Harken Musto Skiff UK National Championship at Castle Cove Sailing Club - Overall
by Jason Rickards & Ben Schooling 12 Aug 2018 16:51 BST
9-12 August 2018
Race 8 and it was breeze on, race committee had brought the start forward from 10.30am to 10.00 am so we have seen some blurry eyed people this morning. By the time the gun went for the first we were touching 24 knots so it was a little fruity.
Jason Rickards got buried at the start which forced his hand to bang on to port and was electric upwind, and pulled out a big lead on Bruce and George which he held until the last gybe on the last lap, making a ballsy move to ignore Dan Kilsby's shout of starboard, therefore clinching the win.
Race 9 and the breeze had shifted under Portland and gusts increased to 27kts. The fleet split with the left side paying and Kilsby led from Shelley and Peake. George Hand showed great pace to pull through to 3rd with Kilsby taking the bullet from Shelley.
By the final race the wind had shifted further right meaning the windward mark was placed under the cruise ship creating an exciting approach. The gusts were rolling down Portland and hitting the water in angry bursts peaking at 33kts. A war of attrition ensued with Bruce Keen rounding out his excellent series with another bullet from a flying Jono Shelley and George Hand rounding out the top three.
After a fantastic series, congratulations go to Bruce Keen for becoming National Champion. The podium was a Stokes Bay shoot out with George Hand having a great day to pull up to 2nd and Dan Kilsby following suit in 3rd.
As well as the top positions the fleet also operates age group competitions as well as silver and bronze fleets.
Youths was won by Andrew Strickland, Masters by Dan Vincent, Grand Masters by Sergei Samus and Legends by John Evans.
Silver fleet was won by David Annan and Bronze by Andrew Stickland.
A huge thanks to Castle Cove SC for a superb 10 race event with a special mention to Lorna Graham and her team for a fantastic effort. Also thank you to event Sponsors Harken and St. Austell Brewery for the Tribute beer and to the class sponsor Musto.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts |
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| 1 | 534 | Bruce Keen | Stokes Bay SC | -8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 548 | George Hand | Stokes Bay SC | -20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | -14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | 302 | Dan Kilsby | Stokes Bay SC | 6 | -13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | -20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | 557 | Dan Vincent | Stokes Bay SC/RNSA | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -24 | 6 | -16 | 40 |
| 5 | 525 | Andy Tarboton | Henley Midmar Yacht Club | 1 | 3 | -10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | -10 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| 6 | 444 | Jamie Hilton | Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -21 | -20 | 46 |
| 7 | 526 | Jono Shelley | Largs Sailing Club | 3 | 5 | -18 | (DNF) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| 8 | 568 | Andrew Peake | Wilsonian SC | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | -27 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -18 | 57 |
| 9 | 544 | Ben Schooling | Stokes Bay SC | 11 | -22 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 14 | 8 | 67 |
| 10 | 372 | Alex Knight | Castle Cove Sailing Club | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | (RET) | 6 | 10 | 11 | -15 | 9 | 73 |
| 11 | 474 | Alastair Conn | Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | -17 | 8 | 7 | (DNF) | 74 |
| 12 | 469 | Richard Pelley | Stokes Bay SC | 12 | -16 | -16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 76 |
| 13 | 364 | Andy Rice | Stokes Bay SC | 18 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 13 | (DNF) | -22 | 12 | 80 |
| 14 | 539 | Neil Ashby | Wilsonian SC | 16 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 10 | 15 | -20 | 13 | 19 | 96 |
| 15 | 535 | David Annan | Grafham Water Sailing Club | 21 | 14 | -27 | 12 | -22 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 110 |
| 16 | 527 | Dan Trotter | Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 5 | 4 | 4 | (RET) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 | (DNF) | DNC | 117 |
| 17 | 315 | Jason Rickards | MSCA | 13 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 14 | -25 | -43 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 130 |
| 18 | 584 | Andrew Gould | Stokes Bay SC | 25 | 21 | 20 | (DNF) | 16 | -36 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 138 |
| 19 | 582 | Paul Molesworth | Datchet Water SC | 19 | -37 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 16 | -28 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 148 |
| 20 | 113 | Ed Wilkinson | Datchet Water SC | -28 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 19 | -27 | 27 | 15 | 148 |
| 21 | 547 | Serega Samus | Wilsonian SC | 15 | -28 | 19 | 26 | -28 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 149 |
