Harken Miracle Nationals at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy

Harken Miracle Nationals at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy - Day 3

by Sam Mettam 14 Aug 2013 08:53 BST 11-16 August 2013

The forecast for Tuesday at the Harken Miracle Nationals was lighter breeze and more sunshine. With the class all prepared for better teamwork after last night's coaching session great things were expected!

Race 1 started in 6 knots of wind with Brian Jones sailing and John Green taking advantage of the favoured right-hand side of the course to lead by 20 boat lengths at the windward mark from Jeremy Davy & Ethan Plank and Sam Mettam & Geoff Phillips. Down the first reach, Davy & Plank caught up enough to take water at the wing mark, with Mettam & Phillips getting through on the second reach. Davy & Plank sailed away and extended their lead to the finish with Mettam & Phillips coming under sustained pressure from Richard & Katy Byne, but holding their second place to the finish.

The breeze built to around 10 knots between races, suiting Ally & Harry Jones who were sailing very fast upwind to lead to the first mark followed by Davy & Plank and Mettam & Phillips, both of whom managed to sail over the top of the Jones on the first reach. Mettam & Phillips then rolled over the top of Davy & Plank on the second reach. Some very tight tactical racing ensued between the lead 3 boats with the lead changing another 5 or 6 times. By the final windward mark, the Jones were once again in the lead. Davy & Plank and Mettam & Phillips both got through at the gybe mark with Mettam & Phillips once again sailing over the top of Davy & Plank to take the win.

Once again some fantastic race management by Arky Wainwright and his team allowed the fleet to be off the water by half one having had two hour-long races. The afternoon was therefore spent with families before the fleet once again retired to the WPNSA bar for the second of 2 days coach debrief sponsored by Gibson Sails.

Results after Day 3: (five races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	GBR4051	Sam METTAM	Geoff PHILLIPS	‑4	1	1	2	1	5
2	GBR4023	Jeremy DAVY	Ethan PLANK	1	4	(OCS)	1	2	8
3	GBR3805	Nick SMITH	Indigo SMITH	2	3	5	‑7	4	14
4	GBR3678	Richard BYNE	Katheryn BYNE	3	2	‑9	3	8	16
5	GBR4055	Ally JONES	Harry JONES	5	‑10	4	5	3	17
6	GBR4010	David SOUTHWELL	Ross SOUTHWELL	9	5	2	‑11	5	21
7	GBR4056	Martin HUETT	Abby HUETT	6	‑11	8	4	6	24
8	GBR3740	David RAINES	Michelle RAINES	7	6	7	‑8	7	27
9	BAR4040	Neal GIBSON	Keith MACEY	8	8	3	12	‑13	31
10	GBR4047	Yvonne MUMFORD	Brian MUMFORD	10	9	10	‑13	11	40
11	GBR3383	Wayne ATHERTON	Angela SWEENEY	16	7	‑20	10	10	43
12	GBR3508	Jack HOPKINS	Jake BECKFORD	11	‑12	11	9	12	43
13	GBR3900	David BUTLER	Ross FLEMING	‑23	15	6	16	9	46
14	GBR3330	Richard PYE	Fergus PYE	13	14	(OCS)	6	14	47
15	GBR3793	Jon WILLARS	Rachel DAY	15	16	12	15	‑18	58
16	GBR3692	Tracy AMOS	Karen SMAILES	19	13	14	‑20	15	61
17	GBR4007	Simon REDDICLIFFE	Mark Atherton	12	18	13	19	‑20	62
18	GBR4021	Brian JONES	John GREEN	17	‑20	15	14	16	62
19	GBR4020	John TIPPETT	Kathy BOULTON	14	‑21	17	17	19	67
20	GBR3835	Louis MOULDEN	Eilidh CAMPBELL	20	17	16	‑25	24	77
21	GBR4011	Ashley SOUTHWELL	James WILKINSON	22	22	‑26	18	17	79
22	GBR3770	David HERBSTRITT	Josie AIRNS	18	24	21	22	‑30	85
23	GBR206	Colin LOWN	Maureen LOWN	24	‑33	22	28	22	96
24	GBR3655	Paul ROBINSON	James ROBINSON	‑28	27	19	27	26	99
25	GBR2018	Steve BLOOMFIELD	Matthew BLOOMFIELD	27	19	27	26	‑29	99
26	GBR3725	David REED	Jean REED	26	‑28	25	23	25	99
27	GBR59	Martin BATHE	Mavis BATHE	31	25	18	‑38	27	101
28	NED2007	Marcel NEUTEBOOM	Giulia NEUTEBOOM	25	(RET)	DNC	21	21	108
29	GBR3786	Joanne LAMB	Joshua BAKER	30	32	24	‑35	23	109
30	3679	Brian WORRALL	Sharon WORRALL	‑35	30	28	24	28	110
31	GBR1314	Robert COCKING	Hannah COCKING	29	29	23	30	‑32	111
32	GBR4045	Richard WHARRAM	Hannah WHARRAM	21	23	29	(OCS)	RET	114
33	GBR3843	Michael THOMPSON	Diana THOMPSON	32	26	31	32	‑35	121
34	GBR3670	Gillian GIBSON	Kenneth GIBSON	‑38	34	30	29	37	130
35	GBR3775	Ian DOWNS	Geraldine DOWNS	34	31	(DNC)	31	34	130
36	GBR3414	Rene SAVELLI	Deborah MASSEY	(RET)	RET	35	33	31	140
37	GBR3839	Caroline NOEL	Christine SILVER	33	37	(DNC)	37	33	140
38	GBR210	Andrew CLARKE	Theo DE BIE	‑36	36	34	34	36	140
39	GBR3333	Barry MELLOR	John FINNEMORE	‑39	35	33	36	38	142
40	GBR1506	Steven PETTIFER	Sarah COTTON	37	38	32	‑39	39	146