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Tornado Nationals Report

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Topic: Tornado Nationals Report
Posted By: tornado435
Subject: Tornado Nationals Report
Date Posted: 14 Sep 06 at 8:16am

Blatant Pagarism from the tornado site but i'm sure Simon won't mind. I had a great weekend, missed out on two races on the Saturday morning, but thats racing. Great to see 26 Tornado's all in one place, looking forward to the regatta's in Weymouth now.

"Tornado Nationals [ 09/12/06 ]

Leigh McMillan & Will Howden (GBR 1) are 2006 Tornado National Champions - 9 wins in 10 races at the Volkswagen Touareg sponsored Tornado National Championship held at Brightlingsea 8th-10th September.



The Tornado UK National Championships brought together the best of UK and overseas visiting crews. This year the event was held in Brightlingsea, Essex from the 8th -10th September.
There was strong fleet of 26 entries including 2 French and 1 Danish boat (each Olympic contenders in their own country) that had travelled to join in the high level competition. Whilst the top end of the fleet was dominated by Olympic hopefuls/GBR squad and the overseas visitors the club racers in the middle and lowers orders competed furiously and had fantastic fun.
The weather was glorious with 3 warm sunny days and winds of Force 2-5. A full schedule of 10 races each lasting approximately 1 hour/3 laps around a windward leeward course took place.
The social side of the event was very active and fun. Friday night saw a “Hog Roast” provided by Graham Eeles, Saturday was a sit down curry, with speeches, video of the days racing, free beer, fun prizes, a key note speech by Reg White and followed by dancing to a rock band.
The Tornado became the first Olympic catamaran class in 1976, when Reg White of Brightlingsea won a Gold medal in Montreal with a boat built in Brightlingsea. It is exactly 30 years since this inaugural Olympic win by Reg and he came along to speak of his experiences at the Commodores dinner on Saturday night to the young group of new Olympic hopefuls.
The event was sponsored by Volkswagen Touareg who provided financial support and a tow-car.
UK Championship Results & Prizes


1st Place Championship Winners Leigh McMillan & Will Howden
2nd Place GBR Boat Chris Rashly & Marcus Lynch
3rd Place GBR Boat John Ready & Ryan Crawford
1st Youth Team Chris Rashly & Marcus Lynch

Best Placed Overseas Crew(2nd in the Regatta) Mattieu Souben & Gurvan Bontemps (France)
1st Non RYA funded team John Ready & Ryan Crawford
Best Placed Mixed Crew David Shaw & Susan Shaw
1st Brightlingsea Crew John Payne & Mat Hunt
Outstanding Achievement Barry Arnison & Nik Davy

Diary of Racing


Thursday 7th September - Practice Day
10 boats went out together, supported by two coach boats to do practice starts and short shake-down races in Force 3/Sunny conditions
Friday 8th September 2006 3 races
Racing started at 10:30 with sun and Force 2-3 winds – flat water. Leigh McMillan/Will Howden lead to begin in Race 1 but a tactical error saw them drop to 6th place and the race was won by Danish Team Allan Norregaard/ Michael Risor and John Ready/Ryan Crawford as the first GBR boat. The following two races were both won by Leigh McMillan/Will Howden
Saturday 9th September 4 Races
Another sunny day but with wind strength Force 3-4 with occasional gusts to Force 5. The sea state began to roughen up during the day resulting in two capsizes. First place in all 4 races went to Leigh McMillan/Will Howden as they consolidated their hold on top spot in the regatta. The overseas entries had a good day with 3 2nd places on the water by Bill Besson/Arnaud Jaelegan from France and 3 3rd places by Matthieu Souben/Gurvan Bontemps also from France
Sunday 10th September 3 races
The competitors woke to little wind and a blazing sunny day, racing was postponed for an hour but the fleet got underway as a Force 2-3 sea breeze kicked in at 12:00. The lighter airs saw much closer tactical racing but Leigh McMillan/Will Howden continued their strangle-hold on the event with another 3 wins. Matthieu Souben / Gurvan Bontemps were equally as consistent with three 2nd’s. Hugh Styles/Tom Peel achieved two 3rd’s and a 4th as they adjusted to the lighter conditions
The Event Winners
Leigh McMillan & Will Howden dominated the event with 9 straight wins out of 10 races. With one allowable discard this gave them only 9 points, the minimum possible over the event. Leigh & Will were sailing the new Graham Eeles designed/built Tornado, built in Brightlingsea and making its debut at a UK regatta. Leigh and Will have been sailing together since Dec 2004, since then they have been training full time as part of the Royal Yachting Associations Team GBR. Based in the Southampton area they are training in Hamble and Weymouth when in the UK, and Santander, Spain and Palma for the remainder of the winter. They have been competing at all the major Olympic classes regattas around the world and have just returned from racing in China at the 2008 Olympic location. "

