Gilbert / Willan lead RS200 Nationals after day 3

by Sail-world.com/uk on 27 Aug 2008
Roger Gilbert and Jane Willan took two more wins on day 3 of the Gul RS200 Nationals at Hayling Island SC.

With the first discard this gives them a clear five wins and they are 16 points ahead of Geoff Carveth and Lucy Macgreagor, who with a fifth and a fourth move into second. Tom and Jo Hewitson are in third place and James Stewart and Toby Lewis are fourth.

Day 3 dawned, much to the relief of competitors, with a reduced windspeed of 14knots and no rain in the sky. The race area was moved to directly above Hayling Bar and two three lap, 1hr 20min races run by the PRO – much to the amusement of the competitors already aching bodies!

Race 5 for the www.beminetoday.com Jug went to Roger Gilbert/Jane Willan. By a country mile. Behind though, the racing was close and intense. Nick Charles and Jules Kingsnorth had the grit between their teeth after a couple of disappointing races and showed their true form to come home second. Tom and Jo Hewitson rounded off the top three.

Race six for the Sailboat Deliveries Trophy was started in a freshening breeze. Gilbert/Willan were again utterly dominant, winning by miles. Charles/Kingsnorth were again second, with James Stewart/Tobytastic third. Early pacesetters Ben Saxton/Kate Macgregor also took the opportunity to show the fleet the importance of reading the sailing instructions, opting to do a 360 turn after hitting the mark and then berating other boats who didn’t follow suit ( the RS classes allow mark hitting ) – oops!!

That evening saw the fancy dress party, the theme being Nursery Rhymes & Fables. Clear winner for best outfit was Simon Fell wearing a ‘pea green boat’ with an owl and the pussy cat! Ian Pickard looked interesting as a wardrobe!! Everyone made a great effort though – and everyone was thoroughly broken by the end of the night.

