Laser SB3 UK Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Laser SB3 UK Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Overall

by Dave Cheyne 6 Sep 2005 07:58 BST 1-4 September 2005

Action from the Laser SB3 nationals at Torquay © Lee Whitehead / www.photolounge.co.uk

Colin Simonds is the new UK National Laser SB3 Champion, following a faultless display of sailing in the fantastic conditions of day three. In the swell of 4-5 feet and 8-12 knots of constant easterly breeze, his team scored a series of three perfect bullets. This was enough to stay ahead of the European’s runner up from France, Luc Videau, who probably thought he had done enough to take the lead with a second and two thirds on the same day.

As the thunder and lightening rolled in, the final day’s racing was scrapped, and cheers emanated from Doolalli 3017, one of the oldest boats in the fleet, Simonds was the new champ. An emotional 54 year old Simonds, who sailed with his little brother of similar vintage, 6ft 3in Gavin, (his Soling crew of days gone by who recently swam from Seaview across the Solent), paid credit to the competition, and declared how delighted he was to finally win a big SB3 Regatta, and how racing SB3s was the best fun he had in his long and illustrious sailing career.

Race management was very appropriate with the PRO getting races fitted in to whatever short windows of steady breeze there were, and the shore staff kept glasses filled as fast as they could be emptied.

Sponsorship again from Volkswagen Touareg and Henri-Lloyd was plentiful, and WKD kept a steady supply of free booze going on several evenings, much to the detriment of those on a budget. Alan Hillman, the new South Coast co-ordinator, ran a superb video analysis session on the Friday night before the Hog Roast, and really the only downside was the arrival of the torrential rain and lightening, which made the prospect of hoisting your chariot out of the sea with an 80 ton crane pointing skyward, a rather anxious experience. The youth award went to the West Mersea Youth Team, who sailed one of two borrowed boats, one owned by Josh Warren of West Mersea, the other by Laser. They collected the Mailspeedmarine prize donated by Simon Relph with a fantastic 13th overall.

