Squib National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club - Day 3

by Vincent Delany 28 Jun 2016 20:58 BST 25 June - 1 July 2016

Today in Weymouth the PRO for the Squibs decided that two races should be sailed in place of one race previously programmed, due to a bad weather forecast for Wednesday with winds of over 30 knots.

Today the fleet raced in a different location from previous days, they raced off Weymouth harbour. Conditions consisted of about 8 knots wind and relatively calm waters. However the element which was different for the 60 boat fleet was the wind, which swung back and forth by up to 20 degrees. There was no apparent or visible reason for such a disturbed wind.

In the first race the fleet started on the second attempt. Unfortunately three boats were OCS. They were Jubilation, Ric O'Shea (who has championship winning aspirations), and Essayes. With a shifty wind it paid to start at the pin end, and to play the wind shifts. If you started at the wrong end of the start line you were on the back foot before the race evolved. Many top boats such as Brimstone, Lady Penelope and Dream On struggled to break through the silver fleet in such a short race. At the first windward mark, it was Mike Hart and Mark Hogan in Ric O'Shea who led the fleet, from Aquabat steered by Stu Rix and boat owner Steve Warren-Smith.

The wind was progressively building in strength. The course with the windward mark 1 mile upwind was a triangle and sausage. This was considerably shorter than yesterday's race, due to the need for two races. At the finish Ric O'Shea discovered their fate, and Aquabat took their third gun of the week. In second place was Nigel and Jack Grogan in reHydrated, and in third was Richard Robinson and Steve Allso in Greyling.

Incendio sailed by David Lloyd and Mark Stones in 6th place won the silver fleet prize. Once again Mark and Ian Knights in Quidsin of Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in 13th place won the daily bronze prize.

Top lady helm was Megan Pascoe in Squibble in 44th place
Top lady crew was Alex Porteous in Spoof in 4th place

The second race followed almost immediately after the PRO relaid the course for the wind shifts.

Prior to the start there was much shuffling from one end of the line to the other to take advantage of the wind shifts. On the gun it paid to be near the pin boat, but not too close to it as there was quite a pile up caused by Squibs unable to clear the start boat. On the first beat Alan Johnson and David Garlick pulled out a good lead very early on. However the shifty wind got the better of them and it was David Wines and Keith Davies in White Magic who took the lead at the first mark. Behind them was a large bunch of some 20 Squibs. The depth of talent in this Squib is immediately apparent to all the competitors who find that gaining places in the 30s is as difficult as it is at the top of the fleet.

Again the course was a triange and sausage with a beat of one mile.

At the finish the order was:

1st. White Magic, David Wines and Keith Davies
2nd. Crossfire, David Best and Pete Richards
3rd. Moonstone, Malcolm Blackburn and David Shiel

In the silver fleet Femme Fatale, Joe o' Byrne and Vincent Delany in 15th place who took the prize.

In the bronze fleet, it was Sannu-Sannu, David Baker and Steve Weake in 27th place who took the prize.

