Day 2 of the Hornet UK Nationals

by media on 31 Jul 2007 Light and variable conditions were the order for the opening day at the Hornet National Championships at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. 23 competitors, including entries from Holland and Poland, along with a large portion of nerves of steel for the race officer.

Race 1
A heavy port bias saw a general recall for the first start of the championships with a clean getaway on the second attempt. Olly Turner(2113) snuck away and by the finish had a commanding lead from Strangler (2132) and Eric Marchbanks (2178). The rest of the fleet was more separated than normal in the difficult conditions which also saw several moves of marks.

Race 2
A clean start for race 2 saw those who went to the left coming off best by the top mark. Large wind shifts provided more mark moves before Richard Garry(2154) gained line honours from Harry Ashworth(2156) and Dutch competitor Fred Weenig(H172). Olly Turner(2113) finished 4th to hold the overnight lead.

Day 2

Race 3
More light wind and another win for Richard Garry to take a two point lead over Olly Turner, with Jon Williams finishing second on the day and taking third overall, two points further back.

Hornet Nationals 2007 after 3 races

1 2154 Mister Wiggly Richard Garry Star Cross YC 8pts 6 1 1
2 2113 Horny Too! Olly Turner Star Cross YC 10 1 4 5
3 2132 Seaman Staines Jon Williams RYA 12 2 8 2
4 2179 Spanish Moon John Shelton Shoreham YC 20 4 9 7
5 2156 Harry Ashworth Bartley SC 25 17 2 6
6 2108 Ultimatum Liam McGrath Star Cross YC 25 10 5 10
7 2171 Something for the weekend Tom Guy Netley SC 25 9 7 9
8 2147 Virginia Planes Tim Coombe Star Cross YC 28 14 11 3
9 H172 Surprise Fred Weenig W.V. Hellevoetsluis 28 13 3 12
10 2161 Paul Jacobs Star Cross YC 32 16 12 4
11 2175 Oinkspurt Dave & Fran Wood Stone SC 36 12 16 8
12 2155 Pint Y Gwru Duncan West SYC 36 8 15 13
13 2080 Oink Flirt Steve Cook Stone SC 37 5 14 18
14 2180 Up N'Buzzin Richard Barnes Stone SC 39 15 13 11
15 2182 Battle Ship Kebin Burt Netley SC 40 18 6 16
16 2099 Ski Wknd Paul Kelley Star Cross YC 40 7 10 23
17 2178 Dances with Wolves Eric Marshbanks Sandwich Bay SC 44 3 18 23
18 2162 Biffo Malcolm Woodland Thorpe Bay 49 11 23 15
19 2115 Floozie Jo Powell PDSC 54 20 17 17
20 2158 Daring Feet Garham Dare Thorpe Bay 57 19 19 19
21 2181 Dr Fetish Dean Saxton Maldon YC 60 23 23 14
22 2170 Artic Wolk Tomasz Derwinis Swos-Zegrze 67 21 23 23