Gul National 12 Burton Week at Herne Bay Sailing Club

Gul National 12 Burton Week at Herne Bay Sailing Club - Overall

by Charlotte Stewart 26 Aug 2015 19:53 BST 22-25 August 2015

National 12 Burton Week at Herne Bay © Nick Champion / www.championmarinephotography.co.uk

On the final day of the Gul sponsored National 12 Championships, the crews were greeted with sunshine and strong breezes. Luckily it was blowing from the south west so the waves were not too big for the rather small committee boat. The fleet launched on time for the final showdown.

The wind shifted left in the start sequence and for the first time in the regatta, the competitors had to deal with a biased start line which did cause some problems at the pin end, resulting in the very lovely Penny Yarwood hitting the eject button. Jon Ibbotson & Charlotte Stewart squeezed around the pin to make the early running and escape from the chaos behind.

However, Steve Sallis and Katy Meadowcroft went hard left and were well clear of the pack by the windward mark. The first reach was an exhilarating ride, Tom Stewart & Andrea Downham powered over Jeremy and Luke Hartley to get to the jybe mark in second. Steve & Katy took the safe option of wearing round, with the chasing pack all going for the jybe.

The much broader second reach enabled Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantine to blast through the fleet to leeward to sail into a potential championship winning position by the bottom mark. On the subsequent beat, Tom & Andrea played the shifts up the middle to lead round the windward mark, followed by John & Ollie Meadowcroft who had sailed a blinding second beat.

With the conditions deteriorating, the race team shortened the course at the end of the run. Tom & Andrea finished first, followed home by the Meadowcrofts in second. Steve & Katy looked solid in third but hit disaster when they went for the jybe on the run and capsized, which turned out to be a long one and destroyed their hopes of taking third overall. Luckily for Tom & Andrea, Jon Ibbotson & Charlotte Stewart sailed a steady run and wore round to cross the line in third, just ahead of Graham and Zoe giving Tom & Andrea the victory by 1 point.

Notable performances at the championships included:

Dave Peacock and Gill Bilton impressively won both the Admirals and Vintage trophies, sailing in Dave's recently restored 43 year old China Doll.

Steve Carver from Stokes Bay won both the Corrigan Cup (helms aged 21 and under) and the Arrows Trophy (first time helm at Burton Week)

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	3544	Tom Stewart	Andrea Downham	Northampton SC	3	3	2	1	3	7	1	13
2	3530	Graham Camm	Zoe Ballantine	Burghfield SC	6	1	1	3	4	1	4	14
3	3540	Jon Ibbotson	Charlotte Stewart	Ranelagh SC	2	4	4	5	7	3	3	21
4	3519	Jeremy Hartley	Luke Hartley	Stokes Bay SC	5	7	3	6	6	2	5	27
5	3531	Steve Sallis	Katy Meadowcroft	Hykeham SC	4	2	8	2	5	8	16	29
6	3543	John Meadowcroft	Ollie Meadowcroft	Upper Thames SC	21	6	6	9	2	5	2	30
7	3529	Antony Gifford	Jo Gifford	Royal Harwich YC	1	8	7	4	8	9	6	34
8	3443	John Thornton	Mandy Thornton	Burghfield SC	7	5	5	8	9	6	7	38
9	3528	Nick Copsey	Penny Yarwood	Stokes Bay SC	8	9	10	7	1	12	12	47
10	3445	Nigel White	Chris White	Burghfield SC	11	12	9	12	11	4	32	59
11	3514	Ed Storey	Tom Storey	Ripon / Yorkshire Dales SC	9	11	15	15	10	10	14	69
12	3526	Christian Day	Sophie Day	Salcombe YC	16	10	14	10	13	13	9	69
13	3532	Gavin Willis	Rosie White	Bristol Corinthian YC	12	21	32	11	12	18	11	85
14	3537	Mike Hoyle	Luke Herlihy	Salcombe YC	17	13	13	17	17	16	13	89
15	3499	Philip David	Katie Mcinnes	Yorkshire Ouse SC	14	15	19	20	15	32	8	91
16	3502	Patrick Hamilton	Nicola Palmer	Burwain SC	13	19	20	16	21	14	10	92
17	3527	Mike Storey	Sophie Storey	Island Barn Rsc	10	17	18	14	14	21	32	94
18	3538	Steve Carver	Rich Bower	Stokes Bay SC	15	15	17	13	16	19	32	95
19	3545	Tom Lee	Jenefer Bugge	Burghfield SC	23	14	11	23	18	15	20	101
20	3470	Richard Holttum	Lynne Ratcliffe	Pevensey Bay SC	19	20	16	18	19	11	32	103
21	3513	George Finch	Jenny Pearson Farr	Royal Harwich YC	20	23	24	27	20	22	15	124
22	3491	Alex Storey	Harry Phelps	Island Barn RSC	22	22	22	21	22	20	19	126
23	3521	Dare Barry	James Bennett	Royal Victoria YC	18	18	12	19	32	31	32	130
24	2620	David Peacock	Gill Bilton	Arden SC	25	25	21	22	23	17	32	133
25	3291	Richard Elston	Duncan Mcgoldrick	Royal Harwich YC	26	27	27	25	26	23	17	144
26	3503	Douglas Wheel	Marcus Wheel	Loch Lomond SC	28	26	26	26	24	24	18	144
27	3271	Neal Lillywhite	Freya Lillywhite	Burghfield SC	24	24	23	24	25	32	32	152
28	2403	Paul Turner	Christine Preston	Trent Valley SC	29	29	28	32	27	32	32	177
29	2399	Angus Beyts	Douglas Mcewen	Forfar SC	30	30	29	28	32	32	32	181
30	3388	Alan Beeton	Helen Barry	Burghfield SC	27	28	32	32	32	32	32	183
31	2531	Vince Philips	Alexander Philips	Yorkshire Ouse SC	32	32	25	32	32	32	32	185