Comet Trio National Championships at Exe Sailing Club
by Guy Farrant 4 Aug 2013 20:14 BST
2-4 August 2013
The Comet Trio National Championship held at Exe SC attracted 24 entries; a good turn out with a large range of ages including 11 juniors. Designer Phil Morrison was the race officer.
In champagne conditions with plenty of waves to play with there was some very competitive racing which included 2 general recalls and a black flag, 5 races were completed over Friday and Saturday.
Unfortunately racing on Sunday was abandoned as the wind was 20-31 kts.
Iain Horlock and Debbie Woodcock in Wild Thing repeated their previous victory of 2009 closely followed by Les Arscott and Chris Rhodes, all from Exe. Darren and Callum Padro from Shustoke secured third place.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Naem | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Wild Thing | 425 | Iain Horlock | Debbie Woodcock | Exe SC | 1 | 1 | ‑4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2nd | Piglet | 472 | Leslie Arscott | Chris Rhodes | Exe SC | 6 | ‑10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3rd | Chiff Chaff | 362 | Darren Padro | Callum Padro | Shustoke | 2 | 2 | ‑13 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4th | ExeTSea | 394 | Bob Horlock | Collette Horlock | Exe SC | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ‑14 | 17 |
| 5th | Abigail Rose | 457 | Symon Garratt | Nicky Groucutt | Exe SC | 4 | 3 | 7 | ‑8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6th | Scarlet Lady | 476 | Steve Ashford | Martin Yeomans | Paignton SC | ‑7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 7th | Pebbles | 484 | Frankie Upton | Rosey Davies | Exe SC | 3 | 7 | 10 | ‑19 | 3 | 23 |
| 8th | Tatu | 446 | Martin Luce | Andrew Soper | Exe SC | 9 | 12 | (DNF) | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| 9th | Go With The Flow | 428 | Guy Farrant | Marilynn Booker | Exe SC | 8 | 6 | 11 | ‑18 | 8 | 33 |
| 10th | Dash | 393 | Sam Jacklin | Josh Geare | Exe SC | ‑18 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 43 |
| 11th | Mangogroove | 433 | Christopher Padro | Ryan Padro | Shustoke | 10 | 11 | ‑16 | 12 | 10 | 43 |
| 12th | Tamsyn II | 475 | Tony Brewster | Tim Graham | Exe SC | 13 | 9 | 12 | (DNF) | 11 | 45 |
| 13th | Ariel | 365 | David Talbot | Charles Talbot | Hawley Lake | 17 | ‑19 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 46 |
| 14th | Daisy | 443 | Keith Lawson | Hazel Lawson | Exe SC | 12 | 8 | 18 | ‑20 | 16 | 54 |
| 15th | Woozle | 450 | Bill Gott | Graham Sykes | Exe SC | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | ‑15 | 54 |
| 16th | | 495 | Nick Coombes | Malcolm Crundwell | Exe SC | (DNC) | DNC | 8 | 11 | 12 | 57 |
| 17th | | 485 | Peter Labdon | Richard Young | Exe SC | (DNC) | DNC | 9 | 9 | 13 | 57 |
| 18th | Euphoria | 335 | Ben Moody | Julian Harding | Somerset Scouts | 16 | ‑17 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 60 |
| 19th | No Worries | 368 | Nick Webber | Don Blackett | Exe SC | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | ‑18 | 60 |
| 20th | Out Of The Blue | 418 | James Smyth | Jessica Francis / George Day | Watchet Sea Scouts | 20 | 18 | 21 | 16 | ‑22 | 75 |
| 21st | Spook | 474 | John Best | Sarah White | Exe SC | 11 | 15 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 78 |
| 22nd | Triple Exe | 426 | Stuart Birrell | Eve Birrell | Exe SC | (DNF) | DNF | 20 | 17 | 21 | 84 |
| 23rd | Mayniac | 348 | Sam Mayne | Chris Mayne | Hawley Lake | 19 | (DNF) | 19 | DNC | 20 | 84 |
| 24th | Golden Hawk | 316 | Helen Harding | Stephen Sharp | Somerset Scouts | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | (DNF) | 84 |
| 25th | Kraken | 444 | Paul Furler | Peter Denford | Exe SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 104 |