RS400 Inland Championships at Royal Windermere Yacht Club

by RS Class Association 19 Oct 2010 11:30 BST 16-17 October 2010

RS400 Inlands at Windermere © Alan Henderson / www.fotoboat.com

41 boats arrived at Royal Windermere Yacht Club for the RS400 inlands in summer-like conditions and a light shifty breeze.

The first race was started under a black flag and saw Nick Craig and Toby Lewis find the front of the fleet early followed by Dave Exley and Nigel Hall then Sam Parker and Stuart Jagger.

The 2nd race saw Wayne and Deb Fletcher take a very convincing lead at the 1st mark followed by Stewart and Sarah Robertson benefiting from a large shirt on the left hand side of the course. In the race behind Michael Sims and Keith Bedborough lead the chasing bunch from Craig and Lewis although later lost out to a shift on the 2nd beat to craig and Lewis and saw the top 3 finish in that order.

The 3rd race saw the wind totally switch off for a long period and saw several boats suffering from the shifting breeze and helped make this a very high scoring event. The exceptions being Craig and Lewis who won the race from Wayne and Deb Fletcher and Paul and Jude Allen in 3rd.

With little chance of racing due to the lack of wind on Sunday the decision was made at 1pm to cancel racing meaning no discard was allowed. Craig and Lewis finishing 1st, Mike Hart and Sally Kirkpatrick 2nd and Michael Sims and Keith Bedborough 3rd.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	1237	Team Gill	Nick Craig	Tobytastic Lewis	Frensham Pond SC	1	3	1	5
2nd	1082	Half Pint	Mike Hart	Sally Kirkpatrick	Port Dinorwic SC	7	4	8	19
3rd	1328	Phoenix Marine	Michael Sims	Keith Bedborough	Carsington SC	4	5	17	26
4th	161		Stewart Robertson	Sarah Robertson	R Forth YC	6	2	19	27
5th	1155		Paul Allen	Jude Allen	Leigh & Lowton SC	8	17	3	28
6th	1135		Nick Hunt	Martin Cooper	Scaling Dam SC	12	7	10	29
7th	1186		Dave Exley	Nigel Hall	Leigh & Lowton	2	19	9	30
8th	1263		Tom Halhead	Paul Millar	Bristol Corinthian SC	16	8	6	30
9th	1029		Wayne Fletcher	Deb Fletcher	Scaling Dam SC	29	1	2	32
10th	1204	Budd's Old Boat	Chris Gowers	June Riley	Port Dinorwic SC	21	6	5	32
11th	1014		Hamish Gledhill	Rachel Gledhill	West Riding SC	5	16	11	32
12th	1283		Andy Tunnicliffe	Chris	RWYC	11	15	14	40
13th	929	Pendragon	John Whalley	Jenny Whalley	RWYC	9	14	18	41
14th	1191	Looby Blou	Louise McKeand	Cathy Partington	Leigh & Lowton SC	14	12	22	48
15th	1275	Pond Life	Sam Parker	Stuart Jagger	Lymington Town SC	3	23	24	50
16th	1289		Stuart Halman	Sue Brannam	Leigh & Lowton SC	17	18	16	51
17th	1252	Lurkalot	Howard Fairbrother	Nathan Pinch	Queen Mary SC	18	13	25	56
18th	1219		Jonny Sinclair	Richard Thorougood	RYA	20	31	7	58
19th	1325	Rarely Sober	John Cooper	Becci Wigley	Lymington Town SC	19	9	30	58
20th	725		Bill Kenyon	Ben Ditchburn	Budworth SC	33	22	4	59
21st	847		Ian Martin	Clare Philbrick	South Shields SC	26	10	23	59
22nd	669	Kangar	Nigel Tullett	Gavin Tullett	RWYC	15	21	26	62
23rd	1216		Caroline Exley	Ben Kirk	Leigh & Lowton SC	32	20	12	64
24th	660	Sherbert	Jack Hopkins	Stephen Mason	Delph SC	27	24	13	64
25th	1166		Garry Knott	Helen Blackburn	Pennine SC	23	11	31	65
26th	840		Pete Snowden	Pippa Fletcher	Scaling Dam SC	13	32	21	66
27th	1103	Papa Lazaroo	Phil Hubbard	Jonathan Heginbotham	RWYC	10	38	27	75
28th	1355		Chris Jones	Robert Temple	Trearddur Bay SC	24	25	28	77
29th	1277	Knot Applicable	Paul Legge	Brian Clough	RWYC	35	26	20	81
30th	937	Purple Marine	Chris Pickles	Matt Sharman	Delph SC	38	29	15	82
31st	678		Rory Nicholl	Sarah Finn	RWYC	28	30	33	91
32nd	509	Pink Pig	Darren Martin	Pippa Colman	RWYC	31	27	36	94
33rd	1323		Paul Titchmarsh	Paul Nix	Glossop SC	25	35	35	95
34th	872		Duncan Hodkinson	Ed Duncan	Glossop SC	36	28	34	98
35th	453		Simon Palmer	Olli Georgie-Taylor	Locks SC	22	36	DNS	100
36th	13		James Bottoms	Anne Hulbert	Tudor SC	39	34	29	102
37th	1281		Mitchell Pearson	Paul Salmon	Elton SC	37	37	32	106
38th	561		Shawn Woodcock	Tony Cliff	Bartley SC	41	33	37	111
39th	563	Woodstock	Pierre Labat	Tobby	RWYC	34	39	39	112
40th	412	Theasaboat	Ollie Shaw	Gill Greenacre	Leigh & Lowton SC	30	41	DNS	113
41st	945		Tim Craig	Simon Hulme	Elton SC	40	40	38	118