Sharps Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week 2014 – Day 3
by Tim Fells 9 Jul 2014 14:33 BST
6-11 July 2014
Day 3 at the Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Week greeted competitors with wall to wall sunshine and a 10 knot NW. Unfortunately for the morning flights this is a bad wind direction as it comes over the town, making the harbour a very messy race track.
Race 5 – Green v Blue flights. NW Force 3. Course 1,7,1,3,1,3
With the flood tide in their faces and little or no breeze on the start line, just getting across the line was a challenge. The majority of the fleet opted for the Portlemouth shore where Dave Winder and Pippa Taylor executed a perfect start, clear ahead of the fleet, to lead away close tacking up to Mill Bay. Simon Blake and Chris Dodds, and Sam Pascoe with Alex Adams managed to play the shifts best to round ahead or Dave and Pippa. Getting the biggest cheer of the day for rounding in the top 5 were Dave and Abigail Croft in their classic Smokers Satisfaction, 3165 'Panatella', while many of the top teams struggled back in the pack. On the trip through The Bag and back, Dave and Pippa retook the lead to extend for a comfortable win from Simon and Chris and Sam and Alex. Dave Hayes and Oli Wells came through very well from their unfavoured town side start to take fourth from the very consistent Dan Alsop and Jenny King. Other front runners struggled to recover from poor starts; Taxi and Ellie Bremmer were 11th and Jon Gorringe with Nicki Bass 13th.
Race 6 – Red v Black fleets, SW Force 2-3, Course 1,7,4,2,3
The fleet rigged on the beach in high expectation of a classic Salcombe race. The sky was clear, the wind was up and it looked like we were in for a blast. Then with 10 minutes to go to the start the clouds came in, the rain poured down the wind went round in circles and disappeared. No-one knew what would happen next. The PRO rolled the dice and selected Blackstone as the first mark and the fleet, rather shambolicly, prepared for battle. On the gun, well in fact two seconds before the gun, Day 2 winners Tim Fells and Chris Downham got over-excited and headed up the track for an early bath. The rest of the fleet ambled up the harbour with the river boat racers faring best. Most of the leaders round the first mark were from Hampton! On the run(ish) back through the town it was anyone's guess what to do. However, Day 1 winners Olly Naked Guns Turner and Alex Warren found a great track to sail around the majority of the leading bunch, jumping from the twenties to take the lead into The Bag. As they had done on Sunday, once in the lead there was no looking back and they extended to take a comfortable win. Following their lead, it was a race for young heads to enjoy their moments of glory. Ben Hollis and Caroline Croft had a great race to take second, narrowly ahead of local youth star Peter 'the next Ben Ainslie' Ballantine and Sandy Ramus, who were closely followed by Neale Jones and Jam Adam. Steve Crook and Jo Marlow continued their strong week with fifth ahead of front runners Mike Calvert and Ian Garwood, and Tom Stewart and Phil Dalby.
Overnight, Dave and Pippa have strengthened their grip on the title they have won for the last two years, holding a wonderfully strong 1,2,3. Tom Stewart has slipped back a bit with 2,3,7 and is being challenged by Dave Hayes and Oli Wells with 2,4,6. However, Olly Turner and Alex Warren are right in the mix with two firsts and will be pleased to discard their 13th.
