Squib Nationals at Weymouth Sailing Club

by John Croydon 11 Jul 2003 10:43 BST 28 June to 4 July 2003

Great organisation ashore, an imaginative PRO in Derek Abbott and a week of super weather all contributed to a most successful Championship. The Practice Race on the Saturday had been won by the Hogans in Rico’Shea (136), when the fleet of 81 Squibs assembled on the line on the Sunday morning.

Race 1. A veering Easterly force 3 led to an hours delay, but a clean start ensued with nobody black-flagged. The Hogans led after the first triangle, just ahead of David Best in Crossfire (797), and with Peter Marchant in Tears for Fears (801), Max Evans in Girl Pam (765) and Steve Also in Mayhem (754) nearby. In the increasing wind Rico’Shea and Crossfire drew away from the others and, on the final beat, Crossfire broke through for the first time in the race to take the gun. By now a near force 5 had given the whole fleet a lively workout !

Race 2. After a postponement for a shift in the light Southerly, the PRO got the fleet away first time with a black-flagged start. The race that followed was rather devoid of drama, with Rico’Shea establishing an early lead and holding it throughout. Gentle jousting among the usual suspects found Gerard Dyson in Alchemy (800) in 2nd place and Alan Johnson in Nimbus (17) in 3rd at the finish. Dick Batt, in a borrowed boat, Petard (53), had worked his way up from the back of the fleet to come 9th.

Race 3. Very light, shifty South-Westerly led to a two hour delay ashore and a further two hours afloat before the fleet got away in a force 2. A black-flagged start and a general recall prior to this had led to several OCS retirements and there were again a few boats deemed OCS at the start proper. The half knot of tide had taken its toll and 57 Squibs contested this race in the end. All rather an anticlimax as Rico’Shea led throughout, ahead of Tears for Fears and Nigel Harris in Banshee (65). Those black-flagged might not agree but this was a triumph for the PRO in getting a race during the only possible period during the day.

Race 4. Again the PRO managed to get a race started at the first opportunity in light Easterlies and an imponderable weather forecast. Nobody OCS in the black-flag start and shifty winds found Dick Batt first at the windward mark with local boat White Knuckles (655) second. Normal service was resumed by the end of the triangle as the front runners came through. The windward mark was moved a full 80 degrees for the second round and the race was finished on the run in the failing wind. Dick held his lead, with Alchemy 2nd and Brian Holland in Dream Machine (789) 3rd.

Race 5. An eventless race gave Rico’Shea its third win, with Nimbus and Malcolm Blackburn in Moonstone (96) in the podium places.

Race 6. Another good race but no great changes in the front. Crossfire winning from Rico’Shea and Nigel Grogan in Good old Helmut (819). The Hogans in Rico’Shea were finally convincing and worthy Champions.

Altogether a triumph for the organisation and for South Caernarfon YC, who provided four of the first eight in the Championship. See the full results in www.weysailclub.org.uk

