International Moth UK National Championships at Hayling Island - Overall
by Mark Jardine 17 Jul 2014 21:44 BST
16-17 July 2014
The aim yesterday was to get three races in for the yellow and blue fleets. As it was, the PRO did a great job to manage 2 in the fluctuating breeze. The aim today was to make up for the lost race and then complete three more... sadly the breeze had other ideas.
The tide was ripping past Hayling Island Sailing Club and just getting to the start area was a slog. Some helms chose to just lift their boats and walk along the beach rather than battle the tide. As it was, at the 11am scheduled start time, there was only around 3 knots of breeze so the postponement flag was hoisted.
When the breeze did finally fill after midday, it was puffy 7-8 knots leading to marginal planing conditions. A good tack could lead to huge gains whilst a bad tack on the final approach was painful to say the least. Once again, the top sailors seemed to stay on the foils longer and nail more manoeuvres.
Yellow course finished as usual at the finish line but the blue fleet had a shortened course due to the dropping wind.
Mike Lennon in the Yellow fleet put in another solid performance with a first placing him top of the leader board, two points ahead of Scott Babbage who had a second. The Blue fleet was won by Christopher Rast which after a 15th and a DNC yesterday showed a marked improvement.
After a short deliberation, the AP over A appeared and everyone slowly went home.
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Quotes:
Jason Belben: "Well the race today was pretty hard work - not physically, but mentally really because I was just trying to stay on the foils all the time because the pressure was so light.
"I came off the start line on the foils having circled one minute before on the foil. Unfortunately I hit some weed so came off the foil just after the start which was frustrating but managed to get back up again and round about 5th at the windward mark. I pretty much kept that position until the last beat when most people came off the foils when it became particularly light. Luckily I managed to pop it (get back foiling) just as I rounded the windward mark so I was one of the only ones apart from Mike (Lennon) who foiled downwind so I overtook them all on the last run but it was very hard work just keeping foiling all the time."
Scott Babbage: "It was definitely a marginal foiling day, so staying up was the top priority. A lot of boats started flying from the pin on port rather than risk the congested takeoff on starboard. However, the left hand side had more wind, so the port-tackers were not the first around the top mark.
"Staying left of the pack on the next downwind and upwind put me into the lead, which I unfortunately lost just before the line... a touchdown during a gybe cost me 100 metres or so and that was it."
Overall Results:
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Pos | Nat | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
1st | GBR | 4147 | Michael Lennon | HISC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2nd | AUS | 3 | Scott Babbage | Woollahra SC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3rd | GBR | 7 | Chris Rashley | Royal London YC | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
4th | GBR | 3942 | Jason Belben | Stokes Bay SC | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
5th | GBR | 5 | Robert Greenhalgh | Royal Southern YC | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
6th | AUS | 2 | Nathan Outteridge | Wangi SC | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
7th | GBR | 4 | Ben Paton | Lymington Town SC | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
8th | AUS | 4142 | Josh Mcknight | RPAYC | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 |
9th | GBR | 412 | Dylan Fletcher | Portland Moth Squad | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
10th | AUS | 6 | Rob Gough | Royal YC Tasmania | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
