Volvo Noble Marine RS700 Nationals at Hayling Island - Days 1 & 2

by Colin Dacey 27 Aug 2016 13:49 BST 24-28 August 2016

Day One

Thursday morning dawned with light airs and a forecast for light and variable breeze throughout the day. After a couple of hours postponement and some last minute bumbling the fleet took to the water in the vain hope of the breeze filling in.

It didn't...

Day Two

More sparkling wall to wall sunshine as the fleet were released from the beach. Eventually a pleasant 6 knots gradient breeze arrived and the first race of the championship got underway.

First to the mark Jerry Wales was closely followed by Pete Purkiss with Colin Dacey in third. These three had a decent gap from the pursuing pack with Adam Golding of the home club ahead of the pack.

Race two got away with the majority going left. However the right hand side paid handsomely with the Snettisham trio of Colin Dacey, Ian Noland and Robbie Bell hard on the heels of Jerry Wales who recorded his second bullet. Class Chairman Richard Wadsworth after drinking with the Snettisham crew suffered an unusual bout of seasickness considering his naval background.

The third race started in a softening breeze with the fleet bunched at the committee boat end. First to the mark was James Bayliss who led the first lap. Andy Brown was able to find a passing lane and the final order was Andy Brown followed by James Bayliss with Huw Reynolds in third.

The Race Officer wisely postponed the fourth race in the dying breeze and sent the fleet home to enjoy the fantastic evening sunshine.

Results after day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	1043	Jerry Wales	Windsport	1	1	4	6
2nd	1041	Huw Reynolds	Restronguet SC	5	8	3	16
3rd	1027	Colin Dacey	Snettisham Beach SC	3	2	14	19
4th	1042	Pete Purkiss	Brightlingsea SC	2	6	12	20
5th	984	Adam Golding	HISC	4	12	6	22
6th	1022	Ian Swann	HISC	10	7	5	22
7th	875	Robbie Bell	Snettisham Beach SC	9	4	13	26
8th	991	Theo Galyer	n/a	6	11	9	26
9th	958	Andy Brown	HISC	19	9	1	29
10th	808	Spike Daniels	Oxford SC	7	15	7	29
11th	1011	Neil Ashby	Bewl SC	8	13	8	29
12th	1048	Simon Letten	HISC	15	5	11	31
13th	944	James Bayliss	QMSC	18	16	2	36
14th	1023	Ian Nolan	Snettisham Beach SC	13	3	20	36
15th	914	Graham Blake	QMSC	14	18	10	42
16th	720	Richard Wadsworth	RNSA/Stokes Bay SC	16	14	15	45
17th	1040	Nik Williams	HISC	20	10	16	46
18th	859	Peter Onions	QMSC	12	20	19	51
19th	708	Adrien Burnand	HISC	17	19	18	54
20th	970	Simon Redfearn	Brightlingsea SC	11	21	23	55
21st	909	John McKenna	HISC	21	17	17	55
22nd	882	Ed Napolitano	Snettisham Beach SC	22	23	21	66
23rd	1031	Hamish Griffiths	QMSC	24	24	22	70
24th	856	Rob Dickinson	HISC	25	22	24	71
25th	1035	Roger Taylor	HISC	26	25	25	76
26th	1014	Chris Chambers		23	DNC	DNC	77