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	136	Rico'Shea	Chris Hogan	Mark Hogan	SCYC&PDSC	2	1	1	-16	1	2	7
2	801	Tears for Fears	Peter Marchant	Andy Biddle	Burnham	3	8	2	4	4	-46	21
3	797	Crossfire	David Best	P Richards	SCYC	1	-19	5	6	10	1	23
4	800	Alchemy	Gerard Dyson	Richard Delves	Royal Yorkshire	11	2	4	2	9	-21	28
5	65	Banshee	Nigel Harris	John Stephenson	SCYC	8	13	3	-22	7	5	36
6	819	Good old Helmut	Nigel Grogan	Sophie Haugh	Royal Corinthian	17	6	13	-20	5	3	44
7	73	Brimstone	Bryan Riley	Jenny Riley	Waveny&Oulton Broad	-13	4	12	10	11	10	47
8	17	Nimbus	Alan Johnson	Dave Garlick	SCYC	18	3	6	-46	2	26	55
9	791	Seven of Nine	Gordon Patterson	Sian McCleave	Royal Northern Ireland	20	12	9	5	-23	9	55
10	828	White Magic	David Wines	Ian Luscombe	Royal Naval Sailing Assn	12	10	-18	8	16	12	58
11	473	Greenfly	T Taylor	JW Stead	Royal Anglesey	16	11	7	-24	19	6	59
12	36	Artemis II	Toby Wincer	Mark Wincer	Felixstowe Ferry	19	-32	10	12	12	7	60
13	757	Jumble	Paul Withers	Peter Nicholson	WSC	10	20	15.5	21	-22	4	70.5
14	823	Humphrey	Robert Coyle	Mark Rawinsky	RCYC	14	5	-82	23	21	8	71
15	804	Jim'n Tonic	James Peters	Paul Vernon	SCYC	7	7	-82	56	6	11	87
16	798	April Fool	Stuart Howells	Peter Halinan	Felixstowe Ferry	15	22	14	9	-30	27	87
17	96	Moonstone	Malcolm Blackburn	Fran Blackburn	SCYC	9	14	-82	53	3	23	102
18	88	Hussy	Tony Saltonstall	Adam Saltonstall	Royal Yorkshire	5	43	17	-48	13	29	107
19	810	Clever Dick	Richard Sullivan	Chris Shonit	Royal Norfolk&Suffolk	32	21	15.5	-51	20	20	108.5
20	627	Firestreak	Sarah Everitt	Robert Everitt	Royal Victoria	34	28	22	15	17	-37	116
21	789	Dream On	Brian Holland	Andrea Holland	SCYC	29	23	-82	3	15	47	117
22	161	WillPower	William Bibby	Nicky Bibby	Royal Anglesey	-40	15	19	35	25	28	122
23	138	Sidewinder	Jeremy Wood	Glyn Deakin	Royal Yorkshire	25	-29	25	27	29	17	123
24	47	Insatiable	John Bibby	Louise Bibby	Royal Anglesey	26	24	24	-43	26	24	124
25	765	Girl Pam	Max Evans	David White	Felixstowe Ferry	6	-82	8	57	31	25	127
26	53	Petard	Dick Batt	Pam Phelan	Bosham	49	9	23	1	-82	49	131
27	761	Tropoblast	Chris Goodfellow	Jacqueline Goodfellow	Burnham&BSC	-37	25	11	37	24	34	131
28	760	Surprise	Simon Stonehouse	Andrew Viney	Rutland	22	36	27	7	41	-78	133
29	564	Quicksilver	Gareth Evans	Debbie Wiltshire	WSC	21	-44	36	25	39	14	135
30	48	Periquin	Phil Proctor	Phil Snewin	SCYC	28	40	26	17	28	-45	139
31	93	Sannu-Sannu II	David Baker	Carl Jeffries	SCYC	38	27	41	28	8	-63	142
32	94	Confusion	Peter Horton	David Gooch	RN&SYC	24	-82	82	19	14	15	154
33	773	Artful Dodger	Nick Emery	Richard Ebdon	Royal Victoria	30	31	-82	34	27	35	157
34	124	Tasmanian Devil	Chris Arnold	John Davies	Waldringfield	41	17	21	49	34	-82	162
35	754	Mayhem	Steve Allso	Glen Pritchard	SCYC	4	16	-82	44	18	82	164
36	796	Bootneck	John Lewis	Bob Rimmer	Royal Western	39	26	29	-42	38	40	172
37	755	Cybi	Richard Roberts	Judy Roberts	Royal Anglesey	48	37	-82	32	44	13	174
38	655	White Knuckles	Peter Jackson	Adam Bowers	WSC	36	42	-82	11	56	30	175
39	578	Last Gasp	Jim Chalmers	NK	WSC	27	49	43	-54	36	22	177
40	640	Firecracker Too	Andrew Porteus	Jerry Westbrook	Royal Victoria	43	47	35	13	46	-51	184
