Tempest National Championships at Carsington Sailing Club
by Ged Bellamy 22 Jul 2010 16:24 BST
16-18 July 2010
Visitors from Ullswater YC in the north and Hornet SC in the south joined the Carsington fleet for 3 days of exciting conditions with squalls and fresh SW winds around 20 to 24 knots on the Friday reducing slightly over the 3 day event.
Friday saw 2-races with very heavy squalls especially providing views of the occasional keel. Carsington’s Jim Hart & John Gill (GBR1121) led the fleet at the end of the day with a 1st and a 2rd place closely followed by Ullswaters Mike & Paul Adams (GBR1181). Friday evenings BBQ & Bar proved quite popular with some very tired and hungry crews.
Saturday dawned with the arrival of 3 more boats in very slightly lighter conditions resulting in some close racing both at the front and rear of the 9 boat fleet. 1 race was held in the morning before lunch followed by 2 more in the afternoon. Following his retirement for repairs on the previous day Ian Modral & Robin Higgens (GBR1114) from Ullswater SC put together 3 fine races to finish the day with 3 bullets.
The evening was finished off by an excellent meal in the clubhouse, which was enjoyed by everyone.
Sunday saw 2 races and some rain with winds gusting 12-18 knots at times. Once again our own sailors Jim &John where battling it out at the front of the fleet only to see the transom of the Ullswater yacht GBR1114 slowly pull away to take another 2 first places.
National Race Officer Henry Wright & his team once again set some fine courses and provided the fleet with a challenging event over the 7 races.
Overall Results:
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| Pos | SailNo | Club | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
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| 1st | 1114 | UYC | Ian Modral | Robin Higgens | -2 | (10.0 DNF) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2nd | 1121 | CSC | Jim Hart | John Gill | 1 | 2 | -3 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3rd | 1181 | UYC | Mike Adams | Paul Adams | -3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 11 |
| 4th | 1111 | UYC | John Robinson | Lindsay Whitehead | 4 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 | -6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5th | 910 | Hornet SC | Derek Budden | Andy Rumsey | 5 | 5 | -7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 25 |
| 6th | 1077 | CSC | Phil Munton | Ian Faulds | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -7 | -8 | 28 |
| 7th | 1161 | | John Modral | Colin Meadows | (10.0 DNS) | (10.0 DNS) | 10.0 DNF | 3 | 10.0 DNF | 4 | 3 | 30 |
| 8th | 1075 | CSC | Bill Hurlestone | Richard Lawson | (10.0 DNS) | (10.0 DNS) | 5 | 7 | 10.0 DNF | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 9th | 1084 | Hornet SC | Ralph Budden | Kathleen Budden | (10.0 DNS) | (10.0 DNS) | 8 | 9 | 10.0 DNS | 9 | 10.0 DNF | 46 |
Ladies Trophy: GBR1084 - Katheryn Budden (crew)