Laser SB3 Spring Championships

Laser SB3 Spring Championships - Overall

by Clare Molloy 25 Apr 2007 13:10 BST 14-15 & 21-22 April 2007

Action from the final weekend of the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series © Eddie Mays

An Australian win

Last weekend saw the decisive conclusion to the Raymarine Spring Championships for the Laser SB3 class. For the past two weekends over 62 boats made it to the start line in order to compete in what is now one of the most competitive one design fleets in Europe. Going into the final weekend the championship was still wide open to a number of crews. Marshall King in "Blue Job", Paul Lovejoy in "Badger Racing" and Dan Geoghegan in "Champagne Blonde" looked to be front runners, but other contenders such as Ian Hunt and Jez Entwistle in "Ship 4 Brains", Dominic Akers-Douglas in "Sybarite", Geoff Carveth in "Palava" and Craig Burlton in "Monkeyoffice.co.uk" were also well in contention.

On Saturday it was Geoff Carveth who made the best of the continuing light conditions with Lovejoy, Burlton, and Entwistle also having a relatively consistent day. To everyone’s amazement Marshall King, who was the championship leader from the previous weekend, failed to turn up on Saturday and hence the event was open for the taking. With the scheduled 4 races sailed, Carveth took 3 consecutive wins to place him well within reach of the title, even while carrying a black flag from the previous weekend. At the end of the day it was Lovejoy in the lead with Geoghegan still managing to hold second by a small margin from the fighting pack of Entwistle, Carveth, Burlton and Akers-Douglas.

Sunday saw the most interesting turn of events so far this season. With Lovejoy looking comfortable, all he had to do was finish the 3 races scheduled for the day in touch with the competitors near him in the results. Unfortunately for him, it was not to be. It was Geoghegan, Burlton, and King that would make the most of the day. Geoghegan's 2 - 1 in the opening races propelled him into the lead with Carveth, Lovejoy and Entwistle all finding themselves down the fleet and totting up large scores. It came down to the final race of the day where the wind shut down and many boats found it difficult to get off the line. Making the best of the light wind and strong tide was Jono Shelley in "Credo", taking the gun while the main challengers for the title attempted to stay in touch with each other.

In the end it was Geoghegan who came out in front of Carveth, and Entwistle to take the championship and go one better than the runner up position he achieved last year. He said "It was a difficult championship with the light conditions and strong tide that the fleet experienced. Our results were up and down along with most others and going into the final day I thought we had lost the opportunity to win it and that we were just fighting for second! We sailed very well in the first 2 races on the final day and with the others well deep in the results we realised that we could still take out the championships! Sailing in a non discard series always opens the event up to dramatic result changes but it is a good way to start the season. The Warsash SC Race committee did a great job over the two weekends under difficult conditions"

