Solo Nationals & Nations Cup at Paignton Sailing Club

by Claire Clark 17 Aug 2007 07:33 BST 28 July - 3 August 2007

Sponsored by SuperSpars

An excellent turnout of 90 entries descended upon Paignton SC with helms making the journey from as far as Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Bermuda for what proved to be an excellent championship using a mixture of Olympic and trapezoid courses.

Sunday 29th July

Race 1 – City of Plymouth Trophy

After three general recalls for the first race, the black flag was brought out and racing got underway in a gentle force 2 with 8 boats collecting a BFD score. Simon Yates hit the port lay-line and was the first race leader but on the next round Vanda Young worked the shifts up the middle of the beat and looked good for the win, however on the final beat, the right hand side paid and Steve Denison took the first trophy of the week.

Race 2 – Jack Holt Trophy

After a long postponement the breeze had not settled so racing was abandoned and the fleet went home for the day.

Monday 30th July

Race 3 – Brixham YC Trophy

Monday’s racing got underway in a s/w force 2/3 with Derek Jackman, James Stevenson and Mike Ball making committed pin end starts to take a convincing lead, with Solo number 2 well placed in 12th position at the windward mark. That was the finishing order, making Derek the oldest helm to win a Solo championship race.

Race 4 – Association Cup

The second race of the day brought more general recalls under the black flag but when the race got away, Jamie Lea, Andy Davis, Jim Hunt and Simon Corper all started at the pin end. There were some big shifts as the fleet headed out towards Berry Head and when the breeze veered and piped up to planing strength, the boats on the right were able to lay the mark and developed a good lead with Jamie Lea taking the win from Andy Davis and Jim Hunt.

Tuesday 31st July

Race 5 – Mountfield Trophy

Race 6 – Severn Sailboats Trophy

The following morning only a light and variable force 1-2 onshore breeze had developed and the course area was moved further out of the bay in the hopes of finding some more wind. This was to be a memorable day for Stuart Bush who sailed immaculately to win both races despite having to consider the increasing influence of the tide at the northern end of Torbay.

Wednesday 1st August

Race 7 – Portlemouth Trophy

Wednesday brought similar conditions with one competitor describing the sea conditions as “bouncy”. Bob Taylor joined the list of race winners having headed to the left hand side of the course which had paid dividends. 2nd was Jim Hunt and 3rd Jamie Lea.

Race 8 – Gosling Dinghy Craft Trophy

In the second race of the day, Paul Hiles and Stuart Hydon got away on port from the committee boat end, with Hydon taking the win at the end of the run as the remaining breeze threatened to die away altogether.

Thursday 2nd August

Race 9 – River Dart Cup

Thursday brought an unsettled force 3 from the North West. Andy Couch led until the 2nd run of the course when he was passed by Jamie Lea who went on to win. Behind a battle for 2nd place ensued with Andy Davis working his way through from 4th to overtake both Steve Denison and Andy Couch who had fallen back to 4th.

During a prolonged postponement waiting for the wind to settle a local trawler drove right through the start line on autopilot and fouled his nets on the anchors of both the committee vessel and inner distance mark. After a visit from the coastguard and a tense exchange between vessels, the wind had died altogether and the fleet was sent ashore to await further signals ashore.

Race 10 – SB Marine Trophy

After a short break for tea and chips a northerly force 3 returned and racing resumed as normal, but as the race developed a major windshift required the windward mark to be moved in order to maintain what was a very unsettled beat to the finish. Chris Goldhawk took the win from Steve Broom and Chris Brown.

Friday 3rd August

Race 11 – Royal Corinthian YC Trophy

Race 12 – Team Purple Trophy

Friday brought the best sailing conditions of the week with brilliant sunshine and enough wind from the S/SW to give excellent, fully powered-up sailing for everyone. This was Mike Ball’s day to remember, taking both races in commanding style, the first from Steve Broom/Stuart Bush and the second from Jim Hunt/Andy Davis.

