2000 class Nationals at South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club

2000 class Nationals at South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club - Day 5

by Chris Jordan 13 Aug 2015 20:21 BST 9–15 August 2015

Day 5 of the 2000 class Nationals at Abersoch © Chris Jordan

The wind forecast for the 5th day of the LDC and Noble Marine sponsored 2000 National Championships at Abersoch varied between dropping from 10 knots to 2, or dropping from 15 to 10.

We hoped for the second, but the first turned out to be more accurate! But before it dropped the fleet did manage to squeeze in 3 races of very close (and often frustrating) racing with some very tight buoy roundings and finish lines.

The Race Officer (Malcolm Blackburn) set a perfect beat and a very slightly pin-end biased line. He also tried his best to start on time - but the fleet was too eager and needed a general recall and then the black flag before they behaved.

Fergus Barnham & Serena de Nahlik once again nailed the pin end, sailed up the left hand side of the beat (less adverse tide proving better than slightly more wind on the right) to lead all the way around. Rachel Grayson & Katie Burridge worked up from 12th around the first mark to take 2nd place with Natalie Roach & Alex Pickles just taking 3rd place ahead of Tim & Linda Hulley.

The wind for the first race remained very steady at 8 knots from the East. For the second there was a small increase to 10 knots, and once again Fergus Barnham & Serena de Nahlik took the left hand side of the beat and the right hand side of the run to narrowly lead all the way round, taking their 6th bullet from Rob & Sarah Burridge.

Roger Mcall & Jazz Sayed found some tremendous speed in this race, taking 3rd place (and continued their speed into the last race of the day to take 5th).

The start of the third race was once again delayed by an eager fleet, and the black flag was needed. And this time a number of the top sailors got caught out: Fergus Barnham & Serena de Nahlik and Natalie Roach & Alex Pickles sailed back to the beach, while Tim & Linda Hulley stayed out, hoping for the best!

Simon Horsefield & Tom Bernal took the right hand side of the beat to allow them to take a good lead into the first mark. Rob & Sarah Burridge spent all race making the gap smaller! As the wind dropped from 10 to 8 to 5 to 3 knots, the Race Officer very sensibly shortened at the end of the second windward leg - just soon enough for Simon & Tom to remain in the lead by about a boat length. Ali & Graham Barker finished a good day with a 3rd place.

With a wind forecast back into the 20 knot range for the last day, things are looking very good for Fergus Barnham & Serena de Nahlik, but behind them things are very close: 2nd and 3rd are split by a single point, and 4th to 6th only have 2 points between them.

Results after day 5:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	2321	Fergus Barnham	Serena de Nahlik	Snettisham Beach SC	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	44	6
2	22502	Rob Burridge	Sarah Burridge	Weir Wood SC	5	5	3	13	1	9	2	2	18
3	22334	Simon Horsefield	Tom Bernal	ASA	4	3	5	2	4	8	7	1	19
4	2355	Matt Sargent	Clare Sargent	ASA	3	2	2	4	5	10	9	9	25
5	2458	Rachel Grayson	Katie Burridge	Weir Wood SC	9	8	15	3	2	2	6	4	25
6	22511	Nat Roach	Alex Pickles	RNSA	2	6	4	7	7	3	5	44	27
7	22539	Alistair Barker	Graham Barker	RAFSA	6	9	8	8	12	6	4	3	35
8	22541	Chris Jordan	Gillian Jordan	Brightingsea SC/Burghfield SC	10	4	44	9	14	7	11	7	48
9	2142	Roger Mcall	Jazz Sayed	Pevensey Bay SC	19	16	20	6	10	14	3	5	54
10	2411	Tim Hulley	Linda Hulley	Weir Wood SC	21	12	44	5	6	4	8	44	56
11	2204	Iain Yardley	Sarah Yardley	Silver Wings SC	11	10	10	15	11	5	14	11	58
12	2272	James Macgregor	Jenny Macgregor	Grafham Water SC	15	21	11	11	9	12	10	6	59
13	22564	Helen Phillips	Andrew Phillips	Cardiff Bay Yacht Club	14	7	6	12	13	17	17	10	62
14	2491	Steve McCulloch	Lea McCulloch	Fairlands Valley SC	8	13	13	14	8	13	13	13	68
15	22557	Jonnie Hynes	Andy Rodwell	RAF SA	7	14	44	10	17	11	12	44	71
16	22558	Kev O'Brien	Jake O'Brien	RAFSA/Burghfield SC	16	15	7	20	15	15	16	8	76
17	2374	Richard Hudson	Ian Hudson	Bough Beech SC	13	19	18	16	18	16	15	17	95
18	22258	Colin Treadwell	Lauren Campbell	Wilsonian Sailing Club	12	11	44	18	23	20	18	20	99
19	21446	Guy Russell	Clare Collett	West Wittering SC	20	18	9	19	22	27	30	12	100
20	2747	Andy Cherry	Susan Cherry	Dhekelian Services Sailing Club	17	17	44	17	27	18	21	14	104
21	2643	David Vettergreen	Janice Smith	Wilsonian Sailing Club	25	27	44	22	16	19	19	18	119
22	22156	Dan Rule	Cat Rule	Carsington SC	32	29	19	24	19	23	20	16	121
23	2350	Adam Gray	Claire Perkins	Wilsonian Sailing Club	22	24	12	21	21	24	23	25	123
24	22335	Jay Bennett	Ed Parkinson	ASA	23	20	14	27	20	22	26	28	125
25	22547	Mark Foley	Ttrevor Bradley	Snettisham Beach SC	18	23	16	36	32	32	34	15	136
26	2057	Martin Roots	Emily Roots	Cardiff Bay Yacht Club	44	35	21	23	25	26	22	22	139
27	21791	Adie Kenn	Hollie May Moor	ASA	30	34	44	25	28	21	28	19	151
28	21914	Andy Hockey	John Hewat	Wilsonian SC	26	22	44	28	26	25	25	27	151
29	21813	Rosina Hearn	Cerri Robins	RNSA	29	32	22	26	24	29	27	24	152
30	22268	Ben Flowerdew	Tom Kingsbury	ASA	27	26	17	31	29	36	37	30	160
31	21907	David Hall	Caroline Hall	Lilliput Sailing Club	28	25	44	30	35	31	24	23	161
32	22149	John Johnston	Emma Bowater	ASA	24	28	21.5	38	39	30	29	31	163.5
33	2660	Dominick Hume	Rebecca Pape	Weir Wood SC	44	44	44	29	30	28	36	21	188
34	2229	Paul Chilcot	Rachel Sheridan	ASA	35	37	25	42	36	33	32	29	190
35	21030	Irene Hincks	Donna Bold/Heather Cowell	Lilliput Sailing Club	36	31	26	39	40	40	33	26	191
36	22362	Nik Barnes	James Miller	ASA	38	39	23	37	37	34	38	33	202
37	22302	Ryan Davies	Spencer Edwards	ASA	31	30	44	33	31	38	40	44	203
38	22236	Chris Cunningham	Jay Edwards	ASA	37	38	27	35	33	39	35	44	205
39	21405	Nina Wallis	Bernard Smith	Wilsonian Sailing Club	44	44	44	34	38	35	31	32	214
40	16	David Meryon	James Kilburn	ASA	33	33	24	44	44	44	44	44	222
41	22501	Adrian Parry	Sarah Crawford	ASA	44	44	44	32	41	37	39	34	227
42	2588	Jonathan Hanson	Jo Hanson	Port Edgar Yacht Club	34	36	44	40	34	44	44	44	232
43	14	Ian Stott	Carl Amos	ASA	44	44	44	41	42	41	41	44	253