Merlin Rocket National Champs at Looe Sailing Club

Merlin Rocket National Champs at Looe Sailing Club - Day 5

by Owners Association 22 Aug 2008 00:39 BST 17-22 August 2008

Pinnell & Bax Thursday started well, with bottles of Champagne ready and waiting for for the helms and crews of the first 21 boats. The Ranelagh Trophy was presented by Ranelagh Sailing Club on the 21st anniversary of the Merlin Rocket class, and ever since the first 21 boats on Thursdays race have been awarded a bottle for their efforts.

This morning there were great expectations and many bleary eyes after 2 races yesterday and the Championship Dinner, but the weather overcame optimism, and despite a promising breeze on the way to the race course, in fact the reality was very different. After a long postmoment, Roger Hocking and his team, guided by Alan Warren, decided to run the crews' race first, in the fickle breeze.

The first challenge was to pick whereabouts to start, largely governed by the swinging wind. The port end was favoured, and Mirror World Champion Holly Scott, crewed by Julian Parry were nearly first to the windward mark.

The Bognor Barrel winners, after a challenging race, were Trent Valley sniffers, Phil Dalby and Simon Blake in Smart Tart. Phil commented, "Great race. Fairest race of the entire champs with more stream than breeze. I was disappointed not to find a river bank though."

Despite many attemps by the Race Officer, the flukey wind defied any other championship races. Therefore we look forward to two races on Friday, the Silent World Trophy, arguably the class' finest offering, and the rescheduled Ranelagh Trophy. We'll enjoy the Champagne!

