Squib National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club

Squib National Championships at Weymouth Sailing Club - Day 2

by Vincent Delany 27 Jun 2016 19:15 BST 25 June - 1 July 2016

Squib Nationals at Weymouth © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

What a day the Squibs had in Weymouth Bay today. The 60 boat National Squib fleet had 15-20 knot winds and a relatively flat sea, and sunshine all day! The surfing and planing on the off-wind legs put a smile on the faces of all the crews.

For anybody who read yesterday's report there was a major error, for which I must apologise. I was nominated as Squib Class 'Dick-of-the-Day' for my error. I noted that Nigel Grogan in reHydrated flew Squib sails. Of course he did, because he was sailing a Squib! I should have noted that he used Hyde Sails. Fortunately, the 'Dick of the Day' was awarded to the Squib who brought a spinnaker to the raced course, which had not been approved by race scrutineers. Embarrassing. Fortunately a RIB took pity on him and sorted out the situation before the race started.

Back to today's racing... the course was laid close to Weymouth and clear of the ships anchored in the bay. The Race Officer wisely laid a start line with an electrical pylon on the shore as part of his transit. After one attempt to start the race officer put up the dreaded 'black' flag. The competitors realising, that in a series, consistent results are necessary to win a championship, in a fleet of this quality. The competitors behaved and the second race of the series was under way.

Of the top boats many had poor starts including Aquabat who won two races yesterday, and Cariad Bach. However David Wines and Keith Davies in White Magic had a great start and used their power to good effect. Meanwhile Malcolm Hutchings and Andy Ramsey in Lady Penelope shot out of the blocks and quickly turned right towards the Weymouth beach. They soon picked up a 10 degree wind shift in their favour, and rounded the first mark with an 8 boat lead on White Magic with Nigel and Jack Grogan's reHydrated in third place. Over the next legs reHydrated ground down White Magic to hold second place.

After three laps of the course which had beats of about 1.4 miles, consisting of a triangle, sausage and triangle, the order at the finish was Lady Penelope, 1st (high number boat with Hyde sails), reHydrated 2nd (high number boat with Hyde sails) and White Magic (high number boat).

It is worth noting, that fourth place was taken by Mike Hart and Mark Hogan in the amazing Ric O'Shea which won last year's event in Howth.

Throughout the fleet, despite the conditions with little tidal advantage and few wind shifts, the racing was very tight with many place changes.

Richard Date and Mark McGarry in Shagwell of Holyhead Sailing Club in 26th place won the silver prize for the day.

Mark and Ian Knights in Quidsin of Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in 30th place won the daily bronze prize.

Top lady helm was Megan Pascoe in Squibble in 43rd place. Top lady crew was Jenny Riley in Brimstone in 10th place.