Results so far:
Pos | Sail No | Helm/Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
1 | 3656 | Olly Turner/Alex Warren | [127] | 1 | [127] | [13] | [127] | 1 | [3] | 2 |
2 | 3735 | Dave Winder/Pippa Taylor | [127] | 2 | [3] | [127] | 1 | [127] | [9] | 3 |
3 | 3684 | Andy Davis/Ellie Bremmer | [127] | [5] | 2 | [127] | [11] | [127] | 1 | 3 |
4 | 3733 | Tom Stewart/Phil Dalby | [127] | 3 | [127] | 1 | [127] | [7] | [4] | 4 |
5 | 3734 | Dave Hayes/Oli Wells | [6] | [127] | [127] | 2 | 4 | [127] | [127] | 6 |
6 | 3754 | Jon Gorringe/Nikki Bass | 2 | [127] | [127] | 4 | [13] | [127] | [127] | 6 |
7 | 3691 | Mike Calvert/Ian Garwood | 1 | [127] | 6 | [127] | [127] | [6] | [127] | 7 |
8 | 3703 | Richard Whitworth/Nick Copsey | [127] | [9] | [127] | 5 | [127] | [8] | 2 | 7 |
9 | 3759 | Sam Pascoe/Alex Adams | 4 | [127] | [127] | [66] | 3 | [127] | [127] | 7 |
10 | 3688 | Ben Hollis/Caroline Croft | [127] | 6 | [127] | [12] | [127] | 2 | [8] | 8 |
11 | 3539 | Dan Alsop/Jennie King | 3 | [127] | [127] | [6] | 5 | [127] | [127] | 8 |
12 | 3678 | Steve Crook/Jo Marlow | [127] | 4 | [127] | [7] | [127] | 5 | [6] | 9 |
13 | 3724 | Neale Jones/Jam Adam | [16] | [127] | 5 | [127] | [127] | 4 | [127] | 9 |
14 | 3738 | Simon Blake/Chris Dodds | 8 | [127] | [127] | [10] | 2 | [127] | [127] | 10 |
15 | 3707 | Alex Jackson/Sarah Bines | [127] | [18] | [127] | 3 | [127] | [14] | 7 | 10 |
16 | 3764 | Tim Fells/Chris Downham | 10 | [127] | 1 | [127] | [127] | [64] | [127] | 11 |
17 | 3743 | Matt Biggs/John Hackett | [127] | [7] | 4 | [127] | 7 | [127] | [62] | 11 |
18 | 3676 | Antony Gifford/Jo Gifford | [127] | [25] | [127] | 9 | [127] | [15] | 4 | 13 |
19 | 3645 | Peter Ballantine/Sandy Ramus | [30] | [127] | 11 | [127] | [127] | 3 | [127] | 14 |
20 | 3753 | Simon Potts/Annabelle Ransome‑williams | 5 | [127] | [12] | [127] | [127] | 10 | [127] | 15 |
21 | 3716 | Steve Leney/Gill Leney | [13] | [127] | [127] | 11 | 6 | [127] | [127] | 17 |
22 | 3710 | Jon Ibbotson/Chris Kilsby | [127] | 8 | 9 | [127] | [15] | [127] | [14] | 17 |
23 | 3756 | Will Warren/Frances Gifford | 7 | [127] | 10 | [127] | [127] | [19] | [127] | 17 |
24 | 3696 | Alan Warren/Bill Carroll | [127] | [13] | 7 | [127] | [18] | [127] | 11 | 18 |
25 | 3685 | Sophie Mackley/James Warren | [127] | 12 | 8 | [127] | [19] | [127] | [18] | 20 |
26 | 3611 | Jen Taylor/Debbie Taylor | [15] | [127] | [127] | 8 | 12 | [127] | [127] | 20 |
27 | 3679 | Nick Hegginbotham/Becky Jones | [127] | 10 | [127] | [16] | [127] | 11 | [19] | 21 |
28 | 3564 | Rich Adams/Rob Kennaugh | 11 | [127] | [127] | [66] | 10 | [127] | [127] | 21 |
29 | 3715 | Paul Rayson/Julie Rayson | [127] | 16 | [32] | [127] | [22] | [127] | 10 | 26 |
30 | 3753 | Will Rainey/Andy Douglas | [14] | [127] | 13 | [127] | [127] | 13 | [127] | 26 |
31 | 3761 | Tom Jeffcoat/Ben Rayner | 9 | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 17 | [127] | 26 |
32 | 3702 | Duncan Salmon/Harriet Salmon | 12 | [127] | [127] | [15] | 14 | [127] | [127] | 26 |