Results after Day 5:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	3656	Wild Card	Roger Gilbert	James Stewart	Frensham Pond	1	1	-3	3	1	6
2nd	3684	Keyser Soze	Andy Davis	Ellie Bremer	Chase	3	3	-7	2	4	12
4th	3683	Bluebird	Tom Stewart	Liam Dempsey	Northampton	2	-5	5	4	3	14
3rd	3670	Filthy Gorgeous	Richard Whitworth	Sally Ann Townend	Hollingworth	-12	2	1	1	10	14
5th	3626	Business as Usual	Glen Truswell	Olly Turner	Starcross	4	4	-10	9	9	26
7th	3652	Time & Tide	John Bell	Graham Williamson	Hampton	6	10	9	-16	2	27
6th	3643	Moist	Alex Jackson	Chris Downham	Shoreham	8	12	2	-24	5	27
8th	3685	The Black Pearl	William Warren	Chris Robinson	Shoreham	-10	9	4	8	8	29
9th	3666	Devilled Kidney	Chris Lewns	Tom Pygall	Whitstable	5	13	-14	7	11	36
10th	3691	Quick Fix	Mike Calvert	Jane Calvert	Axe	9	11	8	-15	13	41
12th	3696	Tiger Tiger	Alan Warren	James Warren	Shoreham	16	14	12	6	-79	48
11th	3653	Artemis	Judith Massey	Dave Dobrijovic	Hayling Island	7	22	13	-33	6	48
13th	3618	Easy Rider	Jon Gorringe	Toby Lewis	Parkstone	11	-17	17	5	17	50
14th	3665	Still Not Over	Matt Biggs	Rob Kennaugh	Blithfield	-20	16	6	12	18	52
15th	3647	Liquid Dreams	Mark Barnes	Peter Nicholson	Whitstable	15	-24	15	17	7	54
16th	3640	Smart Tart	Simon Blake	Phil Dalby	Cookham	14	6	22	13	-28	55
17th	3539	Gangsta Paradise	Dan Alsop	Jeremy Williamson	Lyme Regis SC	-25	7	18	14	16	55
19th	3661	Shmoozy Blue	Graham Scroggie	Ben Scroggie	Parkstone	13	21	-23	22	14	70
18th	3676	Hot Totty	Patrick Blake	Jilly Blake	Cookham	17	20	-33	21	12	70
20th	3693	Slippery When Wet	Will Rainey	Matt Calvert	Cookham	22	8	21	20	-23	71
21st	3659	Zeno	Julian Parry	Holly Scott	Hollingworth	18	-23	16	18	19	71
22nd	3690	The General Lee	Andy Dalby	Fran Gifford	Trent Valley	26	18	19	-32	21	84
23rd	3655	Loosed Cannon	Mark Ampleford	Pete Horn	Penzance	21	19	26	-27	20	86
24th	3660	Djelibeybi	Dave Lee	Lewis Turner	Starcross	23	-79	34	19	15	91
25th	3668	Urban Warrior	John Pink	Rach Williamson	RYA	-38	25	31	23	22	101
26th	3610	Needlemakers	Richard Dee	Phil Scott	Midland	28	26	25	-36	26	105
27th	3606	Take it Easy	Ross Jackson	Dave Reid	Shoreham	29	27	30	-35	25	111
29th	3611	The Phantom Menace	Jen Taylor	Anna Blake	Hollingworth	33	28	29	26	-79	116
28th	3662	Attack of the Clones	David Winder	Pippa Taylor	Hollingworth	-79	15	11	11	79	116
30th	3641	Puff the Magic Dragon	Mark Waterhouse	Alice Rook	Parkstone	31	30	36	-64	24	121
31st	3650	Headcase	Tosh	Alex Jones	Banbury	27	-79	28	37	29	121
32nd	3672	Bola Bola	John Cooper	Hilary Bradshaw	Whitstable	37	32	27	-79	27	123
33rd	3571	Hakuna Matata	Andy Jones	Ben Jones	Cookham	36	29	32	-44	34	131
34th	3627	Snorter	Jon Fish	Sophie Mackley	Whitstable	19	-79	24	10	79	132
35th	3677	Indecision	Dave Proctor	Liz North	Whitstable	43	36	-44	30	37	146
36th	3543	Storm Cloud	Chris Martin	Ben Torrens	Blithfieldÿ	46	31	37	-79	33	147
37th	3663	Bronte	Chris Haworth	Jo Harvey	Blackpool & Fleetwood	41	-79	42	28	43	154
38th	3586	Same Old Magic	Rod Porteous	Maureen Porteous	Queen Mary	42	33	45	-54	36	156
39th	3516	Ticket to Heaven	Nick Turner	Carly Turner	Starcross	35	43	-55	45	39	162
40th	3675	White Sauce..er..er	Mike Fitzpatrick	Austin Scully	Whitstable	45	34	-79	41	47	167
41st	3695	Shiny Happy People	Matthew Winder	Kelly Miller	Hollingworth	39	-79	60	39	31	169
42nd	3680	Shaka Zulu	Paul Hollis	Alison Torrens	Midland	-79	35	79	25	32	171
43rd	3617	Nearly All Over	Tom Chadfield	Andy Chadfield	Blithfield	-51	38	47	43	46	174
45th	3697	Too Dark N Stormy	Richard Page	Liz Page	Hampton	40	45	46	-53	44	175
44th	3651	Jupiter	Colin Brockbank	Harriet Brandt	Wembley	47	-79	39	34	55	175
46th	3628	Trigger Happy	Robin Charles	Viv Game/Dave Parry	Starcrossÿ	-53	37	49	42	49	177
47th	3600	Matrix	Kevin Anderson	Sadie Anderson	Hampton	-60	47	48	38	45	178
48th	3614	Too Dark N Stormy	Chris Dodds	Jonny Toogood	Hollingworth	34	-79	40	29	79	182
49th	3692	Nemo	Rien Zilvold	Julie Nuttall	Whitstable	-79	39	35	31	79	184
50th	3386	Enchantment	Andy Hay	Caroline Hay	RYA	-54	42	52	50	41	185
51st	3687	Mellow Yellow	Alan Jackson	Lorna Lavel-Chesterton	Maylandsea Bay	52	44	43	-59	48	187
52nd	3466	Thunderclap	Tony Blackmore	Richard Hingston	Starcross	-79	53	53	52	35	193
53rd	3579	Mango Tango	Stephen Harling	Richard Caine	Starcrossÿ	48	41	50	56	-79	195
54th	3639	Carbonator	Steve Leney	Gill Leney	Blithfield	44	-79	38	40	79	201
56th	3625	Point Break	Richard Bramley	William Carol	Shoreham	58	-79	54	48	42	202
55th	3664	Back in Black	Tudor Owen	Hamish Kilburn	Whitstable	24	-79	20	79	79	202
57th	3482	Heavy Artillery	Guy Browne	Tommi Cluley	Trent Valley	64	50	-79	63	31	208
58th	3379	Fearless	Dave Fowler	Amy Garner	RYA	-56	54	56	51	51	212
59th	3632	Wild Knight	Marcus Robb	Graham Webb	Cookham	57	46	-61	61	50	214
60th	3673	Desperate Housewife	Jane Seymour	Chris Seymour	Shoreham	49	-79	79	49	40	217
61st	3437	Whyte Mischief	David Homer	Chris Homer	Midland	61	49	59	57	-79	226
62nd	3674	Autumn Gold	Mike Anslow	Liese Scott	Midland	30	-79	41	79	79	229
63rd	3577	Nostradormouse	Anthony Lofts	Francesca Lofts	Salcombe	55	40	57	-79	79	231
64th	3301	Delicious Monster	Stuart Bailey	Zoe Noble	Wilsonian	62	-79	58	60	53	233
65th	3403	The Refrigerator	James Dawes	Ben Eaves	Redditch	-68	51	63	65	55	234
66th	3078	Miss Laid	Mark Rahn	Alistair Docherty	Dovestone	65	48	66	-69	58	237
67th	3657	Revolution	Phil Emery	Karen Emery	Whitstable	32	-79	51	79	79	241
69th	3515	Busy B	Charles Anderson	Suzy Bell	Hampton	69	-79	64	58	52	243
70th	3190	Finlandia	Martin Smith	Karen Beston	Redditch	-70	52	65	67	59	243
68th	3511	Heaven Sent	Andrew Mills	David Marlow	Hampton	-79	79	79	47	38	243
71st	3530	Sir Topaz	Mike Colles	Phil Harrison	Midland	63	-79	67	66	56	252
73rd	3513	Bellatrix	Richard King	James King	Porthpean	67	-79	62	68	57	254
72nd	3400	Dangerbat	James Middleton-Stewart	Helen Middleton-Stewart	Weymouth	50	-79	79	46	79	254
74th	3542	Steppenwolf	Calum Brebner	Hamish Myles	Wormitÿ	59	-79	79	55	79	272
75th	3636	Carmen	Ben Jennings	Liz Poulter	Exe	-79	79	79	62	79	299
76th	3629	Zero Gravity	Peter Browne	James Browne	Trent Valley	66	-79	79	79	79	303
77th	3580	Chambulls	Mark Fuller	Chris Gould	RYA	-79	79	79	79	79	316
77th	2563	Twelve Year Old Dog	Hugh Barry	Phillipa Gray	Royal Forth	-79	79	79	79	79	316