RS800 Fat Face Euro Cup at Garda

by RS media on 4 Aug 2006 Finally after two years of waiting the RS800 fleet were let loose in the playground of Riva Del Garda! 55 RS800 made the trip to the sailing Mecca to challenge for the Fat Face Euro Cup 2006.

The conditions were hot, hot, hot with a steady force four on most days. No seriously scary blows but more than enough wind to test the boat handling, layline calls and weight equalisation system!!!

Before the event began there were about six teams who, on paper, could steal the show, but only one of them shone through when put to the test.

Pete Barton and Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd) simply flew off the start line to post two first places on day one. While all attempts were made to ruin Pete and Roz’s performance at the Occa bar, nothing was going to stop this pair from winning! The trend was set and from then on their worst result after 8 races was a mere 2nd place!

In second place over all were David and Robert Pike from Eastbourne. After pushing some good consistent top five results in the bag, they kept their cool all the way through to take their best ever result in an 800 event – and what a place to do it!

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Rounding off the podium were Andy Jeffries & Alyson Ody who sailed their socks off all week and posted everything on the score board from a first place to a DNF as their mast came crashing down! But their consistency at the beginning of the week coupled with excellent event preparation in the form of their spare mast(!) meant a solid third place for them!

Congratulations to Pete and Roz for a stunning performance, our new Fat Face Euro Cup champions for 2006!

A huge thank you must go to all involved in the event organisation and to Fat Face for once again supporting one of the best events of the year! Next stop is Weston Sailing club on August 13-14 August for training and racing and the penultimate Fat Face event takes place in Plymouth the weekend afterwards – come on and be part of it!

RS800 - Final overall positions:

1 GBR 1016 BARTONI PETER, ALLEN ROZ 6,0 (1) 1 1 (2) 1 1 1 1
2 GBR 892 PIKE DAVID, PIKE ROBERT 16,0 3 3 3 (6) (17) 3 2 2
3 GBR 1114 JEFFRIES ANDY, ODY ALLYSON 22,0 2 2 2 1 (19) (dns) 12 3
4 GBR 1011 ROSS JAMES, BACK HEATHER 33,0 4 (10) (18) 7 2 4 8 8
5 GBR 1112 SINGLETON RALPH, SINGLETON SOPHIE 41,0 (dns) (dns) 5 16 5 6 5 4
6 GBR 1076 WATSON ROB, HOLMES GUMPY 52,0 10 5 11 8 (14) 12 6 (14)
7 GBR 1054 DEAL JUSTIN, MARRIOTT SARAH 52,0 6 6 7 13 13 (14) 7 (15)
8 GBR 1075 BAKER NELLY, HUGHES JAMES 61,0 21 (26) (34) 5 3 5 18 9
9 GBR 1089 MARTIN IAN, BOOTH CLAIRE 63,0 8 4 15 9 (18) 16 11 (24)
10 GBR 955 SMITH ANDREW, DAVISON ASH 67,0 5 (dns) 22 3 (23) 15 16 6
11 GBR 989 SCHOOLING BEN, HIRST TIM 68,0 12 13 21 (33) (26) 7 4 11
12 GBR 1111 WILLIS KEITH, MOODY BONNIE 68,0 (22) 15 8 18 12 (25) 10 5
13 GBR 881 CORNAH ANDY, MURRAY ORWIN 73,0 14 (dns) 16 10 20 10 3 (31)
14 GBR 864 COATSWORTH ADRIAN, JENKINS JULIA 74,0 18 8 (29) 4 8 9 27 (32)
15 GBR 850 ELLWAY BRETT, PATERSON RORY 84,0 7 16 (27) ocs (24) 20 23 7
16 GBR 962 BATCHELOR NATHAN, ROBERTSON IAN 86,0 11 11 (39) (dns) 6 11 35 12
17 GBR 943 FITZJOHN-SYKES LAURIE, ALLIN DANIEL 89,0 16 22 4 17 11 (dns) (dns) 19
18 GBR 1001 HART MIKE, KILPATRICK SALLY 89,0 9 20 6 (23) 16 (29) 22 16
19 GBR 911 MCKERCHAR ROSS, GARDINER STUART 91,0 13 (25) 20 11 (25) 17 9 21
20 GBR 873 STEWART JAMIE, BROUGHTON ADAM 106,0 25 14 (31) 29 10 (46) 15 13
21 GBR 1078 WILLOWS BEN, FARNBOROUGH JAMIE 107,0 (dns) (dns) 9 12 7 2 21 dnf
22 GBR 972 SIMMONDS GRAHAM, DOE CHRIS 113,0 (ocs) 12 14 14 9 8 (ocs) dnf
23 GBR 874 REID JAMIE, ROSE ALISTAIR 118,0 24 9 17 22 22 24 (29) (33)
24 GBR 1088 SAUL MIKE, HARTLEY SOPHIE 120,0 (dns) 21 13 20 27 13 26 (28)
25 GBR 1087 WHITMORE MICK, SMITH SARAH 130,0 17 19 26 32 15 21 (dns) (36)
26 GBR 1083 OLIVE ALAN, OLIVE JANE 132,0 (dsq) 7 (dns) dns 4 19 19 27
27 GBR 878 NEAL SAM, LOCKWOOD FIONA 134,0 (dsq) (dsq) 19 21 21 26 13 34
28 GBR 808 TREGASKES DANIEL, TREGASKES POLLY 138,0 23 18 25 25 (32) (34) 17 30
29 GBR 1113 SHIRES ALASTAIR, SHIRES PENNY 143,0 26 17 23 24 (35) 30 (33) 23
30 GBR 1102 BARDEN AARON, SPINK CLAUDIA 149,0 20 (dns) 28 27 (40) 40 14 20
31 GBR 839 GUEST ED, HOLT KIERON 149,0 27 24 (33) 31 28 22 (34) 17
32 GBR 1047 GRUNDY SIMON, SEARLE MATT 149,0 (dns) (dns) 32 19 29 27 24 18
33 GBR 961 KING PHILIP, TRUMAN TOM 152,0 (dns) 32 10 15 (42) 18 42 35
34 GBR 1050 HILTON JAMIE, STREET TOM 161,0 29 30 (37) 35 (38) 37 20 10
35 GBR 919 SKINNER JO, SKINNER SIMON 166,0 15 23 38 28 (41) 23 (dns) 39
36 GBR 987 COLERIDGE SIMON, COLLINS TIM 169,0 28 27 (dnf) 26 (37) 28 31 29
37 GBR 940 COONEY NEIL, RICHES LAUREANCE 187,0 (dsq) (dns) 30 30 45 31 25 26
38 GBR 944 HAYTER VINCE, HAWKINS SALLY 191,0 (dns) 37 12 40 39 (47) 38 25
39 GBR 883 GILLOW KATE, TRICKETT NEIL 199,0 (dsq) 28 41 (44) 34 38 36 22
40 GBR 10 PAGE OLLIE, ODELL TOM 203,0 19 (dns) 24 (dns) 36 36 32 dns
41 GBR 824 BARNICOAT RYAN, BARNICOAT WAYNE 206,0 30 29 36 39 (ocs) 33 39 (44)
42 GBR 1109 TAYLOR PAUL, TAYLOR JULIE 214,0 32 31 35 43 30 43 (46) (45)
43 GBR 914 BRYSON ANDY, FOSTER TOM 216,0 31 (dns) (dns) dns 31 32 28 38
44 GBR 836 BUCHANAN DEREK, BUCHANAN ELAINE 221,0 (dns) (dsq) 45 37 33 39 30 37
45 GER 1097 MUNKO BJÖRN, MUNKO MOANA 228,0 33 35 (44) 41 (48) 35 43 41
46 GBR 1099 MERCHANT FREDIRICO, HOPPER ROBERTO 238,0 (dns) (dns) 40 34 44 41 37 42
47 GBR 815 FERENS SAMANTHA, HARVEY ANT 243,0 34 (dns) (47) 36 47 42 41 43
48 SUI 1080 HOLENWEG DAVID, CHEVALLEY LAURELINE 248,0 (dsq) 33 43 42 43 (dns) 47 40
49 GBR 1007 GEYMAN SIMON, MARRIOTT ROB 263,0 (dns) (dns) 42 38 46 45 45 47
50 GBR 1103 BROWN STEPHEN, BROWN WILLIAM 270,0 (dns) 38 48 47 (50) 44 44 49
51 GBR 851 MATHER JOHN, HAYES JOHN 286,0 (dns) 34 46 45 49 (dns) dns dns
52 GBR 1000 SMITH SIMON, WESTLEY MARK 287,0 (dns) (dns) 51 46 dns 48 40 46
53 GBR 807 SHAW GRAHAM, BARNES MATTHEW 288,0 35 36 49 (dns) (dns) dns dns dns
54 GBR 814 MILLS JON, MILLS GEORGINA 306,0 (dns) (dns) 52 dns 51 49 48 50
55 GBR 1051 WILLARD ALEXANDER, WILLARD REBECCA 318,0 (dns) (dns) 50 dns 52 dns dns 48