Results after Day 3: (four races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	881	ReHydrated	Nigel Grogan	Jack Grogan	Royal Corinthian YC	2	2	2	‑5	6
2	13	Aquabat	Stu Rix	Steve Warren‑Smith	Royal Victoria YC	1	‑9	1	8	10
3	828	White Magic	David Wines	Keith Davies	West Hoe SC	‑15	3	10	1	14
4	96	Moonstone	Malcolm Blackburn	David Shell	S Caernarvenshire YC	5	6	‑11	3	14
5	819	Lady Penelope	Malc Hutchings	Andy Ramsey	Royal Corinthian YC	10	1	‑20	4	15
6	132	Cariad Bach	Alan Johnson	David Garlick	S Caernarvenshire YC	3	5	7	‑14	15
7	797	Crossfire	Dave Best	Pete Richards	S Caernarvenshire YC	7	7	‑9	2	16
8	23	Grayling	Richard Robinson	Steve Allso	S Caernarvenshire YC	6	8	3	‑23	17
9	811	Spoof	Micky Wright	Alex Porteous	Royal Corinthian YC	4	13	4	‑16	21
10	823	Humphrey	Robert Coyle	Marc Rawinsky	Burnham SC	‑14	11	8	12	31
11	136	Ric O'Shea	Mike Hart	Mark Hogan	S Caernarvenshire YC	8	4	(OCS)	22	34
12	758	Ghost Rider	Mike Fenwick	Penny Fenwick	Weymouth SC	‑21	16	5	13	34
13	73	Brimstone	Bryan Riley	Jenny Riley	Waveney and Oulton Broad YC	9	10	17	‑19	36
14	883	Just In Time	Neil Fulcher	Riki Aydeniz	Stone SC	11	‑24	21	7	39
15	800	Alchemy	Gerard Dyson	Tony Saltonstall	Royal Yorkshire YC	‑20	15	16	10	41
16	65	Banshee	Nigel Harris	John Stephenson	S Caernarvenshire YC	13	14	15	‑18	42
17	789	Dream On	Brian Holland	Tony Sampson	S Caernarvenshire YC	12	12	‑30	21	45
18	28	Thistle	Chris Hogan	Richard Roberts	S Caernarvenshire YC	18	‑32	19	9	46
19	127	Misfire	Roger Harris	Mark Thompson	S Caernarvenshire YC	‑32	18	18	11	47
20	72	Guy Fawkes	Phil Aspinall	Howie Enkel	Royal Corinthian YC	16	‑21	14	17	47
21	849	Essayess	Tim Sadler	Phil Snewin	S Caernarvenshire YC	27	23	(OCS)	6	56
22	878	Siadwell	Richard Date	Mark McGarry	Holyhead SC	(BFD)	26	12	24	62
23	33	Incendio	David Lloyd	Mark Stones	Portsmouth SC	30	‑34	6	30	66
24	52	Bacchante	Gez Brown	Harvey Warden	S Caernarvenshire YC	‑35	19	24	26	69
25	108	Ogo Pogo	Toby Taylor	Andy Biddle	S Caernarvenshire YC	19	25	26	‑42	70
26	845	Rock n Roll	John Sparrow	Ralph Banthorpe	S Caernarvenshire YC	‑31	27	23	25	75
27	872	Pocahnotas	Mike Hughes	Gary Catherall	S Caernarvenshire YC	23	17	(RET)	36	76
28	880	Quidsin	Mark Knights	Ian Knights	Royal Corinthian YC	34	30	13	‑43	77
29	11	Squib	Dick Batt	Pamela Phelan	Royal Victoria YC	24	22	‑32	32	78
30	24	Femme Fatale	Vincent Delany	Joe O'Byrne	Royal St George YC	36	28	‑37	15	79
31	36	Artemis	Andrew Moore	Peter Hallinan	Felixstowe Ferry SC	17	20	43	(DNC)	80
32	780	Quantum	Simon Vines	Jim Mitchell	Weymouth SC	25	29	‑39	28	82
33	810	Clever Dick	Richard Sullivan	Sue Harper	Royal Norfolk and Suffolk YC	29	‑35	34	20	83
34	153	Aldebaran	Iain Jones	Peter Jackson	Weymouth SC	26	‑40	25	37	88
35	779	What's The Story	Simon Sanders	Julian Briggs	Royal Corinthian YC	28	‑42	29	33	90
36	655	White Knuckles	Michael Lloyd	Pete Lloyd	Weymouth SC	37	33	22	‑46	92
37	836	Alkypops	Gareth Pritchard	Steve Panad McQuirk	Holyhead SC	‑45	31	35	29	95
38	57	Bobinski	Craig Hughes	Colin Jones	Holyhead SC	38	‑39	36	31	105
39	93	Sannu‑Sannu	David Baker	Steve Weake	S Caernarvenshire YC	‑49	41	40	27	108
40	781	Longshot	Jim Chalmers	Ann Chalmers	Weymouth SC	22	(RET)	28	DNC	109
41	86	Jubilation	Mark Lee	Marcus Bray	Weymouth SC	33	37	(OCS)	39	109
42	623	Wizard	Benjamin Gibson	Christpoher Gibson	Royal Victoria YC	‑41	38	33	41	112
43	581	Squibble	Megan Pascoe	Steve Marriott	Weymouth SC	40	43	‑44	35	118
44	63	Inky Finger	David McCune	Edwin Page	Weymouth SC	42	36	‑47	40	118
45	847	Lil' Quickie	Matthew Roberts	Tudor Roberts	Holyhead SC	46	49	27	(DNF)	122
46	829	Kachina Too	David Hall	David Battye	Holyhead SC	43	‑45	41	38	122
47	695	Mimosa	Simon Unwin	Judith Thomas	Royal Dart YC	39	‑46	42	45	126
48	608	Inquisition	Patrick Jones	Mike Beecroft	Weymouth SC	‑50	47	48	34	129
49	791	Crazy Diamond	Joe Moncrieff	Marc Moncrief	Lowestoft and Oulton Broad YC	48	‑52	31	51	130
50	88	Hussy	Vernon Taylor	She Taylor	Weymouth SC	47	‑50	38	49	134
51	774	Corsair	Michael Brown	Fred Neale	Royal Dart YC	44	44	49	‑52	137
52	99	Rebound	Simon Lee	Geraint Rees	Holyhead SC	‑52	48	45	47	140
53	564	Quicksilver	Eddie Harper	Steve Dadd	West Hoe SC	51	(DNC)	46	44	141
54	773	Artful Dodger	Robin Hasler	Lloyd Bully	Weymouth SC	54	‑55	50	48	152
55	470	Lap Dancer	Mark Lobb	Paul Smith	Royal Dart YC	53	‑54	51	50	154
56	280	Osprey	John Cunningham	Nicky Cockayne	Carsington SC	‑55	51	52	53	156
57	337	Dynamite	Terence Stevens	Paul Light	Weymouth SC	56	53	(DNF)	54	163
58	680	Topsie	Tony Portch	TBC	Portsmouth SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	177