Gul RS700 Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 1
by RS Class Association 28 Sep 2009 11:47 BST
26-29 September 2009
Race 1
The Torquay National Championships started with a poor wind forecast with the race officer announcing that we would head out to sea to see if the wind would appear. Well, race one got underway in 4.2 knots of wind off the committee boat. A couple of OCS boats went by the way side
but it was Mike Dencher who made it to the windward mark first
followed closely by Colin Dacey then Steve Marshall. A very light wind
leeward course followed with some major place changes and a bit of a
melee was made even worse by a change of course indicated at the
leeward mark confused by the leaders as a shorten course. So, with the
leading pack heading off the wrong way Jon Heissig tried for a come
back by reading the flags correctly.
Colin Dacey made the most of the light winds to take the first line
honours of the 2009 national championships and a very well done. Mike
Dencher followed closely in second with Richard Allen coming in third.
Race 2
Race 2 started in a couple knots more breeze than race 1. Richard Allen was leading at the top mark followed by Tony Dencher then Mike Dencher. At the bottom mark it was very close with Michael Barnes, Richard Allen, Mike Dencher, Tony Dencher and Ed Reeves all rounding together.
On the second lap it was Michael Barnes in pole around the windward mark with Tony Dencher on his heels. Michael gybed off left and Tony went right. Richard Allen and Ed Reeves were next and also gybed off left. Left paid off with Michael still first at the leeward mark and Ed coming through from fourth to second. Richard maintained his third down the run but then let Tony through just before the finish with a kite wrap on the gybe at leeward mark.
The fleet came off the water grateful to have got a couple of good races in despite the light winds and the even lighter winds forecast. A number of competitors felt that a swim in the harbour together with their boats was required given the hot weather! Royal Torbay Yacht Club served up a great carvery dinner to sustain the fleet through the evening and the next three days of racing.
Results after Day 1:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | Pts |
1 | 908 | Michael Dencher | Chew Valley Lake SC | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2 | 990 | Richard Allen | Carsington SC | 3 | 4 | 7 |
3 | 870 | Tony Dencher | Netley SC | 6 | 3 | 9 |
4 | 762 | Tim Johnson | | 4 | 7 | 11 |
5 | 815 | Nick Miller | Marconi Sailing Club | 5 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 825 | Ed Reeves | Royal Lymington Yacht Club | 12 | 2 | 14 |
7 | 984 | Adam Golding | HISC | 8 | 10 | 18 |
8 | 981 | Gerard Hughes | | 11 | 9 | 20 |
9 | 923 | Michael Barnes | | 21 | 1 | 22 |
10 | 911 | Brendan Jenner | | 10 | 14 | 24 |
11 | 963 | Mark Pollington | HISC | 9 | 16 | 25 |
12 | 882 | Jon Heissig | Great Yarmouth & Gordalston YC | 7 | 20 | 27 |
13 | 945 | Chris Aston | Weston Sailing Club | 22 | 8 | 30 |
14 | 962 | Steve Marshall | Sully Sailing Club | 13 | 18 | 31 |
15 | 884 | Neil Robinson | Menegham RYTHE SC | 19 | 15 | 34 |
16 | 855 | Luke Draper | King George SC | 15 | 19 | 34 |
17 | 881 | Jeremy Gorbold | Oxford Sailing Club | 17 | 17 | 34 |
18 | 758 | Colin Dacey | Grafham Water SC | 1 | 35 | 36 |
19 | 820 | Phil Dickinson | | 25 | 11 | 36 |
20 | 938 | James Ross | Weston Sailing Club | 24 | 12 | 36 |
21 | 993 | Ian Nolan | Hunstanton SC | 14 | 24 | 38 |
22 | 989 | Peter Shaw | Carsington SC | 16 | 22 | 38 |
23 | 988 | Simon Letten | HISC | 28 | 13 | 41 |
24 | 831 | Mark Nicholson | HISC | 18 | 25 | 43 |
25 | 926 | Chris Wright | Carsington SC | 20 | 28 | 48 |
26 | 709 | John Hinsley | Weston SC | 30 | 23 | 53 |
27 | 769 | Rob Jones | Weston Sailing Club | 35 | 21 | 56 |
28 | 806 | Mo Allen | King George SC/Fishers Green SC | 29 | 27 | 56 |
29 | 948 | Steve Reeves | Netley SC | 27 | 29 | 56 |
30 | 766 | Graham Blake | Queen Mary SC | 26 | 31 | 57 |
31 | 974 | Alex Newton Southern | | 23 | 35 | 58 |
32 | 961 | Stephen Keating | Datchet | 33 | 26 | 59 |
33 | 914 | Andrew Tomlins | Queen Mary SC | 31 | 30 | 61 |
34 | 859 | Peter Onions | Queen Mary SC | 32 | 32 | 64 |