RS200 Nationals – Day 4 overall + Video

by John McKelvie on 6 Aug 2015 2015 Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championships – The barge she sat in, like a burnish’d throne, burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold. All that glisters may very well not be golden, but after day four, the yellow championship bibs are sitting ever more easily on the shoulders of James Peters and Jo Wright.

After an unplanned blown off lay day / curry night / introducing SCYC resident DJ Lionel to the outer realms of musical taste, the fleet passed a windy night and awoke to a breezy day. Those who over indulged at the club - great party - saw the creeping dawn appear around their curtains with a bit of dread, but, yes, MJ Gifford's floorboards remained firmly in place, the beach was launchable, and we were in for a big day in 20 knots.

At the helm A seeming mermaid steers: the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands(Yep, forget Dyneema, silk is where it's at). This was an absolute euphoria of a day's sailing, marshalled brilliantly by the race officer, who got us out, set and banged in three cracking races.
Faff - minimal. Fun - maximal.

On a day when generally it was a Good Thing to be pathfinder, Gillies Munro and Daniel Harris opened the gate in race one and converted clean air into great speed and a superb second place, behind James and Jo who continued to show their edge in the breeze. Stand out performers on the day though were George Yeoman and Sophie Ormsby - who belied being in the bar relatively late last night to post an awesome 3, 3, 1 scoreline with an especially dominant last race.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety
Abersoch is offering us some great nip and tuck racing, hilarity at socials, and is a perfect reminder of why so many of us love this sport. If this sounds up your street and our superb media coverage (thanks guys) helps to show off what makes the 200 fleet such a good place to be - get involved! This really is the friendliest place to get some proper racing.

Back to the future - tomorrow looks lighter and may well allow some different partnerships to shine. Snakes and ladders? Just avoid the asp...

Day four highlights

RS200 Nationals - Day 4 from FlyThroughVideo on Vimeo.