With discards taken into consideration, the last race result was enough to give Andy Davis the title of National Champion and also take the Nations Cup. Chris Goldhawk was the runner up and had sailed a remarkably consistent series as to be discarding a 9th and a 19th with no misdemeanors.

Thanks to Paignton SC for hosting a superb event and giving a warm welcome to the sailors and their families throughout the week. Thanks to PRO Ken Falcon Paignton Sailing Club for providing excellent racing in difficult conditions.

A vote of thanks must go to the event sponsors, Superspars for their excellent support of the Championships. And last but by no means least, thanks to Mike Rice of Fotoboat for being there to capture the action.

Overall Results: (Click here to fill in Gear Guide information)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	4767	Andy Davis		8	-29	2	5	9	7	(91 BFD)	2	5	8	3	49
2	4501	Chris Goldhawk	Chew Valley Lake	5	-9	6	9	2	9	5	8	1	6	-19	51
3	4776	Jim Hunt	-	17	4	3	6	5	2	(91 BFD)	9	6	-21	2	54
4	4627	Stuart Bush	Shustoke	6	-41	7	1	1	-32	21	6	4	3	12	61
5	4805	Jamie Lea	Exe SC	(91 BFD)	20	1	2	3	3	17	1	23	(91 BFD)	5	75
6	4644	Stuart Hydon	Shustoke	2	-23	17	13	8	11	1	-26	8	4	11	75
7	4327	Stephen Denison	Hollingworth Lake	1	14	9	-34	-26	13	4	3	18	16	13	91
8	4781	Steve Broom	Spinnaker SC	9	26	5	14	(DNC)	-34	19	12	2	2	6	95
9	4804	Chris Brown	RYA	13	8	10	26	-27	14	11	25	3	-27	8	118
10	4665	Philip Milanes	South Cerney	18	-42	(91 BFD)	3	25	4	28	11	11	10	17	127
11	4714	Mike Ball	Papercourt	40	3	-43	20	11	-47	16	29	10	1	1	131
12	4649	Mike Hobin	Oxford	12	25	(DNC)	7	7	24	3	16	7	34	(DNC)	135
13	4774	Steve Ede	Ardleigh	29	22	18	11	-39	10	14	5	-54	24	4	137
14	4536	Simon Yates	Starcross	10	7	20	25	-42	23	-39	19	25	12	15	156
15	4620	Vanda Young	Littleton	3	-64	19	8	29	17	32	10	27	-35	14	159
16	545	Armand De Le Rie	aalsmeerse	21	-40	(91 BFD)	17	20	15	26	31	9	19	9	167
17	4735	Daniel Goodman	Kingsmead	(91 BFD)	12	11	12	31	28	7	24	35	(91 BFD)	10	170
18	4654	Cliff Crawshaw	Corus/Littleton	-50	-46	21	31	14	12	13	21	15	31	26	184
19	4705	Simon Corper	Reading	(91 BFD)	28	4	4	-34	22	10	34	33	28	22	185
20	4575	Adam Whitehouse	Paignton	4	45	8	40	(DNC)	19	(91 BFD)	18	32	14	7	187
21	4673	Brett Murch	Teign Corinthian	14	-54	36	18	-65	27	18	14	21	11	36	195
22	4120	Godfrey Clark	Fishers Green	22	18	13	19	-55	-48	9	40	28	30	20	199
23	4768	Nigel Pybus	Draycote	23	-76	23	21	45	6	20	41	-51	7	18	204
24	4355	Bob Taylor	Corus	7	-60	(91 BFD)	52	21	1	23	44	16	23	21	208
