Osprey National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club

Osprey National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club - Day 3

by Iain Jones 23 Jul 2013 10:55 BST 20-23 July 2013

Adrian, he who shall be obeyed, got it absolutely right again keeping us all ashore until the breeze filled in just enough to run the sixth race. Tension was in the air in more ways than one, in the form of rolling fog and the unwanted attentions of a far of ship and menacing helicopter threatening to join the party. As we had become accustomed the line was perfect allowing the fleet to spread out evenly along its length, the main protagonists Andy Barker, Martin Cooney Tim Rush, Dave Wade and Phil Meakins dotted themselves along the start line with Barker at the committee boat end which turned out to be very fortunate for him when soon after the start he was forced to tack off right to the perfect side of the beat, Martin soon followed over to the right after being rolled by Richard Hartley.

The fog now started to close in making it difficult to see the windward mark Adrian in his usual calm way had arranged for rescue boats to be there to shepherd us up to the windward mark. Barker rounded first with Jock Fellows second and Martin third - the places stayed the same down the run and up the next beat Chris Gould then rolled Martin on the spinny hoist. Barker, unmolested by the following boats who were all fighting each other for position, sailed away to a commanding lead. Martin in the meantime overtook Chris and then Jock to finish second just before the finish Chris sneaked passed Jock to take the final gun.

After the AGM many sailors moved off to rethink strategy and compose themselves for the final day. The stalwarts of the class stayed on to compete for club and class in the the yard games. The Medway and Sheppy boys excelled themselves in the plank walking and paddle races. Thankfully there was only one minor injury that involved a broken toe nail and a grazed knee.

Steve "Barnie Rubble" Offer was the star of the games as they moved indoors after a review of the site specific risk assessment deemed it necessary to move onto a slightly more forgiving surface. Despite struggling somewhat in the agility pursuits, Steve excelled in the "diving into a large cardboard box" game. The game was not originally on the Nationals agenda, or any other I suspect, but it brought the house down and is sure to be a feature of future events at the club, assuming Steve turns up.

Results after Day 3: (six races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	319	Thomas Too	Andy Barker	Peter Grieg	1	‑2	1	2	2	1	7
2	1290	Swiftwun	Martin Cooney	Peter Frith	5	1	‑8	1	1	2	10
3	1347	Torro Loco	Phil Meakins	Richard Anderton	2	3	4	5	6	‑27	20
4	1350	Contains Nuts	David Wade	Bernard Gammon	‑10	5	3	7	4	9	28
5	1337		Tim Rush	Sam Pascoe	3	4	16	4	3	(OCS)	30
6	1311	Oh Spray	Chris Gould	Nick Broomhall	7	7	7	10	‑16	3	34
7	1355	Chance	Richard Hartley	Mark Hartley	9	9	9	3	‑10	8	38
8	1280	Obsession	Steve George	Mike Greig	‑13	6	10	6	5	12	39
9	1272	Yabba Dabba Doo	Phil Angrave	Pete Smith	4	11	6	13	8	‑16	42
10	1281	White Knuckles	Terry Curtis	Tim Bowden	8	8	‑13	11	12	5	44
11	1348		Mike Pickering	Mike Priddle	6	10	11	8	11	‑23	46
12	1331	Odeline	Gareth Caldwell	Jon Gibbons	12	‑15	12	15	7	6	52
13	1298	Barking Mad	Michael Atkinson	Stuart Maunder	11	‑17	5	9	14	15	54
14	1341	Stylo	Russell Wheeler	Chris Saunders	‑18	14	2	14	15	13	58
15	1343	Luv Bites	Richard Marshall	Piers Strong	‑22	12	18	20	13	7	70
16	1287	Excalibur	Rob Shaw	Ian Little	17	18	‑19	12	9	14	70
17	1296	White Star	Jock Fellows	Phil Male	16	23	14	16	‑29	4	73
18	1322	Peek‑a‑Boo	Mick Greenland	Lee Marriott	15	13	15	‑24	21	21	85
19	1316	Uzi Jane	Alan Henderson	Alastair Barrie	21	22	‑25	21	23	10	97
20	1291	Waimanu	Alex Willis	Nick Willis	14	19	17	‑29	27	20	97
21	1295	Big Girls Blouse	Phil Greetham	Chris Greetham	25	16	26	18	19	‑28	104
22	1353	Callisto	John Shenton	Steve Offer	24	20	‑27	19	18	26	107
23	1314	Think Again	Viola Scott	Francis Scott	19	‑32	21	22	22	24	108
24	552	Brave New World	Oscar Chess	David Charles	‑33	26	24	17	31	11	109
25	1338	Curved Air	Ken Brown	Chris Butters	‑29	21	23	28	20	22	114
26	1292	Light n' Bitter	Paul Heather	Jonathon Osgood	27	(RET)	20	36	17	17	117
27	1247	Stringbag	Marcus Scrace	John Pym	20	24	22	23	‑34	33	122
28	1085	Infidel	George Odling	Harry Odling	(DNC)	28	28	35	24	18	133
29	1175	Able 2	Emma Stevenson	Nick Frampton	30	25	‑32	25	25	30	135
30	1267	Another Swift Half	David Best	Tony Pauffley	28	27	‑29	27	26	29	137
31	1299	Georgia	Adam Ellery	Joanne Marie Ellery	26	RET	(DNS)	26	33	19	143
32	1195	Another One Bites the Dust	Pete Barnstaple	Richard Cumberbatch	23	31	‑36	30	28	31	143
33	1289	Gnasher	Paul Blackburn	Phil Burchell	‑34	29	30	34	30	25	148
34	1319	Prey Encore	Chris Playfair	Alistair Watkins	32	33	31	32	32	‑34	160
35	1250	Living Daylight	Richard Hattersley	Emma Hattersley	31	30	35	31	37	(DNC)	164
36	1114	Just Pogo	Ros Downs	David Downs	(DNC)	DNC	33	33	35	32	173
37	119	Lettice	Ian Hart	Andrew Edmonds	35	34	37	37	‑38	36	179
38	529	Ripple	Mark Dowling	Andy Stratford	36	(DNC)	34	DNC	36	35	181
39	1352	String Driven Thing	Nick Jones	Keith Dingle	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	37	197