Neil Robinson leads GUL RS700 National Champs

by RS Association/GN on 1 Sep 2005 Neil Robinson leads from Peter Greenhalgh after day three of the GUL RS700 National Championship at South Caernarvonshire YC. After five races completed Robinson has a two point lead.

Day 3 started with a weather forecast warning of conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight… hence sun and no wind. In reality the wind did arrive along with very large waves causing problems for many of the fleet. Race 3 was won by Neil Robinson who showed good pace in the breeze, Alex Koukourakis followed in second with Leigh Albrecht third.

Race 4 saw the worst of the conditions with huge waves even washing the deck of the committee boat. Some put the kites up for the down wind leg but most were not that brave/stupid! Neil again showed good speed to win followed by Peter Greenhalgh in second with Andy Irons third.

The last race of the day was sailed on a course moved closer to the shore to escape the wind against tide further out. The wind shifted throughout the race but Peter Greenhalgh won from Neil Robinson in second and Jon Heissig in third. All returned ashore knackered but glad that the breeze had finally arrived.

Racing continues to the 1 September.

Overall leaders after Day 3 (5 races), 28 entries:
1 Neil Robinson Hayling Island SC 8pts 4 17 1 1 2
2 Peter Greenhalgh 10 3 4 4 2 1
3 Jason Belben Stokes Bay SC 15 1 1 9 5 8
4 Leigh Albrecht Queen Mary SC 21 5 9 3 4 10
5 Matthew Humphreys Weston SC 21 2 2 6 16 11
6 Dave Smithwhite Hayling Island SC 26 21 5 11 6 4
7 Andy Irons 27 10 8 15 3 6
8 Alex Koukourakis Eastbourne Sovereign SC 30 14 14 2 9 5
9 Ian Swann Hayling Island SC 37 20 3 18 7 9
10 Steve Marshall Corus SC 40 16 7 10 29 7