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Volvo Noble Marine RS100 Nationals at the WPNSA - Days 1 & 2

by David Smart 25 May 2014 21:31 BST 24-27 May 2014

Twenty-five RS100 sailors appeared for the Volvo Noble Marine RS100 National Championships from Saturday 24 May to Tuesday 27 May with 3 races each day. The racing was going to be close with National, World and Olympic Champions scattered through the fleet.

Day 1

Sailed out in Weymouth bay on a dull, wet, cold day with a Force 4 gusting 5. We were on a trapezoid course sailing the inner loop with the RS500s on the outer loop. Chris Cunningham showed his strength in the stronger breeze to lead the fleet at the windward mark, only to drop his mainsheet and capsize to windward onto the 2013 National champion, Neal Freeman. Chris's choice language could be heard across Weymouth bay. Huw Powell followed Neil with Giles Peckham in fourth. Neal gybed off while Huw and Giles satnav proved to be faulty so rounding the RS500's leeward mark on the outer loop, only realising their error when spotting that nobody else had gone round that mark. The race was won by Neal, followed by Olympian Mike McIntyre, a fast charging 2013 world champion Alistair Dickson in third with class chairman Mark Harrison fourth.

Races 2 and 3 were both won by Alistair with Huw second. Neal was third in the second race and a slowly improving David Smart third in the fourth race, helped by staying upright in the stronger breeze.

After the race, the 1 hour 20 minute beat back to the club proved testing after a challenging day's racing particularly for the elder statesmen of the fleet.

Day 2

The races were sailed inside the harbour in a sunny Force 4 to 5 but on a simple windward leeward with a leeward gate and the RS500's going to a more distant windward mark. In race 4, Alistair again showed his speed in the stronger wind, but succeeded in destroying his own race on no less than three occasions:

  1. A windward near capsize just after the start blamed on a non-existent windshift.
  2. Having got to the front of the fleet just ahead of Huw, he tacked at the windward mark, only to miss his toe straps, so rolling neatly off the side with an expletive on the way.
  3. Going for the drop before a single sail gybe and harden up at the leeward gate, only to stuff it in on the gybe.
The race was won by a supercharged Huw with Neal starting to show his consistency with a second and David third by virtue of staying upright and a frustrated Alistair in fourth.

Elsewhere in the fleet, Chris Cunningham showed his speed in the stronger breeze, rounding the windward mark in third place, only to drop his mainsheet again so going for another swim.

Race 5 saw Al Hall make a perfect pin end start to cross the fleet. However the upwind speed of Huw again saw him lead the fleet with Neal second and Alistair third. Greg Booth was starting to revel in the conditions taking fourth with David fifth after a generous gift from Tom Partington who was enjoying the race until the final gybe let David past together with the ever present Giles Peckham who took sixth.

The final race was showing the separation in the fleet with Alistair winning, Neal gaining his third second place for a very consistent day. Huw finished third with David fourth and Greg fifth.

Elsewhere Greg enjoyed bimbling with his spreader length, although no clear speed difference was discernable, Alistair had decided that a new slot gasket was needed for the event although he still remains fast and Al Hall had again appeared to have changed all his ropes for the event.

Results after Day 2:

PosRigSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1st8.4410Alistair Dickson311‑4319
2nd8.4240Huw Powell‑12221139
3rd8.4183Neal Freeman13‑422210
4th8.4277David Smart‑95335420
5th8.4428Greg Booth6‑7764528
6th8.4379Mark Harrison44‑1058829
7th8.41Tom Partington595(RET)7733
8th8.4480Al Hall1086‑119639
9th8.4233Clive Eplett8108710(DNS)43
10th8.4359Giles Peckham‑17139861046
11th8.4506Emmett O'Sullivan1412(DNF)1011956
12th8.4303Paul Luttman15‑171413141571
13th8.4309Mostyn Evans16‑181612151675
14th8.4421Chris Cunningham7611(RET)DNCDNC76
15th8.4235Gerard Vos1315(RET)15161776
16th10.2378Mike McIntyre21112(DNS)DNCDNC77
17th8.4377Andrew Wilson1814(DNF)912RET79
18th8.4492Nick Griffin‑19191816171282
19th8.4147Shaun Murray111613(DNC)DNCDNC92
20th8.4488Colin Bird2122(DNF)RET131193
21st8.4301Rene Barownick2423(DNC)14181493
22nd8.4158Paulius Jersovas232115(RET)RET1398
23rd8.4250John Kewley20201717(DNS)DNC100
24th10.2MMTim Bilbrough22(RET)DNCRETDNSDNC126
25th8.4299Jim Hood(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNSDNC130

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