Volvo Noble Marine RS500 Nationals at the WPNSA - Day 3

by Spod Olive 27 May 2014 13:02 BST 24-26 May 2014

The 1000hrs start was never really going to happen, but we were all there watching the tiny amount of wind shifting all over the place. A long postponement was finally ended when the wind moved, as forecast, to the west and becam rather steadier.

The PRO managed to get 2 races in for the RS500s just before their cut off start time of 1500hrs. Edd Whitehead and Ian Mairs dominated in the first race in the light winds within the harbour. Thefinal rce of the championships saw more place changing, with Tim Wilkins & Chris Tuckett taking their first win of the Championship.

An amazingly close event, with 6 race winners in 8 races, overseen excellently by Bob 'Arkie' Wainwright and his fantastic race team.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	1015	Peter Barton	Heather Chipperfield	1	2	2	‑4	(RET)	2	2	3	12
2nd	508	Edd Whitehead	Ian Mairs	3	‑5	5	2	1	4	1	‑7	16
3rd	625	Tim Wilkins	Chris Tuckett	2	3	3	‑6	4	‑6	3	1	16
4th	1064	Jack Holden	Richard Keene	‑7	1	7	1	2	‑8	4	6	21
5th	1054	Graeme Bristow	Tra cey Covell	5	‑8	1	‑8	3	3	5	5	22
6th	727	Jane Olive	Spod Olive	4	4	4	5	‑7	1	‑8	4	22
7th	665	Philip Highfield	Tamsin Highfield	‑9	6	6	3	5	7	6	‑8	33
8th	659	Peter Curtis	Sophie Jones	6	7	‑10	‑9	6	5	9	2	35
9th	1005	George Wilson	Sarah Newton	‑11	‑11	11	10	9	10	7	9	56
10th	1040	Wayne Fletcher	Meg Fletcher	8	9	8	7	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	60
11th	1038	Nigel Bird	Lucy Tardrew	12	(RET)	(DNC)	RET	8	9	11	11	65
12th	1022	John Corney	Ben Corney	13	(DNC)	(DNC)	RET	10	11	10	10	68
13th	709	Peter Matthews	Karen Matthews	10	10	9	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	71