This is the racing that the Squibs came to Weymouth for.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1	881	ReHydrated	Nigel Grogan	Jack Grogan	Royal Corinthian YC	2	2	4
2	132	Cariad Bach	Alan Johnson	David Garlick	S Caernarvenshire YC	3	5	8
3	13	Aquabat	Stu Rix	Steve Warren‑Smith	Royal Victoria YC	1	9	10
4	819	Lady Penelope	Malc Hutchings	Andy Ramsey	Royal Corinthian YC	10	1	11
5	96	Moonstone	Malcolm Blackburn	David Shell	S Caernarvenshire YC	5	6	11
6	136	Ric O'Shea	Mike Hart	Mark Hogan	S Caernarvenshire YC	8	4	12
7	23	Grayling	Richard Robinson	Steve Allso	S Caernarvenshire YC	6	8	14
8	797	Crossfire	Dave Best	Pete Richards	S Caernarvenshire YC	7	7	14
9	811	Spoof	Micky Wright	Alex Porteous	Royal Corinthian YC	4	13	17
10	828	White Magic	David Wines	Keith Davies	West Hoe SC	15	3	18
11	73	Brimstone	Bryan Riley	Jenny Riley	Waveney and Oulton Broad YC	9	10	19
12	789	Dream On	Brian Holland	Tony Sampson	S Caernarvenshire YC	12	12	24
13	823	Humphrey	Robert Coyle	Marc Rawinsky	Burnham SC	14	11	25
14	65	Banshee	Nigel Harris	John Stephenson	S Caernarvenshire YC	13	14	27
15	883	Just In Time	Neil Fulcher	Riki Aydeniz	Stone SC	11	24	35
16	800	Alchemy	Gerard Dyson	Tony Saltonstall	Royal Yorkshire YC	20	15	35
17	758	Ghost Rider	Mike Fenwick	Penny Fenwick	Weymouth SC	21	16	37
18	72	Guy Fawkes	Phil Aspinall	Howie Enkel	Royal Corinthian YC	16	21	37
19	36	Artemis	Andrew Moore	Peter Hallinan	Felixstowe Ferry SC	17	20	37
20	872	Pocahnotas	Mike Hughes	Gary Catherall	S Caernarvenshire YC	23	17	40
21	108	Ogo Pogo	Toby Taylor	Andy Biddle	S Caernarvenshire YC	19	25	44
22	11	Squib	Dick Batt	Pamela Phelan	Royal Victoria YC	24	22	46
23	127	Misfire	Roger Harris	Mark Thompson	S Caernarvenshire YC	32	18	50
24	28	Thistle	Chris Hogan	Richard Roberts	S Caernarvenshire YC	18	32	50
25	849	Essayess	Tim Sadler	Phil Snewin	S Caernarvenshire YC	27	23	50
26	52	Bacchante	Gez Brown	Harvey Warden	S Caernarvenshire YC	35	19	54
27	780	Quantum	Simon Vines	Jim Mitchell	Weymouth SC	25	29	54
28	845	Rock n Roll	John Sparrow	Ralph Banthorpe	S Caernarvenshire YC	31	27	58
29	24	Femme Fatale	Vincent Delany	Joe O'Byrne	Royal St George YC	36	28	64
30	810	Clever Dick	Richard Sullivan	Sue Harper	Royal Norfolk and Suffolk YC	29	35	64
31	880	Quidsin	Mark Knights	Ian Knights	Royal Corinthian YC	34	30	64
32	33	Incendio	David Lloyd	Mark Stones	Portsmouth SC	30	34	64
33	153	Aldebaran	Iain Jones	Peter Jackson	Weymouth SC	26	40	66
34	779	What's The Story	Simon Sanders	Julian Briggs	Royal Corinthian YC	28	42	70
35	655	White Knuckles	Michael Lloyd	Pete Lloyd	Weymouth SC	37	33	70
36	86	Jubilation	Mark Lee	Marcus Bray	Weymouth SC	33	37	70
37	836	Alkypops	Gareth Pritchard	Steve Panad McQuirk	Holyhead SC	45	31	76
38	57	Bobinski	Craig Hughes	Colin Jones	Holyhead SC	38	39	77
39	63	Inky Finger	David McCune	Edwin Page	Weymouth SC	42	36	78
40	623	Wizard	Benjamin Gibson	Christpoher Gibson	Royal Victoria YC	41	38	79
41	781	Longshot	Jim Chalmers	Ann Chalmers	Weymouth SC	22	RET	81
42	581	Squibble	Megan Pascoe	Steve Marriott	Weymouth SC	40	43	83
43	878	Siadwell	Richard Date	Mark McGarry	Holyhead SC	BFD	26	85
44	695	Mimosa	Simon Unwin	Judith Thomas	Royal Dart YC	39	46	85
45	829	Kachina Too	David Hall	David Battye	Holyhead SC	43	45	88
46	774	Corsair	Michael Brown	Fred Neale	Royal Dart YC	44	44	88
47	93	Sannu‑Sannu	David Baker	Steve Weake	S Caernarvenshire YC	49	41	90
48	847	Lil' Quickie	Matthew Roberts	Tudor Roberts	Holyhead SC	46	49	95
49	608	Inquisition	Patrick Jones	Mike Beecroft	Weymouth SC	50	47	97
50	88	Hussy	Vernon Taylor	She Taylor	Weymouth SC	47	50	97
51	99	Rebound	Simon Lee	Geraint Rees	Holyhead SC	52	48	100
52	791	Crazy Diamond	Joe Moncrieff	Marc Moncrief	Lowestoft and Oulton Broad YC	48	52	100
53	280	Osprey	John Cunningham	Nicky Cockayne	Carsington SC	55	51	106
54	470	Lap Dancer	Mark Lobb	Paul Smith	Royal Dart YC	53	54	107
55	337	Dynamite	Terence Stevens	Paul Light	Weymouth SC	56	53	109
56	773	Artful Dodger	Robin Hasler	Lloyd Bully	Weymouth SC	54	55	109
57	564	Quicksilver	Eddie Harper	Steve Dadd	West Hoe SC	51	DNC	110
58	680	Topsie	Tony Portch	TBC	Portsmouth SC	DNC	DNC	118