11th | AUS | 3900 | Andrew McDougall | Black Rock YC | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
12th | GBR | 4038 | Tom Offer | Rock SC | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
13th | GBR | 3967 | Chris Draper | WPNSA | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
14th | ITA | 4093 | Stefano Rizzi | SV Oscar Cosulich | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
15th | GBR | 4099 | Ricky Tagg | HISC | 14 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
16th | JPN | 3989 | Hiroki Goto | ABeam | 16 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
17th | GBR | 4149 | Oliver Holden | HISC | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
18th | JPN | 4095 | Kohei Kajimoto | Black Rock YC | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 |
19th | NZL | 4037 | Jason Russell | HISC | 11 | 15 | 16 | 42 |
20th | FRA | 4090 | Seb Col | YCPR | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
21st | GBR | 4065 | Daniel Henderson | Stokes Bay SC | 14 | 20 | 12 | 46 |
22nd | SUI | 3752 | David Holenweg | CV Estavyer‑le‑Lac | 23 | 13 | 17 | 53 |
23rd | GBR | 4146 | Paul Goodison | Ulley SC | 6 | 38 | 12 | 56 |
24th | GBR | 4036 | Dan Vincent | Stokes Bay SC | 23 | 10 | 23 | 56 |
25th | GBR | 4059 | Dan Ward | Frensham Ponds SC | 21 | 13 | 24 | 58 |
26th | GBR | 3981 | Simon Reynolds | Whitstable YC | 15 | 18 | 25 | 58 |
27th | GBR | 4060 | Neil Baker | HISC | 25 | 18 | 19 | 62 |
28th | GBR | 4073 | Richard Westbury | Draycote SC | 9 | 9 | 45 | 63 |
29th | GER | 3684 | Sven Kloppenburg | Ratzeburger SV | 33 | 14 | 17 | 64 |
30th | GBR | 4096 | Tim Penfold | HISC | 26 | 15 | 24 | 65 |
31st | AUS | 3637 | Brent Pearson | Keppel Bay SC | 17 | 24 | 25 | 66 |
32nd | GBR | 3830 | John Clifton | Shoreham SC | 19 | 28 | 20 | 67 |
33rd | GBR | 4158 | Geoff Carveth | HISC | 30 | 23 | 16 | 69 |
34th | AUS | 4034 | Luke Molloy | RQYS | 22 | 20 | 27 | 69 |
35th | GBR | 4122 | Andrew Friend | Norfolk Punt Club | 24 | 32 | 14 | 70 |
36th | GBR | 4152 | James McMillan | Gurnard SC | 24 | 16 | 31 | 71 |
37th | GBR | 3939 | Matthew Stark | Guernsey YC | 29 | 22 | 21 | 72 |
38th | IRL | 3592 | Rory Fitzpatrick | National YC | 18 | 21 | 35 | 74 |
39th | SUI | 4112 | Christopher Rast | TYC/RCO/MBYC | 15 | DNC | 1 | 75 |
40th | GBR | 3945 | Matthew Lea | Grafham Water SC | 30 | 14 | 32 | 76 |
41st | GBR | 3877 | Rob Partridge | Royal Hong Kong YC | 21 | 37 | 18 | 76 |
42nd | ITA | 41 | Stefano Ferrighi | YC Acquafresca | 13 | 5 | DNC | 77 |
43rd | GBR | 4075 | Doug Pybus | Queen Mary SC | 12 | DNC | 6 | 77 |
44th | GBR | 4115 | David Hivey | HISC | 27 | 19 | 31 | 77 |
45th | AUS | 3905 | Phil Stevenson | St George SC | 25 | 35 | 20 | 80 |
46th | GBR | 4100 | Alex Koukourakis | Eastbourne Soverign SC | 22 | 31 | 28 | 81 |
47th | NED | 4074 | Eelco Boers | WV Roerkoning | 9 | DNC | 15 | 83 |
48th | GBR | 4071 | Phillippe Oligario | Worthing YC | 28 | 25 | 30 | 83 |
49th | SUI | 3796 | Arnaud Psarofaghis | SN Geneva | 19 | DNC | 6 | 84 |
50th | GBR | 4155 | Stevie Morrison | Exe SC | 39 | 19 | 26 | 84 |
51st | GBR | 3980 | Graham Simmonds | HISC | 28 | 26 | 33 | 87 |
52nd | ITA | 3855 | Fabio Mazzetti | Circolo Vela Arco | DNC | 12 | 18 | 89 |
53rd | GBR | 3995 | David Simmonds | HISC | 31 | 22 | 36 | 89 |
54th | SWE | 4159 | Nils Akervall | Royal Swedish YC | 20 | DNC | 11 | 90 |
55th | GBR | 4072 | Thomas Lambert | Wilsonian SC | 34 | 34 | 22 | 90 |
56th | ITA | 4030 | Marco Lanulfi | YC Acquafresca | 20 | 12 | DNC | 91 |
57th | NED | 3849 | Constantijn Weber | WSV Muiderberg | 34 | 32 | 26 | 92 |
58th | GBR | 4050 | Leigh Albrecht | Queen Mary SC | 16 | 34 | 43 | 93 |
59th | GBR | 3715 | Chris Jeeves | De Spaenjerd SC | 31 | 29 | 33 | 93 |
60th | RSA | 4062 | Jonathan Heathcote | Point YC | 12 | BFD | 23 | 94 |
61st | GBR | 4121 | James Phare | Queen Mary SC | 18 | 17 | DNC | 94 |
62nd | FRA | 3972 | Yann Andrillon | | 17 | 21 | DNC | 97 |
63rd | GBR | 4067 | Cameron Stewart | HISC | 10 | BFD | 29 | 98 |
64th | SUI | 3798 | Philippe Schiller | SN de Geneve | 29 | 27 | 47 | 103 |