Well done to all who made the journey, which was generally twice as far to go on the way home, and all eyes will now be on the Mid-winters at Hamble, where an even bigger turnout is expected, with potentially one of the biggest ever fleet turnouts to date, in the Hamble Winter Event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Owner	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GBR3017	Doolalli	Colin Simonds	Colin Simonds	16	1	2	23	8	1	1	1	30
2	FRA3024	FORD-SF6	Luc Videau	Luc Videau	3	8	7	11	10	3	3	2	36
3	GBR3139	Laser Sailing	Glen Truswell	Glen Truswell	1	12	1	3	11	13	5	11	44
4	GBR3082	Remain Nameless	Moreland/Groves/ White	Stephen White	4	10	4	10	19	5	7	10	50
5	GBR3130	Team Touareg	Jerry Hill	Jerry Hill	10	25	6	8	6	6	6	13	55
6	GBR3117	On Vibrate	Tony Kilby	Geoff Carveth	8	2	17	19	2	19	8	8	64
7	IRL3041	Team HARKEN	Peter Kennedy/Dave Cheyne	Peter Kennedy	22	24	27	5	4	10	2	3	70
8	IRL3040	TK Motors	Ken Bibby	Gareth Flannigan	34	16	20	1	5	2	18	15	77
9	GBR3038	Teenage Kicks	Mike Riley	Mike Riley	18	31	11	28	1	12	10	4	84
10	GBR3085	Jiggery Pokery	Simon Meadowcroft	Paul Ellis	5	17	8	18	3	31	21	12	84
11	GBR3032	Flojob	Tim Peters	Tim Peters	9	20	3	31	35	9	4	17	93
12	GBR3145	Crewsaver Dickies	Nigel Biggs	Nigel Biggs	13	11	36	13	12	8	13	26	96
13	GBR3127	WMYC Youth Team	Josh Warren	Matt Findlay	6	6	5	7	29	21	28	28	101
14	IRL3137	Closed Sundays	Brian Spence	Brian Spence	36	19	23	6	33	7	9	7	104
15	GBR3125	Checkmate	Neil Hardie	Neil Hardie	20	5	24	32	9	15	14	19	106
16	GBR3072	PricewaterhouseCoopers	Ben & Jono Shelley	Jono Shelley	17	3	29	26	16	53	12	6	109
17	AUS3080	Blonde Ambition	Daniel Geoghegan	Daniel Geoghegan	23	33	21	2	7	34	17	20	123
18	GBR3031	Team Maclaren	Summerhayes/ Summerhayes/Watson	Christina Summerhayes	41	36	28	9	13	4	25	9	124
19	GBR3144	Synchro	RAFSA	Chris Blake	33	13	16	4	20	53	27	14	127
20	GBR3037	WKD Vodka Red	Joe Woods	Joe Woods	7	15	12	14	27	24	36	44	135
21	GBR3136	Violet Storm	Simon Lake	Mark Longstaff	11	46	10	15	24	26	32	18	136
22	GBR3141	Powder Monkey	Ian Poynton	S Norbury	12	37	32	12	25	14	20	24	139
23	GBR3026	Nokia for Business	Richard Beaman	Richard Beaman	29	7	34	39	15	40	24	5	153
24	GBR3095	Mutt's Nutts	Richard Hill/Nick Stuart	Nick Stuart	2	22	18	40	36	27	23	27	155
25	GBR3102	Sardonyx	William Edwards	William Edwards	19	27	30	41	21	20	16	31	164
26	GBR3153	Three Steps Beyond	David Clarke	David Clarke	37	30	9	21	14	25	42	30	166
27	GBR3062	Boo	Charles Nicholson	Neil McGrigor	53	34	14	27	45	17	11	22	170
28	GBR3045	Bullet	Graydon Dawson	Graydon Dawson	24	9	38	24	49	18	26	34	173
29	GBR3060	Finitor 7	Stewart Reed	Stewart Reed	25	32	19	43	31	16	34	23	180
30	GBR3135	Laser Scotland	Duncan Hepplewhite	Duncan Hepplewhite	14	26	47	17	37	30	22	35	181
31	GBR3067	Hooligan	Nick Glanvill	Allen Vince	28	21	26	38	30	22	19	40	184
32	GBR3058	Nimrod	Andrew Jones	Andrew Jones	15	23	31	29	26	33	35	36	192
33	GBR3029	Threesome	Macnamara/Pryde/Peelo	Duncan Pryde	27	41	40	37	28	11	40	16	199
34	IRL3075	Striptease	Venetia Wingfield	Venetia Wingfield	40	4	25	25	34	45	31	41	200
35	GBR3009	RTYC Youth Team	Laser	James Jaffa	39	45	43	16	17	28	30	29	202
36	GBR3131	It's Playtime!	Tony Kiddle	Tony Kiddle	32	18	22	44	47	29	33	25	203
37	GBR3106	Chav My Ride	Sarah Ayton	Sarah Ayton	53	52	13	22	22	53	15	32	209
38	GBR3084	Oh No!	Mark Stokes	Mark Stokes	21	14	37	46	38	43	37	21	211
39	GBR3043	Bucca	James Carr	Angus Blair	38	39	45	20	18	32	39	37	223
40	GBR3122	Trailer Trash	Paul Jacobs	Paul Jacobs	26	35	42	30	23	35	44	33	224
41	GBR3016	Saboteur	Q O'Neill/P Wiseman	Simon Oatley	44	42	15	36	40	37	29	39	238
42	GBR2000	Flamin-Gallah	Will Collins	Andrew Chittenden	30	28	35	42	42	23	53	43	243
43	GBR3146	Bathstore.com	James Ives	James Ives	43	29	33	34	51	41	38	47	265
44	GBR3096	Red Kite	Roger Harford	Roger Harford	31	38	50	35	48	39	41	45	277
45	GBR3079	Hobgoblin	S & A Costain	S Costain	47	48	44	33	46	44	43	38	295
46	GBR3078	Team JVC	Bryan Southgate	Sarah Free	35	47	49	48	43	36	46	42	297
47	GBR3051	Team Myfanwy	Rich Thoroughgood	Rich Thoroughgood	49	40	41	45	32	53	53	53	313
48	GBR3118	Drumbeat	David Frost	David Frost	45	44	46	51	52	38	45	46	315
49	GBR3023	Lets B Free	Ray Nash	Ray Nash	48	43	39	47	39	53	53	53	322
50	GBR3055	Bish Bash Bosh	Roger Hexton	Roger Hexton	46	51	48	49	41	42	53	53	330
51	GBR3089	Blue Jay	Paul Burnet	Paul Burnet	42	49	53	52	44	53	53	53	346
52	GBR3010	SBeed	Toby Litton	Toby Litton	50	50	51	50	50	53	47	48	346