Scorpion National Championships at Paignton Sailing Club - Day 6

by William Jeffcoate 24 Aug 2012 20:49 BST 18-24 August 2012

Sponsored by Rooster Sailing

After a week of glorious sunshine the weather realised there was a bank holiday approaching and quickly turned to driving rain and a lower temperatures. This was enough to convince Tom Gillard and Olly Wells to enjoy a well deserved day off. The rest of the fleet faced expected winds up to 30 knots.

Despite the bleak outlook, 50 boats took to the water to be greeted by winds which were lighter than expected and so light at one point that it led to a delayed start. Lolling around on the sea without much wind clearly wasn't to everyone's liking as Max Hayman and Rachel Rhodes were both seen giving the fish a sample of last night's bar consumption. When the wind came back it steadily rose to 10-12 knots. First round the windward mark were John Mursell and Nick Keast (2020) showing a welcome return to form right at the end of the week, followed by Dave Wade and Ben Rayner (2026) and Tim Parsons and Alex Hayman (2014). The conditions took a decided turn for the worse on lap 2 with now driving rain and the RO decided to shorten at the end of the second triangle, much to most people's relief. The leading three held their positions and were followed in procession by Pete Gray and Richard Pepperdine (2013), Tom Jeffcoate and Hillary Harvey (2025) and Tom Castle and Tim Hartley (2022).

Overall today's 5th place was enough to ensure Tom & Harvey maintained 2nd overall ahead of Tim & Alex and Pete & Rich with John & Nick's final day victory bringing them up to 6th behind the consistent Andy Mckee and Tarren Jones (2004). First lady helm boat and winner of the Silver fleet was Elinor Pegg and Adam Parry in 18th place; first Bronze fleet was Steve Harling and Eleanor Thomas (1858) in 38th. First junior helm and second in the silver fleet was Helena Pugh and Sam Barker in 22nd place. Carol and John Haines (2027) were flyers of the week and the best improvers when compared with 2011 were Ric and Lucy Searle (23rd versus 53rd).