25	4589	Ian Ayres	Kingsmead	38	30	37	10	12	26	-42	28	-41	9	25	215
26	4581	Derek Jackman	Chichester	-39	1	32	24	-60	29	34	33	22	22	24	221
27	4606	Mark Lee	Spinnaker	(DNC)	19	30	41	47	16	22	13	12	(91 BFD)	33	233
28	4669	Nick Rawlings	Hayling Island	31	-47	25	-49	16	44	15	35	14	18	42	240
29	4748	Andrew Fox	Crosby	36	32	16	-60	23	35	-49	17	38	15	37	249
30	4740	John Davey	Teign Corinthian	33	10	-49	45	24	36	12	36	39	20	-50	255
31	4381	Tony Catchpole	Hayling Island	27	-70	29	-48	4	25	36	23	37	32	46	259
32	4522	Elaine Turner	Br'meer	-54	21	27	27	10	49	-53	39	24	42	32	271
33	5	Johan Geenen	Z O	32	17	33	33	-63	(91 BFD)	41	32	30	25	28	271
34	3965	James Stevenson	Teign Corinthian	26	2	(91 BFD)	44	36	31	51	22	43	(91 BFD)	23	278
35	4712	Jonathan Clarke	Draycote	28	11	12	37	59	21	25	7	78 DSQ	(DNC)	(DNC)	278
36	4442	Barry Green	Draycote	(91 BFD)	48	22	46	-56	5	43	20	20	47	31	282
37	541	Sybrand Jongejans	Z O	25	-51	15	39	-58	41	27	15	40	40	41	283
38	4703	Clive Evans	Reading SC	-48	13	34	43	(82 DNF)	42	6	42	31	43	30	284
39	GER1	Gerard Post	Br'meer	-63	50	14	38	-51	43	24	27	13	36	39	284
40	4766	Micky Todd	Largo Bay	16	6	24	29	-54	20	52	-60	53	38	51	289
41	4757	Simon Jones	Teign Corinthian	11	-63	(91 BFD)	32	40	45	40	49	56	5	16	294
42	4422	Stephen Jones	Littleton	20	31	46	35	33	39	29	-54	(DNC)	37	27	297
43	553	Pieter Jongejans	Z O	34	5	48	22	49	-62	-58	43	17	29	54	301
44	4679	Dave Sanders	Papercourt SC	35	-53	39	30	19	-65	33	38	36	51	35	316
45	4746	David Moseley	HISC	19	16	(91 BFD)	51	-64	30	55	46	47	33	44	341
46	4660	Keith Smith	King George	15	52	-59	56	50	33	30	-62	55	17	34	342
47	48	Mike Barnes	Littleton	43	-65	40	-54	46	54	8	47	49	39	29	355
48	4749	Richard Gibbon	Bowmoor	49	34	28	47	18	-77	38	45	-67	49	47	355
49	3893	Barrie McLean	Loch Ard	37	38	41	36	6	59	-61	-61	50	45	58	370
50	4771	Andy Couch	Rudyard Lake	(91 BFD)	15	(91 BFD)	23	22	18	91 BFD	4	26	DNC	DNC	381
51	4760	Paul Hiles	Royal Bermuda	24	24	(DNC)	15	38	46	2	55	(DNC)	91 BFD	DNC	386
52	4283	Jonathan Jowett	Littleton	-67	39	44	57	43	58	60	30	29	26	-61	386
53	4238	Andy Robinson	Lyme Regis	51	55	31	-59	35	55	31	-56	42	52	43	395
54	4711	Tim Deacon	Frensham Pond	(91 BFD)	43	42	42	15	57	35	57	-62	46	60	397
55	4699	John Salmon	Marconi	53	-62	26	-64	53	50	37	50	52	41	40	402
56	4477	Paul Lester	Chase	56	57	52	(89 DNF)	(DNC)	37	62	52	19	54	38	427
57	4510	Jim Newman	Christchurch	45	68	35	55	28	8	(91 BFD)	(DNC)	DNC	58	52	440
58	4601	Roger Smith	Marconi	52	-73	38	63	48	67	56	-76	58	13	56	451
59	4505	Barry Blades	Hayling Island	42	-66	45	65	44	60	54	64	45	-69	48	467
