Zhik UK 29er National Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

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

by Paul Hammett 13 Aug 2016 09:01 BST 6-12 August 2016

Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Torbay day 6 © VR Sport Media

Managing risk and banking gains

With 5 finals races under their belt the 76 29ers went into Torbay after a short postponement and with some slick race management from Stuart Childerley got in 4 more finals races for each fleet. This meant the second discard came into play to help insure against "bad luck".

The wind was fluctuating around 285 but more importantly pressure was changing constantly with a wind from 4 to 15 knots at times. The sailors that 'managed their risk effectively and banked their gains" were the ones that would escape with the least damage on their score sheet. (Quote from Matt Thomas).

In Gold fleet the pair that "won the day" were Dan Venables / John Mather with a 10,2,3,8 to surge up to 5th overall. Above them Nick Robins / Billy Vennis-Ozanne 18,10,25,4 took 4th overall behind James Hammett / James Eales who scored 7,25,1,9 today. However, at the top of the leaderboard it was IRL 23 Harry Durcan / Harry Whittaker with a 8,17,2,1 who took the UK Zhik Open Championships by two points from Crispin Beaumont and Tom Darling who with a 13,22,5,29 took the Zhik 29er UK National Championships.

Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Torbay day 6 - photo © VR Sport Media

The UK Ladies 29er National Champions are Hannah Bristow and Emily Covell in 12th position overall. Second ladies were Hattie Rogers and Orla Mitchell with Phoebe Connellan and Sophie Otter in 3rd. In the other categories Ellie Walton / Dan Budden took the mixed prize in 9th place overall after a very steady 4,7,6,16. Top Juniors were Henry Jameson and Harry Jones.

In Silver fleet Luke Robertson and Jacob Hutchings won from Jessie and Ellen Main who put in a late charge with a 1,4,1,2 from Luke and Euan Gribbin in 3rd.

Zhik 29er UK Nationals at Torbay day 6 - photo © VR Sport Media

After a total of 36 races and 18 races per flight the Race Team can take a rest and the sailors enjoy the Black Tie dinner at the Imperial Hotel after a fantastic week of varied sailing conditions. Weymouth 2017 will have a high bar to reach after a Royal Torbay Yacht Club delivered so well in 2016.

Overall Results:

Gold Fleet

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Q	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	23	HARRY DURCAN	HARRY WHITAKER	9	3	5	3	6	18	8	17	2	1	37
2	3	CRISPIN BEAUMONT	TOM DARLING	1	1	7	8	1	3	13	22	5	29	39
3	2344	JAMES HAMMETT	JAMES EALES	12	4	9	4	4	9	7	25	1	9	50
4	2304	NICK ROBINS	BILLY VENNIS‑OZANNE	2	18	1	13	2	5	18	10	24	4	55
5	2305	DAN VENABLES	JOHN MATHER	16	15	25	10	5	11	10	2	3	8	65
6	2381	HAMISH TAYLOR	RORY ROSE	6	23	4	9	23	4	9	5	13	15	65
7	2340	EWAN WILSON	DANIEL HARRIS	14	9	11	15	3	19	1	8	12	24	73
8	14	ELLIE WALTON	DAN BUDDEN	7	11	39	12	19	10	4	7	6	16	73
9	2514	ROSGO BANHAM	ALEX KING	10	7	8	7	7	2	26	31	22	14	77
10	2399	BOBBY HEWITT	HARVEY MARTIN	4	6	10	17	29	15	3	1	25	27	81
11	2336	OLIVER ALDRIDGE	JAMIE JOBSON	11	5	6	1	17	1	12	33	39	32	85
12	2379	HANNAH BRISTOW	EMILY COVELL	3	14	39	5	10	7	17	19	16	20	91
13	2341	PATRICK CROGHAN	DOMINIC LEWIS	13	17	30	6	9	24	20	16	8	6	95
14	2478	HUW EDWARDS	JOSH DAWSON	22	10	3	16	15	12	16	20	10	10	98
15	2337	DAN ARMSTRONG	FIN ARMSTRONG	29	8	19	2	11	6	2	27	30	26	103
16	2347	FREYA BLACK	ELLIOTT WELLS	15	13	20	14	14	20	30	29	9	2	107
17	2345	ANNA PRESCOTT	GILLIES MUNRO	18	12	2	39	12	23	33	28	11	3	109
18	2203	HATTIE ROGERS	ORLA MITCHELL	19	29	21	20	35	25	6	12	4	5	112
19	2225	IAIN BIRD	JAKE HARDMAN	8	30	12	21	8	22	28	13	19	22	125
20	2118	JAMES HOLLIS	PADDY KEECH	20	24	15	27	32	13	11	4	14	37	128
21	2235	PHOEBE CONNELLAN	SOPHIE OTTER	21	26	23	31	18	8	34	11	7	21	135
22	777	GEORGE TARDREW	FREDDIE SIMES	5	2	34	18	13	30	25	18	29	31	140
23	25	ELLA METHVEN	NATHANIEL GORDON	28	25	16	28	24	16	27	6	17	33	159
24	2236	CHARLOTTE ORMEROD	DANIEL LEWIS	25	21	29	30	22	21	22	9	37	18	167
25	2380	HATTY WARD	EVE TOWNSEND	24	16	13	22	27	17	23	30	26	34	168
26	2213	ISSY BLACK	JAMES GRUMMETT	17	32	24	19	31	33	14	24	32	12	173
27	2275	KATIE MUNRO	BETH HURST	37	27	27	26	16	28	15	26	15	13	175
28	2025	SARAH JARMAN	NICK DEVEREUX	23	20	26	23	21	14	29	32	31	19	175
29	2343	BELLA FELLOWS	ANNA STURROCK	31	36	14	11	25	29	31	37	18	30	189
30	2241	HENRY JAMESON	HARRY JONES	38	19	18	24	20	35	21	38	27	23	190
31	480	MORGAN PEACH	JESS JOBSON	26	33	35	25	36	36	39	3	36	11	205
32	2099	MAT CURRELL	DAVID BRAND	27	31	17	34	34	27	35	14	23	39	207
33	2173	ETHAN LEAHY	ROBERT RICHARDSON	36	22	28	32	30	31	39	15	35	17	211
34	2416	JAMES LEETCH	CHARLIE JEYNES	30	35	31	35	26	32	24	34	34	7	218
35	2292	ED NORBURY	CHARLIE HUTCHINGS	33	34	22	33	37	37	39	21	20	25	225
36	2216	WILL CUNLIFFE	JAMES CUNLIFFE	34	28	32	29	28	26	32	23	28	35	228
37	2120	REBECCA LEWIS	WILL WARD	32	38	33	36	33	34	19	36	21	36	244
38	1779	MATTHEW LECKIE	IZZI BRISTOW	35	37	36	37	39	39	5	35	33	28	246

