RS200 Open at Wembley Sailing Club
by Rob Janering 21 Oct 2008 17:46 BST
12 October 2008
23 boats arrived at Wembley SC on Sunday 12th October for a SEAS open meeting. They were met with blazing, warm sunshine, but not a breathe of wind! However, after some bacon butty eating and a little bantering, a light southerly filled in and the fleet launched.
On a short course, 2 brisk races were held. I Mairs/T Watson led for the majority of race one, only to be overtaken on the last lap by a charging Steve Janering/Lottie Wakeling. Steve & Judy Restall made up the top three. The Restall’s went two places better in the 2nd race however, leading from start to finish. Behind, there wasn’t much changing of positions on a fairly processional course. S Greaves/S Bickford scored a solid 2nd, with Gun Gillow/Adam ‘The Cat’ Page in 3rd.
For race three, the breeze had shifted to the southwest, as well as strengthening, to allow a little hiking on the beat! Rob Janering/Marianthe Evangeledis showed their Inland Champs form to win comfortably after a tough first lap tussle with Julian Bradley/Paul Hayes, who ended 2nd. S Janering/Wakeling rounded out a WSC 1,2,3.
The final race saw a number of the top contenders black flagged, which left the way clear for top youth team Andrew & Ian Gill to lead for 90% of the final race – until S Janering/Wakeling again gained the lead at the death. Mike Chapman/Lynne Ratcliffe finished 3rd.
Overall, Janering/Wakeling were comfortable winners with the Restall’s 2nd and Nick Charles/Fiona Hall 3rd.
Overall Results:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
1st | 11 78 | Steve Jannering | Lottie Wakeling | Wembley SC | 1 | RAF | 3 | 1 | 5 |
2nd | 10 10 | Steve Restall | Judy Restall | Downs SC | 3 | 1 | 10 | BFD | 14 |
3rd | 09 53 | Nick Charles | F Hall | Littleton SC | 5 | BFD | 4 | 5 | 14 |
4th | 09 41 | Mike Chapman | Lynne Ratcliffe | Bexhill SC / Bough Beech SC | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
5th | 13 01 | Pete Vincent | Tessa Nichols | Bristol CYC | 6 | 4 | 5 | DNF | 15 |
6th | 12 63 | Julian Bradley | Paul Hayes | Wembley SC | 7 | 7 | 2 | BFD | 16 |
7th | 12 64 | Simon Gillow | Adam Page | Bewl Valley SC | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 |
8th | 11 30 | Rob Jannering | Marianthe Evangelides | Wembley SC | 9 | 8 | 1 | BFD | 18 |
9th | 08 78 | I Mairs | T Watson | Chipstead SC | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
10th | 10 23 | S Greaves | S Bickford | Rickmansworth SC | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
11th | 08 34 | Andrew Gill | Ian Gill | Wembley SC | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
12th | 11 65 | Ian Pickard | Karen Falcon | RYA | 10 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
13th | 04 87 | James Boyce | Sam Toler | Papercourt SC | 15 | 6 | 6 | BFD | 27 |
14th | 11 44 | John Gill | Sherriden Kilwick | Wembley SC | 16 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
15th | 11 31 | Tony Wakeling | Kate Wakeling | Wembley SC | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
16th | 12 90 | Mike Clayton | Steven Clayton | Royal Harwich YC | 20 | 12 | 8 | DNF | 40 |
17th | 06 12 | Phil Waind | Sonya Waind | Wembley SC | 14 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
18th | 10 19 | Richard Cooke | Jane Hill | Wembley SC | 21 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 47 |
19th | 09 74 | James Clayton | James Williams | Royal Harwich YC | 18 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 48 |
20th | 13 02 | Jessica Porway | Colette Porway | Alton Water SC | 22 | 18 | 12 | BFD | 52 |
21st | 09 84 | Nigel Harniman | Emma Harniman | Wembley SC | 19 | 13 | BFD | DNF | 56 |
22nd | 07 87 | Francis Bucknall | Ben Bucknall | Wembley SC | 11 | DNF | DNF | DNS | 59 |
23rd | 08 88 | Matt Sheahan | Ellie Sheahan | Netley SC | 23 | 20 | 21 | DNS | 64 |

