Normal service resumed at Solo Nationals

by Claire Clark / sail-world on 25 Jul 2008 Day 5 of the Solo National Championship at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club and Torbay delivered 'Big Thursday' with some awesome sailing conditions with a Force 3-4 easterly at the start of the day with huge rollers in the bay.

Normal service was resumed on the penultimate day of racing with Charlie Cumbley and Andy Davis dominating the racing and the pair finished the day over 30 points clear of the third placed Chris Goldhawk.

Dave McGregor who started the day in third after winning both races the day before, suffered more gear failure, the gooseneck this time, to pick-up two DNF and drop out of contention.

Charlie Cumbley stamped his authority on the race from the start at the pin end and was never headed as he came in from the left. Andy Davis rounded the windward mark second, followed by a mass of chasing boats.

After the first two reaches Steve Cockerill, Geoff Henstridge and Chris Goldhawk had pulled away from the chasing pack and finished in that order.

Race 9 - River Dart Cup
1 Charlie Cumbley 4858
2 Andy Davis 4857
3 Steve Cockerill 4865
4 Geoff Henstridge 4731
5 Chris Goldhawk 4501

In race 10 of the 12 race series, Ian Houston started at the committee boat end and tacked off to right hand side of the beat where he picked up a good shift which saw him with a healthy lead at the first mark.

Andy Davis and Charlie Cumbley rounded second and third having come in from the left just ahead of Steve Broom, Cliff Crawshaw, Chris Goldhawk and Steve Cockerill.

Houston couldn't match the downwind speed of Davis and Cumbley who had both overhauled him by the leeward mark.

Davis and Cumbley virtually match raced up the beat with Davis covering and maintained a good lead only to see Cumbley blast past him down the run and take a commanding lead. On the final beat Goldhawk picked up a good shift to finish just behind Cockerill but ahead of Steve Broom and Alister Morley.

Race 10 - SB Marine Trophy
1 Charlie Cumbley 4858
2 Andy Davis 4857
3 Steve Cockerill 4865
4 Chris Goldhawk 4501
5 Steve Broom 4921

Solo Nationals - Overall positions (2 discards)

