Fireball Nationals at Mounts Bay - Day 5

by Event media on 22 Aug 2008 After waiting around for the wind to reach 5 mph the fleet finally launched at 2.00pm for race 7 of the Fireball Nationals being held at Mounts Bay.

The First race was started only to be abandon after a large wind shift. The wind eventually died and the fleet returned to shore. The results are now upto date after consulting with the race officer over race 1 gate start.

Overall Wade and McGrane lead from Smith and Mildred on count back, with both teams on 12 points. Howarth and Townsend and Mee and Wagstaff within 3 and 5 points respectively.

Fireball - Positions after 6 races, 1 discard

1st Dave Wade Ben McGrane Northampton SC -12 1 1 1 5 4 24 12
2nd Andy Smith Jonny Mildred Notts County SC 3 -6 2 4 2 1 18 12
3rd Chips Howarth Vyv Townsend Bewl Valley SC 1 3 4 3 4 -5 20 15
4th Matt Mee Richard Wagstaff Hollingworth Lake SC -9 2 3 2 3 8 27 18
5th D J Edwards Andy Thompson Corus SC 4 4 5 7 1 -12 33 21
6th Tom Jeffcoate Mark Hogan Notts County SC 6 -9 8 8 6 3 40 31
7th Kevin Hope Russell Thorne Notts County SC 8 7 7 (91.0 DNF) 13 2 128 37
8th Matt Burge Paul Davies Poole YC 5 8 -15 13 7 11 59 44
9th Martyn Lewis Richard Byne Draycote Water SC 7 11 12 -15 11 6 62 47
10th Sam Mettam Richard Anderton Thorny Island SC -21 5 6 14 12 16 74 53
11th Phillip Popple Gavin Tillson Shoreham SC 13 15 -20 9 16 7 80 60
12th Becky Priest Tim Saunders Staunton Harold SC -26 12 16 11 8 13 86 60
13th Tom Foskett Tim Needham Staunton Harold 19 10 11 6 15 (91.0 DNS) 152 61
14th Adam Whitehouse Mike Pratt Draycote Water SC -22 18 13 5 10 18 86 64
15th Vince Horey Robert Gardiner King George Sailing Club 18 (91.0 DNS) 10 10 20 10 159 68
16th Grahame Newton Mark Stevens Staunton Harold SC 10 13 -19 16 14 17 89 70
17th Andrew Pearce Olly Goldsmith Portishead Y&SC 23 16 17 -30 9 9 104 74
18th Derian Scott Andy Scott Chew Valley Lake SC 2 14 (91.0 DNF) 12 28 22 169 78
19th Angus Hemmings Steve Chesney Hayling Island SC 17 17 14 19 -21 20 108 87
20th Paulo Brescia Dario Pagliani Yacht Club Italiano 29 19 9 24 -35 15 131 96
21st Veronica Falat Ben Falat Waveney & Oulton Broad YC 14 24 -33 17 18 23 129 96
22nd Tom Fenn Jim Baldwin Notts County SC 11 23 18 26 -32 28 138 106
23rd Malcolm Davies Fiona Davies Paignton SC 15 (91.0 DNF) 23 29 23 21 202 111
24th Matt Grant Tim Searle Castle Cove SC 28 20 -41 27 17 24 157 116
25th Mark Maskell John Watkins Brightlingsea 16 26 25 (91.0 DNC) 26 34 218 127
26th Paul Smalley Alex Knight Weston SC -47 35 27 20 24 25 178 131
27th Simon Lomas-Clarke John Piatt Weston SC 31 21 -32 22 27 30 163 131
28th Pete Badham John Rohde Dracote Water SC 30 28 22 -38 25 31 174 136
29th Andy Willcocks Andrea Willcocks Clevedon SC 39 30 21 25 -40 35 190 150
30th Martin Scarth Anthony King Blackwater SC 24 29 (91.0 DNF) 40 31 26 241 150
31st Ian Priest Mike Stoddart South Cerney SC 41 -44 26 31 37 19 198 154
32nd Simon Kelsall Tom Williamson Staunton Harold SC 25 33 37 23 36 -44 198 154
33rd Tom Castle Anthony York Northampton SC -40 38 30 28 30 33 199 159
34th Joe Jospe Tom Egli Pointe Claire YC -46 27 42 18 39 39 211 165
35th Russell Cormack Ali Cormack Budworth SC 27 -39 34 37 38 29 204 165
36th Alex Shaw Jo Line Portishead Y&SC 42 31 28 36 -50 32 219 169
37th Chris Walker Oli Needham Staunton Harold SC 35 50 24 35 34 (91.0 DNS) 269 178
38th Christine Slater Nigel Williams Paignton SC 34 43 -46 46 22 38 229 183
39th Rhys Lankester Chris Bishop Bristol Corinthian 32 36 (91.0 DNF) 34 43 46 282 191
40th Anthony Proctor Alan Goule Paington SC -45 45 35 33 42 36 236 191
41st John Tenny Tom Vian Draycote Water SC -55 42 31 32 44 45 249 194
42nd Elaine Slater Graham Slater Paignton SC 33 37 38 39 49 (91.0 DNF) 287 196
43rd Brett Cokayne Tom Greenhalgh Staunton Harold SC 38 49 43 41 -51 40 262 211
44th Nick McLeod Matt Rawson Ogston SC 36 34 44 (91.0 DNF) 52 52 309 218
45th Tim Riley Chris Tuchett Waveny & Oulton Broad YC -51 40 40 44 45 49 269 218
46th Jonathon Bale Gary Henwood-Fox Chew Valley Lake SC 48 -60 50 50 41 41 290 230
47th Ian Western Keith Bundy Draycote Water SC 37 51 48 (91.0 DNC) 53 42 322 231
48th Colin Snowden Karen Hiles Draycote Water SC 56 47 36 45 56 -58 298 240
49th Ross Kearney Dave Hynes Northampton SC (91.0 DSQ) 91.0 DSQ 29 21 91.0 DNF 14 337 246
