Miracle National Championships at Rutland Sailing Club

Miracle National Championships at Rutland Sailing Club - Days 1 & 2

by Brian Jones 11 Aug 2015 16:50 BST 9-12 August 2015

28 boats arrived at Rutland for a weeks racing, two being brand new home-builds never raced or rallied, one still in need of a few fittings to be screwed on.

Lots of sunshine and a reasonable breeze saw Jon and Philip Aldhous from Beaver SC win the practice race, but only after Gemma Gibson fell out of her mum's boat while leading the fleet (dodgy toe straps were blamed!).

Race 1 later on Sunday was sailed in a similar breeze with Hannah and Nick Smith from Thornbury taking line honours just ahead of Wayne Atherton and Angela Sweeney from Delph. Leading the silver fleet was Dave Butler and Ross Flemming from Welton in third place, while the bronze fleet leaders were Marcel Neuetboom and his daughter, guest visitors from the Netherlands.

Race 2 on Monday was sailed in a force 3 to 4, much steadier than the previous day with Hannah and Nick Smith sailing superbly into first place, this time followed by Jack Hopkins and Ross Southwell from Delph. Dave Butler and Ross Flemming again leading the silver fleet with another third. Bronze fleet leaders were again Marcel and Giulia.

The first youth race was won by Ross Southwell crewed by Jack Hopkins and the Juniors by Emma Main crewed by Hannah Mumford.

The last race of the day was for the crews and won by Philip Aldhous crewed by his dad with the wind now piping to force 5. E Campbell came fourth in the first race she had ever helmed in.

Results after day 2:

Pos	Fleet	Boat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1st	Gold	Pamela	3805	Smith H	Smith N	Thornbury SC	1	1	2
2nd	Gold	Merlin	3383	Atherton W	Sweeney A	Delph SC	2	4	6
3rd	Silver	Mayhem	4060	Butler D	Flemming R	Welton SC	3	3	6
4th	Silver	Sweet Child of Mine	4010	Hopkins J	Southwell R	Delph SC	5	2	7
5th	Gold		3794	Aldhous J	Aldhovs P	Beaver SC	4	5	9
6th	Silver	Raindrop	3740	Raines D	Raines M	Leigh & Lowton SC	8	6	14
7th	Silver	Fighting Lady	4020	Tippett J	Boulton K	Draycote Water SC	7	7	14
8th	Silver		4007	Reddecliffe S	Atherton M	Delph SC	6	10	16
9th	Silver	TBA	4040	Tracey Amos	Gemma Gibson	Redoubt SC	10	8	18
10th	Gold	Bad Medicine	4099	Mumford Y	Mumford B	Redoubt SC	9	9	18
11th	Bronze	Plons	2007	Neuetboom M	Neuetboom G	The Netherlands	11	12	23
12th	Silver		4022	Donaldson M	Donaldson T	Delp SC	15	11	26
13th	Bronze	Eau Sauvage	4047	Main E	Mumford H	Warwash/Redoubt SC	13	15	28
14th	Bronze	Miss Adventure	3101	Robinson A	Robinson J	Whitefriers SC	12	20	32
15th	Bronze	Lilly	4100	Louis Moulden	Campbell E	Delph SC	19	13	32
16th	Silver		4064	Jones B	Green J	Maidenhead SC	18	14	32
17th	Bronze	Hispaniola	3655	Robinson P	Robinson N	Whitefriers SC	14	18	32
18th	Bronze	Erica	4052	Reed D	Reed J	Girton SC	16	17	33
19th	Bronze		3770	Herbstritt D	Airns J	ShotwickLake SC	20	16	36
20th	Bronze	Hot Dog	124	Fischer S	Richard / Pauline	Aldenham SC	17	19	36
21st	Bronze		59	Bathe M	Partington M / Bathe M	Deph SC	22	22	44
22nd	Bronze	Jasmine B	3414	Savelli R	Tucker J	Delph SC	21	27	48
23rd	Bronze	Taliesin II	3838	Mellor B	Finnemore J	Broadwater SC	23	25	48
24th	Bronze	Great Expectations	3670	Gibson G	Gibson K	Thornton Steward SC	24	24	48
25th	Silver	Seaing Red	206	Lown C	Lown M	Wilsonian SC	DNF	21	50
26th	Bronze		2018	Bloomfield S	Bloomfield M	RYA	DNC	23	52
27th	Bronze	Angelina	3720	Featherstone A	Featherstone P	Welton SC	DNC	26	55
28th	Bronze	Lady Lucy	3844	Burton M	Burton L	Welton SC	DNC	DNC	58