RS600 Winter Championships - Tactical sailing for the fleet
by Richard Broughton on 18 Mar 2014
SW
Sailors at the RS600 Winter Championships were greeted by fantastic mid range wind speeds, with strangely warm conditions that we may look back on with envy in July! An usual windward leeward course provided interesting tactical sailing as it permitted the fleet to close up down the run.
On the first day there was close upwind sailing between Brian Briggs and Richard Broughton, with a fair amount of place changing going on. Brian won the first two races, but unfortunately broke his tiller extension on the final beat of race 3 allowing Richard Broughton to take the gun.
On the second day the wind had lightened which meant that the whole fleet was sailing at similar speeds with less swimming downwind. Calum Terry showed excellent starting and downwind speed by picking the best side of the course on several of the runs. Matthew Butler was poised to take advantage of any capsizing during the numerous gybing into better pressure. But in the end faster upwind sailing allowed Richard Broughton to hold onto the lead for all three races.
RS Winter Championships 2014
Results as of 15:02 on March 9, 2014
RS600 Fleet
Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 5, Scoring system: GWSC Open Meeting (1 course/PY/3 starts)
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Rank
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Fleet
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Ranking
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SailNo
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Division
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HelmName
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CrewName
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Club
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R1
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R2
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R3
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R4
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R5
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R6
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Total
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Nett
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Notes
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1st
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RS600
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867
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x
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Richard Broughton
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GWSC
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(2.0)
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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8.0
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6.0
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s100
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2nd
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RS600
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962
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x
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Calum Terry
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Rutland SC
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3.0
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4.0
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(6.0 DNC)
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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19.0
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13.0
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s100
|
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3rd
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RS600
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649
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x
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Matthew Butler
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Stewartby Water SC
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(6.0 DNS)
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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20.0
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14.0
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s100
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4th
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RS600
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866
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x
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Brian Briggs
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|
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1.0
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1.0
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(6.0 DNC)
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6.0 DNC
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6.0 DNC
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6.0 DNC
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26.0
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20.0
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s100
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5th
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RS600
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904
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x
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Will Davies
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GWSC
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(6.0 DNF)
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6.0 DNF
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6.0 DNC
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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30.0
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24.0
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s100
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The 600's look forward to sea sailing and seeing a larger fleet at the Paignton POSH on the 10th May where many local boats will be
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