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RS200 SEAS Series Round 1 at Wembley Sailing Club

by Julian Bradley 21 Apr 2015 23:01 HKT 19 April 2015

The rescheduled opener to the RS200 2015 SEAS series kicked off at Wembley SC on Sunday 19th, with some 20 entries – split 50/50 locals and visitors. We ran the usual Wembley gig – free breakfast before, free lunch afterwards sandwiching 3 back to back races, Mar Bar and water on the water.

Weather you'll recall was light to moderate Easterly, overcast. In race 1, Andy Peters slipped in from behind to take advantage of the dice between your correspondent and 'Call Me' Dave Jessop and win. He followed this with a horizon job in race 2. The dying breeze of race 3 saw Neil Barrett and Sophie Jones from Wanlip SC win from the Peterses then Joe Adams and Emma Lucas. Close racing throughout the fleet, everyone seemed terribly well-behaved. No pan-handling plop-sockets with bowsprits or fluffing the gun, and no one sunk. (Even my repaired boat is drier than a moth sandwich). Results and pictures attached.

Many thanks go to the Merlin Fleet (the co-ordinating talent of Anthony Rickaby in particular), Colin Brockbank (RO) and Marc Heritier (ARO), as well as the helpers in the galley, rescue boat, behind lenses – see the Wembley Sailing Club Facebook for more pictures.

Next up is Bough Beech, Saturday 25 April – details on the RS site.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2R3Pts
1st1559Andrew PetersJill PetersQueen Mary SC‑2123
2nd1347David JessopClare MichelmorePapercourt SC12‑53
3rd1072Niel BarrettSophie JonesWanlip SC4‑515
4th554Julian BradleyThe ShrimpWembley SC3‑447
5th1228Joe AdamsEmma LucasBurghfield SC5‑638
6th1325Charlotte SavageMike Wood 93(DNS)12
7th590Christopher ThomasMark ThomasBroadstairs SC‑118816
8th1565Roger WilsonChung ChanWembley SC‑1211617
9th1036Robert PooleLuke FrankcombeWembley SC6‑131117
10th871John CurranAlice HudsonWembley SC‑1371017
11th909Jack VincentMarc VincentBough Beech SC89‑1217
12th839Joe CicChloe SiderisWembley SC‑1412719
13th1263Jack BanksPenny JeffcoateWest Kirby SC‑1010919
14th1546John McKelvieSarah McKelvieWembley SC7(RET)DNC27
15th633Callum BrightNick HillUniversity of Birmingham SC‑17141327
16th561Ian PorterGiles RowingSea Cadets15‑161429
17th1023Claudia WilsonAlice ButterworthBurghfield SC/VR Race Team‑19151530
18th1178Alistair LowethEmma RedshawWembley SC16(RET)1632
19th1295M. WiltshireG.HallWembley SC1817(DNS)35

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