Silver Fleet

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Q	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	346	LUKE ROBERTSON	JACOB HUTCHINGS	2	2	3	12	3	1	15	2	21	3	28
2	2123	JESSIE MAIN	ELLEN MAIN	4	5	14	13	9	7	1	4	1	2	33
3	1781	LUKE GRIBBIN	EWAN GRIBBIN	1	1	2	2	8	5	11	34	9	19	39
4	2040	RYAN BUSH	LOUIS GIBBS	7	7	6	1	5	9	5	6	11	24	46
5	2242	ARTHUR BROWN	HANNAH TUCKER	3	11	1	3	4	12	14	26	5	17	53
6	2545	CHRIS JAMES	JAMES HALL	10	16	5	14	14	13	20	10	3	5	74
7	1490	CORI MCFARLANE	CALLUM ELWIN	23	3	23	10	6	6	6	11	16	27	81
8	2046	OLLIE DIXON	DYLAN WALENDY‑ WRIGLEY	11	17	10	4	39	3	39	13	22	4	84
9	773	ALICE SMITH	MATT HODGES	5	12	9	7	12	16	16	9	15	15	84
10	2027	NANCY SCOTT	JAMES CURTIS	26	18	27	6	2	8	9	33	7	13	89
11	1789	LUKE HARTLEY	OLIVER MORRELL	19	4	29	9	1	2	23	7	32	29	94
12	2113	RORY FULTON	JAMIE MACAULAY	21	9	4	5	17	17	8	23	31	14	95
13	2477	ALICE HANDLEY	ZOE JAMES	6	8	24	19	13	11	12	16	10	39	95
14	2022	EMMA TARDREW	ANNA ROWE	9	24	13	16	10	4	24	22	14	11	99
15	403	HANNA BRANT	LEWIS BROWN	17	19	15	11	39	14	7	17	2	28	102
16	2493	EWAN LUKE	ZAC BLOMELEY	22	28	8	22	21	31	13	8	4	9	107
17	1702	TOBY COPE	GREG BROWN	20	26	7	30	16	19	19	5	6	18	110
18	2045	LUCY WILSON	ALLY FERGUSON	12	29	32	25	15	28	4	15	8	10	117
19	2506	TOM MITCHELL	CIAN ASHBY	15	32	11	26	26	23	2	14	19	8	118
20	1122	CAITLIN WEBSTER	EMMA BARNETT	16	20	28	20	22	27	21	1	13	7	120
21	310	JEREMY HARTLEY	ALEX EWART	14	13	19	18	18	20	39	24	17	6	125
22	1971	RORY ODELL	ELLIOTT MARSHALL	8	10	12	17	33	26	18	27	18	22	131
23	2331	TOM DAWSON	SAM KNEALE	18	25	26	33	20	22	30	12	12	1	136
24	1817	POPPY GILKS	REX FARRANT	13	6	18	8	11	15	39	39	39	39	149
25	2332	DAISY LEE‑BROWNE	CHLOE BUTTERWORTH	25	21	30	23	25	32	10	28	24	12	168
26	2016	TOM BOOTH	ARCHIE HALLETT	32	31	25	24	24	10	17	25	20	31	177
27	111	IZZIE BERKLEY	COURTNEY BILBROUGH	24	22	17	21	31	36	27	3	39	39	181
28	311	JAMIE PEARSON	ROBIN JONES	30	15	16	29	23	29	26	31	23	39	191
29	1867	TOM HOLLIDAY	OLLIE DENIS	27	27	22	28	39	21	32	21	28	23	197
30	2128	ZOE KING	ISOBEL CLARK	34	33	33	31	28	33	3	19	29	25	202
31	1972	VICKY COWAN	PHILLY ALA	31	34	20	36	29	18	29	29	30	21	207
32	254	JOSEPH BURNS	RYAN ORR	38	23	21	15	7	30	39	39	39	39	212
33	2414	TOM BALE	OLLIE GIBSON	29	37	35	27	19	25	31	30	25	26	212
34	2229	HANNAH ROBERTS‑STRAW	AMY BALE	33	36	36	34	27	24	25	32	27	20	222
35	1613	BETH ALBONE	ELEANOR CRANFIELD	35	35	31	37	32	37	28	20	26	16	223
36	2231	BUZZ GILKS	FRANCESCA GILKS	36	30	39	32	30	34	22	18	33	32	233
37	834	PADDY JAMES	CAM AITKEN	37	38	34	35	34	35	33	35	34	30	272
38	2111	TRISTAN PAYNE	JAKE CARPENTER	28	14	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	276