Osprey National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club

Osprey National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club - Overall

by Alan Henderson 25 Jul 2013 09:11 BST 20-23 July 2013

Perfect conditions at the Osprey nationals in Weymouth © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

40 Ospreys came to Weymouth for four sun soaked days of championship racing. The Osprey class has driven a big jump in its entry this year, up from 29 last year, in this, the 60th year of the class. Boats ranged from brand new FRP examples to wooden boats of up to 50 years vintage, and all enjoyed equal competition at Weymouth Sailing Club from July 20 – 23.

The major sponsor was Palmers, the local brewery, whose provision of daily beer vouchers to all competitors may have helped encourage the high entry!

Entries included both newcomers trying out the class, and many ex Osprey sailors thinking about returning to the class. One of the returnees enjoyed the Championship so much in his borrowed boat that he whipped out his cheque book and bought an Osprey on the spot. There were many lady helms and crews, and many young sailors trying the class. One such was Radial sailor Emma Stevenson, 16, sailing an Osprey for the first time. But top of the young ladies was another 16 year old, Alexandra Willis, who was helming for her Dad Nick. Alex was the top under 21 helm and the top lady helm.

There was a great variety of sea conditions, winds and course shapes, to provide new challenges to crews each day. The first day was fresh conditions and big steep waves, winds moderate on the second day, lighter subsequently. The event finished with a single race on the final day, before the sea mist rolled in, preventing any further sailing. The sailors enjoyed a mix of trapezoid and sausage triangle courses over seven races in a four day championship.

Championship winners Andy Barker and Peter Greig took the lead on the first day, but were hard pressed by Martin Cooney and Peter Frith, who took a pair of wins on the second day. Third overall were Phil Meakins and Richard Anderton, both sailing in their first Osprey Nationals.

The quality of competition in the fleet was shown by a pair of sailmakers taking fourth and fifth, with Tim Rush & Sam Pascoe in fourth and Dave Wade & Bernard Gammon in fifth.

Newcomer to the class Emma Stevenson said, "I was very struck by how friendly and sociable the crews were as well as being very expert sailors. After being unsure about entering, I was very pleased I did. I learnt a lot, had a great time and would now like the opportunity to helm an Osprey again and develop my skills. Many thanks to everyone who made the four very enjoyable days possible."

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Overall Results:
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Place	Sail No	Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points
1	319	Thomas Too	Andy Barker	Peter Grieg	1	2	1	2	2	1	‑4	9
2	1290	Swiftwun	Martin Cooney	Peter Frith	5	1	‑8	1	1	2	1	11
3	1347	Torro Loco	Phil Meakins	Richard Anderton	2	3	4	5	6	‑27	7	27
4	1337		Tim Rush	Sam Pascoe	3	4	16	4	3	(OCS)	3	33
5	1350	Contains Nuts	David Wade	Bernard Gammon	‑10	5	3	7	4	9	6	34
6	1280	Obsession	Steve George	Mike Greig	‑13	6	10	6	5	12	2	41
7	1311	Oh Spray	Chris Gould	Nick Broomhall	7	7	7	10	‑16	3	13	47
8	1355	Chance	Richard Hartley	Mark Hartley	9	9	9	3	10	8	(DNC)	48
9	1272	Yabba Dabba Doo	Phil Angrave	Pete Smith	4	11	6	13	8	‑16	9	51
10	1348		Mike Pickering	Mike Priddle	6	10	11	8	11	‑23	8	54
11	1281	White Knuckles	Terry Curtis	Tim Bowden	8	8	13	11	12	5	‑14	57
12	1331	Odeline	Gareth Caldwell	Jon Gibbons	12	‑15	12	15	7	6	10	62
13	1298	Barking Mad	Michael Atkinson	Stuart Maunder	11	‑17	5	9	14	15	12	66
14	1341	Stylo	Russell Wheeler	Chris Saunders	‑18	14	2	14	15	13	15	73
15	1343	Luv Bites	Richard Marshall	Piers Strong	‑22	12	18	20	13	7	5	75
16	1296	White Star	Jock Fellows	Phil Male	16	23	14	16	‑29	4	11	84
17	1287	Excalibur	Rob Shaw	Ian Little	17	18	19	12	9	14	‑22	89
18	1322	Peek‑a‑Boo	Mick Greenland	Lee Marriott	15	13	15	‑24	21	21	19	104
19	1295	Big Girls Blouse	Phil Greetham	Chris Greetham	25	16	26	18	19	‑28	17	121
20	1316	Uzi Jane	Alan Henderson	Alastair Barrie	21	22	25	21	23	10	‑31	122
21	1291	Waimanu	Alex Willis	Nick Willis	14	19	17	‑29	27	20	26	123
22	552	Brave New World	Oscar Chess	David Charles	‑33	26	24	17	31	11	20	129
23	1353	Callisto	John Shenton	Steve Offer	24	20	‑27	19	18	26	24	131
24	1292	Light n' Bitter	Paul Heather	Jonathon Osgood	27	(RET)	20	36	17	17	16	133
25	1314	Think Again	Viola Scott	Francis Scott	19	‑32	21	22	22	24	27	135
26	1338	Curved Air	Ken Brown	Chris Butters	‑29	21	23	28	20	22	23	137
27	1247	Stringbag	Marcus Scrace	John Pym	20	24	22	23	‑34	33	29	151
28	1175	Able 2	Emma Stevenson	Nick Frampton	30	25	‑32	25	25	30	25	160
29	1299	Georgia	Adam Ellery	Joanne Marie Ellery	26	RET	(DNS)	26	33	19	21	165
30	1289	Gnasher	Paul Blackburn	Phil Burchell	‑34	29	30	34	30	25	18	166
31	1267	Another Swift Half	David Best	Tony Pauffley	28	27	29	27	26	29	‑30	166
32	1085	Infidel	George Odling	Harry Odling	(DNC)	28	28	35	24	18	34	167
33	1195	Another One Bites the Dust	Pete Barnstaple	Richard Cumberbatch	23	31	‑36	30	28	31	32	175
34	1319	Prey Encore	Chris Playfair	Alistair Watkins	32	33	31	32	32	34	(DNC)	194
35	1250	Living Daylight	Richard Hattersley	Emma Hattersley	31	30	35	31	37	(DNC)	35	199
36	1114	Just Pogo	Ros Downs	David Downs	(DNC)	DNC	33	33	35	32	28	202
37	529	Ripple	Mark Dowling	Andy Stratford	36	(DNC)	34	DNC	36	35	33	215
38	119	Lettice	Ian Hart	Andrew Edmonds	35	34	37	37	38	36	(RET)	217
39	1229	Greased Lighting	Debbie Bowers	Richard Bowers	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	36	241
40	1352	String Driven Thing	Nick Jones	Keith Dingle	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	37	DNC	242