RS Elite Open at Hayling Island SC
by Mike Tong on 25 Jul 2006
RS Elite fleet approach start at HISC Open RS Sailing
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[Sorry, this content could not be displayed]With twelve entries and 36 very keen sailors, there was strong competition over a sunny and warm weekend’s racing in Hayling Bay. Winds were light to moderate with significant shifts, particularly on the first day, but race officer Chris Gordon coped well and laid excellent courses although a race had to be cancelled on Saturday when the wind completely boxed the compass.
Race 1 was in the lightest conditions, with a relaid second windward mark and many place changes including E’tu going from first to next to last on the last leg, the race being won by Ciao Bella (Tong & Warehams).
Race 2, the first on Sunday had a very even start with a couple of individual recalls. Mike Dawe’s 'Duel' crept in at the first mark to hold off TnT (Toby Strauss) to the end with Ciao Bella third.
After a general recall, Race 3 belonged to Swan Song (Ginger Barron and Alex Martin) who took an early flier on the port hand side and extended their lead over Duel and TnT.
With as many as four boats still in the running for the overall win, race 4 started with a large divergence of opinion on the best way up the beat. The three Elites up the left, Ciao Bella, TnT and Eloise, came out on top with Ciao Bella holding off TnT to the finish to take the trophy.
Rs Elite final overall positions:
| Rank |
SailNo |
Helm |
Crew |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
Nett |
| |
|
|
|
|
22 Jul |
23 Jul |
23 Jul |
23 Jul |
|
|
| 1st |
1 |
Mike Tong |
Peter & Jan Wareham |
HISC |
1.0 |
3.0 |
(4.0) |
1.0 |
9.0 |
5.0 |
| 2nd |
8 |
Toby Strauss |
|
HISC |
(2.0) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
6.0 |
| 3rd |
6 |
Mike Dawe |
Paul Carpenter & Greg Lamb |
HISC |
(5.0) |
1.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
13.0 |
8.0 |
| 4th |
10 |
Dave |
Alex Hathieson & Julia Egan |
Burghfield |
3.0 |
5.0 |
(6.0) |
3.0 |
17.0 |
11.0 |
| 5th |
26 |
C Barron |
Alex Martin |
HISC |
(8.0) |
4.0 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
21.0 |
13.0 |
| 6th |
5 |
Roger Vickers |
Richard Curties |
HISC |
4.0 |
6.0 |
(9.0) |
5.0 |
24.0 |
15.0 |
| 7th |
19 |
Nicholas Gardner |
Edward Gardner |
Royal Burnham |
6.0 |
(13.0 OCS) |
7.0 |
7.0 |
33.0 |
20.0 |
| 8th |
2 |
Tim Penfold |
|
HISC |
(10.0) |
7.0 |
8.0 |
6.0 |
31.0 |
21.0 |
| 9th |
2725 |
G Penn |
|
HISC |
(9.0) |
8.0 |
5.0 |
9.0 |
31.0 |
22.0 |
| 10th |
37 |
Michael Knowles |
Nigel & Juliet Cartwright |
HISC |
7.0 |
9.0 |
(11.0) |
10.0 |
37.0 |
26.0 |
| 11th |
4 |
Sandy Woodward |
|
HISC |
(13.0 DNS) |
10.0 |
10.0 |
13.0 DNF |
46.0 |
33.0 |
Event website: http://www.hisc.co.uk
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