3816 | Silver | Black | Wild Horses | Phil Emery | Karen Emery | Whitstable | | | | 40 |
103rd | 3805 | Silver | Blue | Nermal | Mark Reddington | Michelle Evans | Bartley | | 42 | BFD | |
104th | 3333 | Bronze | Green | Precious | John Adams | Rosalind Warwick‑Haller | Tamesis Club | 53 | | | 50 |
105th | 3511 | Bronze | Red | Heaven Sent | Andrew Mills | Ellie Mills | Hampton | 44 | | DNF | |
106th | 3569 | Silver | Red | Time Zulu | Ben Lulham | Sam Lulham | Blakeney | 45 | | BFD | |
107th | 3563 | Gold | Green | Leader | David Hall | Isobel Stewart | Blackwater | 46 | | | DNF |
108th | 3463 | Silver | Red | Smoke on the water | Jon Cowper | Abby Freely | Hunts | 47 | | BFD | |
109th | 3368 | Bronze | Black | Debutant | Ian Laing | Andrew Hunt | Hollingworth Lake | | | | 48 |
110th | 3762 | Bronze | Green | Rimonim | Malcolm Hyams | Dan Barrett | Midland | 55 | | | |
111th | 3815 | Silver | Blue | The Kraken | Tony Johnson | Louise Johnson | Lymington Town | | DNF | | |
111th | 3751 | Bronze | Black | Narnia | Huw Reynolds | Philip Scott | Whitstable | | DNF | | |
111th | 3809 | Gold | Black | Ecstacy | Jon Turner | Richard Parslow | Lyme Regis | | | | |
111th | 3589 | Bronze | Green | Fat Bottom Girl | John Hollands | Alexandra Parker | Hampton | | | | |
111th | 3769 | Silver | Black | Disciple | Graham Cranford Smith | Fiona Cranford Smith | Salcombe | | | | |
111th | 3652 | Silver | Red | Time and tide | John Bell | Suzi Bell | Hampton | | | | |
111th | 3672 | Silver | Black | Bola Bola | John Cooper | Hilary Bradshaw | Whitstable | | | | |