Sharps Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week 2014

Sharps Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week 2014 – Day 2

by Tim Fells 7 Jul 2014 20:58 BST 6-11 July 2014

Day 2 of Merlin Rocket week at Salcombe © Malcolm Mackley

Monday at Doom Bar sponsored Salcombe Merlin Week saw the wind back round to the southerly quadrant and drop to a light force 1-3.

Race 3 – Red v Blue flights. SSW Force 1-3. HW 11.00. Course 0,4,7,1,3,1

The start to the morning race was a real head scratcher. With the wind round in the South it was possible to hold a long port tack down the harbour. The challenge was whether to start at the leeward end of the line on the town side and expect better pressure and less tide, start on the windward Portlemouth side and run the risk of limited breeze under the shore or split the difference and push tide up the middle. The bulk of the fleet opted for the town side and watched forlornly as those at the other end tacked into pressure and held good breeze up past Mill Bay. Will Rainey and Andy Douglas took the early lead but in going outside Blackstone, let Tim Fells and Chris Downham through to lead at the windward mark. Down the long offwind to Yalton, Taxi and Ellie Bremmer came through to briefly take the lead but Tim and Chris were able to get back past and then stretch out for a comfortable win. On the final beat up to the finish Dave Winder and Pippa Taylor crossed to the Portlemouth side to jump from sixth to third ahead of Matt Biggs and John Hackett. The top 5 were rounded out by the young Hayling Island team of Neale Jones and Jam Adam who had sailed a blinder!

Race 4 – Green v Black fleets, SW Force 2-3, Course 1,6,5,7,2,3,2,3

With the ebb tide just starting to flow the fleet started a little bit prematurely with the PRO, Stevie Wonder, spotting four boats who had made their demise inevitable, the rest getting away with it. The fleet rounded Blackstone with the majority heading for the rocks south of Mill Bay, a few heading to the town side, and Jon Gorringe and Nicki Bass taking the middle road. Unencumbered by any chasing boat's wind shadow Jon and Nicki escaped to lead into The Bag. The weather gods, however, had a few more cards to play. A line squall came through and gave some opportunities for the top teams to pull through. Tom Stewart and Phil Dalby took the lead and became engrossed in a boat for boat battle with Dave Hayes and Oli Wells, Alex Jackson and Sarah Bines and Jon and Nicki. After much place changing the race finally ended with this order retained.

