Volvo Noble Marine RS700 National Championships underway

by Neil Ashby on 22 Aug 2014 The Volvo Noble Marine RS700 National Championships started today with a breezy forecast. Everybody went out wrapped up (which was just as well) and had a great day on the water.

First start first race Neil Ashby and Jerry Wales got off the line first. We went left up the first beat and pulled a lead out on the rest of the fleet. Downwind was a lively event. Jerry rounded first with Neil second, closely followed by Richard Wadsworth and Ian Nolan. The next beat was a tussle between the four of us with the end result that Jerry pulled out the lead. On the third lap there was a huge wind shift and those of us on the left hand side of the course lost out: Neil and Robbie Bell. This meant that Simon Letten, Richard Wadsworth and Ian Nolan flew up the right hand side not to be caught.

Second race Dave Smithwhite had the best start and headed off left to the cliffs. We all tacked onto port to head towards to top mark which was a struggle to find. Jerry was first, Ian was second and Neil was third. Neil overtook Ian downwind going over the top of him with the kite up which is how it stayed for the next two laps with Alex Reid making an appearance in the top five as well. Kite block failure for Neil on the last drop let Alex get his first second at a National Champs and Ian took third with Neil in fourth.

All in all a tough day’s racing with long legs. Summer has definitely gone!

Results as of 18:58 on August 21, 2014
700 Fleet
Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 21, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank	Tally	Fleet	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	50	700	1030		Jerry Wales		1	1	2	2
2nd	45	700	1023	Snettisham Beach SC	Ian Nolan		2	3	5	5
3rd	42	700	839	Shoreham SC	Neil Ashby		6	4	10	10
4th	47	700	1040	Hayling Island SC	Simon Letten		4	6	10	10
5th	41	700	720	Bristol Corinthian YC/RNSA	Richard Wadsworth		3	8	11	11
6th	40	700	1019	Hayling Island SC	David Smithwhite		7	5	12	12
7th	49	700	910	Graham Water SC	Alex Reid		11	2	13	13
8th	53	700	1027	Snettisham Beach SC	Colin Dacey		10	7	17	17
9th	38	700	905	Netley SC	Spod Olive		8	10	18	18
10th	48	700	1022	Hayling Island SC	Ian Swann		12	9	21	21
11th	37	700	959		Jakub Kosvica		14	11	25	25
12th	51	700	875	Snettisham Beach SC	Robbie Bell		5	22.0 RET	27	27
13th	44	700	914	Graham Blake	Graham Blake		15	12	27	27
14th	39	700	762	Great Moor SC	Adrian Howe		16	14	30	30
15th	56	700	802	Lancing SC	Gary Austin		9	22.0 RET	31	31
16th	54	700	820	Lyne Regis SC	James Fuller		22.0 DNC	13	35	35
17th	46	700	737	Thorney Island SC	Richard Kennedy		13	22.0 RET	35	35
18th	36	700	907		Martin Cvan		17	22.0 DNC	39	39
19th	43	700	1031	Queen mary SC	Hamish Griffiths		22.0 RET	22.0 DNC	44	44
19th	52	700	944	Littleton SC	James Bayliss		22.0 RET	22.0 DNC	44	44
19th	55	700	1020	Royal Navy SC	Stephen Hermanson		22.0 RET	22.0 RET	44	44