Oceanair International 14 Prince of Wales Cup - And the winner is...
by Mark Jardine on 19 Jun 2016
Katie Nurton and Nigel Ash win the International 14 Prince of Wales Cup Mary Pudney
Katie Nurton and Nigel Ash have won the International 14 Prince of Wales Cup, the one race National Championship for the class. We believe that she is the first female winner of the famous trophy.
We spoke to Katie after the race, 'The race was the standard six-lap windward-leeward but then we had a final leg back into Chichester Harbour to finish off Hayling Island Sailing Club. The wind was coming from the North with a strong ebb tide so we stayed on the Winner Bank for as long as possible while the two leaders who were Stuart Bithell / Sam Pascoe and Archie Massey / Harvey Hillary tacking out into the main channel as it was getting really shallow.'
'Nigel managed to keep the boat heeled at 45 degrees so that we could sail through the shallows and avoid the strong ebb tide. The wind was dropping in the harbour entrance so we went round them and won the race! We hit the bottom a few times and I've got quite bit of work now to do on the hull and foils, but it was worth a bit of filler and sanding.'
On the feeling of becoming the International 14 National Champion Katie said, 'I'm not sure it's sunk in yet as it feels a bit fluky with the wind dying for the leaders, but I guess we went for it on the Winner Bank and won!'
Overall Results:
|
Pos
|
Sail No
|
Helm
|
Crew
|
Club
|
|
1st
|
1557
|
Katie Nurton
|
Nigel Ash
|
RYS
|
|
2nd
|
1541
|
Roger Gilbert
|
Ben McGrane
|
Hayling Island SC
|
|
3rd
|
155
|
Stuart Bithell
|
Sam Pascoe
|
Castle Cove SC
|
|
4th
|
1560
|
Dave Dobrijevic
|
Chris Thomas
|
HISC
|
|
5th
|
1519
|
Archie Massey
|
Harvey Hillary
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
6th
|
1552
|
Andy Shaw
|
Adam Lees
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
7th
|
1555
|
Neale Jones
|
Ed FitzGerald
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
8th
|
1559
|
Andrew Partington
|
Tom Partington
|
Hayling Island SC
|
|
9th
|
1499
|
Christina Bassadone
|
Damian Ash
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
10th
|
1523
|
Kimball Morrison
|
Jeremy Fowke
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
11th
|
1529
|
Robin Pascal
|
Martin Pascal
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
12th
|
1543
|
Andrew Peake
|
Graeme Oliver
|
Wilsonian SC
|
|
13th
|
1532
|
Adrian Williams
|
Andy Brown
|
Hayling Island SC
|
|
14th
|
1544
|
Ed Browne
|
Mark Tait
|
Hayling Island SC
|
|
15th
|
1531
|
Andrew Penman
|
Chris Watson
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
16th
|
1546
|
Charles Duchesne
|
Tom Bracewell
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
17th
|
1530
|
Andy FitzGerald
|
Richard Dobson
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
18th
|
1520
|
Paul Jenkins
|
Peter Jenkins
|
Eastbourne Sovereign SC
|
|
19th
|
1548
|
Julian Pearson
|
Matt Reid
|
Orford SC
|
|
20th
|
1517
|
George Yeoman
|
Jack Yeoman
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
21st
|
1527
|
Philip McDanell
|
Luke Boughton
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
22nd
|
1554
|
Peter Crockford
|
Jack Elsby-Hartman
|
Restronguet SC
|
|
23rd
|
150
|
M Thomson
|
|
|
|
24th
|
1549
|
Martin Jones
|
Ian Swann
|
HISC
|
|
25th
|
1512
|
Steve Fisher
|
Andy Ramus
|
Hayling Island SC
|
|
26th
|
1488
|
Dominic van Essen
|
Simona Saccani
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
27th
|
1489
|
Alasdair Cattanach
|
Paul Anderson
|
Prestwick SC
|
|
28th
|
1550
|
Tom Watkins
|
Isabella Watkins
|
Itchenor SC
|
|
29th
|
1524
|
Conway Parke
|
Robert Masterman
|
HISC
|
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