Tom and Phil have taken the early lead with a 1,3 ahead of Dave and Pippa with a 2,3. Day one winners Mike Calvert finished sixth and Olly Naked Guns Turner 13th.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Helm/Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	3733	Tom Stewart/Phil Dalby	[127]	3	[127]	1	4
2	3735	Dave Winder/Pippa Taylor	[127]	2	3	[127]	5
3	3754	Jon Gorringe/Nikki Bass	2	[127]	[127]	4	6
4	3691	Mike Calvert/Ian Garwood	1	[127]	6	[127]	7
5	3684	Andy Davis/Ellie Bremmer	[127]	5	2	[127]	7
6	3734	Dave Hayes/Oli Wells	6	[127]	[127]	2	8
7	3539	Dan Alsop/Liese Scott	3	[127]	[127]	6	9
8	3764	Tim Fells/Chris Downham	10	[127]	1	[127]	11
9	3678	Steve Crook/Jo Marlow	[127]	4	[127]	7	11
10	3743	Matt Biggs/John Hackett	[127]	7	4	[127]	11
11	3656	Olly Turner/Alex Warren	[127]	1	[127]	13	14
12	3703	Richard Whitworth/Nick Copsey	[127]	9	[127]	5	14
13	3753	Simon Potts/Annabelle Ransome‑williams	5	[127]	12	[127]	17
14	3710	Jon Ibbotson/Chris Kilsby	[127]	8	9	[127]	17
15	3756	Will Warren/Frances Gifford	7	[127]	10	[127]	17
16	3688	Ben Hollis/Caroline Croft	[127]	6	[127]	12	18
17	3738	Simon Blake/Chris Dodds	8	[127]	[127]	10	18
18	3696	Alan Warren/Bill Carroll	[127]	13	7	[127]	20
19	3685	Sophie Mackley/James Warren	[127]	12	8	[127]	20
20	3707	Alex Jackson/Sarah Bines	[127]	18	[127]	3	21
21	3724	Neale Jones/Jam Adam	16	[127]	5	[127]	21
22	3611	Jen Taylor/Debbie Taylor	15	[127]	[127]	8	23
23	3761	Tom Jeffcoat/Ben Rayner	9	[127]	14	[127]	23
24	3716	Steve Leney/Gill Leney	13	[127]	[127]	11	24
25	3679	Nick Hegginbotham/Becky Jones	[127]	10	[127]	16	26
26	3702	Duncan Salmon/Harriet Salmon	12	[127]	[127]	15	27
27	3753	Will Rainey/Andy Douglas	14	[127]	13	[127]	27
28	3583	Colin Anderson/Sean Anderson	[127]	15	[127]	18	33
29	3676	Antony Gifford/Jo Gifford	[127]	25	[127]	9	34
30	3744	Chris Martin/Jo Tosh	[127]	17	[127]	17	34
31	3725	AJ Squire/Tristram Squire	[127]	22	[127]	14	36
32	3652	John Bell/Olivia Bell	[127]	19	[127]	19	38
33	3651	Colin Brockbank/Martin Hughes	[127]	11	[127]	27	38
34	3645	Peter Ballantine/Sandy Ramus	30	[127]	11	[127]	41
35	3687	Matt Greenfield/Hannah Playford	[127]	14	27	[127]	41
36	3666	Jon Meadowcroft/Katy Meadowcroft	[127]	27	16	[127]	43
37	3627	Alex Jones/Jack Deung	17	[127]	26	[127]	43
38	3748	Nigel Brooke/Suzie Brooke	19	[127]	[127]	25	44
39	3442	Mark Stockbridge/Roop Stock	29	[127]	15	[127]	44
40	3641	Mark Waterhouse/Matt Currell	22	[127]	[127]	23	45
41	3719	Jeremy Deacon/Andy Currel	[127]	26	[127]	20	46
42	3731	Andy Jones/Jilly Blake	[127]	24	[127]	22	46
43	3643	Tim Harridge/Andrea Ralph	21	[127]	25	[127]	46
44	3698	Graham Cranford Smith/Fiona Cranford Smith	20	[127]	28	[127]	48
45	3715	Paul Rayson/Julie Rayson	[127]	16	32	[127]	48
46	3768	Rob Cage/Hatty Cage	28	[127]	[127]	21	49
47	3672	John Cooper/Hilary Bradshaw	[127]	33	17	[127]	50
48	3565	Paul Keeling/Michelle Keeling	[127]	21	29	[127]	50
49	3339	Tim Male/Rebecca Male	34	[127]	19	[127]	53
50	3578	Godfrey Clarke/Claire Clark	[127]	34	20	[127]	54
51	3705	Geoff Wright/Carol Murcott	23	[127]	[127]	32	55
52	3633	Dave Bursey/Frances Bursey	[127]	28	[127]	29	57
53	3559	Tosh/Alex Pawsey	[127]	30	[127]	28	58
54	3573	Simon Bond/Anna Bond	[127]	23	[127]	35	58
55	3647	Hywel Bowen Perkins/tbc	25	[127]	35	[127]	60
56	3683	Ben Jones/Helen Hilditch	[127]	31	[127]	30	61
57	3674	Mike Anslow/Chris Winters	24	[127]	[127]	37	61
58	3640	Rien Zilvold/Phil Scot	[127]	29	33	[127]	62
59	3165	Dave Croft/Abigail Croft	[127]	42	21	[127]	63
60	3751	Tony Johnson/Louis Johnson	26	[127]	[127]	39	65
61	3575	Richard Cooke/Decklan Coleman	33	[127]	[127]	33	66
62	3714	Alan Markham/Sue Markham	[127]	35	31	[127]	66
