Weymouth Fat Face RS200 event

by Pete Vincent on 20 Sep 2007 Given the conditions obtaining anything approaching a consistent set of results proved very tricky, so Hamish Calders and Severine Rees-Jones counting a 1, 2, 3 score line was remarkable and easily gave them overall victory at the Fat Face RS200 Racing Circuit event at Weymouth Sailing Club.

Sunshine with fickle winds proved frustrating for the 46 boats, race officer and mark layers alike at the Fat Face Racing Circuit event hosted by Weymouth SC. The first two races on Saturday were held in 4-9 Northerly knots. The third race started in extremely light airs favouring anyone on the right of the first beat.

Sunday had a better breeze which dropped as soon as a course was set! A respectable breeze filled in and race 4 started. Half way down the first run this breeze dropped away just getting the majority of the fleet to the leeward gate before disappearing.

The fleet crept forward before a hint of a sea breeze allowed the fleet to beat up the run to the finish. The race officer very wisely decided not to inflict more pain on competitors and mark layers alike, calling it a day.

Hamish Calders/Severine Rees-Jones counting a 1.2.3 score line easily gave them overall victory. Geoff Carveth/Emma Clarke had two race wins but, counting a ninth, were second overall. Darren Roach/Dan Ellis, RNSA, won the first race and also the bronze division from Ryan Spring/Leanne Bland, Exe SC. Richard Neall/Sara Terry won the silver division by two points from Wembley’s Rob Janering/Marinthe Evangeledis.

There is one Fat Face Racing Circuit left on Oct 20/21st at Datchet. Roger Gilbert/Jane Willan and Nick Charles/Juliet Kingsnorth have first and second overall sewn up but the silver and bronze divisions will go right down to the wire.

RS200 - Final overall positions

1 900 Hamish Calder Severine Rees-Jones Royal Highland 2 1 -24 3 6 pts
2 753 Geoff Carveth Emma Clarice Littleton -11 9 1 1 11 pts
3 940 Dicken Maclean Nicola Groves Island Barn 7 -17 4 2 13 pts
4 962 Andy Peters Geraldine Peters King & Queen YC 5 4 7 -12 16 pts
5 988 Chris Martin Rach Harrison Burghfield 3 -21 9 5 17 pts
6 854 Lee Sydenham Anne Sydenham RYA -14 2 14 6 22 pts
7 846 Jeremy Stephens Rebecca Knee Penzance -12 6 5 11 22 pts
8 953 Nick Charles Juliet Kingsnorth Bristol Corinthian YC 6 13 -27 8 27 pts
9 1231 Sarah Allan Jane Alexander Littleton 10 8 10 -13 28 pts
10 486 Richard Neall Sara Terry TBA -27 3 6 20 29 pts
11 1130 Rob Janering Marianthe Evangeledis Wembley -38 7 2 22 31 pts
12 1264 Simon Gillow Emma Harniman Wembley 4 5 22 -25 31 pts
13 1036 Ian Maclean Louise Fisher Chew Valley Lake 9 10 13 -27 32 pts
14 345 Edd Whitehead Noelle Vidal Filey -29 16 3 15 34 pts
15 1265 Gareth Robinson Willow Holland Littleton -17 11 15 9 35 pts
16 1203 James Stewart Eluned Jones Stokes Bay -20 14 18 4 36 pts
17 1094 Sam Littlejohn Matt Giles Lancing SC 15 22 -30 7 44 pts
18 88 James Boyce Lucy Preston Papercourt 13 -23 17 14 44 pts
19 797 Darren Roach Dan Ellis RNSA 1 28 16 -32 45 pts
20 1176 Roger Tait Georgie Hill Scaling Dam 18 18 -25 10 46 pts
21 567 Ryan Spring Leanne Bland Exe -42 31 8 19 58 pts
22 1207 Trudie Fell Karen Baker Bristol Corinthians 21 15 23 -31 59 pts
23 1165 Ian Picard Lucy Loopie Bristol Corinthian YC 30 19 11 -42 60 pts
24 815 Micky Wright Clare Wood MBSC 23 20 -34 17 60 pts
25 1149 Graham Cook Emma Cook Papercourt 8 34 -47 21 63 pts
26 1088 Andrew Boyce Clare Michelmore Papercourt -43 33 12 23 68 pts
27 640 Katharine Lovering Ellie Martin Burghfield SC -34 12 29 30 71 pts
28 896 Sue antonelli Jo Lloyd Littleton SC 16 27 28 -33 71 pts
29 593 Patch Fillery Sarah Skerten Littleton SC -35 35 21 16 72 pts
30 796 Tom Winskell TBA TBA 19 24 -41 35 78 pts
31 915 Sam Thompson Nikki Stewart Wigtown Bay 32 26 20 -36 78 pts
32 1077 Pete Vincent Suzie Proctor Bristol Corinthian YC 22 29 -32 28 79 pts
33 612 Phil Waind Sonya Waind Wembley -37 30 26 24 80 pts
34 1261 Paul Teague Pat Teague BCYC 26 25 31 -34 82 pts
35 858 Paul Lewis Katie Nichol Burghfield 31 32 -47 26 89 pts
36 721 Ashley Fry Catherine Fry TBA 33 39 19 -47 91 pts
37 984 Nigel Harniman Alex Porter Wembley SC 41 -42 33 18 92 pts
38 654 Stephen Woodward Emma Yates BCYS 25 43 -47 29 97 pts
39 1156 Alice Morgan Jnr Lauren Spring Jnr Exe 24 36 43 -47 103 pts
40 904 Mike Riley Dave Martin C.V.L.S.C 28 38 -39 39 105 pts
41 728 Jon Jenkins Andy Parsons Castle Cove 36 -40 36 37 109 pts
42 950 Tony Cook Caroline Scutt Littleton SC -45 44 35 38 117 pts
43 835 Charlie Muir-Sands Jane Muir-Sands Littleton SC 39 41 37 -47 117 pts
44 832 Wes Kangurs Jo Munro BCYC 40 37 40 -47 117 pts
45 639 Stephan Bennett Richard Taylor Frensham Pond -46 46 38 40 124 pts
46 898 Sue Spring Sue Morgan Exe SC 44 -45 42 41 127 pts