Gul RS700 & 800 Nats at Hayling Island Sailing Club Overall

by RS Class Association 1 Sep 2003 17:02 BST

RS700 Day 5:

You can’t have it all your own way. Following 2 days of wind and rain and cold, the final day of the RS700 Nationals dawned gloriously sunny and warm. Unfortunately the wind wasn’t joining the party. Three winds, from the NE, NW and SW spent the day fighting each other for supremacy, with “interesting” results. Going into the final two races, defending champion Paul Bayliss was 7 points in the lead courtesy of a purple patch in the windy middle of the week, when he scored 5 bullets in a row. However, both Neil Robinson and Andy White could still theoretically still snatch the title, and Hayling Bay in a northerly is just the place to deliver surprises….

The first race of the day was started at the second attempt, and Robinson shot out of the pin end of the line demonstrating his intentions not to give up without a good fight. Unfortunately for him however, the sea breeze towards which he was sailing, just didn’t quite arrive, and Robinson sat in a hole in the wind, effectively ending his hopes of overall victory. Meanwhile, Neil Upton-Brown established an early lead, hotly pursued by Bayliss, White and Jason Belben. Belben then sailed a magnificent race, to take victory from Ben Oakley, with a slightly unlucky Upton-Brown in third. Bayliss finished fourth, which was enough to give him victory with a race to spare, and Leigh Albrecht from Queen Mary SC scored a fifth, his best result of the championships, which was the same for Buzz Keck who finished a glorious sixth.

The final race of the series was also one of the most difficult. The early series leader Nick Rizzi established an early lead, which he then threw away by not knowing the number of rounds to be sailed. Tim Dickinson seized his chance and ran away with the race, a hugely popular win. Neil Robinson consolidated his second position overall with a second place, whilst Rizzi came home third. Ben Oakley finished a solid day with a fourth, and Andy White made sure of third overall with fifth.

So overall Bayliss wins his second championship in the RS700 with clever sailing and good overall speed, but blistering pace in the stronger breezes. Neil Robinson was always going to be a real challenger for the title, but just couldn’t match Bayliss’s boat handling and tactics in the breeze. Andy White will be slightly disappointed with his third place, as he knows he has the capability to win on his day, and Jason Belben despite sailing his socks off in the stronger winds, couldn’t convert this into a consistent enough series. Neil Upton-Brown sailed the oldest boat in the fleet to fifth place, mounting a late charge up the leader board. Likewise Ben Oakley ended the week with some top results but just couldn’t get going in the early part of the series. The very deserving winner of the silver fleet was Leigh Albrecht, who has been improving dramatically in the RS700 all season and on his day is right up there when it matters. Popular winner of the “Masters” category was Nick Rizzi, and who could forget the look on his face in day one when he scored two bullets to take an early championship lead.

A hugely successful week, some of the most exciting single handed racing on offer, conditions to suit everybody, and with masterful race officering by Peter Wareham, the event was capped with a fantastic party in the new Hayling clubhouse. Thanks HISC, we’ll be back…..

