Albacore Nationals at Lyme Regis Sailing Club

Albacore Nationals at Lyme Regis Sailing Club - Day 5

by Barry McGibbon 8 Sep 2005 23:45 BST

After many sunny days, grey skies and mist over the cliffs were a bit of a disappointment. This was relieved by a F4 SSW wind and three foot waves which excited many of the competitors; although there were a number that had that "should-we?" look. This hesitancy quickly vanished when Chris Turner sailed out of the harbour entrance without his (fixed) rudder; they clamoured to emulate such a 'cool' exit. All entries then went to sea but in the traditional way: rudder in place.

Chris dominated the first race and the close fighting for the afternoon race came to an end when Mike McNamara suffered a gear failure that forced his retirement from the race. When asked what had broken, his reply was "Only my heart".

In race seven local Lyme sailors Chris Turner and Simon Maguire led around the first mark and went on to build a substantial lead which they held to the finish. US sailors Barney Harris and David Byron were second after a close tussle with Orlando Gledhill and Jon Frary and Mike McNamara and Robin Barker who finished third and fourth respectively.

In the afternoon, race eight was held in less wind and a little sunshine. Orlando and Jon led for most of the race but were overtaken by Chris Turner and Simon Maguire almost at the finishing line with Mike Holmes and Colin Smith in third.

These final positions in race eight meant that Chris Turner and Simon Maguire have already won the Albacore International Regatta and the (Canadian) Governor General's Trophy with a race to spare. This leaves four or five boats fighting for the runner-ups spot in the last race on Friday.

After these main regatta races, a Junior Cup race was won by Adam Nicholson from the Canadian Bala Sailing Club, followed by Alice Rook --- who had to do two turns for a Rule 42 violation - and Robbie Blackburn of the nearby Sutton Bingham SC .

Results after Day 5:

Posth>	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	7512	Chris Turner	Simon Maguire	1	2	5	2	16	4	1	1	11
2	6493	Michael McNamara	Robin Barker	2	1	13	1	3	5	4	~~DNF~~	16
3	6825	Neville Herbert	Stephen Penfold	17	3	1	11	1	3	6	6	20
4	7155	Mike Holmes	Colin Smith	3	6	3	6	2	7	5	3	22
5	8068	Orlando Gledhill	Jon Frary	15	5	6	3	6	8	3	2	25
6	6701	Barney Harris	David Byron	12	4	24	5	8	2	2	5	26
7	6403	Norman Halstead	Liz Macdonald	4	16	2	9	7	9	7	8	37
8	7143	Matt Potter	Mark Fowler	11	7	11	4	11	18	10	4	47
9	7518	Judy Armstrong	Paul Armstrong	7	14	20	8	5	10	9	10	49
10	7919	Raines Koby	Abby MacInnes	14	~~DNC~~	10	12	~~OCS~~	1	8	7	52
11	7700	Chris Gorton	Henry Pedro	6	11	9	19	9	11	24	9	55
12	7416	Peter Snowdon	Deborah Snowdon	5	22	26	10	17	12	11	13	68
13	8088	Barrie Farrell	Sandy Swiatlowski	41	15	4	14	18	13	14	23	78
14	6439	Jean Simmons	Derek Simmons	33	17	8	17	15	14	23	11	82
15	6434	Peter Duncan	David Niblett	19	20	14	13	10	20	13	15	84
16	7966	Robert Robinson	Taylor Robinson	21	12	19	24	13	22	12	12	89
17	7992	Mary Rook	James Wallace	36	8	21	20	22	6	21	16	92
18	8057	Khin Thein	Thi Ha	9	13	12	22	~~OCS~~	17	20	24	93
19	7187	Jerry Rook	Nic Butler	35	10	22	15	20	19	19	14	97
20	7985	Richard Gray	Bill Law	30	18	28	18	4	16	22	20	98
21	8083	Lloyd Leonard	Doug Foord	8	24	25	21	12	31	29	19	109
22	8094	Teresa Miolla	Christine Short	39	23	7	39	14	29	26	30	129
23	7994	Steven Brown	Michael Thomason	32	26	18	25	30	36	15	18	132
24	6853	Simon Elliot	Jenny Bailey	31	19	17	26	~~OCS~~	38	25	17	135
25	7980	Adam Nicholson	Fred Nicholson	13	21	43	32	37	32	17	25	140
26	7176	Derek Gibbon	Katie Gibbon	20	31	46	16	34	27	18	29	141
27	7921	Fred Whitehead	Graham Riley	26	35	39	34	25	15	28	26	154
28	6943	Nick Hayes	Alan Higgs	25	28	15	43	28	30	39	28	154
29	8011	John Herbert	Anita Herbert	42	25	23	23	~~OCS~~	23	38	27	159
30	8008	Mike Weeks	Robin Birkett	10	36	27	29	27	35	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	164
31	1717	Crawford Reid	Isabelle Martin	16	39	32	49	33	26	37	21	165
32	8000	Trevor Smith	Ann Smith	24	30	33	27	~~OCS~~	21	34	36	169
33	8067	Mike Banner	Stuart Halman	23	33	35	31	35	39	16	34	172
34	6959	Stuart Gibson	Gavin Berry	27	9	31	7	29	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	DNC	179
35	7456	Bob Bear	Kelsey Averill	37	38	16	50	32	24	36	44	183
36	7	Alex Talbot	Emma Johnson	44	29	38	28	19	~~DNC~~	31	38	183
37	6917	John Howard	Jon Wood	29	44	49	30	51	28	32	22	185
38	7768	Gordon Scott	Brian Inglis	18	27	37	55	41	37	43	33	193
39	7425	Richard Thorpe	David Thorpe	~~OCS~~	46	34	37	31	25	27	~~DNS~~	200
40	8001	Bill McMillan	Tom Hadley	~~DNF~~	~~DNS~~	30	36	24	40	42	40	212
41	6654	James Blackburn	Robert Blackburn	28	~~DNC~~	44	42	43	48	33	41	231
42	7989	Ian Wallace	Carla Reed	52	60	29	41	26	44	41	~~DNS~~	233
43	6838	David Bomby	Another Bomby	40	49	52	47	38	34	45	31	235
44	7910	John Wilson	Frank Guthrie	47	37	56	61	23	33	50	47	237
45	6824	Terry Smith	Simon Everett	51	34	41	35	~~OCS~~	43	44	43	240
46	7407	Chris Bell	Ian Brunger	45	48	60	33	47	51	35	37	245
47	7507	John Thompson	S Higgs/A Hawkins	48	32	36	45	45	45	46	45	248
48	8004	Angus McNeal	Richard Gibb	55	51	40	60	36	52	30	42	251
49	8062	David Willis	Robyn Back	46	45	48	40	53	59	51	32	262
50	6815	Jeff Vanderbought	Kim Broe-Ward	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	47	44	21	DNC	48	35	271
51	1862	Joss Kent	Bruce Truscott	43	40	50	48	61	46	47	50	274
52	1605	Nick Hill	Austin Fairley	34	43	51	63	42	~~DNC~~	61	48	279
53	7404	Mark Calvert	Mark Arthur	56	41	57	54	49	49	40	46	279
54	550	Johnnie Dellow	Jason Phillips	53	~~DNC~~	42	46	40	56	52	49	282
55	5122	Tom Howard	Angela Howard	61	52	61	51	50	50	55	39	297
56	8069	Paul Sleeman	Jacquie Sleeman	38	56	45	58	52	53	58	~~DNS~~	302
57	7173	Mike Nichols	David Scott	50	42	59	53	56	47	56	54	302
58	7988	Victoria Brooks	Robin Brooks	60	53	62	57	46	42	54	51	303
59	5865	James Cole	Julia Taylor	49	~~DNC~~	53	38	39	54	~~DNC~~	DNC	309
60	8063	Jeremy White	Robin Hodges	58	47	68	59	44	60	49	56	313
61	6405	David White	Niall White	54	50	70	52	~~OCS~~	55	57	52	320
62	1932	Alice Rook	Nick White/C Butler	22	64	66	64	57	62	62	58	325
63	7505	Adrian Cook	Sheila Stuart	62	54	64	62	~~OCS~~	41	64	53	336
64	6922	Jeremy Wallace	Tony Maguire	59	55	65	~~DNF~~	58	57	53	57	339
65	6492	Steve Patch	Emily Baker-Patch	~~DNF~~	65	63	56	~~OCS~~	61	60	55	360
66	1728	Jeremy Michell	Sandy Michell	69	59	54	70	55	65	69	64	366
67	7410	Martyn Bright	Simon McCabe	63	~~DNC~~	55	69	59	~~DNC~~	59	62	367
68	4745	Jim Hyatt	John Ferguson	67	62	58	65	64	67	65	61	375
69	7352	Gene Spillane	Dan Scaggs	65	61	71	~~DSQ~~	60	66	63	60	375
70	6912	Carl Hanson	Paul Talbot	68	58	69	68	54	~~DNC~~	68	63	379
71	1547	Tony Emmerson	Michael Pitt	66	57	67	66	62	63	67	65	379
72	6956	David Norris	Margaret Norris	64	63	73	67	63	58	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	388
73	8065	Mike Burns	Liz Smith	57	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	DNC	48	DNC	DNC	DNC	409
74	853	Sophie Morton	Jasmine Fairley	~~DNF~~	~~DNF~~	72	DNF	DNF	64	66	59	413
75	7766/6687	Ray Pickering	Ian Neale	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	456