Harken UK Musto Performance Skiff National Championships

Harken UK Musto Performance Skiff National Championships - Day 3

by Ben Schooling and associates 16 Aug 2014 22:47 BST 14-17 August 2014

Harken UK Musto Performance Skiff Nationals day 3 © Tim Olin / www.olinphoto.co.uk

Day 3 dawned with a NW 10kt breeze and sunshine, but as the fleet left the beach the breeze had other ideas and dropped away to nothing. Back ashore an early lunch and ice creams for some before the wind started filling in from the West with a steady 10kts.

Race 7 saw Andy Rice execute a textbook port end flyer to lead the fleet into the shore out of the tide. Short tacks up the beach as far as the marker post to the layline ensued and by the windward Mr Rice had a good lead but with Bruce Keen breathing down his neck. By the finish Keen had overhauled Rice and Schwerdtrounded out the top 3.

Race 8 got underway but a large left shift down the first ran meant the PRO wisely abandoned. The fleet got away 2nd attempt with the breeze still around 8-10kts. Ben Schooling nailed the pin end and held the lead in a shortened 2 lap race from a charging Mike Palfreman with Christian Reynolds in 3rd.

Race 9 started in a freshening breeze with Dave Poston and his gargantuan frame looking like the safest bet in sailing to follow an excellent first beat with a rapid dismantling upwind and down of the entire fleet. However, as he surged out to the right a group of sailors played the shifts up the middle and mysteriously appeared in the top 4 places by the last windward mark. Bruce Keen won again (yawn) but the moral victory went to Iver Ahlman who smashed it in what was previously not believed to be his favoured conditions taking mighty second.

Race 10 saw an even fresher breeze with a turning tide whipped up some typical stokes bay waves. Leaders started at the committee boat end with Keen and Hilton doing the least tacks up the left Some spectacular pitch poles downwind, verses some highly skilled boat handling saw Keen take the win (yawn!!!!). The brave either saw triumph, humiliation or if you were Dan Trotter, a pilots licence for his launch technic. All in all a varied day that suited the pond sailors as well as the men of the fleet.