RS700 Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	875	Paul Bayliss G	HISC	6	6	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	50	19
2	744	Neil Robinson G	HISC	11	3	3	5	2	5	2	1	14	2	23
3	741	Andy White G	Stokes Bay	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	7	12	5	27
4	788	Jason Belben G	Stokes Bay	2	2	6	10	8	4	4	6	1	13	33
5	707	Neil Upton-Brown G	HISC	12	9	2	11	5	12	8	3	3	6	47
6	714	Ben Oakley G	HISC	9	10	8	8	9	9	18	2	2	4	51
7	769	Steve Tylecote G	Burghfield	3	7	7	13	7	6	6	10	50	50	59
8	750	Andrew Peake G	Bough Beech	13	14	10	7	13	3	13	5	7	8	66
9	823	Andy Irons G		5	5	12	4	6	15	12	25	29	7	66
10	866	Nick Rizzi G M	HISC	1	1	25	6	18	7	19	18	18	3	72
11	869	Leigh Albrecht S	Queen Mary	14	50	13	36	10	13	11	23	5	9	98
12	803	Tim Dickinson G	HISC	21	17	16	17	17	11	15	13	9	1	99
13	828	Ian Gorringe S	HISC	10	50	9	9	4	10	33	28	19	11	100
14	868	Dave Smithwhite G M	HISC	7	19	50	50	12	8	7	22	20	18	113
15	832	David Geal G	Eastbourne Sovereign	31	35	5	3	19	16	9	15	30	17	114
16	839	Jon Emmett G	Weir Wood	19	8	17	24	16	21	17	8	22	15	121
17	766	Alex Koukourakis S	Eastbourne Sovereign	23	11	11	12	11	24	20	24	15	19	122
18	822	Tony Freer G	Chew Valley	15	13	28	50	26	14	5	9	28	16	126
19	858	Buzz Keck S	Bowmoor	17	21	20	50	14	27	28	12	6	25	142
20	798	Nick Rawlings G M	HISC	8	23	18	21	21	22	26	20	23	10	143
21	800	Christian Brandt G		25	16	14	50	50	17	23	27	11	12	145
22	842	Stephen Main G	Weston	22	20	23	20	22	18	21	29	17	20	160
23	844	Graham Simmonds G	HISC	24	27	27	19	28	26	22	11	10	22	161
24	819	Dave Griffiths S	Bough Beech	18	25	26	28	34	20	25	31	13	14	169
25	856	Andrew Jameson G	HISC	36	12	30	18	24	41	10	16	50	50	187
26	857	Andrew Streeter S	HISC	29	22	21	26	20	25	41	34	21	23	187
27	861	Eddie Gatehouse G	Chichester	28	24	50	22	25	33	32	14	16	28	189
28	719	James Stewart	Stokes Bay	35	33	19	16	15	40	27	26	26	29	191
29	764	Gerard Hughes S	HISC	27	29	15	15	23	34	29	50	27	30	195
30	826	Keri Harris S	RNSA	16	26	24	23	38	35	39	17	50	21	200
31	787	Angus Chisholm S	HISC	26	15	36	31	32	29	35	30	8	50	206
32	748	David Gorringe S	Lymington Town	37	31	22	32	30	19	31	21	32	24	210
33	834	Demo Dave Merchant G	HISC	32	32	29	30	27	30	16	32	50	50	228
34	721	Neil Sanders S	Cardiff Bay	38	36	34	29	31	28	34	35	33	33	257
35	776	Andrew Beynon S	HISC	41	41	32	33	40	23	30	36	35	36	265
36	728	Adam Wright S	Stokes Bay	39	37	50	35	33	39	24	37	34	34	273
37	871	Matthew Stark S	HISC	42	50	37	37	39	38	36	38	25	31	281
38	872	Richard Wadsworth S		34	34	31	50	36	37	14	50	50	50	286
39	840	Stephen Hermanson S	Datchet Water	20	28	50	50	50	31	38	19	50	50	286
40	753	Stephen Butcher S	HISC	33	30	33	14	29	50	50	50	50	50	289
41	817	Grahame Sanderson S	Brightlingsea	40	18	50	50	50	36	40	50	31	27	292
42	806	Nigel King G	Lymington Town	50	50	50	50	50	32	37	33	24	26	302
43	867	Richard Nieveen S		43	39	50	34	37	42	42	39	50	32	308
44	865	Miles Odell S M	HISC	30	38	35	25	35	50	50	50	50	50	313
45	791	Andrew Sweet S	HISC	44	40	50	50	50	50	50	50	36	35	355
46	789	Ivan Snell S	HISC	45	42	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	37	374
47	774	Giles Marshall S M	HISC	46	43	50	50	50	50	50	50	37	50	376
48	877	Keith Haydon S		50	50	50	27	50	50	50	50	50	50	377
49	854	Tim Polglase	HISC	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	400

RS800 Day 5:

What a difference a day makes, August returned to Hayling for the weekend and the final day of racing, sunny blue skies and light shifting Northerly breeze. Tight, tactical racing, with your thinking hats on, was going to be the order of the day.