Full results

Series Place	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
1	1570	James Peters	Joanna Wright	Hayling Island SC	20	1	3	2	1	1	9	3
2	1467	Ally Martin	Simon Potts	Burghfield SC	28	5	6	3	2	6	4	2
3	1508	George Yeoman	Sophie Ormsby	Itchenor SC	39	7	7	5	13	3	3	1
4	1566	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Burghfield SC	52	2	9	1	6	11	10	13
5	1549	Tim Saxton	Holly Scott	Itchenor SC/Burghfield SC	53	6	12	4	9	7	6	9
6	1603	Chris Catt	Roz McGrane	Netley SC	65	9	4	10	8	18	12	4
7	1237	Dicken MacLean	Jo Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	74	22	14	7	4	9	2	16
8	1365	John Teague	Liz Teague	Briston Corinthian YC	74	14	11	6	15	15	5	8
9	1350	Ben Palmer	Amy Seebright	Hayling Island SC	77	24	18	12	5	5	8	5
10	1579	Josh Metcalfe	Millie Alcock	Y Felinheli	79	16	16	8	7	12	1	19
11	1562	Edd Whitehead	Kate Allam	Parkstone YC	83	10	1	15	10	10	11	26
12	1559	Andrew Peters	Jill Peters	QMSC	92	20	2	22	23	8	7	10
13	1458	Nick Charles	Alice Eyre	Parkstone YC	95	15	15	13	3	16	22	11
14	1283	Gillies Munro	Daniel Harris	Royal Findhorn YC	98	18	19	19	11	2	14	15
15	995	Hamish Walker	Emma Hivey	RNSA/ASA	98	3	10	11	16	13	25	20
16	1488	Mark Heather	Lucy Preston	Hayling Island SC	102	4	8	14	41	4	19	12
17	1347	David Jessop	Clare Michelmore	Papercourt SC	103	11	17	17	20	17	15	6
18	123	Owen Bowerman	Morgan Peach	RTYC/HISC	130	12	22	20	14	22	16	24
19	1422	Caroline Martin	MJ Gifford	Lee on Solent SC	135	23	26	18	18	14	18	18
20	1490	Andy Hadfield	Karen Baker	Parkstone YC	145	29	34	26	17	19	13	7
21	855	Tom Brophy	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone YC	146	8	28	16	33	21	17	23
22	1481	Jack Holden	Meg Fletcher	Arun YC	151	21	5	25	24	23	26	27
23	1538	Martin Penty	Sam Waller	Beaver SC	160	19	24	37	19	20	27	14
24	1072	Neil Barrett	Sophie Jones	Wanlip SC	162	35	25	9	22	28	21	22
25	1495	Tim Ellis	Ed Cowell	Hayling Island SC	165	26	27	23	12	24	23	30
26	1228	Joe Adams	Emma Lucas	Burghfield SC	202	28	35	33	26	25	34	21
27	1159	Alistair Norris	Fred Mainwaring	Red Wharf Bay	207	37	36	21	21	38	20	34
28	629	Will Henderson	Mary Henderson	Itchenor SC	210	17	33	43	42	34	24	17
29	426	Ian Coppenhall	Jessica Blick	Exe SC/Hunts SC	221	34	39	32	29	27	32	28
30	1600	Frances Peters	Claire Lasko	Hayling Island SC	224	13	13	46	35	40	42	35
31	1551	Jame Penty	Emma Grayson	Beaver SC	238	45	20	48	36	35	29	25
32	1545	Dan Vickers	Georgie Vickers	Parkstone YC	240	40	37	30	39	29	33	32
33	1102	Greg Kelly	George Catchpole	Isle of Man YC	261	36	38	45	34	26	28	54
34	623	Ben Wilcox	Rachel Offer	ELYC	263	46	31	41	38	31	43	33
35	1296	Matt Bromley	Andrea Bromley	RYA	268	56	41	34	28	33	37	39
36	626	Will Taylor	Fiona Mulcahy	Brightlingsea SC	271	30	21	27	40	76	46	31
37	1602	Emma Deal	Ellie Sharps	Burghfield SC	271	53	45	24	31	41	30	47
38	1604	Matt Venables	Calum Healey	Royal Southern YC	286	50	63	39	25	30	39	40
39	1515	James Hutton-Penman	Tom Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	287	43	29	31	55	42	38	49
40	658	Niki Birrell	Sarah Williams	Parkstone YC	296	25	46	28	32	62	61	42
41	864	Luke Burywood	Hannah Burywood	Burghfield SC	299	62	44	40	43	37	36	37
42	1546	John McKelvie		Strangford Lough YC	302	48	32	42	46	50	41	43
43	1257	Phil Hardisty	Ciara Kaneen	Isle of Man YC	303	41	60	35	30	32	53	52
44	772	Tom Hewitson	Lucy Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	308	38	42	36	27	58	31	76
45	1332	Edward Grayson	Rachel Grayson	Beaver SC	310	39	30	29	76	45	62	29
46	927	Toby Heppell	Calista Paxton	Shoreham SC	332	44	52	47	54	49	48	38
47	985	Alexander Dawson	Rachel Spain	Itchenor SC	336	54	64	51	45	43	35	44
48	1173	Chris Larr	Abigail Larr	Northhampton SC	338	58	40	50	48	46	50	46
49	1606	Martin Joesbury	Sian Joesbury	Budworth SC	355	32	62	57	56	44	47	57
50	1378	Mike Saul	Faye Caswell	Yorkshire Dales SC	363	31	23	44	37	76	76	76
51	740	Kathryn Hutton- Penman	Matthew Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	365	74	55	56	44	47	44	45
52	756	Christopher Sanders	Pippa Hardman	Mumbles YC	368	33	53	52	76	52	49	53
53	920	Sophie Heritage	William Heritage	Gurnard SC	370	59	47	76	76	36	40	36
54	584	Tim Freeman	Hannah Sands	Warsash SC	374	47	54	53	47	60	57	56
55	1459	Mike Warwicker	Kate Fitzsimmons	Bough Beech SC	383	63	71	49	50	55	54	41
56	1117	Jonathan Olin	Natalie Messingham	Datchet Water SC	389	64	72	38	52	57	45	61
57	1256	Louise McKeand	Cathy	Leigh and Lowton SC	400	49	48	76	76	48	55	48
58	779	Peter Goodyear	Nicolla Ellis	Burton SC	414	68	73	54	51	54	51	63
59	909	Jack Vincent	Marc Vincent	Bough Beech SC	418	67	66	58	53	59	64	51
60	16	Paul Lewis	Rosie Lewis	Hayling Island SC	437	27	51	55	76	76	76	76
61	1263	Julian Bradley	The Killer Shrimp	Wembley SC	438	42	50	76	76	76	56	62
62	590	Christopher Thomas	Richard Thomas	Broadstairs SC	441	55	43	76	76	39	76	76
63	1116	Stirling Taylor	Phillipa Blunden	Burnham SC	444	60	65	76	76	51	66	50
64	1133	Jamie Webb	Harriet Lucas-Clements	Hayling Island SC	451	71	74	61	57	63	65	60
65	1110	Tom Dean	Mike Penty	Beaver SC	456	73	68	60	76	61	63	55
66	910	Liberty Askew	Amelia Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	462	51	58	76	49	76	76	76
67	1405	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	Loch Ryan SC	462	57	61	76	76	56	60	76
68	1605	Kevin Druce	Charlotte Roberts	Burghfield SC	463	61	56	76	76	76	59	59
69	297	Tom Harrison	Jeny Pearson-Farr	Wessex SC	466	75	76	76	76	53	52	58
70	1565	Roger Wilson	Lizzie Turner	Welsh Harp SC	475	72	70	59	76	64	58	76
71	805	Jamie Smith	Larissa Connabeer	HISC/ RTYC	481	52	49	76	76	76	76	76
72	786	Rheanna Pavey	Megan O'Brien	Stour SC	481	69	57	62	76	65	76	76
73	1417	Mike Budd	Katie Budd	SCYC	504	65	59	76	76	76	76	76
74	519	Sue Brannam	Mike Proven	Burghfield SC	513	66	67	76	76	76	76	76
75	1330	Pete Haddrell	Flea Haddrell	Burghfield SC	519	70	69	76	76	76	76	76