41	63	Inky Finger	David McCune	Adrian Patterson	WSC	23	35	-82	18	47	69	192
42	571	Bluebottle	John Thomson	Ian Berry	WSC	42	-52	33	50	49	18	192
43	621	Magaroo	RichardWilletts	Paul Briant	Royal Naval Sailing Assn.	63	-75	30	29	35	36	193
44	556	Alchemyst	Dick Hanson	Andrew Bartlett	Royal Western	-71	58	28	31	61	19	197
45	803	Footles	Frank Haslam	Tom Milne	SCYC	44	38	-82	26	51	38	197
46	99	Rebound	Richard Peacock	Glyn Roberts	Royal Anglesey	71	41	-82	39	32	16	199
47	822	Archimedes	Mark Heseltine	David Searle	Royal Western	35	33	-82	61	37	33	199
48	116	Aquarius	Magnus Ramsay	Neil Strain	Royal Northern Ireland	50	30	31	59	40	-62	210
49	648	Red Admiral	Chris Gear	Steve Warren Smith	Royal Victoria	33	50	37	-62	43	48	211
50	780	Quantum	Brian Longson	Oliver Longson	WSC	47	60	-82	38	45	32	222
51	618	Nenuphar	Andrew Carley	Paul Austin	Royal Corinthian	31	39	-82	55	33	67	225
52	86	Jubilation	Ernie Lee	Marcus Bray	WSC	46	54	20	52	54	-56	226
53	44	Perfection	Sue Daly	William Daly	Royal Corinthian	57	57	40	30	-72	43	227
54	521	Nan	Graham Smyth	H.Smyth	Royal Victoria	45	-61	44	36	48	55	228
55	788	Kewdeethree	Margaret Barsby	Michael Barsby	Rutland	-61	48	32	58	42	54	234
56	662	Ember	David East	Christopher Edwards	Royal Harwich	-82	69	48	14	57	50	238
57	543	Polly Garter	David Hall	Ann Elliot	Royal Anglesey	-71	18	42	67	53	59	239
58	802	Flame	Dagna Horner	Richard Hinsley	RCYC	52	-63	47	45	60	41	245
59	62	Con Brio	Brian Mather	Annette Mather	Royal Anglesey	-71	34	38	60	52	68	252
60	772	Threadbare	Mike Walker	Louise Sidebottom	Royal Yorkshire	62	65	34	-66	63	31	255
61	751	Notorious	Gareth Richards	Alex Gee	WSC	51	-68	39	41	64	60	255
62	46	Fortysix	Derek .Higgins	Ian Hutchinson	Royal Yorkshire	55	53	55	-70	50	44	257
63	758	Ghost Rider	Guy Temple	Caroline Temple	WSC	60	55	-82	33	68	42	258
64	809	Squffy	Chris Stonehouse		Rutland	53	45	45	63	58	-66	264
65	619	Scarab 2	Peter Eddis	R.Eddis	Royal Victoria	-71	46	46	47	67	65	271
66	391	Viking Gold	Vernon Taylor	Sheila Taylor	WSC	56	59	50	-78	65	58	288
67	482	Blue Vinny	Alun Horniblow	David Wiltshire	WSC	65	70	54	-76	62	39	290
68	697	Bellerphon	David West	John McKerrow	RNSYC	59	56	51	69	-75	57	292
69	735	Iceni Rebel	Colin Hammond	Caroline Nairn	WSC	69	72	49	-82	59	52	301
70	781	Longshot	Mike Eaton	Brian Adams	WSC	67	67	-82	40	71	70	315
71	120	Squiblisatude	Ted Reilly	Tom Crean	Felixstowe Ferry	71	64	-82	64	55	61	315
72	532	Jess	J.S.Holdstock	S.K.Holdstock	Royal Victoria	54	51	82	68	69	-72	324
73	762	Patrick	Adrian Fluker	Matthew Anthony	RCYC Burnham	64	73	53	-79	73	64	327
74	33	Rosmarinus	Dicky Major	H Curteis	SCYC	58	74	-82	77	66	53	328
75	708	Satu	Kevin Gibson	Mornay Gibson	Royal Victoria	70	66	52	71	70	-73	329
76	635	Zip	Frank Lovelock	M Duggan	WSC	66	71	56	74	-77	71	338
77	680	Dry Doc	Dave Hockley	Pete Holloway	WSC	71	76	57	65	-79	76	345
78	542	Comet	Peter Soole	M. Beecroft	WSC	71	62	82	73	74	-77	362
79	433	Little T	Jo Young	Adrian Temple	WSC	68	77	-82	72	78	74	369
80	617	Pegasus	Guy Bagnall	Jennifer Bagnall	WSC	71	78	-82	80	76	75	380
81	581	Squibble	Adrian Cridge	Roger Rees	WSC	-82	79	82	75	82	82	400