60	4645	Ronald Cockwell	Highcliffe	46	-81	57	53	17	-78	57	58	61	65	68	482
61	4215	Claire Clark	Fishers Green	60	56	50	-62	57	56	59	-67	48	44	53	483
62	4551	Hannah Showell	Shustoke	55	61	-63	58	37	52	47	-65	60	60	62	492
63	4040	John Daniels	Llandegfedd	61	-77	64	-71	41	64	46	51	44	62	59	492
64	4630	Chris Allsopp	Chase	(DNC)	44	(DNC)	28	30	40	44	37	DNC	DNC	DNC	496
65	4375	Greg Northmore	Hickling Broad	57	49	54	66	32	-72	50	-72	72	68	66	514
66	4212	Gordon Tosh	Montrose	30	33	(DNC)	16	(DNC)	38	DNC	69	DNC	56	DNC	515
67	4461	Richard White	Clevedon	59	36	53	69	62	69	-72	70	57	-72	49	524
68	4758	Peter Withrington	Rickmansworth	65	-79	56	72	-77	51	48	48	74	55	55	524
69	4414	Clifford Wiles	Hayling Island	70	-87	67	67	13	53	64	71	59	61	-76	525
70	4441	Andrew Voysey	Burghfield	(91 BFD)	35	(91 BFD)	50	52	91 BFD	79 DNF	53	34	91 BFD	67	552
71	4794	Robert Cartwright	Blithfield	69	71	51	70	-75	66	45	63	66	64	-75	565
72	4202	Ian Harridge	Nantwich	(DNC)	58	58	76	69	73	70	74	(DNC)	53	45	576
73	4624	Guy Davison	Llangorse	44	59	68	61	66	63	67	66	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	585
74	4595	Alastair Raynard	Carsington	58	67	74	-79	67	-81	63	79	46	66	70	590
75	4380	Martin Allen	Bewl Valley	74	-84	72	78	-80	61	75	59	65	50	57	591
76	3286	Derek Wyatt	Teign Corinthian	68	-80	71	74	61	74	-77	73	64	48	71	604
77	4287	Julian Goddard	Hollingworth Lake	(91 BFD)	37	65	68	76	76	71	(88 DNF)	78 DNF	71	63	605
78	4786	John Hale	Middle Nene	66	75	47	73	74	68	73	-78	73	57	(79 DNF)	606
79	1280	Peter Hearne	Teign Corinthian	62	-83	61	-77	70	71	68	75	70	70	64	611
80	4057	Sam Husk	Thorpe Bay	76	-85	62	80	72	-82	65	80	63	63	65	626
81	4543	Andrew Borne	Salcombe	72	-86	73	-84	73	80	66	68	68	73	69	642
82	4713	John Ridout	Christchurch	73	74	69	-83	79	79	69	-83	69	59	72	643
83	2	Paul Kimmens	South Cerney	64	78	70	-82	68	70	(DNC)	81	71	67	74	643
84	3823	Mike Jefferies	Oxford	41	27	60	75	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	658
85	4124	Gary Molton	Teign Corinthian	71	82	66	-85	71	84	76	77	(DNC)	74	73	674
86	4299	Peter Edwards	Salcombe	75	-88	75	-86	78	83	74	84	75	75	77	696
87	4465	Gordon Barclay	Dell Quay	47	69	55	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	717
88	3824	Bob Lovell	Black Swan	(DNC)	72	(DNC)	81	DNC	75	DNC	82	DNC	77	DNC	751
89	3267	Matthew White	Clevedon	77	90	(DNC)	87	(DNC)	85	DNC	86	DNC	76	DNC	774
90	4293	John Church	Harlow & Blackwater	(DNC)	89	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	86	DNC	85	DNC	DNC	DNC	806