Rooster West Country Boat Repairs RS400 Southern Tour at Chichester Yacht Club
by Nick Colbourne 9 Mar 2022 04:01 PST
5 March 2022
A cold grey day greeted 23 visiting boats from all over the country for the first event of the season for the Rooster West Country Boat Repairs RS400 Southern Tour 2022.
The spirited Northerly breeze ensured some spectacular reaches providing excellent spectator sport as the powerful gusts swept through the fleet around the windward/leeward course.
In the first race Ben and Roz McGrane, from Netley SC, opened up a commanding lead with Jack Holden and Jono Price from Arun YC holding second place securely throughout.
Sam Knight and Chris Bownes from Bartley SC near Birmingham climbed through the fleet to finish third, while there were some spectacular capsizes among the rest of the fleet.
In race 2, the McGranes swiftly established a lead and were never headed while there was considerable place changing behind them. Steve and Sarah Cockerill worked their way up from 5th to 2nd with Jon Heissig and Nicky Griffin, from Llangorse SC in the Brecon Beacons, sailing well to make up from 7th to 3rd.
In a series with no discarded results, the McGranes needed to sail the final race and had to work a little harder having followed Jack and Jono until part way through the second lap. After that Jon and Nicky sailed fast to recover from 5th to finish 2nd ahead of Jack and Jono.
The final results show 1309 Ben and Roz McGrane in first place with the perfect score line total of 3 points, followed by 1505 Jack Holden and Jono Price second with 10 points just ahead of 1502 Jon Heissig and Nicky Griffin in third with 11 points and 1502 Sam Knight and Chris Bownes with 12 points.
A brilliant day of exciting and skilful sailing!
More photos can be found here...
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
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| 1st | 1309 | Ben McGrane | Roz McGrane | Netley SC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 1505 | Jack Holden | Jono Price | Arun YC | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3rd | 1502 | Jon Heissig | Nicky Griffin | Llangorse SC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4th | 1376 | Sam Knight | Chris Bownes | Bartley SC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5th | 1515 | Stephen Cockerill | Sarah Cockerill | Stokes Bay SC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 6th | 1235 | Sam Pickering | Emily Heath | Itchenor SC | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 7th | 1312 | Ian Walker | Chris Fox | Warsash SC/Itchenor SC | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 8th | 1509 | Jack Munnelly | Trisha Clancy | Bartley SC | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9th | 1377 | Neil Bevington | Alan Skeens | Lee on the Solent SC | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 10th | 971 | Simon Kitchen | Abbi Hooper | Grafham Water SC | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 11th | 1472 | Douglas Clow | Ian Peace | Island Barn SC | 14 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 12th | 1479 | Mick Whitmore | Sarah Whitmore | Eastbourne Sovereign SC | 4 | 12 | DNF | 41 |
| 13th | 1489 | David Swift | Rob Burgess | Warsash SC | 15 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 14th | 1175 | Fred Lord | Louise Gale | Carsington SC | 9 | 8 | DNF | 42 |
| 15th | 1384 | Trevor Newley | Martin Wilson | Emsworth SC | 13 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
| 16th | 1519 | Steve Broomfield | Jenni Lewis | Lymington Town SC | 16 | 17 | 12 | 45 |
| 17th | 1521 | Andy Powell | Paul Caiger‑Watson | Warsash SC | 17 | 19 | 14 | 50 |
| 18th | 1031 | Sean Curtis | Simon Goldfarb | Eastbourne Sovereign SC | 18 | 16 | 16 | 50 |
| 19th | 1064 | Richard Watney | Grant Shoebridge | Hayling Island SC | 19 | DNF | 17 | 61 |
| 20th | 1330 | James Oppe | Nick Oppe | Chichester SC | DSQ | 18 | 18 | 61 |
| 21st | 1321 | Mark Cockrill | Jules Hines | Netley SC | 20 | 20 | DNC | 65 |
| 22nd | 1060 | Peter Pickford | | Thorney Island SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 75 |
| 22nd | 1382 | Andrew Hunt | Matthew Hunt | Eastbourne Sovereign SC | DNF | DNC | DNC | 75 |
| 22nd | 679 | Henry Morgan | David Morgan | Thornbury SC | DNC | DNC | DNF | 75 |