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	469	Bruce Keen	Stokes Bay SC	2	1	‑28	2	2	‑10	1	6	1	1	16
2	409	Mike Palfreman	Stokes Bay SC	9	4	‑15	5	7	5	‑32	2	3	4	39
3	442	Richard Stenhouse	Rutland SC	5	2	4	‑11	9	3	5	11	‑13	3	42
4	520	Dave Poston	Datchet Water SC	(DNC)	10	‑31	7	3	7	4	19	4	12	66
5	470	Nicolas Duchoud	Suisse SCOW	10	‑20	5	3	5	4	15	8	18	(BFD)	68
6	200	Ian Trotter	Derwent Res SC	4	11	1	‑29	6	19	11	‑25	10	10	72
7	487	Ben Schooling	Datchet Water SC	15	9	13	4	8	11	‑16	1	‑24	16	77
8	495	Iver Ahlmann	Kieler YC	‑24	13	19	9	10	2	8	‑29	2	19	82
9	305	Richard Pelley	Stokes Bay SC	3	‑30	10	17	20	13	18	‑30	7	5	93
10	484	Frithjof Schwerdt	Potsdamer YC	1	14	11	1	4	1	3	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	95
11	461	Alex Cooper	Weston SC	13	3	9	6	26	30	‑36	4	‑38	8	99
12	130	Sam Barker	Castle Cove SC	22	(DNC)	2	16	13	8	25	5	9	(DNC)	100
13	444	Jamie Hilton	Datchet Water SC	7	7	22	14	21	‑44	6	21	(DNC)	2	100
14	525	Christian Reynolds	Locks SC	12	(DNC)	6	23	‑27	9	12	3	17	20	102
15	364	Andy Rice	Stokes Bay SC	‑40	‑32	27	10	17	12	2	24	8	17	117
16	474	Alastair Conn	Derwent Res SC	38	(DNF)	3	13	1	G1	9	22	22	(DNC)	133.3
17	482	Matthew Holden	Locks SC	19	26	7	‑42	22	14	10	20	19	‑27	137
18	502	Rick Perkins	MPSCA	27	(DNC)	12	12	15	18	20	26	‑31	14	144
19	113	Ed Wilkinson	Stokes Bay SC	(DNF)	23	‑46	22	14	23	14	15	6	30	147
20	456	Serega Samus	Datchet Water SC	(DNC)	6	23	34	29	25	‑35	10	16	7	150
21	446	Ben Clegg	Brightlingsea SC	25	16	‑32	25	18	‑28	7	9	27	24	151
22	516	John Reekie	Bassenthwaite SC	(OCS)	(DNC)	26	18	19	21	31	7	12	23	157
23	467	Luke Draper	King George SC	16	(DNC)	20	19	23	31	‑38	14	32	6	161
24	384	Stuart Keegan	Derwent Res SC	8	29	‑38	15	12	(BFD)	27	28	20	29	168
25	178	Ian Marshall	Oxford SC	‑42	12	25	24	32	22	‑33	17	25	22	179
26	414	Andrew Gould	Emsworth Slipper SC	18	(DNC)	16	31	25	16	22	16	41	(DNC)	185
27	228	Ron Barnes	Thorpe Bay YC	17	17	35	‑44	36	6	34	31	(DNF)	11	187
28	168	Daniel Trotter	Derwent Res SC	39	8	8	21	16	(BFD)	24	13	(BFD)	BFD	189
29	419	Richard Smith	Wilsonian SC	30	27	21	30	24	(BFD)	26	‑47	5	32	195
30	483	John Evans	Derwent Res SC	32	(DNF)	14	36	(BFD)	27	23	18	23	26	199
31	476	John Archer	RORC	33	31	37	26	11	24	13	‑42	28	(DNC)	203
32	260	Mark Cooper	Datchet Water SC	20	(DNC)	41	32	31	20	21	34	(BFD)	9	208
33	372	Alex Knight	Castle Cove SC	29	5	18	8	(BFD)	15	30	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	225
34	160	Jon Simpson	Blackwater SC	11	25	39	‑47	40	(DNC)	41	44	14	18	232
35	521	Iain Morton	Chanonry SC	(OCS)	33	30	28	43	17	‑44	23	42	25	241
36	169	David Annan	Grafham Water SC	28	19	33	‑41	38	32	29	41	21	(BFD)	241
37	294	Tom Conway	Derwent Res SC	21	21	48	46	30	34	‑51	37	15	(DNC)	252
38	369	Kit Stenhouse	Rutland SC	41	15	17	37	37	(DSQ)	37	35	34	(DNC)	253
39	64	Jason Rickards	Datchet Water SC	26	28	‑47	39	33	‑42	28	33	33	34	254
40	354	George Hand	Stokes Bay SC	6	(DNF)	24	20	(DNC)	DNC	17	12	BFD	DNC	259
41	220	Ben Yeats	Chanonry SC	34	18	42	‑45	28	35	40	‑46	37	33	267
42	248	Mark Haine	Prestwick SC	14	(DNC)	49	43	(BFD)	DNC	43	27	29	13	278
43	283	Mick Keates	King George SC	37	(DNF)	43	27	(BFD)	26	42	39	35	31	280
44	333	Tim Chapman	Rutland SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	45	35	34	29	48	40	30	21	282
45	74	Alastair Gould	Whitstable YC	35	22	‑51	‑51	44	40	47	48	36	28	300
46	289	Andrew Whittle	Blackwater SC	31	(DNC)	44	52	41	39	50	45	39	(DNC)	341
47	97	Gavin Brewer	Stokes Bay SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	39	38	11	15	343
48	373	Paul Molesworth	Datchet Water SC	23	24	34	38	(DNF)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	359
49	230	Giles Lloyd Williams	Lymington Town SC	36	(DNF)	36	40	35	37	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	364
50	376	David Rickard	Datchet Water SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	29	33	39	38	46	DNF	DNC	DNC	365
51	186	Andrew Stickland	Essex YC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	45	32	26	35	378
52	287	Martin Keegan	Derwent Res SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	53	48	47	36	49	43	44	DNF	380
53	181	Kevin Holliday	Chanonry SC	(OCS)	(DNF)	50	50	45	33	52	49	43	BFD	382
54	230	Henry Lloyd Williams	Lymington Town SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	19	36	40	DNC	395
55	375	Steve Wright	Stokes Bay SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNF	54	46	41	53	50	DNC	DNC	424
56	61	Nicholas MacWhirter	Locks SC	(DNS)	(DNC)	40	53	DNC	43	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	436
57	355	Nick Logan	Rutland SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	52	49	42	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	443
58	311	David Ayre	Thorpe Bay YC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	54	DNC	DNF	DNF	474
59	501	Chris Wright	Carsington SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	480