65th | GER | 3381 | Burhard Staabs | Rock SC | 38 | 27 | 40 | 105 |
66th | IRL | 3861 | Annalise Murphy | National YC | 36 | 24 | 46 | 106 |
67th | GBR | 3604 | Katherine Knight | WPNSA | 44 | 30 | 34 | 108 |
68th | GBR | 4045 | Matt Ponsford | HISC | DNC | 25 | 28 | 112 |
69th | FRA | 3875 | Benoit Marie | SNO Nantes | 27 | DNC | 27 | 113 |
70th | SUI | 3820 | Caspar Buettner | Zurcher YC | 36 | 36 | 41 | 113 |
71st | GBR | 3131 | Guy Stewart Raynes | Weston SC | 43 | 33 | 39 | 115 |
72nd | JPN | 4137 | Wakako Tabata | ABeam | 38 | 40 | 37 | 115 |
73rd | SUI | 3836 | Adriano Petrino | CV Lago di Lugano | 35 | 23 | DNC | 117 |
74th | GBR | 4044 | Dominic Hutton | Queen Mary SC | 32 | 26 | DNC | 117 |
75th | GBR | 3922 | Kyle Stoneham | Thorpe Bay YC | 26 | 33 | DNC | 118 |
76th | IRL | 3889 | Alistair Kissane | Howth YC | 32 | DNC | 29 | 120 |
77th | POL | 3842 | Michal Domanski | HISC | DNC | 30 | 32 | 121 |
78th | USA | 9 | Brad Funk | US Sailing Team Sperry Top‑Sider | DNC | 6 | DNC | 124 |
79th | BEL | 4049 | Giovanni Galeotti | RYCB | 7 | DNC | DNC | 125 |
80th | GBR | 3943 | Richard Edwards | Parkstone YC | DNC | DNC | 8 | 126 |
81st | GBR | 3881 | Diederik Bulters | | 39 | 28 | DNC | 126 |
82nd | AUS | 4004 | Will Logan | Royal YC Tasmania | 33 | 35 | DNC | 127 |
83rd | GBR | 3985 | Simon Hiscocks | HISC | DNC | DNC | 10 | 128 |
84th | GBR | 4162 | Steve McLean | HISC | 42 | 31 | DNC | 132 |
85th | GBR | 3613 | James Thomas | Bewl Valley SC | 37 | DNC | 36 | 132 |
86th | GBR | 3979 | Jeremy Hartley | Stokes Bay SC | DNC | DNC | 15 | 133 |
87th | SUI | 4032 | Jean‑Pierre de Siebenthal | SN de Geneve | DNC | 17 | DNC | 135 |
88th | ITA | 4138 | Gian Maria Ferrighi | YC Acquafrecsca | DNC | DNC | 19 | 137 |
89th | GBR | 3192 | Jamie Pearson | Draycote Water SC | 41 | DNC | 38 | 138 |
90th | ESP | 3975 | Pablo Arandia | RCN de Valencia | DNC | DNC | 21 | 139 |
91st | AUS | 3631 | John Genders | RYCT | DNC | DNC | 22 | 140 |
92nd | GBR | 3870 | Eddie Gatehouse | HISC | DNC | 41 | 44 | 144 |
93rd | NZL | 4124 | Glen Read | Vauxhall YC | DNC | 29 | DNC | 147 |
94th | GBR | 3917 | Dan Ellis | Royal Plymouth Corinthian YC | DNC | DNC | 30 | 148 |
95th | IRL | 4206 | John Chambers | National YC | DNC | DNC | 34 | 152 |
96th | GBR | 3910 | Matthew Bergmann Smith | HISC | DNC | DNC | 35 | 153 |
97th | GBR | 3941 | Miles Burrage | Thorpe Bay SC | 35 | DNC | DNC | 153 |
98th | GBR | 3756 | James Sainsbury | Grafham Water SC | DNC | DNC | 37 | 155 |
99th | GBR | 3880 | Dave Smithwhite | HISC | 37 | DNC | DNC | 155 |
100th | GBR | 4106 | Jamie Morgan | Grafham Water SC | DNC | 39 | DNC | 157 |
101st | GBR | 40 | Jon Bennett | HISC | 40 | DNC | DNC | 158 |
102nd | IRL | 3805 | Ryan Seaton | Ballyholme YC/CSC | DNC | DNC | 42 | 160 |
103rd | GBR | 3766 | Jordan Woods | Weston SC | DNC | 42 | DNC | 160 |
104th | GBR | 4207 | Joseph Wellerd | Plymouth University SC | DNC | 43 | DNC | 161 |
105th | GBR | 3621 | Ken Barker | Parkstone YC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 3759 | Nic Streatfeild | Rutland Water SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 3668 | Patrick Cunningham | Gurnard SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 4043 | Paul Hayden | Stokes Bay SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 3928 | Rob Cage | Thames SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | SUI | 3622 | Fabien Froesch | SN de Geneve | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | SUI | 3599 | Tristan Mathez‑Loic | SN Geneva | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | USA | 4086 | Zack Downing | San Diego YC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 4150 | Ian Southworth | Hamble River SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 4098 | Danny Clark | Thorpe Bay SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | GBR | 0 | Chris Grube | Bala SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |
105th | BEL | 3915 | Quentin Blondiau | | DNC | DNC | DNC | 177 |