Harken 29er Grand Prix at Queen Mary Sailing Club - Overall
by Bill Tucker 4 Jun 2012 07:39 BST
2-3 June 2012
‘Twas the day a million people came out to watch the boats – OK, that bit was some 10 miles further East on the Thames. But we had the better weather. Only light drizzle for R5 and half of R6 then it cleared and the wind rose from the fairly sedate 6-8kts to perhaps 10-12 and rising.
Shifts and windbands were common place and as the day before it really, really paid to be able to stay in them. Going on hot angles downwind you had to potentially bear away some 20 odd degrees if you fell out of the pressure and that was exacerbated when you then tried to gybe back. The only way of saving yourself was gybing immediately, the moment you felt the pressure drop.
One seasoned observer noted the following – at the front they were almost all hotting it up all the time, in the middle most mixed hotting it up with soaking and at the back there was a lot of soaking going on – hmmm. But we guess that the sailors were beginning to get the hang of them for Day 2 marked the return of reward for consistency. Outrageously all 3 top boats scored an identical 8pts today, even if only two of them did so by counting all 3 of the days races!
So the biggest box of choccies went to Ben Batten & Tim Gratton, top girls were Vikki Payne & Steffi Orton in 2nd whilst 3rd were the Time Lords, otherwise known as Phil Walker & John Mather (some feat of organisation to arrive 35 mins before the start and make it out in time at every single GP!).
Queen Mary provided great race management and their hospitality was as ever the business in their newly refurbished club house. Thank You. The full set of winners from each category was as follows with their thanks to the series sponsors – Harken.
Overall Results:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
1st | 773 | Ben BATTEN | Tim GRATTON | Lymington Town SC/HISC / Ltsc | 6 | 2 | 2 | -11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
2nd | 1960 | Vikki PAYNE | Stephanie ORTON | Emsworth SC/Chichester YC | -13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
3rd | 703 | Phil WALKER | John MATHER | Draycote/Draycote | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
4th | 1196 | Charlotte HOOPER | Molly BROWN | Royal Burnham YC/Royal Burnham YC | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -13 | 28 |
5th | 1858 | Jack HAWKINS | Christopher THOMAS | Restronguet SC/St Mawes | 2 | 5 | (BFD) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
6th | 2025 | Matt VENABLES | Will ALLOWAY | Sutton SC/Sutton SC | 7 | 3 | -9 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 32 |
7th | 382 | Jovian SHORT | Jacob BARNETT | Royal Torbay YC/Royal Torbay YC | 4 | 7 | -11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 42 |
8th | 2027 | Rob LOVERIDGE | Emma LOVERIDGE | Draycote Water/Draycote Water | 3 | 13 | (BFD) | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 44 |
9th | 2040 | Joan FURNESS | Abbie PAGE | Draycote Water/Draycote Water | -17 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 45 |
10th | 1220 | Murray HAMPSHIRE | Hugh WARD | Queen Mary/Queen Mary | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -15 | 15 | 52 |
11th | 1754 | Ollie COOPER | James POYNER | Hayling Island SC/Hayling Island SC | 9 | -14 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 54 |
12th | 2018 | Ruth ALLAN | Alice MASTERMAN | Emsworth SC/HISC | -16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 67 |
13th | 1509 | Will HARRIS | Chris BREWER | Queen Mary SC/Parkstone YC | 11 | (BFD) | 8 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 69 |
14th | 394 | Ed CONNELLAN | Matthew RHODES | Middle Nene Sc/Rutland Sailing Club | 12 | 12 | 15 | 6 | -20 | 19 | 10 | 74 |
15th | 1782 | George MEREDITH | Ashley GREENALL | Grafam Water SC/Grafam Water SC | 14 | 15 | -22 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 77 |
16th | 1490 | Curtis MEARNS | Jamie CATCHPOLE | Leigh and Lowton SC/Leigh and Lowton SC | 8 | -19 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 85 |
17th | 771 | Robert BADDELEY | Luke BURYWOOD | Burghfield / Hayling Island/Burghfield / | 15 | 16 | 14 | -24 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 97 |
18th | 543 | Jane FURNESS | Ellie HIDE | Draycote Water/Draycote Water | -26 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 99 |
19th | 1248 | Barnaby BLACKSTONE | Guy WILKINSON | Bewl Valley / HISC/Royal Lymington / HIS | 21 | 18 | 19 | 18 | -23 | 22 | 14 | 112 |
20th | 722 | Robert MORRIS | Tess ALLAN | SCYC/Emsworth SC | 18 | (BFD) | 10 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 113 |
21st | 1275 | Hugo TUCKER | Tim COLLINO | Emsworth SC/Emsworth SC | 20 | 17 | 17 | 21 | -28 | 17 | 22 | 114 |
22nd | 1235 | Abigail CROFT | Jennifer CANT | Queen Mary/Queen Mary | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | -24 | 123 |
23rd | 1200 | Rebekka THOMAS | Jessica ANNETT | CBYC / Llandegfedd/CBYC / Llandegfedd | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 22 | -27 | 25 | 126 |
24th | 900 | Dan VENABLES | Finn MURPHY | Sutton/Portishead | 23 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 26 | (DNF) | 130 |
25th | 342 | Rory HUMPHRIES | Chris BARNES | Leigh & Lowton/Leigh & Lowton | 24 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 20 | -28 | 139 |
26th | 1322 | Huw WHITWORTH | Harry WILSON | Datchet Water SC/Datchet Water SC | -27 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 146 |
27th | 2076 | Will ACRES | Finbar PRESTON | Emsworth SC/Emsworth SC | 25 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 26 | 21 | 19 | 155 |
28th | 1249 | Kim MAY-PAPAILIOU | Nia CROCKFORD | Poole YC/Poole YC | 28 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 | -30 | 27 | 160 |
29th | 723 | Edward COATES | David JACKSON | Bough Beech SC/Bough Beech SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 21 | 28 | 21 | 166 |
30th | 1277 | Martha RHODES | Bex STOWE | Middle Nene SC/Rutland SC | 29 | 26 | 26 | 28 | -30 | 29 | 29 | 167 |
31st | 1026 | Imogen SMITH | Lucy HARRIS | Bough Beech SC/Queen Mary SC | (DNC) | 27 | 27 | DNF | DNC | DNC | DNC | 182 |
Ladies top 3:
Vikki Payne & Steffi Orton 2nd
Charlotte Hooper & Molly Brown 4th
Joan Furness & Abbie Page 9th
U16 top 3:
Curtis Mearns & Jamie Catchpole 16th
Jane Furness & Ellie Hide 18th
Hugo Tucker & Tim Collino 21st