33 | 3651 | Colin Brockbank/Martin Hughes | [127] | 11 | [127] | [27] | [127] | [32] | 16 | 27 |
34 | 3652 | John Bell/Olivia Bell | [127] | [19] | [127] | 19 | [127] | 9 | [21] | 28 |
35 | 3687 | Matt Greenfield/Hannah Playford | [127] | 14 | [27] | [127] | [21] | [127] | 15 | 29 |
36 | 3165 | Dave Croft/Abigail Croft | [127] | [42] | 21 | [127] | 8 | [127] | [30] | 29 |
37 | 3730 | Paul Hollis/Lisa Scott | [127] | [20] | [18] | [127] | 17 | [127] | 13 | 30 |
38 | 3768 | Rob Cage/Hatty Cage | [28] | [127] | [127] | 21 | 9 | [127] | [127] | 30 |
39 | 3727 | Mark Stockbridge/Roop Stock | 17 | [127] | 15 | [127] | [127] | [29] | [127] | 32 |
40 | 3583 | Colin Anderson/Sean Anderson | [127] | 15 | [127] | 18 | [127] | [24] | [27] | 33 |
41 | 3744 | Chris Martin/Jo Tosh | [127] | [17] | [127] | 17 | [127] | [23] | 17 | 34 |
42 | 3675 | Mike Fenwick/Penny Fenwick | 18 | [127] | [127] | [66] | 16 | [127] | [127] | 34 |
43 | 3725 | AJ Squire/Tristram Squire | [127] | 22 | [127] | 14 | [127] | [33] | [127] | 36 |
44 | 3666 | Jon Meadowcroft/Katy Meadowcroft | [127] | [27] | 16 | [127] | 23 | [127] | [62] | 39 |
45 | 3731 | Andy Jones/Jilly Blake | [127] | [24] | [127] | 22 | [127] | 18 | [33] | 40 |
46 | 3719 | Jeremy Deacon/Andy Currel | [127] | [26] | [127] | 20 | [127] | 21 | [24] | 41 |
47 | 3565 | Paul Keeling/Michelle Keeling | [127] | 21 | [29] | [127] | 20 | [127] | [34] | 41 |
48 | 3643 | Tim Harridge/Andrea Ralph | 21 | [127] | [25] | [127] | [127] | 20 | [127] | 41 |
49 | 3740 | Patrick Blake/Anna Blake | [127] | [63] | [127] | [24] | [127] | 22 | 20 | 42 |
50 | 3448 | Sam Thompson/Clare Thompson | [127] | [41] | [127] | [26] | [127] | 16 | 26 | 42 |
51 | 3578 | Godfrey Clarke/Claire Clark | [127] | [34] | 20 | [127] | 24 | [127] | [37] | 44 |
52 | 3748 | Nigel Brooke/Suzie Brooke | 19 | [127] | [127] | 25 | [26] | [127] | [127] | 44 |
53 | 3672 | John Cooper/Hilary Bradshaw | [127] | [33] | 17 | [127] | [34] | [127] | 28 | 45 |
54 | 3641 | Mark Waterhouse/Matt Currell | 22 | [127] | [127] | 23 | [31] | [127] | [127] | 45 |
55 | 3573 | Simon Bond/Anna Bond | [127] | 23 | [127] | [35] | [127] | [37] | 23 | 46 |
56 | 3700 | Phil Emery/Karen Emery | [127] | [63] | 22 | [127] | [35] | [127] | 25 | 47 |
57 | 3698 | Graham Cranford Smith/Fiona Cranford Smith | 20 | [127] | 28 | [127] | [127] | [31] | [127] | 48 |
58 | 3647 | Hywel Bowen Perkins/tbc | 25 | [127] | [35] | [127] | [127] | 25 | [127] | 50 |
59 | 3751 | Tony Johnson/Louis Johnson | 26 | [127] | [127] | [39] | 25 | [127] | [127] | 51 |
60 | 3705 | Geoff Wright/Carol Murcott | 23 | [127] | [127] | [32] | 29 | [127] | [127] | 52 |
61 | 3714 | Alan Markham/Sue Markham | [127] | [35] | 31 | [127] | [32] | [127] | 22 | 53 |
62 | 3339 | Tim Male/Rebecca Male | 34 | [127] | 19 | [127] | [127] | [38] | [127] | 53 |
63 | 3657 | Anthony Lofts/Sophie Penwarden | [127] | [44] | 24 | [127] | 30 | [127] | [44] | 54 |
64 | 3627 | Alex Jones/Jack Deung | [29] | [127] | 26 | [127] | [127] | 28 | [127] | 54 |
65 | 3633 | Dave Bursey/Frances Bursey | [127] | 28 | [127] | [29] | [127] | 27 | [62] | 55 |
