GUL RS800 National Championships - Day 2

by RS media on 30 Aug 2006 Fruity conditions greeted the RS800 fleet for the second day of the Gul National Championships! With gusts well within the 30 knot range knees were trembling throughout the fleet as the puffs rolled in from the North West.

Race one soon got underway and fastest out of the blocks and first round the top mark was Christian and Lucy Reynolds. But by the finish Ian Martin and Ben McGrane (Rooster sailing) redeemed themselves after a cowboy start and pulled out an enormous lead to take the bullet.

Race two and the shifts were coming through thick and fast. Hitting the left hand side of the course paid huge dividends on the first beat and it was Ian Martin and Claire Booth (Sail4Cancer) who clocked this and rounded the top mark in first.

Martin and McGrane lead the usual front runners through and took the lead after Martin and Booth lost their cap shrouds on the penultimate run! So it was another bullet for Martin and McGrane, some awesome boat handling from these guys!

Race three and Martin and McGrane won the pin end along with Adrian and Julia Coatsworth. Holding their own all the way to the top mark Martin & McGrane rounded in first and maintained their lead all the way to the finish to clinch their third victory of the day!

Now a third of the way into the nationals and the favourites are beginning to shine through but will tonight’s Pirates pub crawl knock them from their perch? Three races scheduled for tomorrow and then the discard comes into play.

RS800 - Overall positions after day 2:

1 1009 Ian Martin Ben McGrane Burghfield 1 5 1 1 1 9pts
2 1058 Steve Irish Matt Gotrel Draycote Water 4 1 5 2 2 14
3 1083 Spod Olive Jane Olive Stokes Bay 2 2 6 3 4 17
4 1011 James Ross Heather Back Weston 6 3 2 5 5 21
5 1114 Andrew Jeffries Alison Ody Eastbourne Sovereign 5 4 7 16 3 35
6 914 Andy Bryson Jony Clegg Netley 3 17 3 6 13 42
7 964 Charlie Roome Steve Hall Draycote Water 7 6 14 12 9 48
8 1076 Rob Watson James Homes RCYC 12 16 12 13 6 59
9 899 Andrew Gould Tim Berriman Emsworth Slipper 27 12 16 4 11 70
10 962 Nathan Batchelor James Clark Chew Valley Lake 10 9 15 19 21 74
11 989 Ben Schooling Tim Hurst Helensburgh 24 23 9 9 10 75
12 1010 David Steed Tom Pickles Stokes Bay 8 18 20 10 27 83
13 97 Graham Simmonds Chris Doe Hayling Island 15 13 19 20 16 83
14 874 Jamie Reid Bonme Moody Society 38 10 17 14 15 94
15 881 Andrew Cornah Orwin Murphy Netley 16 8 33 18 26 101
16 1089 Ian Martin Claire Booth Bough Beech 11 24 54 7 8 104
17 850 Brett Ellway Rory Paterson Stokes Bay 43 31 18 8 7 107
18 892 David Pike Nick Jerkins Eastbourne Sovereign 29 15 30 26 12 112
19 987 Tim Collins Simon Colleridge RORC 20 26 28 22 19 115
20 919 Jo Skinner Simon Skinner Datchet Water 21 7 8 54 29 119
21 1112 Ralph Singleton Sophie Singleton CVLSC 13 54 25 11 18 121
22 991 Malcolm Streeton Miles Roebeck HISC 19 19 24 28 31 121
23 1054 Justin Deal Sarah Marriott Frensham Pond 9 20 23 17 54 123
24 878 Sam Neal Laurence Riche Grafham Water 18 36 31 15 24 124
25 1075 James Hughes Toby Weiner RCYC 14 41 27 24 20 126
26 890 Richard Keaton Helen Rumbold Royal Lymington 22 11 26 54 14 127
27 1099 Fred Merchant Rob Hopper Weston 34 29 38 21 17 139
28 1113 Alaistair Shire Penny Shires Stokes Bay 28 14 22 25 54 143
29 7 Ian Jubb Sue Antonelli HISC 32 22 36 29 33 152
30 848 Philip Highfield Tamsin Butcher Great Yarmouth & Gorleston 33 28 32 33 28 154
31 978 Tim Smyth Dave Hannan Netley 23 21 4 54 54 156
32 886 Simon Conway Sam Proctor Wilsonian 31 34 37 31 25 158
33 1096 Mike Hart Sally Kilpatrick Port Dinorwic 17 33 13 54 54 171
34 961 Philip King Christina Oxford 42 30 35 32 32 171
35 1116 Adrian Coatsworth Julia Coatsworth Waldringfield 54 54 21 27 23 179
36 1050 Jamie Hilton Tom Street Datchet Water 54 32 10 54 30 180
37 1043 Ian Collis- Smith Paul White - Smith CVLSC 36 40 29 54 22 181
38 836 Derek Buchanan Elaine Buchanan Oxford 26 27 42 34 54 183
39 1059 Jonathon Lister Natasha Lister York Dales 37 42 43 30 34 186
40 1013 Rob Style Ben Lister Grafham Water 30 54 40 23 54 201
41 10 Ollie Page Tim Baldwin Lancing 25 25 54 54 54 212
42 884 Edward James Brungee Tom Maidwell Restronguet 35 38 34 54 54 215
43 913 David Smart Edward Smart Chew Valley Lake 39 35 54 54 35 217
44 1067 Richard Nieveen Tanya Coleman Stokes Bay 40 37 39 54 54 224
45 1052 Christian Reynolds Lucy Jones Locks 54 54 11 54 54 227
46 1105 Jane Smithwick Nicholas Hand Wimbleball 44 43 44 54 54 239
47 972 Stephen Lytton Natalie Lytton Peventsey Bay 41 39 54 54 54 242
48 800 Adam Broughton James Macdonald Portishead Y and SC 54 54 41 54 54 257
49 1065 Glen Davis Stewart Ward RYA 54 54 45 54 54 261
50 885 Michael Symour Toby Varney Hayling Island 54 54 54 54 54 270
50 922 IanPeterson Carol Peterson Grafham Water 54 54 54 54 54 270
50 999 Alaisdair Alston Daniel Alston Weston 54 54 54 54 54 270
50 1051 Alexander Willard Rebecca Willard Royal Corinthian 54 54 54 54 54 270

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