Results / Italian Eurocup 2002 Lake Garda - 22/07/2002
Beautiful lake Garda was the venue for round two of the RS Eurocup. An
impressive 31 200�s made the long treck from the U.K. in the search of
sunshine, wind and great nightlife and were not disappointed.
The competitors may be fierce rivals on the water, but it was an act of
pure cooperation that allowed the 125 RS boats to launch and retrieve on
a single ramp, often with a 25 kt. on shore wind blowing.
Racing began on the Monday. The breeze was quite light by Garda standards
at about 12 to 15 kts. There was a port end bias to the line, which made
for a tricky decision about where to start as the standard Garda upwind
tactic of port tack to the right hand cliffs was best achieved from the
starboard end of the line. The fleet split roughly 50/50 but the port end
starters were favoured. David Giles and Fiona Clark from Weir Wood
sailing club led around the windward buoy followed by Steve Dunn (later
to win a beautiful coloured dress for the clanger of the week award) and
Dottie Cormack from Stewartby Water. Giles broke away to win from Dunn
and Ian Pickard and Lawrie Dunn from Bristol Corinthian.
Race two was almost a carbon copy of the first although this time Giles,
who again led around the windward buoy, struggled to keep Dunn behind
him. After a close tussle Giles won from Dunn with Craig Burlton and
Pippa Williams from Hayling Island third.
Day two saw Garda back to normal with a 25 kt thermal wind and brilliant
sunshine. This time the line had a starboard bias and the whole fleet
battled for position on the committee boat end as the last seconds ticked
away. Pickard led to the windward buoy followed by Burlton, Dunn and
Giles. Burlton showed good downwind speed while Dunn was showing good
breaststroke technique and took the lead on the next leg with Giles
moving up to third. This order remained as the finishing order.
With the wind getting up to 30 kts, the fleet battled up wind from
another starboard end bias line. Giles and Clark hung over the windward
side the longest to comfortably lead from Pickard and Hamish Calder and
Severine Rees. Giles decided it was time for him to improve his
breaststroke technique and left the others to battle it out. Burlton
moved into second place and so the finishing order became Pickard,
Burlton and Calder.
Meanwhile, back on shore, the social pattern was taking shape with most
competitors enjoying post race beer and free pasta at the sailing club
before congregating at the �Duck� bar where one highly stressed barman
tried to serve 100 thirsty sailors single-handedly. Those left standing
went on to Tiffany�s nightclub until whenever, by which time only John
Callaghan was left standing.
Things began as normal on the Wednesday. The thermal breeze of about 20
kts arrived and another starboard tack bias line saw the fleet again
fighting for position by the committee boat. Pickard led around the
windward buoy followed by Giles and Calder, which remained the finishing
order.
It became obvious before the start of race six that the weather was
changing. Storm clouds were drifting over the lake from the North
fighting the thermal breeze, and the wind was dropping. The race began as
the previous one, starboard end bias and an early tack onto port. Pickard
led around the windward buoy followed by Giles and Burlton. Giles took
the lead downwind but lost it to Mike Saul and Sophie Hartler on the
second lap after they found good breeze on the left of the course. On the
final beat Pickard lost out to Calder and Burlton in the steadily failing
wind. On the penultimate leg the race order was established as Saul,
Giles, Calder, Burlton and Pickard. Controversially the race officials
abandoned the race at this point due to the failing breeze, which was to
prove crucial in the final outcome of the regatta.
Racing on the Thursday was held in lighter winds as the weather system
from the day before was still affecting the thermal wind. The start line
had a port tack bias and this proved to be the place to start. Burlton
succeeded in carrying out a �port tack flyer� and led around the windward
buoy from Giles and Saul. Giles took the lead on the first down wind leg
only to loose it to Burlton on the second downwind leg. Burlton hung on
to take the win with Giles second and Saul third.
The thunderstorms gathered and this time the race officer abandoned
seventh race before the start.
Going into the final day Giles had a two point lead over Burlton and
Pickard. Despite speculation to the contrary, the thermal breeze
established itself at about 25 kts. It was back to starboard bias starts
and early tacks to port. In race seven Giles led around the windward buoy
but was passed by Burlton who unusually went left downwind to establish a
comfortable lead which he stretched throughout the race. Meanwhile Giles
was passed by Pickard to establish the top three race order.
Race eight followed a similar patter, except this time Burlton lead from
Pickard and Dunn and these three remained in this order until the finish.
Race nine saw Giles lead around the windward buoy followed by Saul and
Dunn. Saul overtook Giles on the second downwind leg but Giles retook the
lead up the final beat. Giles hung on to win from Saul and Dunn.
With the time limit for starting on the last day passed, race ten had to
be canceled. When the maths was done Burlton and Giles were equal on 17
points each but the tie-break system gave Burlton the victory by virtue
of four firsts to three and Craig Burlton and Pippa Williams deservedly
became the RS 200 Eurocup Italian leg champs.