1 4858 Charles Cumbley Teign Corinthian 2 1 5 2 8 3 6 4 1 1 19
2 4857 Andy Davis Chase 4 5 3 1 7 4 84 14 2 2 28
3 4501 Chris Goldhawk Chew Valley 15 18 10 14 5 1 4 15 5 4 58
4 4747 Alister Morley Salcombe 14 10 2 3 31 17 7 8 22 6 67
5 4830 Paul Ellis Salcombe 3 4 13 8 11 20 18 7 6 15 67
6 4865 Steve Cockerill Stokes Bay 38 6 17 7 84 8 22 3 3 3 69
7 4774 Steve Ede Ardleigh 9 25 35 12 1 9 3 19 14 13 80
8 4731 Geoff Henstridge Pentland Firth 1 8 6 9 23 18 84 28 4 11 80
9 4743 Simon Potts Shustoke 84 11 20 4 27 5 84 13 7 8 95
10 4921 Steve broom Spinnaker 48 12 18 15 4 10 25 23 8 5 95
11 4861 Chris Brown RYA 8 3 11 6 33 15 8 24 24 25 99
12 4848 Stuart Bush Shustoke 11 30 24 40 2 2 12 5 27 23 106
13 568 Ian Houston Littleton 32 7 19 10 29 21 15 25 12 7 116
14 4884 Stephen Denison Hollingworth 45 14 12 5 14 16 84 16 23 19 119
15 4730 Vince Horey King George 47 2 4 24 32 84 13 11 20 17 123
16 4761 Cliff Crawshaw Corus 7 33 9 18 24 31 32 29 10 10 138
17 4712 Jon Clarke Draycote 35 17 30 11 9 26 21 18 18 18 138
18 4835 Will Loy Reading 33 28 8 22 6 32 20 36 11 12 139
19 4714 Mike Ball Papercourt 10 20 15 20 22 84 14 35 19 20 140
20 4935 David Mitchell Winsford Flash 18 13 21 13 13 27 26 27 13 26 143
21 4422 Lee Sydenham Chichester 84 9 44 19 12 35 16 30 15 9 145
22 4680 Chris Cleaves Salcombe 16 15 23 16 35 22 39 47 9 14 150
23 4832 David McGregor Hayling Island 5 84 14 31 10 6 1 1 84 84 152
24 4844 Stuart Hydon Shustoke 30 37 7 21 16 14 10 42 26 29 153
25 4922 Simon Corper Reading 44 21 16 38 15 11 27 17 36 27 170
26 4907 Bob Taylor Corus 27 27 39 43 18 12 2 6 40 84 171
27 4873 John Ball Ardleigh 34 29 26 35 17 84 24 12 17 21 180
28 4920 Robert Gardner Notts County 23 47 45 84 20 23 11 2 32 33 189
29 4940 Peter Hammond Salcombe 6 16 1 33 50 84 35 44 37 28 200
30 4735 Daniel Goodman Kingsmead 13 31 38 30 48 13 23 21 42 37 206
31 4866 Simon Jones Teign Corinthian 31 36 84 29 21 19 28 26 31 31 216
32 4789 David Greening Salcombe 21 23 29 32 39 30 41 51 28 22 224
33 4536 Simon Yates Salcombe 22 35 27 34 42 28 84 22 29 32 229
34 4748 Andrew Fox Crosby 41 38 33 37 26 44 29 9 34 34 240
35 4606 Mark Lee Spinnaker 43 41 31 26 40 29 5 39 84 84 254
36 4442 Barry Green Draycote 26 84 48 27 34 7 9 20 84 84 255
37 4837 Nigel Pybus Draycote 59 84 28 25 36 46 30 10 39 84 273
38 3847 Mike Barnes Littleton 17 32 47 23 43 43 40 40 43 40 278
39 4862 Stephen Waite Highcliffe 19 26 58 57 51 36 47 37 41 30 287
40 4741 Steve Jones Littleton 24 43 60 17 66 84 38 43 38 36 299
41 4120 Godfrey Clark Fishers Green 62 46 46 50 19 33 36 32 49 41 302
42 4461 Richard White Clevedon 28 45 36 45 45 48 19 56 47 43 308
43 4772 Mike Wilkie Littleton 54 19 73 54 30 38 45 66 33 38 311
44 4929 Pete Mitchell Winsford Flash 63 48 32 28 28 25 84 84 46 42 312
45 4581 Derek Jackman Chichester 42 44 40 44 57 42 49 34 35 35 316
46 4936 Gordon Barclay Dell Quay 56 84 43 53 68 40 84 31 16 16 323
47 4833 Ian Harridge Chelmarsh 37 42 42 59 76 61 61 53 21 24 339
48 4524 Nick Whyte Teign Corinthian 39 22 51 51 65 62 48 55 30 48 344
49 4589 Ian Ayres Rollesby Broad 29 84 50 58 25 50 17 33 84 84 346
50 4803 Ian Barnett Chichester 12 84 22 39 38 84 34 38 84 84 351
51 3965 James Stevenson Teign Corinthian 64 50 41 42 3 52 84 49 52 84 353
52 4738 Alastair Raynard Carsington 36 34 34 55 59 63 57 70 44 39 358
53 4867 Chris Goswell Burghfield 25 24 61 56 47 58 51 52 51 84 364
54 486 Alan Johnson SCYC 20 84 84 84 46 37 33 48 25 84 377
55 4843 Hannah Showell Shustoke 61 52 53 70 53 39 44 46 54 47 388
56 4822 Andy Colyer Teign Corinthian 46 40 66 48 60 34 52 50 84 84 396
57 4601 Roger Smith Marconi 55 53 56 61 64 59 37 61 45 44 410
58 4740 John Davey Teign Corinthian 49 84 54 52 44 41 54 45 84 84 423
59 4918 Peter Withrington Rickmansworth 67 56 49 68 56 55 50 54 56 49 425
60 4781 John Poulson Carsington 53 84 25 41 70 45 62 59 84 84 439
61 3893 Barrie McLean Loch Ard 58 54 69 62 62 68 58 57 48 45 444
62 4645 Ron Cockwell Highcliffe 70 57 65 66 55 53 42 41 84 84 449
63 4767 Peter Hearne Teign Corinthian 52 51 74 73 58 47 43 63 84 84 461
64 4804 Trevor Williams Salcombe 51 84 55 47 61 51 55 58 84 84 462
65 4215 Claire Clark Fishers Green 68 84 57 49 41 49 60 60 84 84 468
66 4904 Peter Edwards Salcombe 74 55 67 72 74 60 59 72 53 46 484
67 4679 David Sanders Papercourt 40 84 84 84 52 24 46 76 84 84 490
68 4699 John Salmon Marconi 84 84 68 63 75 57 31 62 50 84 490
69 4287 Julian Goddard Hollingworth 69 84 63 46 54 66 53 64 84 84 499
70 4760 Paul Hiles Royal Bermuda 57 84 37 60 49 56 84 84 84 84 511
71 3286 Derek Wyatt Teign Corinthian 72 59 76 71 72 54 56 73 84 84 533
72 4641 Robert Hawkins Rollesby 65 84 52 64 37 65 84 84 84 84 535
73 3920 Daniel Evans Teign Corinthian 84 84 64 65 69 70 65 75 55 84 547
74 4239 Graham Tapper Teign Corinthian 66 84 71 36 73 84 68 68 84 84 550
75 4853 Martin Allen Bewl Valley 60 84 72 69 71 64 66 69 84 84 555
76 4786 John Hale Middle Nene 73 49 84 84 63 73 63 67 84 84 556
77 1872 Paul Bristow Burghfield 71 58 70 74 80 69 70 71 84 84 563
78 4040 John Daniels Llandegfedd 84 84 59 67 67 67 71 65 84 84 564
79 4703 Clive Evans Reading 50 39 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 593
80 4443 John Woods Bowmoor 75 84 62 84 78 72 69 77 84 84 601
81 3871 Garnett Showell Teign Corinthian 76 84 75 75 79 71 67 74 84 84 601
82 3174 Michael Lee Spinnaker 84 84 84 84 77 74 64 78 84 84 629
83 3267 Matthew White Clevedon 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 672