GP14 North West Championship at Royal Windermere Yacht Club

by S.M.Snewin 12 Sep 2005 07:41 BST 10-11 September 2005

Justin Jones & Liz Pugh at the GP14 North West Championship © Alan Henderson / www.fotoboat.com

Graham Knox & Steven Heywood at the GP14 North West Championship © Alan Henderson / www.fotoboat.com

Winners Mike Senior & Chris Tattersal at the GP14 North West Championship © Alan Henderson / www.fotoboat.com

The two day meeting got off to a fine start with twenty-seven boats taking part in two back-to-back races in North lake on Saturday afternoon, the first to a trapezoidal course, the second to an Olympic triangle and sausage and both sailed in a steady, brisk north-easterly.

In the first race, on the second lap Mike Senior and Chris Tattersall from Bolton SC in Racey’s Rocket, and Justin Jones and Liz Pugh from South Staffs SC in Too Fingers, took over from Matt Mee and Andrew Brook from HLSC in GP 13842 and built up a convincing lead to take first two places.

In the second race, Racey’s Rocket built a substantial lead over the first laps, before being luffed in to third place behind the other two boats.

With a long wait for the wind on Sunday morning, only one race could be sailed, again in a good north-easterly, and this time GP 13842 took the lead by the first mark and beat off all competition from the rest of the fleet to win the race.

Racey’s Rocket triumphed with a first, second and third place to win the Championship and the middle order enjoyed varied and challenging sailing conditions.

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Gold	Racey's Rocket	13417	Mike Senior	Chris Tattersall	Bolton SC	1	3	2	6
2	Gold		13893	Justin Jones			2	2	3	7
3	Gold		13842	Matt Mee	Andrew Brook	HLSC	6	1	1	8
4	Gold	Layla	13176	David Lawson	Lynn Lawson	Bass SC	5	5	5	15
5	Gold	Unzipped	13800	Bill Kenyon	Geoff Edwards	Budworth SC	4	6	12	22
6	Silver		13803	Paul Owen	Sue Konczyk	South Staffs SC	3	13	8	24
7	Gold	Deric	13771	Greg Pitt	Andy Tunnicliffe	RWYC	12	9	4	25
8	Gold	Moby	13742	Martin Brennan	Alistair Knott	HLSC	7	7	14	28
9	Gold	Splash	13770	Gary Deighan	Dave Jobson	Bolton SC	8	8	15	31
10	Silver	Old Farts	13737	Toby Taylor	Alan Jones	South Staffs SC	15	11	10	36
11	Silver	All Because	13420	Chris Beddow	Gill Beddow	South Staffs SC	14	14	9	37
12	Gold	Chas Smash	13874	John Telford	Andy Smith	Bass SC	DNF	4	7	39
13	Silver	Bean Bantered	13791	Julie Waddington	Chris Waddington	Bolton SC	11	15	13	39
14	Silver	Swift	13871	Robin Rose	Beth Grey	RWYC	13	16	11	40
15	Silver	Black Velvet	13885	Mike Fairlamb	Eric Smith	Bass SC	19	10	17	46
16	Bronze	Hyper	13846	Colin Brunt	Alice Fisher	RWYC	9	21	18	48
17	Bronze	Bobby's Girl	13780	Bob Theobald	Mo Theobald	RWYC	23	24	6	53
18	Bronze	Supersonic	13531	Nigel Hutchinson	Liz Oxborrow	RWYC	10	19	26	55
19	Bronze	Koru	13880	Mandy Mitchell	Jon Close	Winsford Flash SC	18	17	20	55
20	Silver	Short & Sweet	13537	Richard Thompson	Gavin Tullett	RWYC	16	18	22	56
21	Bronze	Lucid Interval	13535	John Atkinson	Elizabeth Moreton	RWYC	17	20	19	56
22	Silver	Jokatie	13746	Graham Knox	Steven Heywood	HLSC	22	12	23	57
23	Silver		13727	Tim Davies	Hilary Davies	Chelmarsh SC	20	23	16	59
24	Bronze	Dream Catcher	13464	Roger Thompson	Vickie Thompson	RWYC	21	22	25	68
25	Bronze	Demi-Sec	13739	Judith Gore	Chris Gore	RWYC	DNF	27	21	76
26	Bronze	Wispa	13390	Peter Wyche	Barry Quest		DNF	26	24	78
27	Bronze	Straciatella	13867	Dave Nicholson	Sarah Nicholson	Bass SC	DNF	25	DNS	81