RS200 Winter Warmer at Itchenor Sailing Club
by George Yeoman 5 Jan 2015 08:46 GMT
3-4 January 2015
RS200 Winter Warmer at Itchenor © Peter Saxton
Day 1 of the winter warmer threw 20 knots and a little drizzle at the 8 boats that made it to the race course.
Race 1 saw 3 recalls before finally getting away. George Yeoman & Sophie Ormsby led Mark Powell & Charlotte Lawrence round mark one but after a close downwind Tim Saxton & Holly Scott had managed to take the lead from Robert Gullan & Rosie Sibthorp. Up the next beat George & Sophie made up the lost ground to lead at the top and hold on till the finish ahead of Ed FitzGerald & Lisa McDanell.
Race 2 had George & Sophie leading at the top again followed by Rob & Rosie and these 2 were attached by a piece of elastic all race closely followed by Jack Holden & Amy Yeoman. The race finished in that order.
Race 3 and Tim & Holly smashed the starboard end and led from George & Sophie who subsequently fell in on the bear away. The wind picked up to gusting nearly 30 knots as Rob & Rosie hunted down Tim & Holly, managing to cross them on the downwind only to have to give room at the mark. Jack & Amy sailed consistently to their third 3rd place.
Overnight George & Sophie lead from Rob & Rosie and Jack & Amy on equal points in second.
Day 2 arrived with 5 knots and a fast flowing tide that made things interesting for the race officer.
Race 4 saw pretty much the whole fleet arrive at the same point at the windward mark with Charlie Roome & Eddie Glennie managing to squeeze round and sail into a decent lead. They were followed by George & Sophie all the way round the course till the last leg where Rob & Rosie managed to come "screaming" in on the port lay (there wasn't much wind but they made a lot of ground) to secure second followed by the ever consistant Jack & Amy who recorded their fourth consecutive 3rd place.
Race 5 saw Rob & Rosie and Tim & Holly escape for another epic battle around the race course with Rob & Rosie leading most of the way but with Tim & Holly right on their heels. At the top mark for the last time Tim & Holly managed to squeeze past and hold on for their second win that could prove decisive if they are able to beat both George & Sophie by one place and Rob & Rosie by two.
At the start of race 6 Rob & Rosie were over the line and had to go back which in the huge tide would appear to be game over. Tim & Holly had a great start with Frances Peters & Claire Lasko in the middle of the line, whilst George & Sophie managed to win the ship end and tack out the tide first. However a big lift allowed Frances & Claire and Tim & Holly to get round the marks in 1 & 2. George & Sophie split down the run to pull back past Tim & Holly, but on the next beat the positions were reversed and held to the finish. Frances & Claire won by a margin, Rob & Rosie meanwhile had managed to fight all the way back to 4th.
This meant that it is first blood on count back to Tim & Holly over Rob & Rosie at the end of the first weekend of the Winter Warmer at Itchenor on 12 points, George & Sophie settle for 3rd with 14 points.
Thanks to the Race Committee; Roger Yeoman. Phil McDanell, John Tremlett & Tom Trevelyn.
The next weekend will be the 7/8 February and racing will start at 11am. See you then!
Overall Results:
Pos | Sail no | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
1 | 1549 | Tim Saxton | Holly Scott | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
2 | 1520 | Rob Gullan | Rosie Sibthorp | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 1508 | George Yeoman | Sophie Ormsby | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
4 | 1481 | Jack Holden | Amy Yeoman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
5 | 766 | Charlie Roome | Eddie Glennie | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
6 | 852 | Mark Powell | Charlotte Lawrence | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
7 | 1505 | Ed Fitzgerald | Lisa McDanell | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
8 | 1570 | Frances Peters | Claire Lasko | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
9 | 816 | Claire Walsh | Nick B/Ben L | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 |