66 | 3640 | Rien Zilvold/Phil Scot | [127] | 29 | [33] | [127] | 27 | [127] | [32] | 56 |
67 | 3559 | Tosh/Alex Pawsey | [127] | [30] | [127] | 28 | [127] | [35] | 29 | 57 |
68 | 3708 | Colin Humphrey/Keith Callaghan | 31 | [127] | [38] | [127] | [127] | 26 | [127] | 57 |
69 | 3663 | Chris Haworth/Joanne Harvey | [45] | [127] | 23 | [127] | [127] | 34 | [127] | 57 |
70 | 3674 | Mike Anslow/Chris Winters | 24 | [127] | [127] | [37] | 33 | [127] | [127] | 57 |
71 | 3706 | Kevin Anderson/Sadie Anderson | [39] | [127] | [127] | 31 | 28 | [127] | [127] | 59 |
72 | 3683 | Ben Jones/Helen Hilditch | [127] | [31] | [127] | 30 | [127] | 30 | [38] | 60 |
73 | 3682 | Jon Steward/Harry Steward | [127] | 32 | [41] | [127] | [42] | [127] | 31 | 63 |
74 | 3665 | Ross Jackson/Kelly Jackson | 27 | [127] | 39 | [127] | [127] | [64] | [127] | 66 |
75 | 3575 | Richard Cooke/Decklan Coleman | 33 | [127] | [127] | 33 | [38] | [127] | [127] | 66 |
76 | 3598 | Rob Smith/Andrew Smith | 32 | [127] | [46] | [127] | [127] | 36 | [127] | 68 |
77 | 3692 | Steve Mitchell/Julie Nuttall | [127] | 37 | [127] | 36 | [127] | [39] | [62] | 73 |
78 | 3697 | Richard Page/Lizzy Dalby | [127] | 39 | [127] | [46] | [127] | [41] | 35 | 74 |
79 | 3607 | Mark Bugler/Rima Bugler | [127] | 36 | [127] | [42] | [127] | 40 | [41] | 76 |
80 | 3602 | Anthony Rickaby/Nicki Della Porta | 36 | [127] | [127] | [41] | 40 | [127] | [127] | 76 |
81 | 3621 | Oliver Squire/various | [127] | 46 | 30 | [127] | [57] | [127] | [127] | 76 |
82 | 3497 | Jan Holland/William Anderson | [127] | 40 | 37 | [127] | [51] | [127] | [62] | 77 |
83 | 3634 | Ben Archer/Philippa Daniels | 37 | [127] | 40 | [127] | [127] | [42] | [127] | 77 |
84 | 3762 | Malcolm Hyams/Dan Barratt | 41 | [127] | [45] | [44] | 37 | [127] | [127] | 78 |
85 | 3650 | Paul Englemann/Katy Englemann | 35 | [127] | [127] | [48] | 43 | [127] | [127] | 78 |
86 | 3600 | Stuart Jenkins/Imogen Jenkins | [127] | [45] | 34 | [127] | 45 | [127] | [62] | 79 |
87 | 3456 | Martin Evans/Chris Evans | [46] | [127] | [127] | 43 | 36 | [127] | [127] | 79 |
88 | 3291 | Dave Philpott/Jenny Philpot | [43] | [127] | [127] | 40 | 39 | [127] | [127] | 79 |
89 | 3755 | Peter Jackson/Andy Aimes | [127] | 38 | [127] | [45] | [127] | [45] | 42 | 80 |
90 | 3511 | Andrew Mills/Ellie Mills | 42 | [127] | [127] | 38 | [46] | [127] | [127] | 80 |
91 | 3648 | Antonia Wright/Jamie Wright | [127] | 48 | [127] | 34 | [127] | [64] | [62] | 82 |
92 | 3547 | Pete Male/Christine Male | [127] | 47 | 36 | [127] | [53] | [127] | [62] | 83 |
93 | 3561 | Keiron O Farrell/Fionn O Farrell | [127] | [43] | 42 | [127] | [55] | [127] | 43 | 85 |
94 | 3599 | Ken Duffell/Brian Corking | [127] | [52] | [127] | [51] | [127] | 46 | 40 | 86 |
95 | 3563 | Philip Ashworth/Alison Ashworth | [48] | [127] | 43 | [127] | [127] | 43 | [127] | 86 |
96 | 3556 | Jodok Gerber/Janik Roempp | 38 | [127] | [127] | [52] | 48 | [127] | [127] | 86 |
97 | 3451 | Jemma Horwood/Russell Hall | [127] | [49] | 49 | [127] | [52] | [127] | 39 | 88 |