RS200 - Leading positions after day 3, 6 races of 10, 1 discard

1st 50 Gold 1286 Roger Gilbert Jane Willan Frensham Pond SC 1.0 (24.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.0 5.0
2nd 97 Gold 1357 Geoff Carveth Lucy Macgreagor HISC 4.0 (47.0) 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 68.0 21.0
3rd 100 Gold 772 Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson Broadwater SC 12.0 2.0 (19.0) 2.0 3.0 8.0 46.0 27.0
4th 37 Gold 1203 James C Stewart Toby Lewis Parkstone SC 7.0 5.0 (137.0 DSQ) 6.0 10.0 3.0 168.0 31.0
5th 59 Gold 1328 Ben Saxton Kate Macgregor Grafham Water SC 14.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 8.0 (137.0 DSQ) 169.0 32.0
6th 127 Gold 988 Ian Martin Chris Martin Burghfield SC (15.0) 8.0 9.0 3.0 7.0 10.0 52.0 37.0
7th 67 Gold 202 Robbie Burns Victoria Lee Simpson Largs SC 5.0 6.0 (23.0) 12.0 9.0 7.0 62.0 39.0
8th 123 Gold 962 Andrew Peters Jeraldine Peters King and Queen YC 2.0 (30.0) 8.0 10.0 13.0 9.0 72.0 42.0
9th 57 Gold 1323 David Hivey Jane Hivey Merchant Taylors' SC 13.0 (20.0) 4.0 14.0 6.0 6.0 63.0 43.0
10th 121 Gold 953 Nicholas Charles Juliet Kingsnorth Littleton SC 3.0 (48.0) 31.0 7.0 2.0 2.0 93.0 45.0
11th 66 Gold 1350 James Peters Alan Roberts HISC (19.0) 3.0 10.0 9.0 16.0 13.0 70.0 51.0
12th 99 Gold 771 Marshall King Emma Clarke RSG YC /Army SA 6.0 13.0 2.0 13.0 (26.0) 22.0 82.0 56.0
13th 15 Gold 1094 Sam Littlejohn Becky Hyde Lancing SC 8.0 4.0 (39.0) 11.0 12.0 24.0 98.0 59.0
14th 39 Gold 1231 Sarah Allan Simon Haighton Littleton SC 11.0 7.0 7.0 16.0 18.0 (45.0) 104.0 59.0
15th 33 Gold 1172 Matthew Burge TBA Poole YC (23.0) 11.0 12.0 15.0 15.0 12.0 88.0 65.0
16th 44 Gold 1254 David Steed Noelle Vidal Mengham Rythe SC (29.0) 10.0 6.0 19.0 19.0 25.0 108.0 79.0
17th 113 Gold 936 Mark Heather Simon Conway Wilsonian SC 20.0 17.0 16.0 25.0 (36.0) 11.0 125.0 89.0
18th 55 Gold 1313 Steve Dunn Charlotte Cotter Wembley SC 10.0 23.0 (137.0 DNC) 30.0 11.0 21.0 232.0 95.0
19th 119 Gold 940 Dicken Maclean Nicola Groves Island Barn SC 32.0 (51.0) 18.0 18.0 23.0 14.0 156.0 105.0
20th 14 Gold 1088 James Boyce Sarah Hornby Papercourt SC 21.0 22.0 (29.0) 23.0 22.0 17.0 134.0 105.0
21st 129 Gold 999 Dave Derby Emma Derby Bough Beech SC 9.0 21.0 17.0 29.0 35.0 (41.0) 152.0 111.0
22nd 23 Gold 1130 Rob Janering Marianthe Evangelidis Wembley SC 17.0 (69.0) 13.0 26.0 24.0 31.0 180.0 111.0
23rd 53 Gold 1301 Pete Vincent HRH Tessa Nicholls Bristol Corinthian YC 16.0 16.0 28.0 (62.0) 25.0 32.0 179.0 117.0
24th 109 Gold 854 Andrew Shaw Jeremy Williamson Itchenor SC 18.0 9.0 (58.0) 36.0 46.0 15.0 182.0 124.0
25th 13 Silver 1061 Maria Stanley Ian Robertson Oxford SC 37.0 15.0 24.0 (46.0) 31.0 19.0 172.0 126.0
26th 98 Gold 766 Harry Roome Prue Roome Itchenor SC (40.0) 25.0 22.0 17.0 38.0 26.0 168.0 128.0
27th 18 Gold 1106 George Yeoman Georgie Akin-Smith Itchenor SC 24.0 (58.0) 21.0 33.0 28.0 23.0 187.0 129.0
28th 31 Gold 1167 Ronald Millar Liz Copland Dalgety Bay SC 31.0 12.0 30.0 32.0 (34.0) 33.0 172.0 138.0
29th 12 Gold 1060 Frances Peters Claire Lasko HISC 26.0 35.0 54.0 (137.0 DSQ) 14.0 16.0 282.0 145.0
30th 120 Gold 941 Mike Chapman Lynne Ratcliffe Bexhill/Bough Beech SCs 27.0 37.0 37.0 21.0 (39.0) 28.0 189.0 150.0
31st 28 Silver 1163 Katrina Gilbert Jenny Rust Frensham Pond SC 55.0 (70.0) 33.0 20.0 21.0 29.0 228.0 158.0
32nd 101 Gold 789 Luke Patience Chris Grube Bala SC (137.0 DNC) 137.0 DNC 11.0 8.0 4.0 5.0 302.0 165.0
33rd 30 Gold 1165 Ian Pickard Loopie Lucy Matthews RNSA 35.0 19.0 15.0 28.0 (80.0) 71.0 248.0 168.0
34th 78 Silver 487 Sam Tozer Katy Nichol Papercourt SC 34.0 (44.0) 26.0 34.0 41.0 34.0 213.0 169.0
35th 60 Gold 1329 Trudie Fell Sheena Craig Burghfield SC 36.0 18.0 (56.0) 49.0 29.0 43.0 231.0 175.0
36th 51 Silver 1291 Hannah Yuill Andy Robertson Bowmoor SC 33.0 26.0 32.0 (56.0) 40.0 46.0 233.0 177.0
37th 3 Gold 1008 Phil Sowden Jim Sowden Highcliffe SC 22.0 31.0 (63.0) 57.0 47.0 51.0 271.0 208.0
38th 104 Silver 825 Rosie Brearley Tom Brearley Littleton SC 30.0 40.0 49.0 53.0 (54.0) 36.0 262.0 208.0
39th 46 Gold 1264 Simon Gillow Adam Page Chipstead SC 41.0 50.0 46.0 22.0 (71.0) 50.0 280.0 209.0
40th 89 Gold 626 Caroline Martin Bethan Carden Burghfield SC 42.0 41.0 35.0 (69.0) 43.0 48.0 278.0 209.0
41st 136 Gold 653 Dave Evans Mari Shepherd HISC 86.0 (137.0 DNC) 25.0 24.0 42.0 42.0 356.0 219.0
42nd 77 Gold 486 Richard Neall Sara Terry Itchenor SC 54.0 65.0 20.0 (137.0 DSQ) 61.0 20.0 357.0 220.0
43rd 62 Gold 1336 Roy McCubbin Kirsty McSeveney Strathclyde Loch SC (137.0 DNS) 39.0 44.0 38.0 48.0 54.0 360.0 223.0
44th 70 Gold 371 Sarah Taylor Lucy Matthews Locks SC 38.0 29.0 53.0 51.0 53.0 (137.0 DNC) 361.0 224.0
45th 17 Gold 1103 Alex Taylor Graeme Bristow Budworth SC 46.0 27.0 55.0 60.0 37.0 (73.0) 298.0 225.0
46th 126 Silver 981 James Rusden Will Rusden Highcliffe SC 45.0 32.0 27.0 90.0 32.0 (137.0 DNF) 363.0 226.0
47th 122 Silver 960 Jayne Johnson Nicola Mcilroy Starcross YC (137.0 DSQ) 38.0 14.0 39.0 81.0 56.0 365.0 228.0
48th 115 Silver 899 Tim Pearse Millie Parsons Stokes Bay SC (76.0) 43.0 75.0 40.0 33.0 47.0 314.0 238.0
49th 75 Silver 464 Liz Teague Pete Cruikshank Bristol Corinthian YC 53.0 33.0 36.0 (63.0) 55.0 63.0 303.0 240.0
50th 118 Gold 938 Phil Sparks Ben Gratton RLYC/HISC 87.0 46.0 (97.0) 45.0 27.0 44.0 346.0 249.0

Full results - www.hisc.co.uk/openresults08/rs200_nationals_2008.htm