Zhik RS200 Eurocup – Sailing heaven

by RS Association on 28 Jul 2010

Zhik RS200 Eurocup update: Many venues can claim to be the best in the world for sailing – Palma, Sardinia, San Fran, Wembley, BCYC, etc. But in this humble author’s opinion, one place stands out – Riva del Garda. Today, it played host to 76 RS200s on the first day of the Zhik RS200 Eurocup and did a decent impression of what sailing heaven is like, with blue skies, 16-20knots and lovely little rolling waves, perfect.

Race one got away first time, to everyone’s surprise, and the fleet soon all tacked off onto port and headed to the cliffs. First ones there, and also to the windward mark, were James Boyce/Sam Tozer, obviously looking to impress their travelling WAGS. Unfortunately though, Roger Gilbert/Jane Willan had slipped back into formidable RS200 form and showed how to sail low and fast downwind to pass the early leaders. They kept the lead to the end, with Andy and Jill Peters showing lots of pace downwind to almost catch Boyce/Tozer on the last downwind leg, but not quite enough, so took third.

Race two also saw a clean get away and yet more scrambling to the cliffs. This time, the fleet’s second blast from the past Dave Giles, ably assisted by Fiona Clarke, showed that age has not diminished them as they led from the start to almost the finish. Unfortunately, in a moment of bravado (maybe?) they carried the spinnaker on the final leg to the finish but were met by a monster gust and had to drop. As they slowed, Gilbert/Willan took advantage and snuck past, to record their second bullet of the day. Giles/Clarke survived to take second while Dave and Jane Hivey took third.

Special mentions for the day – Pete Vincent sailing without a bung. No other story can come close.

A very broken fleet is now enjoying free pasta (another feather in Garda’s cap), and trying to recover in time for tomorrow. If its as good as today, it’ll be awesome.