98 | 2604 | Jeremy Stein/Sarah Percival | [127] | [53] | 44 | [127] | 44 | [127] | [45] | 88 |
99 | 3594 | Robin Clifton Dey/Michael Clifton Dey | 40 | [127] | [127] | [54] | 50 | [127] | [127] | 90 |
100 | 3589 | John Hollands/Ellen Cooper | [127] | 50 | [51] | [127] | 41 | [127] | [62] | 91 |
101 | 3567 | Martin Smith/Karen Beston | 47 | [127] | [55] | [127] | [127] | 44 | [127] | 91 |
102 | 3680 | Steve Watson/Andrew Prosser | 44 | [127] | 48 | [127] | [127] | [48] | [127] | 92 |
103 | 3569 | Duncan Bell/Alex Oxley | [50] | [127] | [127] | 47 | 47 | [127] | [127] | 94 |
104 | 3574 | John Donoghue/David Collier | [127] | [63] | [50] | [127] | 49 | [127] | 47 | 96 |
105 | 3530 | Mike Colles/tbc | [127] | [63] | [127] | 49 | [127] | 47 | [62] | 96 |
106 | 3555 | Ian Mckenzie/Angela Mackenzie | 52 | [127] | 47 | [127] | [127] | [64] | [127] | 99 |
107 | 3616 | Nick Shuttleworth/Jeremy Loveless | [127] | [54] | [54] | [127] | 54 | [127] | 46 | 100 |
108 | 3296 | Luke Tucker/Theo Harris | [127] | 51 | [52] | [127] | [59] | [127] | 50 | 101 |
109 | 3414 | Ian Laing/Andrew Hunt | [127] | [63] | [127] | 56 | [127] | [64] | 48 | 104 |
110 | 1638 | Bernard Prickett/Peter Bishton | [127] | 55 | [127] | [66] | [127] | [64] | 49 | 104 |
111 | 3625 | Richard Bramley/Tony Cheal | 49 | [127] | [127] | 55 | [60] | [127] | [127] | 104 |
112 | 3571 | Alan Feist/Stephen Comley | [61] | [127] | 57 | [127] | [127] | 49 | [127] | 106 |
113 | 3333 | John Adams/Zoe Adams | [61] | [127] | [127] | 50 | 56 | [127] | [127] | 106 |
114 | 3586 | Kieron Mason/Henry Mason | 51 | [127] | 56 | [127] | [127] | [64] | [127] | 107 |
115 | 3464 | Greg Flyn/Adrian Mickleson | 61 | [127] | 53 | [127] | [127] | [64] | [127] | 114 |
116 | 1692 | Patrick Rayner/Various | [127] | [127] | [127] | 53 | [127] | [64] | 62 | 115 |
117 | 3478 | Andy Hind/Gareth Griffiths | 61 | [127] | [127] | [66] | 58 | [127] | [127] | 119 |
118 | 3581 | Brendan O Connell/Jatet O Connell | 61 | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 64 | [127] | 125 |
119 | 3606 | Richard Mourant/Joe Woods | 61 | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 64 | [127] | 125 |
120 | 3725 | Tristian Squire/Laura Squire | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 127 | 12 | 139 |
121 | 3729 | Jon Turner/Richard Parslow | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 12 | 127 | 139 |
122 | 3621 | Andrew Squire/Sheila | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 127 | 36 | 163 |
123 | 3354 | Charles Anderson | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 64 | 127 | 191 |
124 | 3547 | Peter Male | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 64 | 127 | 191 |
125 | 3354 | Nigel Cooper/Annabel Cooper | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 127 | 127 | 254 |
126 | 3725 | John McLaren/Annie McLaren | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 127 | 127 | 254 |
127 | 3757 | Richard Domoney | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | [127] | 127 | 127 | 254 |