Enterprise Worlds at the Royal Cork Yacht Club overall

by Peter Hassett 20 Aug 2004 21:13 BST

Final Race not for the faint hearted

Race 8, sponsored by Speed Sails and the final race of the 2004 World Enterprise Championships, was held in a northerly breeze gusting to 26 knots. However, the flexibility of Cork Harbour meant that PRO Peter Crowley of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, event hosts, could set the course in relatively flat seas off Cuskinny.

The main battle was for first and second place. However, off the start, Nick Craig and sister Sheena of Frensham Pond Sailing Club were in prime position with closest rival Jeff Dyer and Simon Cook of Penarth yacht Club further down the fleet. Jeff retired early from the race knowing that he could not catch Nick but knowing that his second place overall was well secured.

It was the battle for third place that was most intriguing. SanjeevSingh Chava and Neeraj Sharma of the Indian Sailing Association, having won the previous evenings race could only manage 13th in the final race leaving Aashim Mongia and Amit Arvind from the Naval Sailing Club Mumbai taking third overall with 2nd in the final race.

Of the Irish fleet, it was Roy Van Maanen and Neil Van Maanen’s day. With 5th in the final race, they stole 5th overall from Johnathan Lye and Karl Lye of Notts County Sailing Club. To cap their performance, the Van Maanen brothers, from Greystones Sailing Club, also became the 2004 Irish Enterprise National Champions as this event was run concurrently with the Worlds. Sean Craig and Michelle Rowley of the Royal St George Yacht Club, lying 4th overall going into the final race slipped to 7th overall with a 16th placing in the final race. Third Irish boat in the Worlds was Ger Dempsey, crewed by Dave Sweeney of Bray Sailing Club.

It was a credit to the organizing committee of the Royal Cork Yacht Club to have carded all 8 races of the Worlds in difficult conditions.

