RS200 SEAS Finale at Wembley Sailing Club
by Julian Bradley 3 Nov 2011 17:37 GMT
30 October 2011
RS200s at Wembley © David Gates /
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The positions after the penultimate round of the SEAS RS200 Circuit were extremely close, with any one of 7 teams in contention for the decider at Wembley Sailing Club on Sunday. These included your correspondent, who’d such a shocker of a day he has sought solace and salvation in the extreme asceticism of Buddha... who himself said that it is better to travel well than to arrive: thus 8 visiting teams contributed to the fleet of 24 (though no one from the hotbed of 200-dom that is Burghfield SC, depending on others for their SEAS salvation).
For once, we’d a crisp force 3-ish Westerly, allowing the RO team of John Curran and Kevin Armstrong to set a windward spreader and leeward gate. Wembley follows the format of 3 races back-to-back, with Mars Bars & water to all between races 2 and 3.
Race 1 saw Matt Mee and Emma Norris win from Andy & Jeraldine Peters. I have no idea what actually happened, as I capsized on the start line. (‘There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.’) Wembley’s Zen-like Steve Janering won race 2, again from the consistent Andy and Jeraldine. He and my sometime sidekick led race 3 for some 3 laps, before being ground down on almost the last beat by Matt and Emma, Steve Dunn and the Peters (opportunity knocks, but karma hunts you down).
So, Matt Mee and Emma Norriss attained Nirvana, both winning on the day from Andy Peters and Steve Janering in 3rd and also the hugely competitive series. Roger Wilson won the raffled spinnaker provided by RS.
Thanks to all the visitors, and the shore-side help – in particular Steve Lindley - in what was a fitting finale. It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. Or Rob Janering.
Overall Results:
Pos | Helm | Crew | Club | Sail No | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
1st | Matt Mee | Emma Norris | Red Wharf / Hollingworth | 1311 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
2nd | Andrew Peters | Jeraldine Peters | Queen Mary SC | 962 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
3rd | Steve Janering | Chloe Sideris | Wembley SC | 1423 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4th | Steve Dunn | Karen Baker | Parkstone SC | 1313 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
5th | Rob Janering | Charlotte Cotter | Wembley SC | 1130 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
6th | Simon Skinner | Nicky Skinner | Wembley SC | 594 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
7th | Tim Lewis | Elliot Lewis | Littleton SC | 1343 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
8th | Francis Bucknall | Ben Bucknall | Wembley SC | 787 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 |
9th | Simon Cory | Sarah Styles | Downs SC | 1018 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 14 |
10th | Charlotte Savage | Mike Wood | Island Barn SC | 1325 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 17 |
11th | David Beaney | John Beaney | Castaways SC | 1150 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 17 |
12th | Niall Martin | Renate S | Wembley SC | 1263 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
13th | Julian Bradley | Greg Gilbert | Wembley SC | 1263 | DNF | 12 | 12 | 24 |
14th | Roger Wilson | Chung Chan | Wembley SC | 1131 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 26 |
15th | Bart Bridgen | Bryony Hatchet-Evans | Stokes Bay SC | 415 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 29 |
16th | Adam Jenkins | Yihyi Hwang | Wembley SC | 508 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
17th | Alec Gass | Nadia Essendi | Wembley SC | 633 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
18th | Joe Farwell | Beate Pohler | Wembley SC | 705 | 16 | 19 | DNF | 35 |
19th | Orla White | Alex Gardiol | Wembley SC | 1088 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 35 |
20th | Martin Thomas | Olivia James | Wembley SC | 554 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 35 |
21st | Emma Redshaw | Alistair Loweth | Wembley SC | 1178 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 42 |
22nd | Mario Campanelli | Karolis Atkocaitis | Wembley SC | 612 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
23rd | Jane Hill | Jess O'Gorman | Wembley SC | 1299 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 43 |
24th | Simon McNamara | Liz Graham | Wembley SC | 439 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 44 |