The number of entries proves that the Raymarine Warsash Spring Championships remains popular and highly contested. With the continual growth of the Laser SB3 class, this championship will become one of the premier lead in events for the beginning of each years sailing season.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Owner	R1	R2	R5	R6	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1	Champagne Blonde	AUS3269	Daniel Geoghegan	3	12	19	2	14	10	24	11	2	1	25	123
2	Palava	GBR3053	Geoff Carveth	4	7	1	66	8	1	1	1	18	8	14	129
3	Ship 4 Brains	GBR3154	Ian Hunt	21	9	6	16	4	8	11	22	20	13	7	137
4	Monkeyoffice.Co.Uk	GBR3200	Craig Burlton	9	10	66	10	9	6	8	2	19	2	3	144
5	Sybarite	GBR3104	Dominic Akers-Douglas	18	25	16	1	16	14	21	6	12	7	13	149
6	Badger Racing	GBR3082	Paul Lovejoy	7	1	8	12	6	2	10	20	42	42	24	174
7	Team Touareg	GBR3130	Jeremy Hill	8	27	9	29	12	13	5	25	4	23	20	175
8	Murphy & Nye	GBR3184	Mr N Biggs	20	20	12	27	10	30	15	7	14	16	21	192
9	Credo	GBR3134	Charles Murray/Jono Shelley	30	22	15	20	3	20	13	18	37	14	1	193
10	Doolali	GBR3017	Colin Simonds	43.5	3	13	9	69	5	3	13	27	5	4	194.5
11	Chaotic	GBR3234	Nick Phillips	25	5	11	32	31	18	30	16	5	19	8	200
12	Jenny	GBR3051	Jon Powell	19	31	5	5	7	44	26	9	30	32	6	214
13	Camel Pie	GBR3078	Mark Cam & Fiona Frankling	1	15	46	22	22	32	25	5	9	17	31	225
14	Bish Bash Bosh	GBR3055	Roger Hexton	22	8	33	43	13	23	18	21	13	11	29	234
15	I Maximus	GBR3106	David Brown	29	16	7	26	27	12	6	28	29	33	28	241
16	MarineOnTheWeb.co.uk	GBR3149	NickJones, IanHarrison, MarkGillett	12	6	23	17	28	33	12	35	28	25	26	245
17	Let's Be Free	GBR3023	Sandy Baillie Strong	23	35	46	13	11	24	22	24	46	9	10	263
18	Argo II	GBR3163	Alec Russell	24	65	17	14	37	22	4	29	16	22	16	266
19	Outkri	GBR3183	Kit Glover	14	14	18	7	30	39	33	26	40	39	19	279
20	Finitor 7	GBR3060	Stewar Reed & John Mawdsley	43.5	24	28	31	1	3	16	14	35	15	69	279.5
21	Dirty Harry	GBR3201	Richard Mcadam/Lyon/ Whelan/Hall	2	17	21	25	21	9	34	15	43	28	69	284
22	3-Some	GBR3029	Duncan Pryde	43.5	32	25	3	17	29	27	34	26	31	18	285.5
23	Scoundrel The T'rd	GBR3056	Paul Foddy	43.5	42	27	11	69	7	2	33	15	26	12	287.5
24	Blind Ambition	GBR3080	Ann & Nick Jackson	11	28	46	67	24	23.6	23.6	23.6	3	6	40	295.8
25	Tba	GBR3156	Pauline Mccracken & Jason Pyke	10	65	14	44	29	21	31	19	38	34	2	307
26	Stripped Bare	GBR3108	Tom Vernon	28	23	31	6	23	34	19	23	51	35	36	309
27	Shaun Beaver	GBR3231	Tim Fells	43.5	65	4	66	5	11	9	4	8	27	69	311.5
28	Denali	GBR3193	Fenton Burgin	6	11	22	30	42	36	48	40	25	29	32	321
29	Blue Job	GBR3014	Marshall King	13	2	2	8	69	69	69	69	17	3	5	326
30	Gill-Racing Snake	GBR3039	Mark Reddington & Stewart Calaghan	27	19	46	36	20	43	44	36	6	24	30	331
31	Team Maclaren	GBR3031	Catherine Summerhayes	5	65	46	66	2	4	17	12	32	20	69	338
32	Sail Navy	GBR3215	Stephen Walton	43.5	41	67	67	36	17	14	10	21	18	9	343.5
33	Tba	GBR3157	Chris Gillard	43.5	39	46	46	25	28	28	42	10	53	17	377.5
34	Flamin Galah	GBR3081	Magnus Anderson	43.5	45	46	47	18	25	29	17	39	37	39	385.5
35	Risk Premium	GBR3218	Mark Rushall	67	67	67	67	15	15	7	3	1	10	69	388
36	Bathstore	GBR3146	Tim Cork	43.5	43	26	48	26	26	38	27	50	30	35	392.5
37	Tba	GBR3236	Anthony Williams	43.5	38	24	19	40	35	69	32	22	38	69	429.5
38	Murphy's Law	GBR3221	Stephen Wilkinson	16	65	32	21	33	31	32	45	45	44	69	433
39	Trouble & Strife	GBR3276	Ian & Clare Armstrong	67	67	20	24	38	19	37	67	7	51	37	434
40	Asbo	GBR3207	Richard Purssell	43.5	34	46	66	19	27	23	8	54	46	69	435.5
41	Air Tight	GBR3167	Ian Watts & Martin Bowmer	43.5	65	34	35	32	46	41	37	41	48	33	455.5
42	Skallywag	GBR3077	Rob Day & James Ford	43.5	26	46	42	35	48	39	39	54	52	41	465.5
43	Eau No!	GBR3084	Mark Stokes	31	21	67	22	43	49	40	38	49	45	69	474
44	Sworded Fish	GBR3283	Simon Blake	67	67	68	67	69	16	20	67	11	4	23	479
45	Slo-Mo-Shun	GBR3136	Iain Chidgey	32	18	30	39	69	47	47	46	33	50	69	480
46	Hobgoblin	GBR3079	Eurof Philips & Lee Moseley	26	37	35	18	69	69	69	69	44	21	27	484
47	Barbarian	GBR3012	Benjamin Sturges	43.5	44	46	41	69	40	35	41	34	54	38	485.5
48	Binn Eadair	GBR3275	Brian Nixon	67	67	68	67	39	42	43	31	23	36	11	494
49	Impact Promotions	GBR3203	Steve Pears	43.5	65	29	34	69	69	69	69	31	12	15	505.5
50	China Girl	GBR3140	Derek Johnson	17	40	46	4	69	41	69	43	53	56	69	507
51	3 Fat Lads	GBR3204	Martin Wadsworth	43.5	30	46	15	67	45	42	44	69	47	69	517.5
52	Geronimo	GBR3126	Simon Hume	67	67	67	67	34	37	36	47	36	41	22	521
53	Hooligan	GBR3067	SimonJackson, MartinGrey, DanielHawkins	43.5	65	46	37	45	38	45	67	47	69	69	571.5
54	Trunk Monkey	GBR3209	Michael Cooper	15	33	3	45	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	579
55	Flippett	GBR3110	J Blanshard	43.5	36	67	67	41	51	46	30	69	69	69	588.5
56	Headless Chicken	GBR3145	Lucy Wood & Sarah Williams	43.5	29	10	28	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	593.5
57	Heart Of Gold	GBR3267	Tom Hayhoe	67	4	46	39	46	50	67	69	69	69	69	595
58	Yalta	GBR3252	Christoph Toepfer	43.5	13	46	33	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	618.5
59	The Rat Pack	GBR3162	Chris Russell, Ian Duke & Rob Muir	67	67	65	38	69	69	69	69	48	49	42	652
60	Striptease	IRL3075	Emma Henderson-Williams	67	67	67	67	67	69	69	69	56	43	34	675
61	Matt Conner	GBR3027	Matthew Conner	67	67	67	67	69	69	69	69	24	40	69	677
62	Trio	GBR3242	Gary Baker	67	67	67	67	44	69	69	67	52	55	69	693