 


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Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 14 Sep 06 at 1:31pm

congrats to the winners and Tor class getting a report out , shame 5.9's are taking sooooooo long with theirs , praps there isn't to be one !

 

Poor ole porn star who I see was 3rd GBR boat - well done again, is missing his recognition in winning 5.9 nats.

 

ps some piccys of the eeles winning tor would be good , now its coming to form.

Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 14 Sep 06 at 4:19pm

http://www.fotoboat.com - www.fotoboat.com for pics of the event.

Leigh and Will were that quick I'm not sure they will be in focus.

Posted By: Port End Flyer
Date Posted: 14 Sep 06 at 4:28pm

Tornado 435 - Has the full list of finishing positions been posted anywhere yet that you know of?



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Close your eyes and "GO FOR IT!" What else do we pay insurance premiums for?

Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 14 Sep 06 at 10:04pm
not that I've seen. Will try to remember to take my hard copy to work tomorrow and I might get time to type them in

Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Sep 06 at 9:37am
Overall Position UK Nationals Bow Number Country Sail Number Helm Crew Club
1 1   1 GBR 1 Leigh McMillan Will Howden  
2 9 FRA 282 Matthieu Souben Gurvan Bontemps Srvannes
3     8 FRA 281 Billy Besson Arnaud Jaelegan SNO
4 5 DEN 1 Allan Norregaard Michael Risor KBL
5 2   22 GBR 438 Chris Rashley Marcus Lynch Stokes Bay
6 3 14 GBR 432 John Ready Ryan Crawford Stokes Bay
7 4   20 GBR 415 Leo Farrow Sam Chadder Worthing
8 5 23 GBR 418 Grant Piggot Greg Windle Weston
9 6   11 NZL 73 David Shaw Susan Shaw Weston
10 7 15 GBR 434 Hugh Styles Tom Peel Downs
11 8   13 GBR 423 Brian Wilson Sam Jones Largs SC
12 9 2 GBR 398 John Payne Mathew Hunt B'Sea SC
13 10   10 GBR 417 William Sunnocks Mark Self B'Sea SC
14 11 12 GBR 413 Simon Northrop Simon Farren B'Sea SC
15 12   17 GBR 32 Mark Norman Dan Belben Stokes Bay
16 13 24 GBR 409 Nick Barnes Stuart Smith B'Sea SC
17 14   18 GBR 435 Phillip Marks Stuart Offer KQYC
18 15 7 GBR 424 Lee Harrison Andrew Downey Marconi SC
19 16   26 GBR 429 Geoff Tindale Dan Tindale Stone SC
20 17 16 GBR 421 Robert Stahl Annette Chatten Thorpe Bay YC
21 18   6 GBR 419 Paul Mines Paddy Carr B'Sea SC
22 19 4 GBR 420 Barry Arnison Nik Davy GWSC
23 20   19 GBR 410 (318) James O'Leary Tom O'Leary PB SC
24 21 25 GBR 11 Sam Vaughn David Bamford Stokes Bay
25 22   3 GBR 440 Jason Williams D Bates Stokes Bay
26 23 21 GBR 410 Adam Piggot Ricky Heasman Weston
               
               
               

Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Sep 06 at 9:39am
  Overall Position UK Nationals Bow Number Country Sail Number Helm Crew Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Discard Score
  1 1   1 GBR 1 Leigh McMillan Will Howden     6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   15 6 9
  2 9 FRA 282 Matthieu Souben Gurvan Bontemps Srvannes 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 2 28 5 23
  3     8 FRA 281 Billy Besson Arnaud Jaelegan SNO   4 2 8 2 2 2 ocs 4 3 5   59 27 32
  4 5 DEN 1 Allan Norregaard Michael Risor KBL 1 rtd 2 4 4 6 5 10 5 6 70 27 43
  5 2   22 GBR 438 Chris Rashley Marcus Lynch Stokes Bay   8 8 6 6 6 3 ocs 5 6 7   82 27 55
  6 3 14 GBR 432 John Ready Ryan Crawford Stokes Bay 3 4 4 10 9 7 9 6 13 9 74 13 61
  7 4   20 GBR 415 Leo Farrow Sam Chadder Worthing   5 9 5 9 8 8 4 16 9 13   86 16 70
  8 5 23 GBR 418 Grant Piggot Greg Windle Weston 10 6 7 5 7 15 8 14 7 8 87 15 72
  9 6   11 NZL 73 David Shaw Susan Shaw Weston   11 5 12 11 14 9 7 7 12 3   91 14 77
  10 7 15 GBR 434 Hugh Styles Tom Peel Downs dns dns dns 7 5 4 2 3 4 4 110 27 83
  11 8   13 GBR 423 Brian Wilson Sam Jones Largs SC   9 7 13 14 11 12 6 9 8 11   100 14 86
  12 9 2 GBR 398 John Payne Mathew Hunt B'Sea SC 7 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 11 10 113 13 100
  13 10   10 GBR 417 William Sunnocks Mark Self B'Sea SC   16 14 14 8 10 14 11 12 10 14   123 16 107
  14 11 12 GBR 413 Simon Northrop Simon Farren B'Sea SC 17 11 9 15 12 10 ocs 11 14 16 142 27 115
  15 12   17 GBR 32 Mark Norman Dan Belben Stokes Bay   12 13 10 13 rtd 11 12 15 15 15   143 27 116
  16 13 24 GBR 409 Nick Barnes Stuart Smith B'Sea SC 15 16 17 16 15 17 14 8 17 12 147 17 130
  17 14   18 GBR 435 Phillip Marks Stuart Offer KQYC   13 15 16 rtd dns 16 10 19 20 18   181 27 154
  18 15 7 GBR 424 Lee Harrison Andrew Downey Marconi SC 18 17 20 17 16 19 15 17 19 dns 185 27 158
  19 16   26 GBR 429 Geoff Tindale Dan Tindale Stone SC   21 18 18 19 18 20 rtd 18 18 17   194 27 167
  20 17 16 GBR 421 Robert Stahl Annette Chatten Thorpe Bay YC 19 20 21 18 19 21 16 20 16 19 189 21 168
  21 18   6 GBR 419 Paul Mines Paddy Carr B'Sea SC   20 19 19 20 17 18 17 21 21 20   192 21 171
  22 19 4 GBR 420 Barry Arnison Nik Davy GWSC dnf rtd 24 21 20 22 18 dnf 23 21 230 27 203
  23 20   19 GBR 410 (318) James O'Leary Tom O'Leary PB SC   22 rtd 22 dns dns dns dns rtd 22 22   250 27 223
  24 21 25 GBR 11 Sam Vaughn David Bamford Stokes Bay rtd 21 23 rtd dns dns dns dns dns dns 260 27 233
  25 22   3 GBR 440 Jason Williams D Bates Stokes Bay   23 rtd dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns   266 27 239
  26 23 21 GBR 410 Adam Piggot Ricky Heasman Weston dns rtd dns dns dns dns dns rtd dns dns 270 27 243

Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Sep 06 at 9:42am

Only bit I couldn't get on was the header.

I would like to say a big thank you to Brightlingsea Sailing club, the race officer, organisers and all the sponsors. VW Touareg was the big one.

Graham and Julie Eeles and Paul Mines especially deserve a special mention.

Lets hope Weston can do as good a job next year!


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