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2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship - Overall report

by Chris Catt on 16 Mar 2015
2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship GWSC Race Team
This weekend saw the season opening Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championships hosted by Grafham Water Sailing Club. 15 brave teams turned up to a chilly but entertaining 10-15knot race course. The format for the weekend was 12 short two lap windward leewards over the two days and was delivered with efficiency and precision by Race Officer and Commodore Peter Saxton and his team.

2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team
2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team



Saturday was bookended by wins for Ally Martin and Simon Potts representing Burghfield Sailing Club. In the middle Matt Mee and Emma Norris showed their pace to record 3 bullets and take the over-night lead from the ever consistent Nick Charles and Alice Eyre.

After an excellent evening of fine dining, rugby and dog chasing the fleet reappeared on Sunday morning to a carbon copy of Saturday all looking forward to another day of quick fire racing. It did not disappoint with exceptionally close competition throughout the fleet and numerous place changes that meant finishing positions were never assured until the final moments. The day again started and finished for wins by the same team - but this time it was local favourites Tim Saxton and Kate Robinson taking the bullets.

2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team
2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team



In between the boats directed and marshalled by Emma Norris and Alice Eyre took control with a brace of wins apiece. This meant the Winter Champions for 2015 were Matt and Emma followed by Nick and Alice in second and Ally and birthday boy Simon in third. Joe Adams and Emma Lucas sailed a consistent series to take the Silver fleet spoils, with Alexander Lee and Phoebe Noble winning Bronze.

2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team
2015 Magic Marine RS200 Winter Championship © GWSC Race Team



With no more than five minutes between races and a full 12 race series completed a massive thanks must go to Grafham Water Sailing Club for what everyone agreed was the most efficient and enjoyable weekend’s racing: great format, great race team and an excellent way to start the RS200 circuit for 2015. See you all for more of the same at the Sprint Champs at Rutland Sailing Club on the 11- 12 April.

Results:

Rank

Class

Category

Fleet

Sail No

Helm

Crew

Club

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

Total

Nett

Notes

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

1st

RS200

G

RS200

1566

Matt Mee

Emma Norris

Red Wharf Bay SC

2

1

1

-4

1

4

3

1

1

-5

2

4

29

20

 

2nd

RS200

G

RS200

1458

Nick Charles

Alice Eyre

Parkstone YC

3

2

2

-5

2

2

-5

3

4

1

1

5

35

25

 

3rd

RS200

G

RS200

1467

Ally Martin

Simon Potts

Burghfield

1

3

-9

2

-8

1

4

2

6

4

3

2

45

28

 

4th

RS200

G

RS200

1031

Chris Catt

Mrs McG

Netley SC

-10

4

4

-8

3

3

6

4

3

6

4

3

58

40

 

5th

RS200

G

RS200

1549

Tim Saxton

Kate Robinson

Grafham Water Sailing Club

6

6

5

6

-7

5

1

-7

7

2

5

1

58

44

 

6th

RS200

G

RS200

1481

Jack Holden

Meg Fletcher

Arun

4

-11

3

1

5

6

2

8

2

-11

6

7

66

44

 

7th

RS200

G

RS200

1200

Keri Harris

Theo Harris

RNSA/Salcombe YC

5

-12

7

7

4

8

7

5

5

-10

7

9

86

64

 

8th

RS200

S

RS200

1228

Joe Adams

Emma Lucas

Burghfield SC

9

-10

8

-11

9

10

8

6

8

3

8

10

100

79

 

9th

RS200

S

RS200

1126

David Conlon

Sarah Bines

Brightlingsea SC

8

5

6

3

12

-13

(16.0 DNF)

11

10

8

9

8

109

80

 

10th

RS200

S

RS200

1173

Chris Larr

Abigail Larr

Northampton SC

7

9

-11

10

10

11

10

9

-12

7

11

6

113

90

 

11th

RS200

B

RS200

1490

Andy Hadfield

Rachel Hadfield

Parkstone YC

11

7

10

-13

11

9

9

13

(16.0 DNF)

9

10

11

129

100

 

12th

RS200

S

RS200

1600

Paul Lewis

Emma Hivey

HISC

12

8

12

9

6

7

(16.0 DNC)

(16.0 DNC)

16.0 DNC

16.0 DNC

16.0 DNC

16.0 DNC

150

118

 

13th

RS200

B

RS200

711

Richard Brown

Judith Brown

Draycote Water SC

13

13

-14

14

13

(16.0 DNC)

11

12

9

12

12

13

152

122

 

14th

RS200

B

RS200

1240

Alexander Lee

Phoebe Noble

Chichester YC

-14

14

13

12

14

12

(16.0 DNC)

10

11

13

13

12

154

124

 

15th

RS200

B

RS200

1103

Abigail Hall

Matthew Hall

Grafham Water Sailing Club

15

15

15

15

(16.0 DNC)

(16.0 DNC)

16.0 DNC

14

16.0 DNF

14

14

14

180

148

 
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