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John Pink and Rick Peacock are 49er Champions

by Ovington on 28 Aug 2008
As the fleet set off for their final two races of the 49er UK National CHampionship, the wind was brisk but manageable. As racing started the wind increase and gave a lively finish to an excellent three days racing.

John Pink and Rick Peacock made sure they kept their lead and sat on Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign in both races to take the 2008 Championship title.

Special awards:

First Master helm and crew - Lester and Lee Noble
First Lady - Amy Cartwright
First Under 21 Helm - Dylan Fletcher
First Under 21 crew - Matt Gotrel

49er UK Nationals - Final overall positions

Sailed:9, Discards:2, To count:7, Entries:35, Scoring system:Appendix A

Rank

Class

SailNo

Helm

Crew

Club

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

Total

Nett

1st

49er

23

John Pink

Rick Peacock

Hill Head

(3.0)

1.0

(3.0)

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

13.0

7.0

2nd

49er

45

Dylan Fletcher

Alaun Sign

Stokes Bay

2.0

(10.0)

(5.0)

3.0

3.0

2.0

3.0

3.0

2.0

33.0

18.0

3rd

49er

Fin 1060

Lauri Lehtinen

Heizzi Soininen

NJK

(12.0)

3.0

(10.0)

2.0

2.0

4.0

2.0

2.0

9.0

46.0

24.0

4th

49er

1023

Richard Mason

Tom Peel

RYC

1.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

(6.0)

(7.0)

4.0

5.0

4.0

40.0

27.0

5th

49er

1037

Chris Rashley

Matt Gotrel

Stokes Bay

7.0

2.0

(15.0)

4.0

7.0

5.0

6.0

4.0

(11.0)

61.0

35.0

6th

49er

GER 111

Erik Heil

Thomas Plobel

FSC

5.0

8.0

1.0

(22.0)

4.0

6.0

11.0

9.0

(13.0)

79.0

44.0

7th

49er

16

Dave Evans

Ed Powys

Restronguet

8.0

6.0

2.0

6.0

5.0

8.0

9.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

116.0

44.0

8th

49er

81

Andy Bryson

Johnny Clegg

 

4.0

(14.0)

9.0

11.0

11.0

3.0

8.0

(13.0)

6.0

79.0

52.0

9th

49er

747

Josh Wilce

Olly Wilce

Rutland SC

11.0

13.0

(21.0)

7.0

(14.0)

9.0

12.0

6.0

3.0

96.0

61.0

10th

49er

934

Michel Munker

Oliver Lewin

KYC

(21.0)

(15.0)

7.0

9.0

8.0

13.0

7.0

12.0

5.0

97.0

61.0

11th

49er

1

Simon Hiscocks

Rob Partridge

WPNSA

(18.0)

12.0

6.0

8.0

(36.0 DNC)

15.0

10.0

7.0

8.0

120.0

66.0

12th

49er

892

Tim Saxton

Pete Perera

Grafham

10.0

11.0

8.0

10.0

15.0

12.0

5.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

143.0

71.0

13th

49er

940

Justin Visser

Ryan Visser

RYC

(17.0)

7.0

12.0

14.0

10.0

11.0

(15.0)

10.0

10.0

106.0

74.0

14th

49er

997

Chris Turner

Adam Ovington

Tynemouth SC

13.0

18.0

11.0

(36.0 DNC)

(25.0)

10.0

13.0

8.0

12.0

146.0

85.0

15th

49er

884

Huw Humphreys

Simon Marks

HSC

6.0

17.0

16.0

(20.0)

9.0

(36.0 DNC)

20.0

11.0

7.0

142.0

86.0

16th

49er

IRL 1032

Jogn Downey

Ross McDonald

RCYC

16.0

9.0

14.0

12.0

(20.0)

(25.0)

14.0

15.0

14.0

139.0

94.0

17th

49er

RSA 628

Jonathan Heathcote

Simon Eastwell

PYC

9.0

19.0

(36.0 DNC)

13.0

12.0

19.0

18.0

14.0

(36.0 DNC)

176.0

104.0

18th

49er

908

Lester Noble

Lee Noble

Ullswater

14.0

5.0

18.0

(36.0 OCS)

13.0

16.0

16.0

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

190.0

118.0

19th

49er

688

Matty Lyons

James Lyons

Ullswater YC

19.0

22.0

20.0

15.0

16.0

14.0

19.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

197.0

125.0

20th

49er

519

Chris Gill

John Gill

PYSC

25.0

21.0

23.0

16.0

18.0

17.0

17.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

209.0

137.0

21st

49er

IRL 25

Alistair Kissane

Ronan Wallace

HYC

24.0

28.0

22.0

(29.0)

23.0

18.0

25.0

(36.0 DNC)

15.0

220.0

155.0

22nd

49er

933

Daniel Hare

Jamie Hare

Black Water SC

20.0

24.0

17.0

19.0

19.0

20.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

227.0

155.0

23rd

49er

681

Simon Evans

Stephen Cronshaw

DELPH SC

27.0

16.0

25.0

28.0

21.0

26.0

21.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

236.0

164.0

24th

49er

17

Tom Heywood

Tom Partington

HISC

22.0

20.0

19.0

27.0

28.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

16.0

36.0 DNC

240.0

168.0

25th

49er

28

Richard Williams

Ian Sharps

Royal Harwich YC

29.0

25.0

24.0

18.0

17.0

24.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

245.0

173.0

26th

49er

314

Ronald Price

Amy Cartwright

Weston

15.0

31.0

29.0

21.0

(36.0 DNC)

21.0

22.0

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

247.0

175.0

27th

49er

107

John Hall

Martin Gibson

Oxford

31.0

32.0

28.0

23.0

22.0

23.0

24.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

255.0

183.0

28th

49er

454

Adrian Stell

Joe Adams

Stokes

26.0

26.0

26.0

25.0

(36.0 DNC)

28.0

23.0

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

262.0

190.0

29th

49er

859

David Hopper

Steve Hopper

TBYC

30.0

27.0

30.0

24.0

27.0

22.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

268.0

196.0

30th

49er

powerman

Peter Lawrance

Miles Blaver-Mann

Parkstone

23.0

23.0

27.0

(36.0 DNC)

26.0

27.0

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

270.0

198.0

31st

49er

869

Stuart Urquhart

Richard Urquhart

Royal Findhorn YC

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

13.0

17.0

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

282.0

210.0

32nd

49er

746

Craig Paul

John Paul

Lochaber

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

31.0

26.0

24.0

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

297.0

225.0

33rd

49er

749

Peter Thompson

Nick Binnendijk

TBYC

28.0

29.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

309.0

237.0

34th

49er

IRL 20

David Copithorne

Tony Sheehan

SCCSC

32.0

30.0

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

314.0

242.0

35th

49er

818

Ben Paten

Rupert Jones

Royal Lymington

(36.0 DNC)

(36.0 DNC)

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

36.0 DNC

324.0

252.0


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