RS700 Volvo Noble Marine National Championships – Day 2

by Matt Carter on 23 Sep 2017 Another great day at the RS700 Volvo Noble Marine Nationals with 10 to 12 knots, sunshine and close racing. Following a lengthy wait for the breeze to swing from East to South West and multiple gallant attempts to lay a course we were finally let go.

The first race saw a shift on the first beat allowing the boats that went right to pop out in front. Robbie Bell, Theo Galyer and Matt Carter lead around the windward mark before Jerry Wales overpowered Robbie and Theo. Close racing followed in lots of tide but Matt hung on for the win with Jerry second.

The second start saw Adrian Howe on the start line without a mast following forestay failure. On the gun Jerry Wales took the lead from the beginning and was chased hard by Robbie Bell. Downwind the strong tide made laying the leeward mark difficult but the leading boats wiggled away from the fleet.

The second best proved exciting with the RS700s sailing upwind through the RS800 fleet screaming downwind at a rate of knots. The leaders remained ahead for the three laps with Jerry Wales winning ahead of Robbie Bell in second and Matt Carter third.

In the final race of the day saw a great battle between Ian Nolan and Jerry Wales. The pair swapped places up and downwind followed closely by Pete Purkiss. Jerry pipped Ian to the post only to find out that he was OCS which gave Ian the win.

Richard Wadsworth came in second having powered through the fleet over the three laps followed by Pete Purkiss for third.
In all another fantastic day on the water followed by the Stokes Bay Pirate Party, bar games and way too much Rum...aaargh!

Rank	Sail No	Helm	Club	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Nt Pts
1	1053	Jerry Wales	Windsport	1	7	2	1	(30/OCS)	11
2	720	Richard Wadsworth	Stokes Bay SC	2	1	8	-10	2	13
3	966	Matt Carter	Lancing SC	5	-8	1	3	6	15
4	1027	Colin Dacey	Snettisham Beach SC	-9	2	4	5	4	15
5	1023	Ian Nolan	Snettisham Beach SC	-12	5	6	6	1	18
6	875	Robbie Bell	Snettisham Beach SC	3	9	5	2	(30/DNC)	19
7	1042	Pete Purkiss	Brightlingsea SC	4	3	-9	9	3	19
8	944	James Bayliss	Queen Mary SC	6	4	10	8	(30/DNF)	28
9	991	Theo Galyer	Stokes Bay SC	7	(30/DNC)	7	4	10	28
10	1022	Ian Swann	Hayling Island SC	-21	11	3	7	17	38
11	970	Simon Redfearn	Brightlingsea SC	8	-17	14	15	7	44
12	1041	Matt Conner	Queen Mary SC	15	6	-22	11	13	45
13	984	Adam Golding	Hayling Island SC	19	10	11	12	(30/DNC)	52
14	839	Phillip Highfield	Gt. Yarmouth & Gorleston	11	-19	17	14	11	53
15	914	Graham Blake	Queen Mary SC	-20	12	15	20	9	56
16	808	Spike Daniels	Hayling Island SC	10	18	13	18	-20	59
17	859	Peter O'nions	Queen Mary SC	16	14	-23	17	12	59
18	926	Simon Clark	Lyme Regis SC	17	13	12	-19	18	60
19	882	Ed Napolitano	Snettisham Beach SC	14	16	25	(30/DNF)	8	63
20	871	Mark Nicholson	Hayling Island SC	(30/DNC)	30/DNC	16	13	5	64
21	855	David Bridle	Brightlingsea SC	-22	15	18	16	15	64
22	1046	Miles Roebuck	Oxford SC	13	20	19	-23	22	74
23	1031	Hamish Griffiths	Hayling Island SC	18	22	21	-25	16	77
24	1014	Chris Chambers	Restronguet SC	(30/DNC)	30/DNC	20	21	14	85
25	982	Roland Smith	Queen Mary SC	(30/DNF)	23	24	24	19	90
26	756	Alistair Paul	Grafham Water SC	25	24	-27	22	21	92
27	762	Adrian Howe	Oxford SC	24	21	(30/DNC)	30/DNC	30/DNC	105
28	1035	Roger Taylor	Hayling Island SC	23	25	(30/DNC)	30/DNC	30/DNC	108
29	801	Stephen Carr	Brightlingsea SC	(30/DNC)	26	26	30/DNF	30/DNC	112