Noble Marine Streaker Nationals Part 1 at Carsington Sailing Club

by Veronica Falat 24 Jun 2014 13:41 BST 21-22 June 2014

Noble Marine Streaker Nationals part 1 at Carsington © Karen Langston

Tom Gillard, Race 1 winner, with Ian Bradley, Streaker chairman during the Noble Marine Streaker Nationals part 1 at Carsington © Karen Langston

52 Streakers arrived at Carsington SC for their National Championships, sponsored by Noble Marine Insurance, on the weekend of 21st-22nd June. As we rigged for the first race on Saturday morning the conditions looked absolutely lovely – blue sky, blue water and a breeze that everyone remarked on as being better than was forecast.

So off we all set and the race started at the first attempt at 11 o'clock. Steve Cockerill led up the first beat with reigning champion Tom Gillard close behind, and Dave Butler rounded the first mark in third place. On the first run Veronica Falat moved up to third but on the next beat several boats made gains in the breeze that was becoming less and less stable. Tom Gillard had now taken the lead from Steve and managed to pull clear ahead. Newcomer to the fleet, James Wilson, worked the right hand side of the beat to good effect and he and Steve were then neck and neck on the final run and reach to the finish, with James taking second place by inches. Meanwhile the breeze was dying away and most of the fleet ended up drifting to the finish line.

Everyone went ashore and, after lunch, attempts were made to get the next race started. Unfortunately what breeze there was, was now shifting hugely and first one end of the line was extremely favoured and then the other. After several recalls and postponements, race 2 did get underway but the breeze petered out again as we approached the windward mark and tried to get along the first reach and on to the run. In the still air, the three sound signals for abandonment were clearly heard and welcomed by most of us!

That put paid to racing on Saturday but the conditions were just as bad on Sunday, with the reservoir looking very pretty with its glassy water! No racing was possible. This was a joint event with the K1 Inland Championships and both classes discussed with the club what should happen. The outcome is that the event will be resumed at Carsington later in the year, provisionally on 11th October. Streaker sailors, watch out for more announcements on this on the class website http://www.streaker-class.org.uk/ in due course.

Results so far:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	Pts
1	1881	Tom Gillard	Sheffield Viking	1	1
2	1668	James Wilson		2	2
3	1826	Steve Cockerill	HISC	3	3
4	1654	Veronica Falat	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC	4	4
5	1865	Dan Philips		5	5
6	1779	Ian Lees	Scammonden	6	6
7	1870	Debbie Degge	Bartley SC	7	7
8	1822	Ben Ratcliffe	Scammonden	8	8
9	1783	Alan Bennett	Staunton Harold SC	9	9
10	1814	Mike Hobin	West Oxfordshire SC	10	10
11	1817	Ian Bradley	Ouse Amateur SC	11	11
12	1754	Chris Wright	Ripon	12	12
13	1832	Alan Gillard	Sheffield Viking	13	13
14	1880	John Hollis		14	14
15	1664	Rowan Curtis	Beccles Amateur SC	15	15
16	1665	Paul Thomas‑Peter	Ripon	16	16
17	1761	David Turtle	Shotwick Lake	17	17
18	1789	Mark Langston	Beccles Amateur SC	18	18
19	1851	James Dawes	Redditch	19	19
20	1504	Lawrence Creaser	Hollowell SC	20	20
21	1776	Dave Bartlett	Star Cross YC	21	21
22	1819			22	22
23	1790	David Smith	Welton	23	23
24	1803			24	24
25	1769	Nick Lovell	Ouse Amateur SC	25	25
26	1885	Dave Butler		26	26
27	1788	Sally Ratcliffe	Scammonden	27	27
28	1837	Robin Jones	Hykeham SC	28	28
29	1566	Steve Blackburn	WLYC	29	29
30	1801	Peter Tyerman	Pennine	30	30
31	1640	J Read	Elton SC	31	31
32	1791	William Auther Strange	SWSC	32	32
33	1621	Stephen John Shilton	Welton	33	33
34	1787	Paul Whyld	Seafarers SC	34	34
35	1446	Mathew Whitfield	Tamworth SC	35	35
36	1548	Ian Whitfield	Tamworth SC	36	36
37	1812	Primrose Salt	Chew Valley Lake SC	37	37
38	1735	Clive Stratton	Warsash SC	38	38
39	1844	Chris Smith	Ireland Barn	39	39
40	1683	Peter Coighill	Rotherham SC	40	40
41	1360	Roger Willis	South Yorkshire	41	41
42	1836	Lisa Moore		42	42
43	1492	Michael Healy		43	43
44	1886			44	44
45	1780	Simon Redcliffe	Delph SC	45	45
46	1828	Martin (Nick) Carter	Burghfield SC	46	46
47	1864	Colin Aldred	Filey SC	47	47
48	1879	Bernard Wells	Walton SC	48	48
49	1889	Tim Craig	Elton SC	49	49
50	1297	Tina Morris		50	50
51	1	Ian Parish	Stewartby	DNC54	54
51	1866	Dave Moore	Elton SC	DNC54	54
51	1899	Alex Reindord	Chipstead SC	DNC54	54