B14 National Championship at Beer Sailing Club

by Mark Barnes on 1 Jun 2012

B14 Nationals 2012 Stewart Aplin

The B14 National Championship 2012 was held at at Beer Sailing Club over the weekend of 26th and 27th May. The B14 Flying Circus, having heard that all places in the UK were experiencing great winds other than Lyme Bay, where we had opposing land and sea breezes that had done for the anticipated big breeze on Saturday. We had to take what was thrown at us. However, what it had done was provide some very close racing over the first two days, with several teams being ruthlessly dumped back into the pack during the races as the breeze switched off and others sailed round them. Adversely it had also worked in their favour at times. Real snakes and ladders stuff.

After a great Saturday night party where the theme for the fancy dress was cartoon animals, Sunday dawned and we were greeted with a force 2, but the heat was building. Meeting John the R/O on the beach, we both had the look of condemned men, as we knew we had a good idea of what we were in for. Some were hoping we did not sail, others were desperate to go and retrieve their series. The race team launched into a fading breeze and headed to sea. For the next hours hours the on water team remained afloat checking out the breeze and sun. The sun played ball and we all improved our tans. However, the breeze was not sympathetic. It teased us by coming and going and not establishing any consistency.

B14 Nationals 2012 © Stewart Aplin

With time running out, the Race Team reluctantly called it a day and headed for shore. Team North (Dave Hayes/Tom Pygall) won a well fought series from Blue Badge (Mile Bees/Martyn Ferret) the outgoing National Champions, Anthill Mob (Tim Harrison/Johny Ratcliffe) European Champions and Seavolution (Mark Barnes/Dan Hare). Having missed out on a gladiatorial battle on the last day, the teams packed up for home and headed up to the club for a very traditional British summer lunch of sandwiches, cake, scones and tea.

Handicap series winners was GBR709 Northern Monkeys (Declan Clamp/Gary Stones Lymington Town SC) and runners up GBR 321 Bodge aka Primal Scream (Paul Roberts/Rob Taylor Weston SC).

We'd like to say a big thank you to the events sponsors Harken, Kingfisher Ropes, North Sails One Design, Marathon Leisure/Ronstan, Seavolution, Ullman Sails and Vandercraft Trailers who provided some fantastic prizes.

A well run event by Beer Sailing Club both on and off the water in testing conditions. The next major is the Europeans in Brittany in France in late August. Looks like it will be an epic one.

National Championships Results:

Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	Tally	Points	Place
791	North Sails	David Hayes	Tom Pygall	Hayling Island	25	10	1
771	Blue Badge	Mike Bees	Ferret Worth	Brightlingsea SC	6	14	2
758	Anthill Mob	Tim Harrison	Jonny Ratcliffe	HPYC	15	21	3
788	Seavolution 1	Mark Barnes	Dan Hare	Whitstable YC/Stone YC	2	22	4
772	Team Ullman Sails	Mark Watts	Toby Barsley-Dale	Weston SC	18	29	5
785	Demelza	Peter Knight	Jane Nash	Restronquet SC	9	34	6
761	Torg/ON Purpose	Geraldine Fermor	Leaky Fermor		19	45	7
770	Harken	Simon Hadley	Nikki Hadley	Bough Beech SC	14	46	8
769	Marlow	Daniel Cowin	Daniel Hollands	RYA Hythe & Saltwood SC	8	46	9
789	Seavolution2	Steve Hollingsworth	Chris Murphy	Restronquet SC	10	55	10
762	Not Another ASBO	Crispin Taylor	Guy Harril	Starcross YC	1	58	11
764	Kingfisher Ropes	Tony Blackmore	CharlotteJones	Starcross SC	12	66	12
657		Mark Pollard	Martin Walbank	Starcross SC	11	73	13
321	Bodge	Paul Roberts	Rob taylor	Weston SC	7	74.5	14
774	Porky	Kathy Sherratt	Don Forster	Weston SC	17	84	15
775		Rhys Triffitt	Gareth Lincoln	QMSC	13	84	16
742	Not Now Kat	Carl Rayner	Guy Rayner	Lymington Town	24	99	17
66		Simon Brewer	Alistair Ramsden	Tata Steel Margam	5	104	18
709	Northern Monkeys	Declan Clamp	Gary Stones	Lymington Town	22	110	19
766	HB & R Consulting Ltd	Barry Price	Al Storer	Broxbourne	4	111	20
646	WAFI/Zest Racing	Mark Cockrill	Roselle Farr	Netley SC	3	117	21
749	Fruit & Nut	Will Rand	Q' van Meurs	Lymington Town	21	117	22
672		Tom Gatehouse	Kate Wardle	Lymington Town	23	122	23
730		Andrew Davis	Stafford Glover		20	133	24
763	Pootle	Rod Little	Harvey Nott	Tata Steel Margam	16	149	25

