Zhik UK 29er National Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Zhik UK 29er National Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 4

by Paul Hammett, Hatty Ward & Tom Darling 11 Aug 2016 10:00 BST 6-12 August 2016

Fully crewed boat on day 4 of the Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Torbay © Paul Hammett

The fleet and race committee had high hopes of 8-13 knots from the North West for the first day of Finals racing. However, this forecast was accurate only for the sail to the start and despite 4 hours waiting it just wouldn't stick. There were some starts and one lap but the window to fair racing wouldn't open.

The wind at various times was 140 - 330 and 2 to 13 knots but never for more than 10-15 minutes. AP over A eventually appeared and the cold and wet fleet came home.

This however gives some column inches to comment on the star turns from the karaoke evening that was run and arranged by the sailors. Though some songs were "murdered" there were some surprisingly good offerings.

Max Todd kicked the evening off with an emotional performance of 'Thinking out loud'. Star turns were noted by Paddy Keach who sang 'Naive' by the Cooks with Emma Barnett. Tom Darling sang quite a lot and his performances were described as "mesmerising". The whole fleet smashed "You're the one that I want" from Grease.

James Curtis starred in 'Rappers Delight' with Morgan Peach and Tommy Darling. Hatty and Eve had a few notable performances and Eve's closing 'Wonderwall' was stunning as the whole fleet joined in the chorus. A great time was had by all.

For Thursday 4 final races are scheduled though the Race Officer will try for 5. Varying forecasts suggest 13-19 knots from the North West. The first ever sailors forum tonight should end in time for an early night.