63	3665	Ross Jackson/Kelly Jackson	27	[127]	39	[127]	66
64	3448	Sam Thompson/Clare Thompson	[127]	41	[127]	26	67
65	3663	Chris Haworth/Joanne Harvey	45	[127]	23	[127]	68
66	3657	Anthony Lofts/Sophie Penwarden	[127]	44	24	[127]	68
67	3708	Colin Humphrey/Keith Callaghan	31	[127]	38	[127]	69
68	3706	Kevin Anderson/Sadie Anderson	39	[127]	[127]	31	70
69	3759	Sam Pascoe/Alex Adams	4	[127]	[127]	67	71
70	3692	Steve Mitchell/Julie Nuttall	[127]	37	[127]	36	73
71	3682	Jon Steward/Harry Steward	[127]	32	41	[127]	73
72	3621	Oliver Squire/various	[127]	46	30	[127]	76
73	3602	Anthony Rickaby/Nicki Della Porta	36	[127]	[127]	41	77
74	3497	Jan Holland/William Anderson	[127]	40	37	[127]	77
75	3634	Ben Archer/Philippa Daniels	37	[127]	40	[127]	77
76	3598	Rob Smith/Andrew Smith	32	[127]	45	[127]	77
77	3607	Mark Bugler/Rima Bugler	[127]	36	[127]	42	78
78	3564	Rich Adams/Rob Kennaugh	11	[127]	[127]	67	78
79	3600	Stuart Jenkins/Imogen Jenkins	[127]	45	34	[127]	79
80	3511	Andrew Mills/Ellie Mills	42	[127]	[127]	38	80
81	3648	Antonia Wright/Jamie Wright	[127]	48	[127]	34	82
82	3755	Peter Jackson/Andy Aimes	[127]	38	[127]	44	82
83	3650	Paul Englemann/Katy Englemann	35	[127]	[127]	47	82
84	3291	Dave Philpott/Jenny Philpot	43	[127]	[127]	40	83
85	3547	Pete Male/Christine Male	[127]	47	36	[127]	83
86	3697	Richard Page/Lizzy Dalby	[127]	39	[127]	45	84
87	3675	Mike Fenwick/Penny Fenwick	18	[127]	[127]	67	85
88	3700	Phil Emery/Karen Emery	[127]	63	22	[127]	85
89	3561	Keiron O Farrell/Fionn O Farrell	[127]	43	42	[127]	85
90	3740	Patrick Blake/Anna Blake	[127]	63	[127]	24	87
91	3456	Martin Evans/Chris Evans	46	[127]	[127]	43	89
92	3556	Jodok Gerber/Janik Roempp	38	[127]	[127]	51	89
93	3563	Philip Ashworth/Alison Ashworth	48	[127]	43	[127]	91
94	3680	Steve Watson/Andrew Prosser	44	[127]	47	[127]	91
95	3594	Robin Clifton Dey/Michael Clifton Dey	40	[127]	[127]	53	93
96	3569	Duncan Bell/Alex Oxley	50	[127]	[127]	46	96
97	2604	Jeremy Stein/Sarah Percival	[127]	53	44	[127]	97
98	3451	Jemma Horwood/Russell Hall	[127]	49	48	[127]	97
99	3555	Ian Mckenzie/Angela Mackenzie	52	[127]	46	[127]	98
100	3589	John Hollands/Ellen Cooper	[127]	50	50	[127]	100
101	3567	Martin Smith/Karen Beston	47	[127]	54	[127]	101
102	3599	Ken Duffell/Brian Corking	[127]	52	[127]	50	102
103	3296	Luke Tucker/Theo Harris	[127]	51	51	[127]	102
104	3625	Richard Bramley/Tony Cheal	49	[127]	[127]	54	103
105	3586	Kieron Mason/Henry Mason	51	[127]	55	[127]	106
106	3425	Nick Shuttleworth/Jeremy Loveless	[127]	54	53	[127]	107
107	3333	John Adams/Zoe Adams	61	[127]	[127]	49	110
108	3530	Mike Colles/tbc	[127]	63	[127]	48	111
109	3574	John Donoghue/David Collier	[127]	63	49	[127]	112
110	3464	Greg Flyn/Adrian Mickleson	61	[127]	52	[127]	113
111	3571	Alan Feist/Stephen Comley	61	[127]	56	[127]	117
112	3414	Ian Laing/Andrew Hunt	[127]	63	[127]	55	118
113	1638	Bernard Prickett/Peter Bishton	[127]	55	[127]	67	122
114	3478	Andy Hind/Gareth Griffiths	61	[127]	[127]	67	128
115	3730	Frank Rowsell	[127]	[127]	18	127	145
116	3730	Paul Hollis/Lisa Scott	[127]	20	[127]	127	147
117	3762	Malcolm Hyams/Dan Barratt	41	[127]	[127]	127	168
118	1206	Patrick Rayner/Various	[127]	[127]	127	52	179
119	3581	Brendan O Connell/Jatet O Connell	61	[127]	[127]	127	188
120	3606	Richard Mourant/Joe Woods	61	[127]	[127]	127	188
121	3354	Nigel Cooper/Annabel Cooper	[127]	[127]	127	127	254
122	3725	John McLaren/Annie McLaren	[127]	[127]	127	127	254
123	3671	Tom Jeffcoat/Ben Rayner	[127]	[127]	127	127	254
124	3692	Rien Zilvold	[127]	[127]	127	127	254
125	3757	Richard Domoney	[127]	[127]	127	127	254
126	3729	Jon Turner/Richard Parslow	[127]	[127]	127	127	254