Handicap Series Results:

Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	Tally	Handicap	Points	Place
709	Northern Monkeys	Declan Clamp	Gary Stones	Lymington Town	22	1100	32.5	1
321	Bodge	Paul Roberts	Rob taylor	Weston SC	7	1030	35	2
769	Marlow	Daniel Cowin	Daniel Hollands	RYA Hythe & Saltwood SC	8	970	41.5	3
761	Torg/ON Purpose	Geraldine Fermor	Leaky Fermor		19	970	42	4
770	Harken	Simon Hadley	Nikki Hadley	Bough Beech SC	14	970	42.5	5
785	Demelza	Peter Knight	Jane Nash	Restronquet SC	9	940	45.5	6
762	Not Another ASBO	Crispin Taylor	Guy Harril	Starcross YC	1	970	51	7
742	Not Now Kat	Carl Rayner	Guy Rayner	Lymington Town	24	1050	55	8
646	WAFI/Zest Racing	Mark Cockrill	Roselle Farr	Netley SC	3	1100	60	9
764	Kingfisher Ropes	Tony Blackmore	CharlotteJones	Starcross SC	12	980	60.5	10
789	Seavolution2	Steve Hollingsworth	Chris Murphy	Restronquet SC	10	950	69	11
771	Blue Badge	Mike Bees	Ferret Worth	Brightlingsea SC	6	864	69	12
774	Porky	Kathy Sherratt	Don Forster	Weston SC	17	1000	71.5	13
791	North Sails	David Hayes	Tom Pygall	Hayling Island	25	864	72	14
672		Tom Gatehouse	Kate Wardle	Lymington Town	23	1100	74	15
657		Mark Pollard	Martin Walbank	Starcross SC	11	980	75	16
749	Fruit & Nut	Will Rand	Q' van Meurs	Lymington Town	21	1100	77	17
730		Andrew Davis	Stafford Glover		20	1100	79	18
66		Simon Brewer	Alistair Ramsden	Tata Steel Margam	5	1030	82	19
758	Anthill Mob	Tim Harrison	Jonny Ratcliffe	HPYC	15	864	85.5	20
788	Seavolution 1	Mark Barnes	Dan Hare	Whitstable YC/Stone YC	2	864	90	21
775		Rhys Triffitt	Gareth Lincoln	QMSC	13	980	95	22
766	HB & R Consulting Ltd	Barry Price	Al Storer	Broxbourne	4	1000	106	23
772	Team Ullman Sails	Mark Watts	Toby Barsley-Dale	Weston SC	18	864	107	24
763	Pootle	Rod Little	Harvey Nott	Tata Steel Margam	16	1100	137	25

1st Lady Crew – Jane Nash Restronguet SC
1st Lady Helm – Geri Fermor
1st Tin Rig Tom Gatehouse Kate Wardle Lymington Town SC
1st Timers Simon Brewer and Alistair Ramsden Tata Steel Aargam
1st Rondar Boat helm and crew – Mark Pollard and Martin Walbank Starcross YC
3rd handicap helm and crew – Dan Cowin and Dan Hollands Hythe and Saltwood SC
2nd handicap helm and crew – Paul Roberts and Rob Taylor Weston SC
1st handicap helm and crew – Declan Clamp and Gary Stones Lymington Town SC
3rd National championship – Tim Harrison and jonny ratcliffe HPYC
2nd national championship – Mike Bees and Ferret Worth Brightlingsea SC
1st national championship – Dave Hayes and Iggl Piggl Hayling Island SC/Whitstable YC