45th Hamble Warming Pan at Hamble River Sailing Club Preview
by Barney Smith / HRSC 14 Mar 2007 15:04 GMT
10-11 March 2007
Over 50 dinghies competed in the 45th annual Hamble Warming Pan hosted by Hamble River Sailing Club over the weekend of 10th & 11th March. The event was blessed with amazing weather normally only seen at the height of an English Summer. With bright sunshine and moderate winds prevailing all weekend the competitors enjoyed four superb races up and down the Hamble River.
The 23 strong Firefly Class was won by Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield from
Wessex Exiles in Mark’s superbly restored, 59 year old, Firefly ‘Dido’,
originally built for the 1948 Olympic Games. Mark and Sally just edged out
Ian Sanderson from the Royal Lymington who sailed with Claire Wood
(Saturday) and Debs Hill (Sunday).
The Merlin Class, also comprising 23 boats, was keenly fought with Richard
Whitworth and Nichola Brook in “Filthy/Gorgeous” taking the Warming Pan
title by a single point from Tom Stewart and Chris Downham. Things might
have been different if Tom and Chris hadn’t missed the first race on
Saturday due to some significant travel errors.
The local Foxer class was convincingly won by John Duff in “Hale Fox”.
Despite having the smallest entry this class had some of the keenest racing
and provided excellent entertainment as they used some very small courses
set adjacent to Hamble Green.
Once again the many volunteers members of HRSC provided excellent race
management, plenty of hot food all day, a friendly welcome and following a
very hectic week running up to the event some superb new changing rooms.
Over the year the club will consider plans for the 46th Warming Pan which
will take place on 8/9 March 2008 but rest assured the event is now back on
a firm footing and the club looks forward to welcoming an even bigger entry
in 12 months times.
Video Footage:
Excellent video footage of Sunday racing is available at www.malcolmdonald.com
Overall Results:
Firefly Fleet:
Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm & Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
1 | GBR498 | Dido | Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2 | GBR3841 | Genesis | Ian Sanderson and Claire Wood/Debs Hill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
3 | GBR1867 | Cumulus | Steve Greaves and Sally Wilson | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | GBR3023 | Fourwood Thinking | Barney Smith and Alannah Witherby | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
5 | GBR3919 | Mrs Brock | Peter Cook and Janet Exelby | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 17 |
6 | GBR3074 | The Sith | Simon Spolton and Verity Birch | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 |
7 | GBR3708 | Atomic | Lizzie Edwards and Carina | 8 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 25 |
8 | GBR3674 | Flo | Nigel Wakefield and Emily Sanderson | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
9 | GBR1811 | Tit Willow | Peter Slimming and Charlotte McGarry | 16 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
10 | GBR2617 | Felix | Lucy Boreham and Rachel Crebbin | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
11 | GBR3694 | Ross E | James Fryatt and Lizzie Shawcroft | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
12 | GBR3414 | Minke | Andy Palmer-Felgate and Liz Sutton | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 35 |
13 | GBR2507 | Special Brew | Andy Reynolds-Jones and Dave Thompson | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
14 | GBR3711 | Katie B | Tom Shawcroft and Tom Gall | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 37 |
15 | GBR2594 | Bloodhound | Russell and Emily Peters | 7 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 38 |
16 | GBR3414 | Minke | Richard Anderton and crew | 23 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 38 |
17 | GBR3693 | Ian | Fiona Jones and Sammy Burns | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 41 |
18 | GBR3713 | Arjosarus | Simon Reynolds-Jones and Imogen Warren | 11 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 44 |
19 | GBR3710 | John Merricks | Alex Lomer and Tom Burns | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
20 | GBR3168 | TBC | Mike Steele and crews | 23 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 53 |
21 | GBR3692 | Eric | Callum and Kieran Rocks | 18 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 58 |
22 | GBR708 | John | Pelham Olive and crew | 23 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 61 |
23 | GBR708 | John | Alexandra and Colin Olive | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 65 |
Merlin Rocket Fleet:
Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm & Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
1 | GBR3670 | Filthy /Gorgeous | Richard Whitworth and Nic Brook | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | GBR3683 | Little Blue | Tom Stewart and Chris Downham | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
3 | GBR3685 | The Black Pearl | William Warren and Chris | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
4 | GBR3656 | Wild Card | Roger Gilbert and James | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
5 | GBR3660 | djelibeybi | Will Rainey and Vicki Tarbet | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
6 | GBR3539 | Gangsta Paradise | Dan Alsop and Jennie King | 3 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
7 | GBR3652 | Time and Tide | David Sayce and Graham | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
8 | GBR3684 | Keyser Soze | Andy Davis and Elle Bremner | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
9 | GBR3676 | Hot Totty | Pat and Jill Blake | 6 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
10 | GBR3666 | Devilled Kidney | Chris Lewns and Jane | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
11 | GBR3643 | Moist | Alex Jackson and Georgie | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
12 | GBR3653 | Artemis | Judith Massey & Claire | 12 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 30 |
13 | GBR3641 | Puff the Magic Dragon | Steve Tyler and Ally | 8 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 36 |
14 | GBR3665 | Still Not Over | Matt Biggs and Claire | 11 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 36 |
15 | GBR3592 | Boadicea | Nick Scroggie and Frances | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
16 | GBR3661 | Schmoozy Blue | Graham and Ben | 15 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 39 |
17 | GBR3640 | Smart Tart | Simon and Anna | 24 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 42 |
18 | GBR3580 | Chambulls | Mark Fuller and Chris | 14 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 46 |
19 | GBR3483 | Cloud 9 | Mark Emmett and Gaby | 17 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
20 | GBR3400 | Dangerbat | James and Helen | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 54 |
21 | GBR3657 | Revolution | Phil Emery and Dave | 24 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 65 |
22 | GBR3609 | Time Lords | Carl Whitehill and Julian | 19 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 65 |
23 | GBR3566 | Pocket Rocket | Joe McLaughlin and Bryn | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 70 |
Foxer Fleet:
Pos | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
1 | GBR67 | Hale Fox | Mr John Duff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
2 | GBR15 | Fox | Mr Ian Savill | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
3 | GBR62 | Rennfox | Mr Ian Sumner | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
4 | GBR50 | Ace | David Criswick | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
5 | GBR136 | Grandy | Alan Fuller | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 |