| 22 | 419 | Richard Smith | Wilsonian SC | 24 | 17 | (RET) | 18 | 25 | 23 | -31 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 152 |
| 23 | 483 | John Evans | Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 17 | 20 | -38 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 18 | -26 | 14 | 155 |
| 24 | 394 | Nigel Wallbank | Lymington Town Sailing Club | -30 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 18 | (DNF) | 169 |
| 25 | 186 | Andrew Stickland | Thorpe Bay Yacht Club | 31 | -38 | -36 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 175 |
| 26 | 566 | Michael Sims | Carsington Sailing Club | 26 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 19 | (DNF) | 33 | 23 | (DNC) | 201 |
| 27 | 479 | Yaroslav Petrov | Russkoe More Sailing Club | 23 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 18 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 203 |
| 28 | 323 | Andrew Wilde | Carsington Sailing Club | -33 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 22 | -37 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 203 |
| 29 | 410 | Paul Smalley | Chew Valley SC | 14 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 37 | 24 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 217 |
| 30 | 542 | Ron Barnes | Thorpe Bay Yacht Club | 41 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 24 | 34 | 23 | (DNF) | (DNC) | 223 |
| 31 | 500 | Tom Conway | Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 22 | 26 | 23 | 41 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 30 | (DNF) | (DNC) | 238 |
| 32 | 202 | Mike Dencher | Castle Cove Sailing Club | 27 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 42 | (RET) | 20 | 29 | 25 | (DNF) | 241 |
| 33 | 294 | Gary Stones | Lymington Town Sailing Club | 36 | -51 | 41 | 32 | 38 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 30 | (DNC) | 257 |
| 34 | 446 | Erik Boerresen | CSF | 34 | 42 | (DNF) | -43 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 271 |
| 35 | 265 | Tom Taylor | Grafham Water Sailing Club | 43 | 39 | 24 | 21 | 35 | 41 | 23 | (DNF) | (DNC) | DNC | 283 |
| 36 | 432 | Rick Perkins | Whitstable Yacht Club | 29 | 31 | 32 | 25 | 33 | 28 | (DNS) | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 292 |
| 37 | 304 | Jamie Southwell | Stokes Bay SC | 37 | -47 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 42 | (DNF) | 28 | G3 | G5 | 292.2 |
| 38 | 250 | Nigel Dakin | Stokes Bay SC | 32 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 44 | 39 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 300 |
| 39 | 222 | David Moy | Stokes Bay SC | 44 | -50 | 43 | 42 | 44 | -45 | 40 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 301 |
| 40 | 350 | Brennan Robinson | Royal Natal Yacht Club | 47 | 34 | 42 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 38 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 313 |
| 41 | 289 | Andy Whittle | Blackwater Sailing Club | 35 | 30 | 37 | 39 | (DNC) | 33 | 27 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 315 |
| 42 | 97 | James Nuttall | Datchet Water SC | 40 | 44 | 39 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 32 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 325 |
| 43 | 147 | Joshua Bell | Stokes Bay SC | 48 | 32 | 44 | (UFD) | (DNF) | 34 | DNF | 32 | 31 | DSQ | 335 |
| 44 | 1 | Nick Cherry | Lymington Town Sailing Club | 49 | 45 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 43 | (DNS) | 31 | (DNF) | DNC | 344 |
| 45 | 487 | Sean Thijsse | Stokes Bay SC | (OCS) | 41 | 31 | 31 | (RET) | DNC | 33 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 364 |
| 46 | 545 | Nick Lett | Wilsonian SC | 38 | (RET) | (DNS) | DNC | 48 | 39 | 26 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 379 |
| 47 | 220 | Tom Whicher | Lymington Town Sailing Club | 51 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 34 | 40 | (DNF) | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 379 |
| 48 | 361 | Huud Ouwehand | WSU De Kreupel | (DNF) | 36 | (RET) | 38 | DNF | 46 | DNF | 36 | DNS | DNC | 384 |
| 49 | 583 | Lee Cullen | Arun Yacht Club | 52 | 46 | 40 | 44 | 47 | (DNC) | 41 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 384 |
| 50 | 305 | Olivier Vidal | Netley Sailing Club | 50 | 40 | (DNF) | 30 | 41 | (RET) | DNS | DNC | DNC | DNC | 389 |
| 51 | 178 | John Piatt | Datchet Water SC | 39 | (RET) | (DNS) | DNF | 45 | 47 | 42 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 401 |
| 52 | 181 | Troy Christensen | Datchet Water SC | (DNF) | 49 | 35 | 47 | 43 | (RET) | DNS | DNF | DNF | DNC | 402 |
| 53 | 373 | Tom Gilbert | Datchet Water SC | 46 | 43 | (RET) | 45 | 46 | (RET) | DNS | DNS | DNC | DNC | 408 |
| 54 | 282 | Mark Reynell | Poole YC | 42 | (DNS) | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNS | DNC | DNC | DNC | 441 |
| 55 | 543 | Stephen Wright | Stokes Bay SC | 45 | (DNF) | (DNF) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNS | DNC | DNC | DNC | 444 |
| 56 | 516 | Russell Clark | Stokes Bay SC | (RET) | (DNS) | DNS | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNS | DNC | DNC | | |