RS200 National Championships - Day 1 + Video

by John McKelvie & Co on 4 Aug 2015 The RS 200 fleet has congregated at the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club for the 2015 Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championships. It's a big year for the class, with updated sails and boats introduced, and with the support of some exciting new sponsors, as well as Volvo, Noble Marine, and Harken, who have long helped the class put on some of the best events in sailing.

Day one was Lennon Racewear Day, and both the SCYC organisers and the conditions delivered in spades. The 150 competitors were greeted by a damp old start to the day, but any concerns of a week of trench foot were allayed as the bay unveiled itself in all its glory.

Race one started in bright sunshine and a 12 knot Southerly, with John and Liz Teague opening the gate, but youth led the way. James Peters and Joanna Wright stormed out of the gate to take a handsome lead; your correspondent will not be starting to leeward of that partnership again! Local favourites Matt Mee and Emma Norris started off their series with a solid second, and Hamish Walker and Emma Hivey in third showed that our armed services don't need to sail more than about once a year to stay super quick.

The weather decided to throw its keys in the bowl for race two, but the race officer dealt with a few big swings admirably - little time was lost before unleashing upwind gurus Edd Whitehead and Kate Allam as pathfinder and to a lights to flag victory. Hot on their tails were hiking badgers (and overnight Masters leaders) Andy and Jill Peters. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised; tonight's social is a Noah's Ark fancy dress theme, and rumour has it that a badger is going in mufti as a hairy, short sighted Andy. James and Joanna polished off a great day one with a third, to lead overnight from Edd and Kate, then Matt and Emma. Other notable performances? Jack Holden and Meg Fletcher well in front in Silver Fleet in a fine 12th, with Gillies Munro and Daniel Harris leading bronze in 20th. And on the evidence so far, you're as likely to be at the front with the old styled sails as with the new.

Looking around the bar after sailing, there is a fantastic number of new faces in the fleet to add to a few of the old salts, and the mixture of new and old is producing some fantastic racing. The week is setting itself up nicely for some added spice, with youth and masters rivalries to add to the mix.

So, to Abersoch's Vaynol for fancy dress, where the animals arrive two by two, and depart... There is at least one Easy Tiger in the fleet, after all...

Tomorrow's prognosis? Sunshine, 16 knots, racing hard with your mates. It's what it is all about.

RS200 Nationals - Day 1

Results:

Series Place	Sail No	Buddy	Helm	M J Y	Crew	G S B	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	1570	Orange	James Peters	Y	Joanna Wright	G	Hayling Island SC	4	1	3
2	1562	Kiwi	Edd Whitehead		Kate Allam	G	Parkstone YC	11	10	1
3	1566	Strawberry	Matt Mee		Emma Norris	G	Burghfield SC	11	2	9
4	1467	Apple	Ally Martin		Simon Potts	G	Burghfield SC	11	5	6
5	1488	Raspberry	Mark Heather		Lucy Preston	G	Hayling Island SC	12	4	8
6	995	Nut	Hamish Walker		Emma Hivey	G	RNSA/ASA	13	3	10
7	1603	Elderberry	Chris Catt		Roz McGrane	G	Netley SC	13	9	4
8	1508	Melon	George Yeoman		Sophie Ormsby	G	Itchenor SC	14	7	7
9	1549	Rhubarb	Tim Saxton		Holly Scott	G	Itchenor SC/Burghfield SC	18	6	12
10	1559	Banana	Andrew Peters	M	Jill Peters	G	QMSC	22	20	2
11	1365	Peach	John Teague		Liz Teague	G	Briston Corinthian YC	25	14	11
12	1481	Leek	Jack Holden	Y	Meg Fletcher	S	Arun YC	26	21	5
13	1600	Lemon	Frances Peters		Claire Lasko	G	Hayling Island SC	26	13	13
14	1347	Fig	David Jessop		Clare Michelmore	G	Papercourt SC	28	11	17
15	1458	Apricot	Nick Charles		Alice Eyre	G	Parkstone YC	30	15	15
16	1579	Quince	Josh Metcalfe		Millie Alcock	G	Y Felinheli	32	16	16
17	123	Apple	Owen Bowerman	Y	Morgan Peach	S	RTYC/HISC	34	12	22
18	855	Dragonfruit	Tom Brophy	Y	Amy Yeoman	G	Parkstone YC	36	8	28
19	1237	Grape	Dicken MacLean		Jo Hewitson	G	Hayling Island SC	36	22	14
20	1283	Mushroom	Gillies Munro	Y	Daniel Harris	B	Royal Findhorn YC	37	18	19
21	1350	Cherry	Ben Palmer		Amy Seebright	G	Hayling Island SC	42	24	18
22	1538	Date	Sam Waller	M	Tom Penty	S	Beaver SC	43	19	24
23	1422	Date	Caroline Martin	M	MJ Gifford	G	Lee on Solent SC	49	23	26
24	629	Leek	Will Henderson	M	Mary Henderson	G	Itchenor SC	50	17	33
25	626	Rhubarb	Will Taylor	Y	Fiona Mulcahy	B	Brightlingsea SC	51	30	21
26	1495	Blueberry	Tim Ellis		Ed Cowell	G	Hayling Island SC	53	26	27
27	1378	Tomato	Mike Saul	M	Faye Caswell	G	Yorkshire Dales SC	54	31	23
28	1072	Elderbery	Neil Barrett	J	Sophie Jones	S	Wanlip SC	60	35	25
29	1228	Melon	Joe Adams		Emma Lucas	S	Burghfield SC	63	28	35
30	1490	Blueberry	Andy Hadfield		Karen Baker	S	Parkstone YC	63	29	34
31	1551	Orange	Jame Penty		Emma Grayson	S	Beaver SC	65	45	20
32	1332	Mushroom	Edward Grayson		Rachel Grayson	S	Beaver SC	69	39	30
33	658	Cabbage	Niki Birrell		Sarah Williams	G	Parkstone YC	71	25	46
34	1515	Strawberry	James Hutton-Penman	Y	Tom Jayasekara	S	Corinthian Otters SC	72	43	29
35	426	Mushroom	Ian Coppenhall		Jessica Blick	G	Exe SC/Hunts SC	73	34	39
36	1159	Apricot	Alistair Norris		Fred Mainwaring	S	Red Wharf Bay	73	37	36
37	1102	Quince	Greg Kelly	J	George Catchpole	S	Isle of Man YC	74	36	38
38	623	Cabbage	Ben Wilcox		Rachel Offer	S	ELYC	77	46	31
39	1545	Nut	Dan Vickers		Georgie Vickers	B	Parkstone YC	77	40	37
40	16	Kiwi	Paul Lewis		Rosie Lewis	S	Hayling Island SC	78	27	51
41	1546	Lemon	John McKelvie			S	Strangford Lough YC	80	48	32
42	772	Garlic	Tom Hewitson	M	Lucy Hewitson	G	Hayling Island SC	80	38	42
43	756	Quince	Christopher Sanders		Pippa Hardman	B	Mumbles YC	86	33	53
44	1263	Grape	Julian Bradley	M	The Killer Shrimp	S	Wembley SC	92	42	50
45	1606	Elderbery	Martin Joesbury		Sian Joesbury	B	Budworth SC	93	32	61
46	927	Dragonfruit	Toby Heppell		Calista Paxton	B	Shoreham SC	96	44	52
47	1296	Kiwi	Matt Bromley		Andrea Bromley	S	RYA	97	56	41
48	1256	Grape	Louise McKeand	M	Cathy	B	Leigh and Lowton SC	97	49	48
49	1173	Dragonfruit	Chris Larr		Abigail Larr	S	Northhampton SC	98	58	40
50	590	Tomato	Christopher Thomas	Y	Richard Thomas	S	Broadstairs SC	98	55	43
51	1602	Raspberry	Emma Deal		Ellie Sharps	S	Burghfield SC	98	53	45
52	1257	Apple	Phil Hardisty		Ciara Kaneen	B	Isle of Man YC	100	41	59
53	584	Cherry	Tim Freeman		Hannah Sands	B	Warsash SC	101	47	54
54	805	Nut	Jamie Smith		Larissa Connabeer	S	HISC/ RTYC	101	52	49
55	864	Leek	Luke Burywood		Hannah Burywood	B	Burghfield SC	106	62	44
56	920	Cherry	Sophie Heritage		William Heritage	S	Gurnard SC	106	59	47
57	910	Tomato	Liberty Askew		Amelia Hewitson	B	Hayling Island SC	108	51	57
58	1604	Garlic	Matt Venables	Y	Calum Healey	S	Royal Southern YC	112	50	62
59	985	Peach	Alexander Dawson		Rachel Spain	B	Itchenor SC	117	54	63
60	1605	Fig	Kevin Druce	M	Charlotte Roberts	S	Burghfield SC	117	61	56
61	1405	Strawberry	Jude Baird		Fred Fuller	B	Loch Ryan SC	117	57	60
62	1417		Mike Budd	M	Katie Budd		SCYC	123	65	58
63	1116	Banana	Stirling Taylor	Y	Phillipa Blunden	B	Burnham SC	124	60	64
64	740	Lemon	Kathryn Hutton- Penman		Matthew Jayasekara	B	Corinthian Otters SC	129	74	55
65	909	Peach	Jack Vincent	Y	Marc Vincent	S	Bough Beech SC	132	67	65
66	519	Cabbage	Sue Brannam	M	Mike Proven	B	Burghfield SC	132	66	66
67	1459	Rhubarb	Mike Warwicker	M	Kate Fitzsimmons	S	Bough Beech SC	133	63	70
68	1117	Melon	Jonathan Olin		Natalie Messingham	B	Datchet Water SC	135	64	71
69	1330	Banana	Pete Haddrell	M	Flea Haddrell	S	Burghfield SC	138	70	68
70	1110	Date	Tom Dean	Y	Mike Penty	B	Beaver SC	140	73	67
71	779	Apricot	Peter Goodyear		Nicolla Ellis	B	Burton SC	140	68	72
72	1565	Blueberry	Roger Wilson	M	Lizzie Turner	B	Welsh Harp SC	141	72	69
73	1133	Raspberry	Jamie Webb	Y	Harriet Lucas-Clements	B	Hayling Island SC	144	71	73
74	786	Fig	Rheanna Pavey	Y	Megan O'Brien	B	Stour SC	145	69	76
75	297	Garlic	Tom Harrison	Y	Jeny Pearson-Farr	B	Wessex SC	151	75	76