Zhik UK 29er National Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Zhik UK 29er National Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 5

by Paul Hammett, Hatty Ward & Tom Darling 12 Aug 2016 09:45 BST 6-12 August 2016

The star turn of the day at the Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club came from PRO Stuart Childerley who with his team put 5 races in each for Gold and Silver before 3:30pm to get the Championships back on track.

The sun came out and while there were wind direction and pressure changes, that led to various course changes, the fleet enjoyed champagne conditions with 12-17 knots all day.

In the Gold fleet Crispin Beaumont and Tom Darling have built a very strong position with 1,7,8,1,3 and lead by 10 points from Nick Robins and Billy Venis-Ozanne who posted 18,1,13,2,5. However, net points masks the dominance of Beaumont/Darling who were one of only 3 boats to score top 10 in every race. With 7 of the top 10 carrying large discards much will depend on the way the sailors handle the expected lighter conditions tomorrow as well as whether the PRO can get enough races in to get the second discard. On the evidence of today he will give it a shot. Local sailors Ollie Aldridge and James Jobson lie 3rd after 5,6,1,17,1. In the other categories Hannah Bristow and EMily Covell are top girls in 7th while Henry Jameson and Harry Jones top Juniors in 28th. In the keenly contested mixed category Ellie Walton and Dan Budden hold the lead in 13th.

Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Torbay day 5 - photo © Paul Hammett

Silver fleet also completed 5 races but had to be dispatched by the PRO to the naughty step and use of the black flag on a couple of occasions. Luke/Ewan Gribbin and Luke Robertson/Jacob Hutchings are locked together on 11 points after both pairs dominated racing in the fleet with consistent top 5 races to count. Arthur Brown and Hannah Tucker lie 3rd.

Three races are scheduled for Fancy Dress sailing day on Friday while the weather forecast seems unclear with an expectation of 6-12 knots. The Imperial Hotel will be hosting the black tie dinner for the competitors Friday night when the 2016 National Champion will be crowned.

Results after Day 5:

Gold Fleet

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	3	CRISPIN BEAUMONT	TOM DARLING	1	1	7	8	1	3	13
2	2304	NICK ROBINS	BILLY VENNIS‑OZANNE	2	18	1	13	2	5	23
3	2336	OLIVER ALDRIDGE	JAMIE JOBSON	11	5	6	1	17	1	24
4	23	HARRY DURCAN	HARRY WHITAKER	9	3	5	3	6	18	26
5	2514	ROSGO BANHAM	ALEX KING	10	7	8	7	7	2	33
6	2344	JAMES HAMMETT	JAMES EALES	12	4	9	4	4	9	33
7	2379	HANNAH BRISTOW	EMILY COVELL	3	14	39	5	10	7	39
8	2381	HAMISH TAYLOR	RORY ROSE	6	23	4	9	23	4	46
9	2340	EWAN WILSON	DANIEL HARRIS	14	9	11	15	3	19	52
10	2399	BOBBY HEWITT	HARVEY MARTIN	4	6	10	17	29	15	52
11	2337	DAN ARMSTRONG	FIN ARMSTRONG	29	8	19	2	11	6	56
12	2305	DAN VENABLES	JOHN MATHER	16	15	25	10	5	11	57
13	14	ELLIE WALTON	DAN BUDDEN	7	11	39	12	19	10	59
14	2478	HUW EDWARDS	JOSH DAWSON	22	10	3	16	15	12	62
15	2345	ANNA PRESCOTT	GILLIES MUNRO	18	12	2	39	12	23	67
16	777	GEORGE TARDREW	FREDDIE SIMES	5	2	34	18	13	30	68
17	2341	PATRICK CROGHAN	DOMINIC LEWIS	13	17	30	6	9	24	69
18	2225	IAIN BIRD	JAKE HARDMAN	8	30	12	21	8	22	71
19	2347	FREYA BLACK	ELLIOTT WELLS	15	13	20	14	14	20	76
20	2380	HATTY WARD	EVE TOWNSEND	24	16	13	22	27	17	92
21	2235	PHOEBE CONNELLAN	SOPHIE OTTER	21	26	23	31	18	8	96
22	2118	JAMES HOLLIS	PADDY KEECH	20	24	15	27	32	13	99
23	2025	SARAH JARMAN	NICK DEVEREUX	23	20	26	23	21	14	101
24	25	ELLA METHVEN	NATHANIEL GORDON	28	25	16	28	24	16	109
25	2343	BELLA FELLOWS	ANNA STURROCK	31	36	14	11	25	29	110
26	2203	HATTIE ROGERS	ORLA MITCHELL	19	29	21	20	35	25	114
27	2236	CHARLOTTE ORMEROD	DANIEL LEWIS	25	21	29	30	22	21	118
28	2241	HENRY JAMESON	HARRY JONES	38	19	18	24	20	35	119
29	2213	ISSY BLACK	JAMES GRUMMETT	17	32	24	19	31	33	123
30	2275	KATIE MUNRO	BETH HURST	37	27	27	26	16	28	133
31	2099	MAT CURRELL	DAVID BRAND	27	31	17	34	34	27	136
32	2216	WILL CUNLIFFE	JAMES CUNLIFFE	34	28	32	29	28	26	145
33	2173	ETHAN LEAHY	ROBERT RICHARDSON	36	22	28	32	30	31	147
34	2416	JAMES LEETCH	CHARLIE JEYNES	30	35	31	35	26	32	154
35	480	MORGAN PEACH	JESS JOBSON	26	33	35	25	36	36	155
36	2292	ED NORBURY	CHARLIE HUTCHINGS	33	34	22	33	37	37	159
37	2120	REBECCA LEWIS	WILL WARD	32	38	33	36	33	34	168
38	1779	MATTHEW LECKIE	IZZI BRISTOW	35	37	36	37	39	39	184

