Results / GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT Grafham Water SC - 07/04/2001
The GUL RS200 Racing Circuit got back on schedule with the re-arranged GUL
RS Racing Circuit event at Grafham Water on April 7/8. The event was
programmed for Bristol Corinthian YC the previous weekend; unfortunately
Foot and Mouth hit Somerset and BCYC was closed as a result. Grafham Water
at very short notice agreed to step in and run the event; the short notice
of change of venue and weekend meant there was a reduced fleet of 26
boats.
Those that did make the trip were treated to a superb event, the race
management was first class, there was good wind throughout and for the
second weekend in a row a GUL RS Racing Circuit event produced a dead heat
and racing that went right down to the wire.
Saturday's racing was held in a good force 4 from the NW with short bursts
of stronger wind. There had been some gentle ribbing on the shore as to
how some of the RS400 sailors making guest appearances were going to get
on. It was with horror that most of the fleet saw Pete Vincent/Trudie
Danbury hold a good lead at mark one. They need not have worried, the RS
Association Secretary briefs race officers on courses, briefs competitors
and generally should know what is going on; he of course set off for the
wrong mark taking most of the fleet with him, ending up beating back for
mark 2 and rounding it last. Once Tom and Jo Hewitson had stopped
giggling at these antics they sailed fast to win the race with
Malcolm/Poppy Morley second and Cliff Milliner/Becky Wheatcroft third.
Race 2 probably had the strongest breeze of the weekend which clearly
suited the fat lumps, Crain Burlton/James Stewart pulled out a good lead
with Jon Lewis/Paula and Pete Vincent constantly swapping places well
clear in second/third. Burlton went to the finish line a lap to early
allowing Lewis to close right up on him. Lewis had a real speed advantage
downwind and only some frantic luffing gave Burlton a 5ft winning margin
from Lewis with Vincent third and the Hewitsons 4th.
Burlton was doing well in race 3 only to discover that even with their
pork a 200 does not go well to windward with the spinnaker up as the kite
got stuck. Lewis then seemed to have the race under control but it was
not a day to lead, a windy gybe into the leeward mark was only saved by a
hand stand on the centreboard. Having recovered they realised they had
missed the mark and had to unwind themselves. The Hewitsons, boat again
vibrating with giggling, jumped into the lead to win from Lewis, the fast
finishing team of Paul/Caroline Fisk and Vincent.
There was plenty to talk about that evening and even though there were
very tired bodies the 200's enjoyed themselves in style.
Sunday dawned with white tops on the waves but come the start of the first
race the wind was down to force 3-4. The Vincent/Danbury hangover team
stormed into a good lead but found the lighter wind runs not to their
liking. The Fisk's were able to sail lower and soon gained the lead to win
from Burlton, Hewitsons and Vincent. In Race 5 Burlton and up all night
Stewart had a classic leeward end start and had a good lead by mark 2;
the Fisk's again had better speed on the runs but Burlton hung on to win
from the Fisks. Other boats were finding the more moderate wind much more
to their liking, Steve and Katie Restall from Downs were third, Cliff
Milliner fourth and Ian Pickard/Sammy Byron fifth.
Going into the final race the event was wide open, Burlton and Hewitson
both had a DNF and had to count the final race; The Fisk's looked
favourite as they had five good results. In true style all the leading
contenders were well in the hunt at the first mark but this was to be a
nervous race as the wind had become much more patchy. Lewis, having had a
disaster of Sunday, got his act together and gained the lead at the
halfway point to win; behind places changed regularly but the Fisk's
seemed to be heading for overall victory with second place. Unfortunately
they had gone too early at the leeward end at the start and were OCS.
Burlton gained second with Hewitson third and Chris/Rachael Jenkins
fourth. Burlton and Hewitson were now tied on 12 points, both having won
two races but Burlton gained overall victory at his first GUL RS200
Racing Circuit event on count back of second places.
The GUL RS200 Racing Circuit got back on schedule with the re-arranged GUL
RS Racing Circuit event at Grafham Water on April 7/8. The event was
programmed for Bristol Corinthian YC the previous weekend; unfortunately
Foot and Mouth hit Somerset and BCYC was closed as a result. Grafham Water
at very short notice agreed to step in and run the event; the short notice
of change of venue and weekend meant there was a reduced fleet of 26
boats.