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GBR	22975	Nick Craig	Sheena Craig	Frensham Pond SC	5	2	1	1	2	1	6	1	13
2	GBR	22917	Jeff Dyer	Simon Cook	Penarth YC	2	1	3	4	4	3	2	73n	19
3	IND	52	Aashim Mongia	Amit Arvind	Naval SC Mumbai	15	7	7	7	14	5	43	2	57
4	IND	8	SanjeevSingh Chavha	Neeraj Sharma	INSA	3	18	16	3	15	8	1	13	59
5	IRL	22941	Roy Van Maanen	Neil Van Maanen	Greystones SC	27	19	5	5	10	14	4	5	62
6	GBR	23051	Jonathan Lye	Karl Lye	Notts County SC	35	26	4	2	5	6	12	10	65
7	IRL	22809	Sean Craig	Michelle Rowley	Royal St George YC	1	13	13	11	3	10	30	16	67
8	IND	17	Naresh Yadav	G L Yadav	Naval SC Mumbai	6	3	25	22	24	4	3	9	71
9	GBR	22652	Jeremy Stephens	Richard Sault	Penzance SC	25	9	2	10	73o	9	11	6	72
10	GBR	22439	Phil Bevan	Catrina Bevan	Grafham SC	4	8	21	8	11	11	15	73n	78
11	IRL	23043	Ger Dempsey	Dave Sweeney	Bray SC	9	14	18	16	7	22	8	7	79
12	IRL	22932	Timothy Goodbody	Amy Swan	RIYC	17	16	30	13	26	2	7	8	89
13	IRL	22947	Stephen O'Driscoll	John O'Driscoll	Lough Derg SC	11	6	19	21	21	7	26	4	89
14	GBR	22928	Nick Jackson	Alex Halliwell	Burghfield SC	21	10	9	27	13	13	27	3	96
15	IRL	23123	Marty Cuppage	Chris Nolan	Bray SC	22	22	36	17	6	18	5	11	101
16	IRL	22918	Shane MacCarthy	Pete Rowley	Royal St George YC	7	4	49	9	73o	16	9	12	106
17	GBR	23008	Barry Moss	Julie Moore	Shustoke SC	19	11	22	14	9	73d	10	26	111
18	GBR	23089	Jon Woodward	Katie Dolling	Redditch SC	18	28	14	19	8	19	20	19	117
19	GBR	23087	Peter Lawson	Dennis Swain	Bassenthwaite SC	73d	12	24	26	17	24	14	24	141
20	GBR	22933	Ann Jackson	Alan Skeens	Burghfield SC	13	36	8	40	27	20	31	17	152
21	GBR	22702	Jane Scutt	Nick Scutt	Middle Nene SC	20	24	48	29	28	26	13	21	161
22	GBR	20900	Jack Banks	Joe Banks	Sheffield Viking SC	8	73n	27	23	29	36	24	15	162
23	GBR	21566	Phil Kirk	James Askew	Frampton-on-Severn SC	29	37	12	31	1	44	22	33	165
24	GBR	22698	Keith Whitfield	Hugh Sims-Wiliams	Penarth YC	73d	21	29	6	31	35	21	27	170
25	GBR	23044	Roy Barker	Minnie Lucey	Penarth YC	73f	25	40	24	23	12	28	20	172
26	GBR	23056	Antony Clay	James Holmes	Soulsailor RA	16	20	10	33	30	32	33	73n	174
27	GBR	21970	Tim Vick	Adam Loveday	Ulley SC	45	23	38	15	42	30	16	14	178
28	GBR	22525	Euan Dunn	Fi Foulkes	Loch Lomond SC	31	31	28	18	40	23	73r	18	189
29	IRL	22929	Stephen Lee	Mandy Griffith	Royal St George YC	23	33	31	41	19	29	38	23	196
30	GBR	23118	Ges Brown	Craig Wheatley	Hallamshire SC	12	17	37	30	20	15	73n	73n	204
31	IRL	22301	Peter Hassett	Lana O'Reilly	Greystones SC	32	29	23	35	38	41	17	37	211
32	IRL	22890	Craig Matthews	Shirley Gilmore	King George YC	40	73n	32	25	18	21	41	36	213
33	GBR	22885	Malcolm Lunn	Keith Renz	Leigh & Lowton SC	26	34	26	45	39	27	19	73n	216
34	GBR	22655	Roger Appleby	Sarah Appleby	Fosse SC	28	32	34	36	32	28	35	31	220
35	GBR	23085	Chris Fry	Al Fry	Hallamshire SC	14	15	6	73n	73r	17	23	73n	221
36	SRI	2291	Sarith Pethiyagoda	Richard Dixon-Clarke	CMYC	38	47	20	42	12	73n	18	44	221
37	IRL	22522	Viv Kelly	Aime MacCarthy	Bray SC	24	39	15	49	33	31	42	40	224
38	IND	1	Gulshan Chunekar	Deepak Nalla	Naval SC Mumbai	36	40	47	32	22	34	49	22	233
39	GBR	88	Abhimnyu Patankar	Sunil Korti	INSA	42	30	35	39	41	52	32	29	248
40	GBR	23049	Brian Cumming	Linda Cumming	Dabchicks SC	34	38	17	28	35	33	73r	73n	258
41	GBR	22901	Paul Young	Richard Craddock	Brookvale & Sparkhill SC	48	27	44	44	47	38	36	25	261
42	GBR	22893	Karen Taylor	Anita Cropper	Delph SC	61	44	42	47	43	39	37	28	280
43	GBR	21284	Dave Parker	Roisin Conlon	Bray SC	41	56	73n	46	37	50	25	32	287
44	GBR	22270	Ali Morrish	Dale Birrell	St Mary's Loch SC	44	42	73n	51	25	43	48	38	291
45	IRL	22879	Mike Hogg	Rachel Hussey	Cullaun SC	37	43	51	37	53	42	29	73n	292
46	IRL	22490	John Murtagh	Bryan Murtagh	Loch Neagh	10	73n	33	20	16	73n	73n	73n	298
47	GBR	22715	Andrew Taylor	Kathryn Hayfield	Delph SC	43	51	50	50	49	45	34	30	301
48	GBR	23054	Phil Gower	Hugh Gower	Bewl Valley SC	57	46	41	43	44	25	47	73n	303
49	GBR	22976	Stephen Lucey	Chris Palmer	Penarth YC	49	41	73n	48	36	48	50	35	307
50	IRL	22600	Richard Graves	Tod Chadwick	Bray SC	39	52	45	52	46	49	44	34	309
51	IRL	23053	Patrick O'Reilly	Ian Downing	Royal St George YC	50	45	39	55	54	40	39	43	310
52	GBR	20228	Dave Poore	Ewan Ridley	Sheffield Viking SC	73r	54	73d	34	48	37	40	31a	317
53	GBR	23045	Martin Honnor	Simon Haighton	Hallamshire SC	73o	5	11	12	73o	73d	73n	73n	320
54	GBR	22912	Peter Dolling	Elaine Dolling	Hunts SC	46	48	43	60	56	46	45	73n	344
55	GBR	22075	Ben Cooke	Nicky Cullen	Royal St George YC	30	35	73n	38	34	73n	73n	73n	356
56	IRL	20936	David McDermot	Mary Bailey	Bray SC	62	53	52	61	65	47	52	41	368
57	IRL	22523	Ken Green	Carol Shibbaud	Ballyholme YC	33	59	46	54	45	73n	73n	73n	383
58	IRL	21673	Dara Sheahan	Eamon Hynes	Cullaun SC	47	55	73n	56	50	51	53	73n	385
59	GBR	22814	Bob Pinder	Annie Pinder	Sheffield Viking SC	59	58	54	59	62	55	73r	39	386
60	IRL	22180	Tom McHugh	Philip McHugh	Cullaun SC	58	49	53	63	59	54	51	73n	387
61	GBR	20961	Tom Hill	Michael Barton	Bray SC	52	50	73n	57	58	73r	73r	42	405
62	IRL	22302	Peter Lee	Christopher Lee	Royal St George YC	54	61	73n	73f	61	53	46	73n	421
63	IRL	22691	Bernadette Fox	Shane Costigan	Greystones SC	56	62	73n	58	57	56	73r	73n	435
64	IRL	22573	Coranne Heffernan	Tom Galvin	Cullaun SC	55	63	73d	64	60	73n	54	73n	442
65	USA	21482	Oliver Scutt	Freya Scutt	Corinthian YC Seattle	51	57	73n	62	63	73n	73n	73n	452
66	IRL	21638	Mickael Collins	Elizabeth Mullins	Cullaun SC	63	73n	55	67	66	73d	56	73n	453
67	IRL	22567	Dave Maher	Emer Neilan	Cullaun SC	53	60	73n	73n	51	73d	73r	73n	456
68	IRL	22617	Aidan Walsh	Sue Corcoran	Cullaun SC	60	64	73n	68	55	73d	73r	73n	466
69	IRL	20389	Robert Espen	Stephen Milne	Ballyholme YC	73n	73n	73n	53	52	73n	73n	73n	470
70	ESP	20189	Juan Bravo	Miguel Ruiz	Cullaun SC	73n	73n	73n	65	68	73d	55	73n	480
71	IRL	22361	Caroline Roche	Shiela O'Malley	Cullaun SC	64	73n	73n	66	64	73d	73n	73n	486
72	IRL	2287	Margaret Hynes	Colette Burke	Cullaun SC	65	73n	73n	69	67	73n	73n	73n	493