2016 Stormforce Coaching SB20 UK National Championships - Final day

by Tom Clay on 4 Oct 2016 The final day of the SB20 Nationals dawned bright and sunny with a good Force four gusting five and with the Championship led by four points by James Peters in Uber from Rob Gullan in 3047.

Race seven started in a significant swell as the wind had backed to blow straight into the bay giving fantastic planing opportunities down wind. Joe Llewellyn in Forelle Estates headed right on the first beat to lead at the first mark from Rob Gullan and John Pollard. James Peters in Uber had played the centre to round fourth.

The crew on Charles Whelan’s Here Comes Bod had an interesting first mark. They were ahead of Radley School’s Trouble and Strife but Radley surfed down a wave towards them and Charles Whelan and Richard McAdam were caught under the sheet of the Radley spinnaker. When the spinnaker filled, the sheet lifted them off Here Comes Bod into the water leaving a startled Richard Hall alone in the boat.

Ahead Uber overtook John Pollard down the first run and caught Rob Gullan at the leeward mark when Rob’s crew lost the tack line on their spinnaker and had to do an early drop. Joe Llewellyn then led James Peters to the finish followed by Paul Hine’s Poor Buoy and John Pollard.

With Rob Gullan finishing fifth in race one, James Peters needed to finish race eight in fourth or better to win the National Championship with a race to spare. John Pollard went hard left from the start and came into the first mark in the lead from Rob Gullan, Joe Llewellyn and James Peters. With fantastic planing down the waves in bright October sunshine the sailing was superb. In the front four there was no place changing and John Pollard won the race while James Peters won the National Championships with a race to spare.

Race nine was won by Rob Gullan to confirm his second place in the Nationals with Paul Hine’s Poor Buoy second from Joe Llewellyn and Charles Whelan’s Here Comes Bod, recovering well after their first race swim. An even more impressive recovery was that of Poor Buoy. In the first race of the Championships they had a broken spreader which forced them to retire from three races and count two scores of 27. In the remaining six races of the Championships they were on average fourth and never below eighth which meant they finished seventh overall.

Congratulations again to Rob Llewellyn and his race team for getting three races completed by 1.00pm to allow early lifting and packing of boats and many thanks to Doug Innes and Stormforce Coaching for their sponsorship for the past three years.

Final Top Five Results

1 James Peters/Morgan and Adrian Peach/Emma Barnett - Uber - 19 Pts
2 Rob Gullen/Peter Heyn/Maria Stanley/Ben Ainsworth - 3047 - 21 Pts
3 John Pollard/Rob Smith/Steve Proctor - Xcellent - 25 Pts
4 Joe Llewellyn/Nigel Wakefield/Mark Williams/Jim Short - Forelle Estates - 29 Pts
5 Chris Clyburn/Stuart Clyburn/Alex Reid - Wet n Dry - 51 Pts

Results:

Series Place	Sail No	Bow No	Boat	Helm/Crew	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9
1	3720	20	UBER	James Peters/Morgan Peach/Emma Barnett/Adrian Peach	19	1	1	2	4	1	4	2	4	27
2	3047	45		Robert Gullan/Pieter Heyn/Maria Stanley/Ben Ainsworth	21	8	2	1	1	8	1	5	2	1
3	3724	31	Xcellent	John Pollard/Rob Smith/Steve Procter	25	5	3	4	6	2	3	4	1	3
4	3732	30	Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn/Nigel Wakefield/Mark Williams/Jim Short	29	2	6	3	3	7	6	1	3	5
5	3086	24	Wet "n" Dry	Chris Clyburn/Stuart Clyburn/Alex Reid	51	11	5	5	2	3	7	12	12	6
6	3106	37	Whyaduck	Tom Clay/Ed Morris/Tim Goodhew	70	4	14	6	13	10	15	7	9	7
7	3149	26	Poor Buoy	Mark Gillett/Paul Hine/Niki Birrell/ Heather Ross	79	27	27	27	8	4	2	3	6	2
8	3082	39	SHARC	C Sheppard/G Van Hollebeke/Franki Hilary	81	9	27	9	15	12	17	6	5	8
9	3021	34	Here Comes Bod	Charles Whelan/Richard McAdam/Richard Hall	84	10	13	18	11	6	9	17	14	4
10	3305	25	Trio	Gary Baker/Owen Bowerman/Chris O'Donnell	88	14	11	15	5	11	14	10	8	16
11	NED3555	40	Damen Sailing Team	Mark Snijder/Olivier Stuip/Alistair Perkins	90	18	16	8	10	9	5	11	18	13
12	3473	38	Sllartibartfast	Tom Methven/Paul Methven/Gill Methven/Ella Methven	100	12	10	27	14	14	11	15	13	11
13	3336	22	Job Lot!!	Barry Jobson/Jaimie Jobson/Connie Meek	104	13	8	14	7	21	12	13	16	27
14	3740	27	A New Hope	Doug Innes/G Glover/Martin Fox	105	20	7	12	21	18	20	9	10	9
15	3366	33	Doris	Phil Rumbelow/Mike Rutland/Finn Houlihan	106	15	9	13	9	16	13	14	17	18
16	3053	32	Mistral	Paddy Bettesworth/Genevieve Stringer/Olie Hare/Jamie Binmore	110	3	4	7	27	27	27	8	7	27
17	30	44		Garry Phare/ Neil Spacagna/Oli Needham/Bem Simmonds	111	7	12	27	16	5	10	19	15	27
18	3276	43	Trouble and Strife	George Barker/George Chilvers/Charlie Sprays	117.4	16	17	16	12	19	8	20	14.7	14.7
19	3177	21	Dark and Stormy	Andrew Bell/Alice Salisbury/George Poval/Catherine Wood	126	21	18	11	18	22	16	21	11	10
20	3368	42	6a Vision	Peter Noe/James Greenwood/Justin Noe	127	17	15	10	19	13	19	23	20	14
21	3316	29	L.O.S.	Joe Hemmant/Tom Hemmant/Rob Corbally	142	19	21	17	17	17	21	18	21	12
22	3096	35	Red Kite	Roger Harford/Freddie Smith/Franseca Martin	148	22	19	27	20	15	22	16	19	15
23	3217	23	Doolali	Arthur Bruce/Dan Neild/Giles Oldershaw/D Bickerton	175	27	27	27	22	20	18	22	22	17
24	3135	36	Firefly	Tom Savidge/Mike Sutton/Harry Butler/Ben Pickford	191	23	22	19	23	23	27	27	27	27
25	3750	28	Sportsboatworld.com	Jerry Hill/AlanHillman/Craig Watson	195	6	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
26	3089	41		John Reekie/John Reekie/Jennifer Reekie	209	27	20	27	27	27	27	27	27	27