Results

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2
1	1286	Roger GILBERT, Jane WILLAN	2,0	1	1
2	1088	James BOYCE, Sam TOZER	6,0	2	4
3	1231	David GILES, Fiona CLARK	7,0	5	2
4	1323	David HIVEY, Jane HIVEY	7,0	4	3
5	962	Andrew PETERS, Jeraldine PETERS	9,0	3	6
6	854	Andrew SHAW, Rachel WILLIAMSON	14,0	6	8
7	1130	Rob JANERING, Ian GILL	18,0	7	11
8	900	Hamish CALDER, Severine REES-JONES	18,0	8	10
9	908	Martin BOATMAN, Samantha MURPHY	22,0	17	5
10	1087	Tim ELLIS, Lucy PRESTON	22,0	13	9
11	1422	Caroline MARTIN, Nick MARTIN	28,0	10	18
12	999	David DERBY, Emma DERBY	29,0	15	14
13	1328	Ben SAXTON, Nicola BROOK	30,0	11	19
14	1157	Joshua FLACK, Thomas BROPHY	31,0	14	17
15	1106	George YEOMAN, Georgie AKIN-SMITH	33,0	18	15
16	870	Stephen TIERNAN, Sarah HICKMAN	36,0	9	27
17	1031	Chris CATT, Nikki CATT	38,0	16	22
18	1146	Matt GREENFIELD, David ROLFE	39,0	26	13
19	1419	Toby ASHTON, Rachel ASHTON	41,0	21	20
20	617	Ian SHARPS, Ellie MARTIN	46,0	12	34
21	1029	Christian HUMPHREY, Noelle VIDAL	46,0	20	26
22	1015	Wayne FLETCHER, Deb FLETCHER	50,0	34	16
23	345	Tom HALHEAD, Karen BAKER	50,0	22	28
24	1389	Paul LEWIS, Katie NICHOL	53,0	32	21
25	487	Sam MAXFIELD, Pete MATTHEWS	54,0	24	30
26	1325	Charlotte SAVAGE, Mike WOOD	55,0	19	36
27	960	Jayne JOHNSON, Nicola MCILROY	55,0	23	32
28	1378	Mike SAUL, Sophie HARTLEY	55,0	31	24
29	1423	Marianthe EVANGILIDIS, Stephen JANERING	58,0	51	7
30	1010	Steve RESTALL, Judy RESTALL	58,0	46	12
31	876	Keith ESCRITT, Anne SAUL	59,0	30	29
32	865	Steve DAVIS, Kate DAVIS	60,0	35	25
33	472	Ian MILLS, Claire STOPPS	62,0	29	33
34	1321	Micky BOUGHTON, Elllen MILNER	68,0	37	31
35	1004	Charlie POYNER, Katie LEE	70,0	33	37
36	792	Maia WALSH, Peter BENTLEY	71,0	48	23
37	831	Thomas WRIGHT, Helen WIGHTMAN	73,0	28	45
38	1117	Henry MAXFIELD, Eddie GLENNIE	75,0	27	48
39	714	Claire WALSH, Jasmine HUSBAND	76,0	38	38
40	953	Juliet CHARLES, Lina HAINES	77,0	42	35
41	1018	Simon CORY, Sarah STYLES	80,0	41	39
42	760	Neil BARRETT, Sophie JONES	87,0	36	51
43	748	Matt BROMLEY, Andrea MORGAN	87,0	47	40
44	1301	Pete VINCENT, Tessa Hrh NICHOLLS	89,0	43	46
45	1417	Nigel HARNIMAN, Emma HARNIMAN	92,0	45	47
46	1264	Simon GILLOW, Fiona BRETT	93,0	40	53
47	825	Rosie BREARLEY, Rosie BREARLEY	93,0	50	43
48	614	Richard WHITELEY, Dan PHILLIPS	93,0	44	49
49	1246	Oliver SLOPER, Emma LOMBARD	98,0	39	59
50	1164	Emma JOHNSON, Penny JOHNSON	100,0	59	41
51	1148	Rob MARTIN, Jan MARTIN	102,0	25	dnc
52	1149	James HAYDEN, Katie BOWER	102,0	60	42
53	1248	Denis BROPHY, Simon FLASK	103,0	49	54
54	1020	Andrew HARTLEY, Evelyn HARTLEY	105,0	55	50
55	419	James BAYLISS, Lucinda BAYLISS	111,0	53	58
56	834	Andrew GILL, James CLAYTON	111,0	54	57
57	1036	Robert POOLE, George MILLER	112,0	68	44
58	1132	Peter LORETTO, Naomi FLACK	113,0	58	55
59	640	Katharine LOVERING, Helen WINWARD	118,0	66	52
60	593	Chris BOWER, Liz MACDONALD	118,0	62	56
61	1144	John GILL, Judy FAULDS	120,0	57	63
62	1278	Kat WARD, Venetia WINGFIELD	122,0	56	66
63	888	Matthew SHEAHAN, Ellie SHEAHAN	125,0	61	64
64	446	Cameron HUNTER, Jonathan ELLERY	125,0	63	62
65	1000	Suzy RUSSELL, AJ DAWSON	129,0	52	dnc
66	734	Clare STUBBS, Helen Stubbs	129,0	64	65
67	1025	Alex BEANEY, Anon TBA	131,0	71	60
68	526	Daniel HAWKINS, Cassie HAWKINS	132,0	65	67
69	627	Hermione PATTISON, Pie ROMER	137,0	69	68
70	1150	David BEANEY, John BEANEY	138,0	dnc	61
71	558	Jerry COLLINGWOOD, Alice MOORE	139,0	70	69
72	460	Katie NURTON, Louise RENWICK	144,0	67	dnf
73	1263	Julian BRADLEY, Lil BATES	154,0	dnf	dnc
73	709	John FISHBOURNE, Ewan MCHENRY	154,0	dnc	dnc
73	1290	Andrew GROVES, Tessa GROVES	154,0	dnc	dnc
73	9999	James RUSSELL, Danielle RUSSELL	154,0	dnc	dnc