Cl. N. Vel. Equipaggio Tessera P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5 P.6 P.7 P.8 P.9 Tot.
1 GBR-491 WILLIAMS PIPPA H.I.S.C. 2 4 1 1 1 5 5 3 1 13,00
BURLTON CRAIG
2 GBR-753 GILES DAVID WEIT EOOD 15 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 3 13,00
FIONA CLARK
3 GBR-728 PICKARD IAN BRISTOL C.Y.C. 1 1 5 2 2 4 3 4 2 15,00
DUNN LAWRIE
4 GBR-789 DUNN STEVE S.W.S.C. 4 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 8 22,00
CORMACK DOTTIE
5 GBR-806 SAUL MICHAEL G. & R. 6 6 3 6 5 2 4 5 12 31,00
HARTLER SOPHIE
6 GBR-538 WHITEHEAD JAMES FILEY S.C. 5 7 15 11 11 6 6 6 4 45,00
WALLER MANDY
7 GBR-741 HOLDEN OLIVER H.I.S.I. 10 8 6 5 9 7 9 12 5 49,00
FREESTONE SARAH
8 GBR-756 REES J. SEVERINE ROYAL H. Y.C. 3 3 10 8 DNF 7 16 6 53,00
CALDER HAMISH
9 GBR-535 GILLOW SIMON WEMBLEY S.C. 9 14 7 7 6 8 14 7 13 57,00
HILL TRACEY
10 GBR-405 MATTHEWS LUCY LOCKS S.C. 21 13 DNF 9 7 9 8 9 15 70,00
MATTHEWS LUCY
11 GBR-410 WHITEHEAD EDDIE F.S.C. 7 11 DNF 14 10 10 12 14 7 71,00
GEBBYARD JAEMY
12 GBR-552 ROBERTSON STEPHEN BOWNOOR 12 9 9 16 12 12 21 10 26 80,00
ROLLINSON LUISE
13 GBR-706 ENGLISH MARTIN WEMBLEY 11 12 11 17 14 11 15 8 16 82,00
LOOKE BRIDGET
14 GBR-739 ROBERTSON JANE BOWNOOR 23 15 8 12 15 14 10 13 11 83,00
ROLLINSON HELEN
15 GBR-695 DORER PAUL BOWNOOR 8 10 18 19 8 13 18 20 20 94,00
ROBERTSON JAN
16 GBR-788 HAWARTH CHRIS BOWNOOR DNF 18 13 10 13 16 13 15 24 98,00
HAWRTH EMILY
17 GBR-702 THOROUGOOD RICHARD W.L.Y.C. 13 16 17 13 DNF 16 17 10 102,00
HARRISON JONATHAN
18 GBR-514 WALKER HAMISH STOKES BAY 16 DNF 14 18 17 15 11 21 17 108,00
EYRE CAROLINE
19 GBR-614 WHITELEY RICHARD RIPON S.C. 19 20 12 20 20 17 19 11 14 112,00
SAUL ANNE
20 GBR-710 HARTLEY ANOREW RIPON 17 19 20 22 28 20 17 19 9 121,00
HARTLY EVE
21 GBR-391 DAVIES MATT H.I.S.C. DNF 17 16 15 16 19 24 24 18 125,00
PATTISON MEL
22 GBR-329 GOOD TREVOR RIPON S.C. 14 23 19 26 18 24 20 23 19 136,00
GOOD ALEX
23 GBR-387 LAPES DAVID WEMBLEY S.C. 18 21 24 21 19 22 22 18 25 141,00
MARKS GERALDINE
24 GBR-446 BRIGES JOHNATHAN WINSFRED F. S.C. RET 24 23 24 21 23 27 22 23 160,00
HOLLAND EMY
25 GBR-676 MILNER DAVID BOA DNF 22 21 23 25 18 23 29 DNF 161,00
REYNOLDS DEBRA
26 GBR-590 PERRY ALAN WEMBLEY 20 25 25 25 24 21 25 27 DNF 165,00
TIRAVANTI GIUSEPPE
27 GBR-774 MUCKLOW TOR D.B.S.C. 24 27 22 28 27 29 28 22 178,00
HEDERSON ELI
28 GBR-645 SPENCE TERENCE RIPON S.C. DNF 28 26 30 23 27 26 30 21 181,00
SPENCE BARBARA
29 GBR-577 MACWHIRTER ANDREW RIPON 22 DNF 29 29 22 26 30 25 DNF 183,00
MACWHIRTER GRHAM
30 GBR-586 WILLIS PAUL FILEY S.C. 25 26 27 27 26 25 28 DNF 27 183,00
HINSLEY JO
31 GBR-795 TUNNINGLEY ALLAN RIPON DNF DNF 28 31 DNF 31 26 DNF 212,00
TUNNINGLEY ALLAN