GUL RS800 National Championship - Day 4

by Sarah Marriott on 1 Sep 2006 Sunshine and relatively light winds greeted the fleet of RS800s today as they prepared for the fourth day of racing in the GUL RS800 National Championship. While the original plan was to sail out in the bay the building breeze soon put an end to that idea and two races commenced inside the harbour.

Race one and left seemed to be the way to go up the beat. Ian Martin & Ben McGrane (Rooster sailing) lead the way at the top mark closely followed by Ian Martin & Claire Booth (Sail4Cancer), Steve Irish & Martin Gotrel (Magic Marine) and Spod & Jane Olive (Sola Harken). Another 4 lap course and by the end Martin & McGrane crossed the line in first, just ahead of Irish & Gotrel (Magic Marine).

Race two and the tactics were similar. Once again Martin & McGrane stole the show and took an early lead. Irish and Gotrel also well up in the leading pack along with Andy Jeffries and Ally Ody. By the end of the fourth lap Martin & McGrane (Rooster sailing) launched themselves across the finish line to take first place, that’s 8 out of 10 wins in the series so far! Irish & Gotrel (Magic Marine) settled for second once again.

Tomorrow marks the penultimate day of racing and some seriously big breeze has been forecasted, will the Rooster boys hang in there to win the championship or will the Magic Marine boys step up the pace to defend the title for a third year running?