Race nine was started with the port biased line being assisted by the tide, helping the entire fleet onto the pin end. From the ensuing melee a lucky few made their break up the shifty beat. Steve Irish and Martin Gotrel got the bit between their teeth and took the race by storm with Jon Partridge and Tim Smyth making the most of getting some good shifts to take second. Geoff Carveth and Craig Davies took third from Chips Howarth and Ali Hall who spend the entire race on the comeback trail after the start. James Date and Mark Hogan never recovered from getting buried on the pin at the start, and finished 15th, this brought their 4th (which was a discard) into play from race 7, and the battle for the title with Chips Howarth to the final race.

Race 10 was again started on a biased line with loads of tide. The pin end jousting was impressive, and after several general recalls and some complete chaos the fleet got away. Port tack across the line was the only way to start as the wind took a huge shift, and Steve Irish and Martin Gotrel found themselves pointing at the windward mark and held the shift for longer than most to lead around the windward mark. By the top mark the leading group of ten boats had been established, with Irish at the front and Chips Howarth and Ali Hall in there somewhere. James Date and Mark Hogan had some work to do after another start where they got buried in the pack. As Irish and Gotrel set off into the sunset to take the final race, Date and Hogan were on the comeback trail and Chips Howarth was sailing down the final run in 5th then 4th then 5th then 4th, this was it…… 4th for the title and fifth for third place overall, losing on countback to Date and Irish. Date needed a 6th to beat Howarth in 4th place. Rounding the final mark Howarth secured fourth, Date's charge to the front stopped at tenth place leaving Chips Howarth and Ali Hall as national champions. Date and Hogan were second tied on points with Irish and Gotrel who finish third on countback.

An excellent week was had by all with some tight and tactical racing. Chips Haworth and Ali Hall worthy champions with no results outside the top 7; James Date and Mark Hogan so unlucky on the last day but still securing an excellent second. Steve Irish and Martin Gotrel finishing the championships in style with three bullets, but left thinking about what may have been after their cutting the kite in half manoeuvre on day two.

It should be a tight year at the top next year.