Those that did make the trip were treated to a superb event, the race
management was first class, there was good wind throughout and for the
second weekend in a row a GUL RS Racing Circuit event produced a dead heat
and racing that went right down to the wire.
Saturday's racing was held in a good force 4 from the NW with short bursts
of stronger wind. There had been some gentle ribbing on the shore as to
how some of the RS400 sailors making guest appearances were going to get
on. It was with horror that most of the fleet saw Pete Vincent/Trudie
Danbury hold a good lead at mark one. They need not have worried, the RS
Association Secretary briefs race officers on courses, briefs competitors
and generally should know what is going on; he of course set off for the
wrong mark taking most of the fleet with him, ending up beating back for
mark 2 and rounding it last. Once Tom and Jo Hewitson had stopped
giggling at these antics they sailed fast to win the race with
Malcolm/Poppy Morley second and Cliff Milliner/Becky Wheatcroft third.
Race 2 probably had the strongest breeze of the weekend which clearly
suited the fat lumps, Crain Burlton/James Stewart pulled out a good lead
with Jon Lewis/Paula and Pete Vincent constantly swapping places well
clear in second/third. Burlton went to the finish line a lap to early
allowing Lewis to close right up on him. Lewis had a real speed advantage
downwind and only some frantic luffing gave Burlton a 5ft winning margin
from Lewis with Vincent third and the Hewitsons 4th.
Burlton was doing well in race 3 only to discover that even with their
pork a 200 does not go well to windward with the spinnaker up as the kite
got stuck. Lewis then seemed to have the race under control but it was
not a day to lead, a windy gybe into the leeward mark was only saved by a
hand stand on the centreboard. Having recovered they realised they had
missed the mark and had to unwind themselves. The Hewitsons, boat again
vibrating with giggling, jumped into the lead to win from Lewis, the fast
finishing team of Paul/Caroline Fisk and Vincent.
There was plenty to talk about that evening and even though there were
very tired bodies the 200's enjoyed themselves in style.
Sunday dawned with white tops on the waves but come the start of the first
race the wind was down to force 3-4. The Vincent/Danbury hangover team
stormed into a good lead but found the lighter wind runs not to their
liking. The Fisk's were able to sail lower and soon gained the lead to win
from Burlton, Hewitsons and Vincent. In Race 5 Burlton and up all night
Stewart had a classic leeward end start and had a good lead by mark 2;
the Fisk's again had better speed on the runs but Burlton hung on to win
from the Fisks. Other boats were finding the more moderate wind much more
to their liking, Steve and Katie Restall from Downs were third, Cliff
Milliner fourth and Ian Pickard/Sammy Byron fifth.
Going into the final race the event was wide open, Burlton and Hewitson
both had a DNF and had to count the final race; The Fisk's looked
favourite as they had five good results. In true style all the leading
contenders were well in the hunt at the first mark but this was to be a
nervous race as the wind had become much more patchy. Lewis, having had a
disaster of Sunday, got his act together and gained the lead at the
halfway point to win; behind places changed regularly but the Fisk's
seemed to be heading for overall victory with second place. Unfortunately
they had gone too early at the leeward end at the start and were OCS.
Burlton gained second with Hewitson third and Chris/Rachael Jenkins
fourth. Burlton and Hewitson were now tied on 12 points, both having won
two races but Burlton gained overall victory at his first GUL RS200
Racing Circuit event on count back of second places.
Grafham had done a superb job of running the event; if the next GUL RS
Racing Circuit event at East Lothian YC on May 5/6 produces finishes as
close as Northampton and Grafham then we are going to run out of nervous
energy.
Grafham had done a superb job of running the event; if the next GUL RS
Racing Circuit event at East Lothian YC on May 5/6 produces finishes as
close as Northampton and Grafham then we are going to run out of nervous
energy.