Silver Fleet

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	1781	LUKE GRIBBIN	EWAN GRIBBIN	1	1	2	2	8	5	11
2	346	LUKE ROBERTSON	JACOB HUTCHINGS	2	2	3	12	3	1	11
3	2242	ARTHUR BROWN	HANNAH TUCKER	3	11	1	3	4	12	22
4	2040	RYAN BUSH	LOUIS GIBBS	7	7	6	1	5	9	26
5	1789	LUKE HARTLEY	OLIVER MORRELL	19	4	29	9	1	2	35
6	2123	JESSIE MAIN	ELLEN MAIN	4	5	14	13	9	7	38
7	2046	OLLIE DIXON	DYLAN WALENDY‑ WRIGLEY	11	17	10	4	39	3	45
8	773	ALICE SMITH	MATT HODGES	5	12	9	7	12	16	45
9	1490	CORI MCFARLANE	CALLUM ELWIN	23	3	23	10	6	6	48
10	2022	EMMA TARDREW	ANNA ROWE	9	24	13	16	10	4	52
11	1817	POPPY GILKS	REX FARRANT	13	6	18	8	11	15	53
12	2113	RORY FULTON	JAMIE MACAULAY	21	9	4	5	17	17	56
13	2545	CHRIS JAMES	JAMES HALL	10	16	5	14	14	13	56
14	2477	ALICE HANDLEY	ZOE JAMES	6	8	24	19	13	11	57
15	2027	NANCY SCOTT	JAMES CURTIS	26	18	27	6	2	8	60
16	1971	RORY ODELL	ELLIOTT MARSHALL	8	10	12	17	33	26	73
17	403	HANNA BRANT	LEWIS BROWN	17	19	15	11	39	14	76
18	310	JEREMY HARTLEY	ALEX EWART	14	13	19	18	18	20	82
19	1702	TOBY COPE	GREG BROWN	20	26	7	30	16	19	88
20	2493	EWAN LUKE	ZAC BLOMELEY	22	28	8	22	21	31	101
21	2506	TOM MITCHELL	CIAN ASHBY	15	32	11	26	26	23	101
22	254	JOSEPH BURNS	RYAN ORR	38	23	21	15	7	30	104
23	1122	CAITLIN WEBSTER	EMMA BARNETT	16	20	28	20	22	27	105
24	2045	LUCY WILSON	ALLY FERGUSON	12	29	32	25	15	28	109
25	2331	TOM DAWSON	SAM KNEALE	18	25	26	33	20	22	111
26	311	JAMIE PEARSON	ROBIN JONES	30	15	16	29	23	29	113
27	2016	TOM BOOTH	ARCHIE HALLETT	32	31	25	24	24	10	115
28	111	IZZIE BERKLEY	COURTNEY BILBROUGH	24	22	17	21	31	36	115
29	2332	DAISY LEE‑BROWNE	CHLOE BUTTERWORTH	25	21	30	23	25	32	124
30	1867	TOM HOLLIDAY	OLLIE DENIS	27	27	22	28	39	21	125
31	1972	VICKY COWAN	PHILLY ALA	31	34	20	36	29	18	132
32	2414	TOM BALE	OLLIE GIBSON	29	37	35	27	19	25	135
33	2229	HANNAH ROBERTS‑STRAW	AMY BALE	33	36	36	34	27	24	154
34	2111	TRISTAN PAYNE	JAKE CARPENTER	28	14	39	39	39	39	159
35	2128	ZOE KING	ISOBEL CLARK	34	33	33	31	28	33	159
36	2231	BUZZ GILKS	FRANCESCA GILKS	36	30	39	32	30	34	162
37	1613	BETH ALBONE	ELEANOR CRANFIELD	35	35	31	37	32	37	170
38	834	PADDY JAMES	CAM AITKEN	37	38	34	35	34	35	175