Thanks to Paignton for hosting another excellent event, Ken Falcon for keeping us all entertained during his morning briefings (and running some races), the sponsors for some fantastic prizes and all those in the class and host club who helped make sure everything ran so smoothly and everyone had a great time.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	1976	Tom Gillard	Ollie Wells	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	-60	16
2	2025	Tom Jeffcoate	Harvey Hillary	2	11	3	8	1	-12	5	5	35
3	2014	Tim Parsons	Alex Hayman	9	-15	14	5	4	1	1	3	37
4	2013	Peter Gray	Richard Pepperdine	4	12	11	1	7	-20	3	4	42
5	2004	Andy McKee	Tarren Jones	8	5	5	12	-25	9	9	8	56
6	2020	John Mursell	Nick Keast	-59	6	16	7	9	17	2	1	58
7	1995	Peter Rose	John Rose	7	8	8	11	17	2	-17	9	62
8	2026	Dave Wade	Ben Raynor	3	9	18	17	2	14	-59	2	65
9	2024	Barry Wolfenden	Rachel Rhodes	-19	4	13	4	15	8	15	11	70
10	2022	Tom Castle	Tim Hartley	17	17	17	-24	5	5	6	6	73
11	2017	Jack Banks	Penny Jeffcoate	14	3	15	9	-19	11	8	15	75
12	1979	Pete Mitchell	Ruth Johnson	10	16	4	3	14	24	-59	10	81
13	1994	David Hannan	Mike Hannan	-33	21	6	10	6	25	7	7	82
14	2028	Ryan Buchanan	Hannah Burke	6	10	1	16	11	22	18	-60	84
15	2019	John Clementson	Melanie Titmus	16	13	-20	15	13	15	10	12	94
16	1987	Matt Potter	Steve Graham	18	14	12	6	10	21	-59	14	95
17	1947	Steve Walker	Jerry Hannabuss	21	18	10	19	8	7	-59	22	105
18	1952	Elinor Pegg	Adam Parry	22	7	9	30	-33	4	11	23	106
19	2005	Janet Ritchie	Alan Ritchie	25	24	7	14	12	-27	12	20	114
20	2003	Simon Gillow	Fiona Brett	20	2	19	26	-28	6	19	24	116
21	1998	Kevin Hope	Amy Clay	13	19	21	24	21	-26	14	16	128
22	2002	Helena Pugh	Sam Barker	5	27	22	25	26	19	-59	13	137
23	2023	Richard Searle	Lucy Searle	11	23	24	22	24	18	24	-25	146
24	1933	Andrew Rose	Thomas Rose	12	-38	27	18	22	29	21	29	158
25	2006	Chris Clapp	Tim Laws	32	-37	23	29	27	10	20	19	160
26	2018	Nigel Potter	Simon Hibbert	28	32	26	23	18	-34	22	17	166
27	1967	Chris Massey	Charlotte Farmer	27	22	28	20	16	31	-59	27	171
28	1932	Phil White	Jane White	15	26	30	-55	39	16	25	21	172
29	1936	Simon Holden	Peter Hardy	30	31	31	21	30	-33	13	18	174
30	2021	Max Hayman	Andrew Hayman	29	25	25	27	-35	32	29	28	195
31	1900	Steve Mitchell	Polly Newman	23	28	34	-59	31	28	27	33	204
32	2029	Richard Jones	Shellie Jones	24	30	37	32	23	35	-59	32	213
33	1867	James Salter	Imogen Price	35	35	-40	35	34	23	26	30	218
34	1970	Edward Parsons	Chris Wayman	-48	41	35	28	20	37	30	31	222
35	1930	Mark Cam	Hannah Edge	40	33	39	34	29	30	23	-60	228
36	2000	David Snutch	Sue Barnes	44	-49	32	37	38	38	16	34	239
37	1909	Becky Priest	Karen Jewkes	-42	36	38	36	32	40	34	26	242
38	1858	Stephen Harling	Eleanor Thomas	39	40	-43	38	41	36	36	37	267
39	2027	Carol Haines	Jon Haines	34	20	29	59	59	13	57	-60	271
40	1916	Robin Jamieson	Matt Riley	-46	44	45	33	36	43	35	35	271
41	1991	David Bennett	Dale Giles	26	29	42	59	43	44	28	-60	271
42	1629	Joe Banks	George Crammond	38	47	41	-48	40	41	37	36	280
43	1853	Nigel Denchfield	Sally Bennett	36	34	46	44	-49	45	38	39	282
44	1993	Miles Hapgood	Steve Smith	47	42	36	47	-55	39	33	48	292
45	2011	Paul Barnes	John Wells	41	-50	47	39	37	47	40	42	293
46	1919	Nicki Theokritoff	Alison Goodall	43	46	48	-55	48	42	32	40	299
47	1966	Richard Hubbard	Nicola Ogden	37	48	44	43	55	48	31	-60	306
48	1927	Ian Kelly	Samantha Kelly	31	39	33	31	55	-60	-60	60	309
49	1762	Russell Clay	Luke Hardy	-54	43	51	41	46	49	44	41	315
50	1892	Alison Stephens	Chris Forrest	49	-52	49	45	42	51	39	44	319
51	1766	Robert Jollye	Caroline Watson	50	45	50	42	47	46	43	-60	323
52	1925	Martyn Denchfield	James Haddock	45	53	-54	46	44	53	41	46	328
53	1977	Colin Keogh	Darryl Riley	55	-56	52	40	45	52	42	43	329
54	1969	Adrian Hall	Peter Hall	52	51	53	49	-60	50	47	45	347
55	1685	Jonathan Fox	Helen Miles	56	-57	55	50	50	55	46	47	359
56	1907	Joanne Mahy	Karon Mahy	53	54	-56	55	55	54	45	49	365
57	1828	Debbie Bowers	Richard Bowers	51	55	59	59	55	60	-60	38	377