Results for RS200 from race 1 to race 6 (5 to count)
Printed at 15:21 on Sun Apr 08 2001 page 1
1 328 Craig Burlton 6 1 DNF 2 1 2 12.00 Blithfield SC
James Stewart 6.00 1.00 27.00 2.00 1.00 2.00
2 655 Tom Hewitson 1 4 1 3 DNF 3 12.00 RNCYC
Jo 1.00 4.00 1.00 3.00 27.00 3.00
3 626 Paul Fisk 4 6 3 1 2 OCS 16.00 Bough Beech SC
Caroline Fisk 4.00 6.00 3.00 1.00 2.00 27.00
4 654 Jonathan Lewis 5 2 2 11 8 1 18.00 Burghfield SC
Paula Miracle 5.00 2.00 2.00 11.00 8.00 1.00
5 450 Pete Vincent 21 3 4 4 6 7 24.00 Bristol CYC
Trudie Danbury 21.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 7.00
6 550 Cliff Milliner 3 9 11 6 4 5 27.00 Cotswold SC
Becky Wheatcroft 3.00 9.00 11.00 6.00 4.00 5.00
7 501 Ian Pickard 12 5 5 7 5 18 34.00 Bristol Corinthian C
Sammy Byron 12.00 5.00 5.00 7.00 5.00 18.00
8 579 Steve Restall 7 11 6 10 3 9 35.00 Downs SC
Katie Restall 7.00 11.00 6.00 10.00 3.00 9.00
9 615 Malcolm Morley 2 8 7 13 16 16 46.00 HISC
Poppy Morley 2.00 8.00 7.00 13.00 16.00 16.00
10 612 Paul Rayson 13 7 18 8 OCS 6 52.00 Fishers Green SC
Amanda pickard 13.00 7.00 18.00 8.00 27.00 6.00
11 264 Chris Jenkins 8 15 13 DNF 13 4 53.00 Frampton on SevernSC
Rachel Jenkins 8.00 15.00 13.00 27.00 13.00 4.00
12 364 Simon Gillow 19 10 16 5 10 15 56.00 Highcliffe SC
Vickie Smith 19.00 10.00 16.00 5.00 10.00 15.00
13 498 Matt AMbrose 11 18 8 12 14 12 57.00 Deben YC
Ruth Baker 11.00 18.00 8.00 12.00 14.00 12.00
14 573 Paul Fitzpatrick 15 19 14 14 7 10 60.00 Bexhill SC
Lynne Ratcliffe 15.00 19.00 14.00 14.00 7.00 10.00
15 602 Chris Woodard 9 14 21 15 15 8 61.00 Wembley SC
Linda Woodard 9.00 14.00 21.00 15.00 15.00 8.00
16 637 Sarah Taylor 14 16 9 21 9 19 67.00 HISC
Claire Upton-Brown 14.00 16.00 9.00 21.00 9.00 19.00
17 570 Martin Grady 17 12 12 9 20 17 67.00 RNSA/HISC
Liz Hartland 17.00 12.00 12.00 9.00 20.00 17.00
18 555 Sally Styles 10 22 10 18 17 14 69.00 Downs SC
Martyn Styles 10.00 22.00 10.00 18.00 17.00 14.00
19 581 Mike Chapman 18 13 17 19 11 13 72.00 Wembley SC
Alex Porter 18.00 13.00 17.00 19.00 11.00 13.00
20 213 Andi Riley 16 17 20 17 18 11 79.00 North HertsEast Beds
Julie Marsden 16.00 17.00 20.00 17.00 18.00 11.00
21 669 Sal Potter DNF 20 DNF 16 12 DNF 102.00 BCYC
Sharky 27.00 20.00 27.00 16.00 12.00 27.00
22 590 Alan Perry 23 25 23 20 19 20 105.00 Wembley SC
Alice 23.00 25.00 23.00 20.00 19.00 20.00
23 635 David McNamara 22 21 15 DNF DNF DNF 112.00 RYA
Sarina Edwards 22.00 21.00 15.00 27.00 27.00 27.00
24 442 Paul White DNF 23 19 DNF 22 21 112.00 Thorpe Bay YC
Vicky Kennedy 27.00 23.00 19.00 27.00 22.00 21.00
25 445 Colin Haighton 24 24 22 DNF 21 22 113.00 Hykeham SC
Simon Haighton 24.00 24.00 22.00 27.00 21.00 22.00
26 551 Adrian Taylor 20 26 DNF DNF DNF DNF 127.00 Carsington SC
Tracey Shepherd 20.00 26.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 27.00