Overall positions:-

1 1009 Ian Martin Ben McGrane Burghfield 1 5 1 1 1 54 1 1 1 1 8 pts
2 1058 Steve Irish Martin Gotrel Draycote Water 4 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 14 pts
3 1083 Spod Olive Jane Olive Stokes Bay 2 2 6 3 4 20 10 54 3 4 34 pts
4 1011 James Ross Heather Back Weston 6 3 2 5 5 8 7 3 30 36 39 pts
5 1114 Andrew Jeffries Alison Ody Eastbourne Sovereign 5 4 7 16 3 10 6 6 9 3 43 pts
6 914 Andy Bryson Jony Clegg Netley 3 17 3 6 13 6 11 8 6 10 53 pts
7 964 Charlie Roome Steve Hall Draycote Water 7 6 14 12 9 28 13 5 17 9 75 pts
8 881 Andrew Cornah Orwin Murphy Netley 16 8 33 18 26 4 3 16 5 7 77 pts
9 1076 Rob Watson James Holmes RCYC 12 16 12 13 6 31 23 9 8 6 82 pts
10 962 Nathan Batchelor James Clark Chew Valley Lake 10 9 15 19 21 33 8 13 11 5 90 pts
11 1089 Ian Martin Claire Booth Bough Beech 11 24 54 7 8 18 12 24 4 30 108 pts
12 989 Ben Schooling Tim Hurst Helensburgh 24 23 9 9 10 12 9 22 16 24 110 pts
13 892 David Pike Nick Jerkins Eastbourne Sovereign 29 15 30 27 12 7 19 4 22 15 121 pts
14 1112 Ralph Singleton Sophie Singleton CVLSC 13 54 25 11 18 3 54 10 21 22 123 pts
15 968 David Steed Tom Pickles Stokes Bay 8 18 20 10 27 54 15 7 54 20 125 pts
16 1054 Justin Deal Sarah Marriott Frensham Pond 9 20 23 17 54 2 27 11 25 19 126 pts
17 899 Andrew Gould Tim Berriman Emsworth Slipper 27 12 16 4 11 30 30 18 38 8 126 pts
18 874 Jamie Reid Bonme Moody Society 38 10 17 14 15 19 36 21 19 11 126 pts
19 97 Graham Simmonds Chris Doe Hayling Island 15 13 19 20 16 17 20 54 26 13 133 pts
20 850 Brett Ellway Rory Paterson Stokes Bay 43 31 18 8 7 32 5 17 27 26 139 pts
21 978 Tim Smyth Dave Hannan Netley 23 21 4 54 54 29 22 12 23 12 146 pts
22 878 Sam Neal Laurence Riche Grafham Water 18 36 31 15 24 21 4 29 18 21 150 pts
23 1096 Mike Hart Sally Kilpatrick Port Dinorwic 17 33 13 54 54 11 21 20 14 23 152 pts
24 1075 James Hughes Toby Wincer RCYC 14 41 27 25 20 14 38 14 24 14 152 pts
25 919 Jo Skinner Simon Skinner Datchet Water 21 7 8 54 29 22 28 25 33 27 167 pts
26 890 Richard Keaton Helen Rumbold Royal Lymington 22 11 26 54 14 26 14 26 32 32 171 pts
27 991 Malcolm Streeton Miles Roebeck HISC 19 19 24 29 31 23 17 34 12 28 171 pts
28 1116 Adrian Coatsworth Julia Coatsworth Waldringfield 54 54 21 28 23 24 18 30 13 25 182 pts
29 987 Tim Collins Simon Colleridge RORC 20 26 28 23 19 34 29 28 20 18 182 pts
30 1099 Fred Merchant Rob Hopper Weston 34 29 38 22 17 38 24 15 35 29 205 pts
31 1113 Alaistair Shire Penny Shires Stokes Bay 28 14 22 26 54 25 31 35 36 31 212 pts
32 1013 Rob Style Ben Lister Grafham Water 30 54 40 24 54 5 41 32 10 34 216 pts
33 961 Philip King Christina Oxford 42 30 35 33 32 13 25 54 15 54 225 pts
34 1043 Ian Collis- Smith Paul White - Smith CVLSC 36 40 29 21 22 35 35 33 39 16 227 pts
35 1050 Jamie Hilton Tom Street Datchet Water 54 32 10 54 30 15 16 19 54 54 230 pts
36 886 Simon Conway Sam Proctor Wilsonian 31 34 37 32 25 9 33 31 43 40 232 pts
37 848 Philip Highfield Tamsin Butcher Great Yarmouth & Gorleston 33 28 32 34 28 37 34 27 29 37 245 pts
38 7 Ian Jubb Sue Antonelli HISC 32 22 36 30 33 36 37 23 40 38 249 pts
39 10 Ollie Page Tim Baldwin Lancing 25 25 54 54 54 16 54 54 7 17 252 pts
40 836 Derek Buchanan Elaine Buchanan Oxford 26 27 42 35 54 40 32 36 31 33 260 pts
41 1059 Jonathon Lister Natasha Lister York Dales 37 42 43 31 34 39 40 37 42 41 301 pts
42 1052 Christian Reynolds Lucy Jones Locks 54 54 11 54 54 27 26 54 28 54 308 pts
43 884 Edward James Brungee Tom Maidwell Restronguet 35 38 34 54 54 54 54 54 34 35 338 pts
44 972 Stephen Lytton Natalie Lytton Peventsey Bay 41 39 54 54 54 43 39 54 41 45 356 pts
45 913 David Smart Edward Smart Chew Valley Lake 39 35 54 54 35 54 54 54 46 42 359 pts
46 1067 Richard Nieveen Tanya Coleman Stokes Bay 40 37 39 54 54 54 54 54 45 39 362 pts
47 800 Adam Broughton James Macdonald Portishead Y and SC 54 54 41 54 54 41 54 54 37 54 389 pts
48 1051 Alexander Willard Rebecca Willard Royal Corinthian 54 54 54 54 54 42 42 54 44 46 390 pts
49 1105 Jane Smithwick Nicholas Hand Wimbleball 44 43 44 54 54 54 54 54 54 44 391 pts
50 922 Ian Peterson Carol Peterson Grafham Water 54 54 54 54 54 46 54 54 54 43 413 pts
51 1065 Glen Davis Stewart Ward RYA 54 54 45 54 54 45 54 54 54 54 414 pts
52 999 Alaisdair Alston Daniel Alston Weston 54 54 54 54 54 44 54 54 54 54 422 pts
53 885 Michael Symour Toby Varney Hayling Island 54 54 54 54 54 47 54 54 54 54 425 pts