50th Peter Wood James Wood Draycote Water SC 59 41 (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNC 29 27 338 247
51st David Ryder Michelle Ryder Blackwater SC 57 46 52 (91.0 DNC) 48 51 345 254
52nd Jeremy Hurst Abigail Hurst Parkstone SC 50 53 63 (91.0 DSQ) 47 50 354 263
53rd Terry Forbes Dan Walker Staunton Harold SC 54 48 60 (91.0 DNF) 57 47 357 266
54th Nathan Batchelor Adam Bowers Castle Cove SC 43 25 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 19 91.0 DNC 360 269
55th Jeremy Belling Paul Robbins Castle Cove SC 53 32 39 (91.0 DNF) 60 91.0 DNC 366 275
56th Geoff Holden Sophie Holden Ogston SC 52 52 51 (91.0 DNF) 68 53 367 276
57th Anthony Willcocks James Willcocks Clevedon SC 64 56 57 49 -67 54 347 280
58th David Mason George Collett Weirwood SC 70 (91.0 DNF) 47 91.0 DNF 46 37 382 291
59th Steve Popple Suzie Capey Shoreham SC 69 -74 49 43 72 66 373 299
60th John Lang Damian Abbott West Riding SC 62 58 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 54 43 399 308
61st Martin Smith Julie Hanson Mounts Bay SC 65 61 55 (91.0 DNC) 73 60 405 314
62nd Elaine Tudor Warren Tudor Brightlingsea SC 49 57 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 33 91.0 DNS 412 321
63rd Grahame Collett Mark Homer Draycote Water SC 77 68 59 52 -78 65 399 321
64th Steve Patten Brian Aldgate Penzance SC 61 62 (91.0 DNF) 48 61 91.0 DNS 414 323
65th Gordon Evans Ruth Evans Coran SC Margam 58 55 56 (91.0 DNF) 63 91.0 DNS 414 323
66th Paul Anthony Quentin Hayes Draycote Water (91.0 DSQ) 54 64 54 62 91.0 DNS 416 325
67th Duncan Roberts Kayleigh Roberts Carsington SC 71 64 53 47 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNF 417 326
68th Peter Gray Robert Lyn Staunton Harold SC 44 (91.0 DNF) 45 91.0 DNC 58 91.0 DNF 420 329
69th Scarff Stewart Lesley Scarff Shoreham SC 82.5 67 66 53 -83 61 412.5 329.5
70th Barry Smith Christopher Smith Thornbury SC 60 59 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 66 59 426 335
71st Nick Hurst Ben Fjaeren Shoreham SC 68 (91.0 DNS) 58 91.0 DNC 65 57 430 339
72nd Tony Godwin Tim McEvoy Torpoint Mosquito SC (91.0 DSQ) 91.0 DSQ 91.0 DNC 42 64 56 435 344
73rd Bob Tuckwood Debbie Tuckwood Notts County SC 75 65 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 59 55 436 345
74th Peter Clayton Richard Clayton Scaling Dam SC 76 71 62 (91.0 DNC) 75 62 437 346
75th Kirsten Claiden-Yardley Andrew Jarvis Oxford SC 78 70 61 (91.0 DNS) 74 64 438 347
76th Maria Richard Lucy Lingard Blackwater SC 63 (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNF 91.0 DNF 55 48 439 348
77th Barbara Newson Guy Newson Pentland Firth YC 67 63 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 70 63 445 354
78th David Festing Karen Festing Soreham SC (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNS 54 51 77 91.0 DNS 455 364
79th Tom Burton Graham Burton RYA 74 69 65 (91.0 DNF) 71 91.0 DNF 461 370
80th Rob Watson Lisa Kelly Staunton Harold SC 79 22 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNF 91.0 DNC 465 374
81st Penny Gibbs Ian Gibbs Brightlingsea SC 20 (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNS 475 384
82nd Steve Greenhalgh Heidi Cokayne Staunton Harold SC 72 66 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 76 91.0 DNS 487 396
83rd Gareth Hill Janet Hill Corus SC 73 73 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 69 91.0 DNS 488 397
84th Bob Reynolds Graham Ditcham Weirwood SC 66 72 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 79 91.0 DNS 490 399
85th Richard Stone Ollie Stone Staunton Harold SC 80 (91.0 DNF) 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 80 91.0 DNS 524 433
86th Graham Gittins Teresa Tonks Chelmarsh SC 81 (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 82 91.0 DNF 527 436
87th Corrie Bell Ben Cosh Shoreham 82.5 (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNF 91.0 DNC 84 91.0 DNS 530.5 439.5
88th Wendy Wood Helen Bedford Shoreham SC (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 81 91.0 DNC 536 445
89th Gary Russam Andy Ffoulkes Bartley SC (91.0 DNS) 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 546 455
89th John Hobson John Rowell Notts County SC (91.0 DNC) 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 546 455