Kiwis compete in UK 29er Nationals at Hayling

by Ovington and Sail-World on 19 Jul 2006 Monday brought one of the hottest days of the year and with it a light NE breeze which was soon cancelled by a weak southerly sea breeze. The race teams managed to get two races in for both fleets.

With the huge 29er fleet split into two flights the yellow fleet got away first and is now headed up by Silja Lehitenen & Scott Babbage from Finland, Current European girl champions Hannah Diamond & Olivia Pettit are lying 2nd with Francis Peters & Kate Sparks in third.

The first day of GBR 29er Nationals held at Hayling Island Sailing Club, the average breeze was about 3 knots. The New Zealand crew of Chelsea Whitburn and Matt Bankcroft were placed 29th and 18th, and are 21st in Blue fleet overall.

Chelsea Whitburn reports: 'There is 85 boats split into two fleets in 29er. Its described as a 'heat wave' here its the hottest since 1976.

'The 29er class over here is growing fast, and I was talking to the World 29er President yesterday and he said that it was 90% sure that the 29er will be the Youth World class for Brazil, making it the Youth class for the next three years. What an exciting boat for the Youth Worlds!'

The 29er Worlds start at Weymouth next week.

29er UK National & International Open Championships 2006

for Flight = Blue Sailed:2, Discards:0, To count:2, Ratings:None, Entries:42, Scoring system:Class Racing
Rank	Tally	Class	Nat	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Total	Nett
								17 Jul	17 Jul
1st	74	29er	FIN	2	Silja Lehitnen	Scott Babage	NJK	1.0	5.0	6.0	6.0
2nd	17	29er	GBR	1194	Hannah Diamond	Olivia Pettit	Warsash SC	4.0	2.0	6.0	6.0
3rd	56	29er	GBR	1212	Frances Peters	Kate Sparks	HISC	7.0	1.0	8.0	8.0
4th	80	29er		511	Ian Andrew	David Chapman		2.0	8.0	10.0	10.0
5th	9	29er	GBR	698	Maria Stanley	Rob Struckett	Oxford	10.0	3.0	13.0	13.0
6th	4	29er	GBR	1122	James Hopson	Samual Coombs	Clevedon	8.0	6.0	14.0	14.0
7th	34	29er	USA	52	Jen Morgan	Mike Kuschner		3.0	13.0	16.0	16.0
8th	72	29er	GBR	876	Julia Noble	Craig Paul	Ullswater	5.0	14.0	19.0	19.0
9th	49	29er	GER	989	Jan Havke Erichsen	Simon Gerling	FSC	13.0	7.0	20.0	20.0
10th	76	29er		1025	Nick Ward	Tom Wright		17.0	4.0	21.0	21.0
11th	15	29er	GBR	619	Hannah Tattersall	Sophie Porteous	Wimbledon Park	14.0	9.0	23.0	23.0
12th	48	29er	GBR	1114	Daniel Henderson	Bruce Spratt	TBYC	11.0	12.0	23.0	23.0
13th	16	29er	GBR	921	Sam Collingwood	Matt Wheaton	Draycote	9.0	16.0	25.0	25.0
14th	70	29er	GBR	5	Dylan Fletcher	Rob Partridge	Draycote SC	6.0	20.0	26.0	26.0
15th	84	29er		729	James Goss	Harriet Bell		12.0	17.0	29.0	29.0
16th	68	29er	USA	045	Judge Ryan	Hans Henken	CYC	19.0	19.0	38.0	38.0
17th	41	29er	GBR	397	Fergus Holland	Thomas Holland	Kielder Walter	31.0	10.0	41.0	41.0
18th	25	29er	GBR	1113	Matt Hollis	Nick Hollis	Rutland	27.0	15.0	42.0	42.0
19th	1	29er	GBR	1157	Will Tremlow	Peter Perera	Notts County	15.0	28.0	43.0	43.0
20th	53	29er	GBR	342	Andrew Fielder	Sophie White		36.0	11.0	47.0	47.0
21st	38	29er	NZL	1211	Chelsea Whitburn	Mathew Bancroft	WYC	29.0	18.0	47.0	47.0
22nd	66	29er	ESP	1027	Portloes Perez	Sergio Serra Peiro	Denia	18.0	30.0	48.0	48.0
23rd	69	29er	CAN	998	Billy Gooderham	Dan Mctavish		23.0	25.0	48.0	48.0
24th	43	29er	GBR	736	Emma Porteous	Hannah Burywood	Queen Mary SC	24.0	24.0	48.0	48.0
25th	23	29er	GBR	838	Daniel Hare	jamie Hare	Black Water SC	28.0	23.0	51.0	51.0
26th	63	29er	DEN	370	Henrick Gooard	S Kristensen		30.0	22.0	52.0	52.0
27th	2	29er	GBR	1066	Paddy Adams		Chew Valley	22.0	32.0	54.0	54.0
28th	82	29er		1218	Noah Show	Nina Marlingri		34.0	21.0	55.0	55.0
29th	54	29er	GBR	900	Edward Jones	Ed Robbs	Ogston	16.0	41.0	57.0	57.0
30th	5	29er	GBR	167	Philip Walker	Matthew Gotrel	Draycote	20.0	38.0	58.0	58.0
31st	14	29er	GBR	773	Gemma McIntyre	Stevie Wilson	HISC	25.0	34.0	59.0	59.0
32nd	26	29er	SWE	1055	Erik Pettersson	Carl Pettersson	GKSS	26.0	33.0	59.0	59.0
33rd	27	29er	GER	952	Finn Pilath	Elena Stoffers	KYC	21.0	43.0 DNF	64.0	64.0
34th	78	29er		1072	Kersten			39.0	27.0	66.0	66.0
35th	35	29er	GBR	1200	Matt McMarty	Tom Humphries	Holy Head	38.0	29.0	67.0	67.0
36th	45	29er	GBR	168	Samuel Seddon	Joshua Seddon	Felixstowe Ferry	42.0	26.0	68.0	68.0
37th	7	29er	GBR	173	Nell Hardie	Kirsty Meeson	Tarbert SC	37.0	31.0	68.0	68.0
38th	51	29er	GBR	325	Adam Parry	Will Croxford	South Staffs	32.0	37.0	69.0	69.0
39th	31	29er	GBR	693	Andrew Wood	Alistair Mcinnes	Yeadon SC	33.0	36.0	69.0	69.0
40th	29	29er	GBR	931	Rhys Jones	Jamie McInnes	Stokes Bay	35.0	40.0	75.0	75.0
41st	73	29er		621	Jameel Adam	Chris O'Neill	HYS	41.0	35.0	76.0	76.0
42nd	61	29er		950	Edward Fitzgerald	Oliver Sloper	Itchenor	40.0	39.0	79.0	79.0

Full results at http://www.hisc.co.uk