RS800 Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	1044	Chips Howarth	Ali Hall G	HISC	2	6	7	1	3	1	2	4	4	4	21
2	1001	James Date	Mark Hogan G	Stokes Bay	7	1	1	2	1	4	4	2	15	10	22
3	1058	Steve Irish	Martin Gotrel S	Draycote Water SC	5	3	4	52	4	16	3	1	1	1	22
4	1061	Mike Lennon	Emma White LG	HISC	1	2	6	4	10	7	5	52	6	8	39
5	1045	Nick Peters	Nikki Griffin LG	HISC	4	7	9	5	7	6	11	8	21	3	49
6	1064	Chris Haworth	Stuart Aston G	Bristol Corinthian	3	8	16	9	9	3	1	52	5	22	54
7	1019	Paul Bartlett	Stuart Woodyer G	Starcross	12	9	2	12	5	2	17	16	12	52	70
8	1000	Geoff Carveth	Craig Davies G	HISC	9	10	15	3	13	12	16	5	3	52	70
9	1057	Alan Olive	Mike Warren G	Stokes Bay	10	4	18	8	6	8	15	12	7	25	70
10	1050	Matt Adams	Mark Rhodes G	Stokes Bay	15	17	11	6	2	5	8	19	13	52	77
11	1065	Ronald Millar	Peter Marshall G	Dalgety Bay	11	16	5	16	17	9	6	7	8	15	77
12	818	Max Capener	Matt McGovern G	Draycote	13	13	3	14	18	11	10	3	14	17	81
13	932	Rikki Tagg	Roz Allen L M G	HISC	17	11	23	10	14	10	13	18	16	2	93
14	1051	Jon Partrige	Tim Smyth G	Netley	19	21	27	17	11	20	9	13	2	20	111
15	1046	Neil Harrison	Ricki Berlingham G	Stokes Bay	18	15	12	19	36	19	12	21	19	9	123
16	847	Justin Deal	Sarah Marriott L G	Datchet Water	23	18	13	23	21	52	19	17	9	14	134
17	944	Alasdair Hall	Sandy Wright G	RNSA	6	22	26	11	52	52	7	9	31	24	136
18	967	Jason Smith	Julia Plumstead L G	Stokes Bay	8	31	8	13	19	52	18	39	28	13	138
19	843	Robert Watson	James Holmes G	Royal Lymington	25	12	25	29	20	18	26	20	17	6	143
20	1055	Neil Ashby	Jeremy Davis G	HISC	34	52	10	7	8	15	24	30	44	21	149
21	1010	Chris Mayhew	Mark Stowe S	RHYC	52	52	14	25	28	17	21	23	11	16	155
22	925	Simon Jenkins	Neil Arnott G	Eastbourne Sovereign	24	23	24	20	52	25	25	14	20	19	169
23	1002	Keith Walker	Paul Jones M S	HISC	29	24	31	27	16	14	27	34	18	29	184
24	919	Chris Stevens	Tim Clarke S	Stokes Bay	28	27	52	52	25	21	22	10	30	26	189
25	979	Chris Hoppins	Martin Winter G		21	5	17	18	52	52	23	6	52	52	194
26	883	Ian Jubb	Jo Sykes-Davis L S		31	32	36	22	30	13	28	15	26	30	195
27	839	Alex Davies	Sarah Huges L G	Draycote Water	14	26	32	21	52	52	30	28	36	12	199
28	931	Mark Pollington	Sam Jackson S	Burghfield	33	30	33	31	23	24	38	42	29	11	214
29	1007	Paul Haswell	John Hodge S	HISC	39	43	35	32	27	28	34	33	24	7	220
30	874	Nicole Johnson	Rob Sherrington L S	Spinnaker	16	25	52	52	52	52	33	11	27	5	221
31	805	Alastair Gould	G Ellis S		52	35	52	52	22	23	14	22	32	23	223
32	1047	Charlie Coulborn	Nick Bishop G	Stokes Bay	30	34	19	28	24	26	32	31	35	33	223
33	926	Alastair Shires	Penny Shires L S	Stokes Bay	20	20	52	52	35	34	35	24	22	37	227
34	1009	Paul Taylor	Julie Taylor L S	Datchet	27	39	22	36	39	35	36	25	33	18	232
35	809	Tom Smedley	Nick Murphy G	HISC	22	14	21	15	12	52	52	52	52	52	240
36	1013	Joe Turnbull	Ben Saynor S		32	36	20	26	26	33	40	29	39	52	241
37	854	Sam Sutton	Jessie Gebhard L S	Derwent Reservoir	35	37	29	33	34	31	31	32	25	28	243
38	930	Paul White	Graham Sexton S	Thorpe Bay	38	44	52	52	31	29	29	35	10	36	252
39	900	Chris Powles	Kirsty Hart L M S	HISC	36	29	34	34	52	52	20	36	41	32	262
40	1015	Katie Archer	Michael Archer L S	Felixstowe Ferry	52	28	37	24	52	36	42	26	42	40	275
41	999	Chris Feibush	Rob Wells S	HISC	26	45	28	52	15	52	52	27	52	52	297
42	899	Neil McLellan	Hugh Coleman S	Datchet Water	41	19	30	52	29	22	52	52	52	52	297
43	909	Joshua Richardson	David Jeffries S	Netley	47	48	39	30	37	27	41	41	45	38	298
44	987	Neil Bond	L S	Stokes Bay	45	33	38	52	38	30	45	40	40	35	299
45	971	Adam Golding	Chris Paul S	HISC	40	46	40	35	33	32	44	43	38	52	305
46	938	Stuart Bishop	Simon Bishop S	Downs	43	47	52	52	32	52	43	37	34	34	322
47	966	Mike Lillywhite	Dean Lillywhite S	Thorney Island	46	38	52	52	52	52	39	52	23	31	333
48	1042	Peter Craggs	Ronnie Carter S	York Railway Institute	44	41	52	52	52	52	37	38	43	27	334
49	840	Greg Swift	Wendy Shaw L M S	HISC	42	40	52	52	52	52	52	52	37	39	366
50	833	Pippa Baker	Mostyn Evans S	Mounts Bay	37	42	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	391