45th Hamble Warming Pan at Hamble River Sailing Club Preview

by Barney Smith / HRSC 14 Mar 2007 15:04 GMT 10-11 March 2007

Over 50 dinghies compete in the 45th Hamble Warming Pan © Eddie Mays

Over 50 dinghies competed in the 45th annual Hamble Warming Pan hosted by Hamble River Sailing Club over the weekend of 10th & 11th March. The event was blessed with amazing weather normally only seen at the height of an English Summer. With bright sunshine and moderate winds prevailing all weekend the competitors enjoyed four superb races up and down the Hamble River.

The 23 strong Firefly Class was won by Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield from Wessex Exiles in Mark’s superbly restored, 59 year old, Firefly ‘Dido’, originally built for the 1948 Olympic Games. Mark and Sally just edged out Ian Sanderson from the Royal Lymington who sailed with Claire Wood (Saturday) and Debs Hill (Sunday).

The Merlin Class, also comprising 23 boats, was keenly fought with Richard Whitworth and Nichola Brook in “Filthy/Gorgeous” taking the Warming Pan title by a single point from Tom Stewart and Chris Downham. Things might have been different if Tom and Chris hadn’t missed the first race on Saturday due to some significant travel errors.

The local Foxer class was convincingly won by John Duff in “Hale Fox”. Despite having the smallest entry this class had some of the keenest racing and provided excellent entertainment as they used some very small courses set adjacent to Hamble Green.

Once again the many volunteers members of HRSC provided excellent race management, plenty of hot food all day, a friendly welcome and following a very hectic week running up to the event some superb new changing rooms. Over the year the club will consider plans for the 46th Warming Pan which will take place on 8/9 March 2008 but rest assured the event is now back on a firm footing and the club looks forward to welcoming an even bigger entry in 12 months times.

Video Footage:

Excellent video footage of Sunday racing is available at www.malcolmdonald.com

Overall Results:

Firefly Fleet:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm & Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	GBR498	Dido	Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield	2	1	2	1	4
2	GBR3841	Genesis	Ian Sanderson and Claire Wood/Debs Hill	1	2	3	3	6
3	GBR1867	Cumulus	Steve Greaves and Sally Wilson	4	5	4	4	12
4	GBR3023	Fourwood Thinking	Barney Smith and Alannah Witherby	5	3	5	5	13
5	GBR3919	Mrs Brock	Peter Cook and Janet Exelby	3	7	7	23	17
6	GBR3074	The Sith	Simon Spolton and Verity Birch	9	4	6	23	19
7	GBR3708	Atomic	Lizzie Edwards and Carina	8	9	8	23	25
8	GBR3674	Flo	Nigel Wakefield and Emily Sanderson	23	23	1	2	26
9	GBR1811	Tit Willow	Peter Slimming and Charlotte McGarry	16	14	10	8	32
10	GBR2617	Felix	Lucy Boreham and Rachel Crebbin	10	12	12	10	32
11	GBR3694	Ross E	James Fryatt and Lizzie Shawcroft	12	16	13	9	34
12	GBR3414	Minke	Andy Palmer-Felgate and Liz Sutton	6	6	23	23	35
13	GBR2507	Special Brew	Andy Reynolds-Jones and Dave Thompson	14	13	11	12	36
14	GBR3711	Katie B	Tom Shawcroft and Tom Gall	13	11	15	13	37
15	GBR2594	Bloodhound	Russell and Emily Peters	7	8	23	23	38
16	GBR3414	Minke	Richard Anderton and crew	23	23	9	6	38
17	GBR3693	Ian	Fiona Jones and Sammy Burns	15	15	16	11	41
18	GBR3713	Arjosarus	Simon Reynolds-Jones and Imogen Warren	11	10	23	23	44
19	GBR3710	John Merricks	Alex Lomer and Tom Burns	17	18	14	14	45
20	GBR3168	TBC	Mike Steele and crews	23	23	23	7	53
21	GBR3692	Eric	Callum and Kieran Rocks	18	17	23	23	58
22	GBR708	John	Pelham Olive and crew	23	23	23	15	61
23	GBR708	John	Alexandra and Colin Olive	19	23	23	23	65

Merlin Rocket Fleet:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm & Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	GBR3670	Filthy /Gorgeous	Richard Whitworth and Nic Brook	2	7	2	1	5
2	GBR3683	Little Blue	Tom Stewart and Chris Downham	24	1	1	4	6
3	GBR3685	The Black Pearl	William Warren and Chris	4	2	3	2	7
4	GBR3656	Wild Card	Roger Gilbert and James	5	3	5	6	13
5	GBR3660	djelibeybi	Will Rainey and Vicki Tarbet	1	11	10	3	14
6	GBR3539	Gangsta Paradise	Dan Alsop and Jennie King	3	9	4	13	16
7	GBR3652	Time and Tide	David Sayce and Graham	7	4	8	10	19
8	GBR3684	Keyser Soze	Andy Davis and Elle Bremner	9	5	14	7	21
9	GBR3676	Hot Totty	Pat and Jill Blake	6	13	9	8	23
10	GBR3666	Devilled Kidney	Chris Lewns and Jane	10	15	13	5	28
11	GBR3643	Moist	Alex Jackson and Georgie	13	14	6	9	28
12	GBR3653	Artemis	Judith Massey & Claire	12	6	17	12	30
13	GBR3641	Puff the Magic Dragon	Steve Tyler and Ally	8	16	12	16	36
14	GBR3665	Still Not Over	Matt Biggs and Claire	11	10	23	15	36
15	GBR3592	Boadicea	Nick Scroggie and Frances	16	12	11	14	37
16	GBR3661	Schmoozy Blue	Graham and Ben	15	8	16	19	39
17	GBR3640	Smart Tart	Simon and Anna	24	24	7	11	42
18	GBR3580	Chambulls	Mark Fuller and Chris	14	17	15	18	46
19	GBR3483	Cloud 9	Mark Emmett and Gaby	17	24	19	17	53
20	GBR3400	Dangerbat	James and Helen	18	18	18	20	54
21	GBR3657	Revolution	Phil Emery and Dave	24	19	23	23	65
22	GBR3609	Time Lords	Carl Whitehill and Julian	19	24	23	23	65
23	GBR3566	Pocket Rocket	Joe McLaughlin and Bryn	24	24	23	23	70

Foxer Fleet:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GBR67	Hale Fox	Mr John Duff	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	5	10
2	GBR15	Fox	Mr Ian Savill	2	2	2	1	4	5	5	3	19
3	GBR62	Rennfox	Mr Ian Sumner	3	3	4	4	5	4	1	1	20
4	GBR50	Ace	David Criswick	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	20
5	GBR136	Grandy	Alan Fuller	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	26