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1A	R1B	R2A	R2B	R3A	R3B	R4A	R4B	R5A	R5B	R6A	R6B	R7A	R7B	R8A	R8B	R9A	R9B	Pts
1	3	CRISPIN BEAUMONT	TOM DARLING		5		3	7		1		1		1			12		1		1	13
2	2304	NICK ROBINS	BILLY VENNIS‑OZANNE	3		1		10		4		2		4		11		3		2		19
3	2379	HANNAH BRISTOW	EMILY COVELL		2		1		3		8		6		16		6		2		3	23
4	2399	BOBBY HEWITT	HARVEY MARTIN		7		4	3		6		7		2		1		7		1		24
5	777	GEORGE TARDREW	FREDDIE SIMES	2		7			4		2		5		2	12		2		16		24
6	2381	HAMISH TAYLOR	RORY ROSE	8		3			5		3		3		4		2		8		5	25
7	14	ELLIE WALTON	DAN BUDDEN	10		18			1		1		2		9		4		6		7	30
8	2225	IAIN BIRD	JAKE HARDMAN	13		6			6		5		12		1	5		4		4		31
9	23	HARRY DURCAN	HARRY WHITAKER	19		2		12		2		3		7		2		39		3		31
10	2514	ROSGO BANHAM	ALEX KING		3		12	1		5		6		10		4		39		5		34
11	2336	OLIVER ALDRIDGE	JAMIE JOBSON	12		4		5		7		5		6			5		3		9	35
12	2344	JAMES HAMMETT	JAMES EALES		8		6		7		6		1		6		18		5		8	39
13	2341	PATRICK CROGHAN	DOMINIC LEWIS	1		11			2		13		19		10		9		4		6	43
14	2340	EWAN WILSON	DANIEL HARRIS	16		5		16		10		4		3			10		7		4	43
15	2347	FREYA BLACK	ELLIOTT WELLS		1		13	6		8		18		5		8		11		7		46
16	2305	DAN VENABLES	JOHN MATHER		12		5	4		39		8		9		3		9		11		49
17	2213	ISSY BLACK	JAMES GRUMMETT	7		21		2		3		13		11		22		13		8		57
18	2345	ANNA PRESCOTT	GILLIES MUNRO		4		20	9		9		39		8		17		1		10		58
19	2203	HATTIE ROGERS	ORLA MITCHELL		6		8		39		7		4		11		15		10		13	59
20	2118	JAMES HOLLIS	PADDY KEECH	6		14			18		9		7		7		7		27		10	60
21	2235	PHOEBE CONNELLAN	SOPHIE OTTER	15		8			39		4		17		3	7		14		13		64
22	2478	HUW EDWARDS	JOSH DAWSON		14		2		17		14		21		12		13		12		2	69
23	2025	SARAH JARMAN	NICK DEVEREUX		13		11		9		15		8		13	9		10		9		69
24	2380	HATTY WARD	EVE TOWNSEND		10		9		10		11		13		18		11		9		18	73
25	2236	CHARLOTTE ORMEROD	DANIEL LEWIS	4		16		14		11		14		21		15		5		12		75
26	480	MORGAN PEACH	JESS JOBSON		22		15		11		16		10		5	6		24		14		77
27	2099	MAT CURRELL	DAVID BRAND		28		14	19		14		11		18		10		8		6		81
28	25	ELLA METHVEN	NATHANIEL GORDON	5		9		22		13		12		15			21		15		15	84
29	2337	DAN ARMSTRONG	FIN ARMSTRONG	9		22			8		10		20		8		39		14		20	89
30	2416	JAMES LEETCH	CHARLIE JEYNES	25		12		20		39		9		13		14		6		19		93
31	2343	BELLA FELLOWS	ANNA STURROCK	18		15		32		39		15		17			14		11		11	101
32	2120	REBECCA LEWIS	WILL WARD	14		20			13		17		14		17		20		13		14	102
33	2292	ED NORBURY	CHARLIE HUTCHINGS		15		10	11		26		21		16			33		17		16	106
34	2216	WILL CUNLIFFE	JAMES CUNLIFFE		11		21		22		30		9		19	13		22		15		110
35	1779	MATTHEW LECKIE	IZZI BRISTOW		20		19	8		39		22		20			3		39		28	120
36	2173	ETHAN LEAHY	ROBERT RICHARDSON	11		29			23		31		16		15		16		18		21	120
37	2275	KATIE MUNRO	BETH HURST	21		24			14		27		18		21		19		20		12	125
38	2241	HENRY JAMESON	HARRY JONES		16		7		16		21		25		39		39		19		22	126
39	1781	LUKE GRIBBIN	EWAN GRIBBIN	20		27		17		20		19		12		23		15		29		126
40	346	LUKE ROBERTSON	JACOB HUTCHINGS	24		10			15		23		15		25		22		39		24	133
41	2242	ARTHUR BROWN	HANNAH TUCKER	33		13		28		17		16		27		34		17		21		139
42	2123	JESSIE MAIN	ELLEN MAIN		24		27		30		22		23		20		1		24		32	141
43	773	ALICE SMITH	MATT HODGES		17		16	21		16		23		28		32		39		22		143
44	2477	ALICE HANDLEY	ZOE JAMES		18		28		21		20		11		22	29		29		28		148
45	2040	RYAN BUSH	LOUIS GIBBS		27		33		25		24		27		24		8		22		19	149
46	1971	RORY ODELL	ELLIOTT MARSHALL	27		35		27		21		28		14		19		18		24		150
47	2022	EMMA TARDREW	ANNA ROWE	22		31		18		12		17		30		27		26		39		152
48	2545	CHRIS JAMES	JAMES HALL	35		25		23		15		20		23			24		23		33	153
49	2046	OLLIE DIXON	DYLAN WALENDY‑ WRIGLEY	23		26		15		39		25		26		39		23		17		155
50	2045	LUCY WILSON	ALLY FERGUSON	28		23		26		19		34		29		26		16		18		156
51	1817	POPPY GILKS	REX FARRANT		9		23	35		39		10		33		31		25		26		157
52	310	JEREMY HARTLEY	ALEX EWART		23		17		20		26		31		14	39		39		27		158
53	2506	TOM MITCHELL	CIAN ASHBY		33		34		12		18		22		23		27		25		35	160
54	1122	CAITLIN WEBSTER	EMMA BARNETT		25		32		19		12		28		30	16		33		39		162
55	403	HANNA BRANT	LEWIS BROWN	31		17		25		24		32		19			17		39		29	162
56	2331	TOM DAWSON	SAM KNEALE		32		29		24		19		34		31	18		21		20		162
57	1789	LUKE HARTLEY	OLIVER MORRELL	17		28		29		23		31		24		24		19		30		164
58	1702	TOBY COPE	GREG BROWN	32		30		13		28		24		25			30		16		30	166
59	2113	RORY FULTON	JAMIE MACAULAY		19		18	37		25		29		22			34		34		23	170
60	2493	EWAN LUKE	ZAC BLOMELEY	37		33		24		18		27		31			26		21		26	173
61	1490	CORI MCFARLANE	CALLUM ELWIN		21		22		33		34		26		32		32		26		17	176
62	111	IZZIE BERKLEY	COURTNEY BILBROUGH		30		26		28		25		24		29	21		27		31		180
63	2332	DAISY LEE‑BROWNE	CHLOE BUTTERWORTH		29		25		27		33		29		26	30		28		25		189
64	2027	NANCY SCOTT	JAMES CURTIS		39		30		31		29		36		28	25		12		35		190
65	1867	TOM HOLLIDAY	OLLIE DENIS		39		39		26		28		32		27		23		31		27	194
66	2111	TRISTAN PAYNE	JAKE CARPENTER		26		24		29		36		30		35		25		32		39	201
67	2414	TOM BALE	OLLIE GIBSON	34		34		34		22		26		34		20		34		32		202
68	311	JAMIE PEARSON	ROBIN JONES		31		31		34		37		38		34		28		28		25	211
69	1972	VICKY COWAN	PHILLY ALA	29		39		36		27		30		35			29		29		34	213
70	254	ROBBIE KING	RYAN ORR	26		19		31		30		33		36			39		39		39	214
71	2016	TOM BOOTH	ARCHIE HALLETT	38		36		33		31		37		38		35		20		23		215
72	2229	HANNAH ROBERTS‑STRAW	AMY BALE	30		32		30		29		35		32		33		32		33		218
73	2128	ZOE KING	ISOBEL CLARK		35		36		36		32		37		33	28		31		34		229
74	1613	BETH ALBONE	ELEANOR CRANFIELD		39		37		32		35		33		37		31		33		31	232
75	2231	BUZZ GILKS	FRANCESCA GILKS		34		35		35		38		35		36	39		30		36		241
76	834	PADDY JAMES	CAM AITKEN	36		39		38		32		36		37			35		30		36	242