Zhik 29er National Championship at the WPNSA - Day 3
by Paul Hammett 16 Aug 2017 12:37 BST
12-17 August 2017
Day 3 of the Zhik 29er UK Nationals saw 4 races sailed in 11-15 knots in Weymouth Bay and was a day when a few pairings put a marker down for the Championships.
Safety Lead Michael Black commented that the day’s racing was sailed in champagne conditions. In the Gold Fleet Nick Robins and Billy Ozanne led the way with a 1,1,2,4 to leap frog to the front of the standings with the Norwegian pairing of Mathias Berthet and Alex Franks-Penty tied on 31 points with Max Clapp and Ross Banham. No doubt Mathias and Max could compare notes of their experiences at the Optimist Worlds where Mathias finished 2nd in 2016 compared to Max’s 13th in 2012.
The changed winds have shuffled the pack after the lighter winds of qualifying and 4 more races are planned Wednesday in a similar forecast breeze 11-18 knots. With the first discard coming in after 5 races expect further changes to the standings. Hannah Bristow and Emily Covell lead the Ladies in 4th with Charlotte Ormerod and Daniel Lewis leading the Mixed Category in 12th. Henry Chandler and Louis Johnson are leading Juniors.
In Silver fleet some close racing is also taking place with Luke and Ewan Gribbin tied with Iain Bird and Anna Rowe on 60 points. Emma Tardrew crewed by Rex Farrant is poised a point behind followed by brother George Tardrew crewed by Henry White.
As the wind has increased and the Finals series becomes more important the fleet has reduced its penchant for UFD/OCS/BFD and Race Officer Stuart Childerley and team have rattled through the racing with a total of 24 races in 3 days so far and another 14 races to go. The forecast suggests there is a very good chance of a full series with the Black tie dinner on the last night after an interesting Karoake on Tuesday night.
Results after Day 3:
Pos | Nat | Sail No | Bow No | Helm | Crew | Clubs | Q | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | Pts |
Gold Fleet |
1 | GBR | 14 | 71 | NICK ROBINS | BILLY VENNIS‑OZANNE | HAYLING ISLAND SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC/ST | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
2 | NOR | 2662 | 72 | MATHIAS BERTHET | ALEX FRANKS‑PENTY | KONGELIG NORSK SEILFORENING / ASKER SEIL | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 |
3 | GBR | 15 | 67 | MAX CLAPP | ROSGO BANHAM | ROYAL SOUTHERN YC / BEWL VALLEY SAILING | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 31 |
4 | GBR | 2379 | 56 | HANNAH BRISTOW | EMILY COVELL | LEIGH & LOWTON SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 33 |
5 | GBR | 1902 | 15 | HUW EDWARDS | ROWAN EDWARDS | CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC | 13 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 40 |
6 | GBR | 2399 | 58 | BOBBY HEWITT | HARRY DURCAN | LEIGH & LOWTON SC | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
7 | GBR | 2139 | 30 | FREDDIE PETERS | ELLIOT WELLS | HISC | 25 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 45 |
8 | GBR | 2241 | 40 | HENRY JAMESON | TOBY ATHERTON | HAYLING ISLAND SC / GURNARD SC/HISC | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 45 |
9 | GBR | 2340 | 50 | EWAN WILSON | RORY ROSE | WORMIT BOATING CLUB / ASYC | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 48 |
10 | GBR | 2344 | 54 | JAMES HAMMETT | JAMES EALES | HISC / RLYC | 19 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 49 |
11 | GBR | 2337 | 48 | DAN ARMSTRONG | FIN ARMSTRONG | RTYC | 26 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 52 |
12 | GBR | 2236 | 39 | CHARLOTTE ORMEROD | DANIEL LEWIS | OXFORD SC / DRAYCOTE WATER SC | 6 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 60 |
13 | GBR | 2343 | 53 | BELLA FELLOWS | ANNA STURROCK | LOCH TUMMEL SC/ROYAL TAY YC | 8 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 67 |
14 | GBR | 2347 | 55 | FREYA BLACK | ORLA MITCHELL | HISC | 9 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 69 |
15 | GBR | 2341 | 51 | PATRICK CROGHAN | DOMINIC LEWIS | QUEEN MARY SC / BOSHAM SC | 17 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 76 |
16 | GBR | 2025 | 22 | SARAH JARMAN | NICK DEVEREUX | RLYMYC / BUDWORTH SC | 16 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 81 |
17 | GBR | 2203 | 34 | HATTIE ROGERS | NATHANIEL GORDON | ROYAL LYMINGTON YC / HISC | 15 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 86 |
18 | GBR | 2332 | 46 | TOBY COPE | HARRY PULFORD | CARSINGTON SC/RUDYARD LAKE SC / LLYN BRE | 27 | 28 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 90 |
19 | GBR | 232 | 25 | OLLIE DIXON | DYLAN WALENDY‑ WRIGLEY | ROYAL HARWICH YC / HARWICH TOWN SC | 28 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 96 |
20 | GBR | 2123 | 29 | JESSIE MAIN | JESS JARMAN | WARSASH SC | 12 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 99 |
21 | GBR | 2479 | 63 | COURTNEY BILBROUGH | HANNA BRANT | HISC | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 114 |
22 | GBR | 138 | 1 | SAM JONES | JOE BRADLEY | HILL HEAD SC | 20 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 118 |
23 | GBR | 2173 | 32 | ETHAN LEAHY | ROBERT RICHARDSON | WINDERMERE SCHOOL / RWYC/ULLSWATER YC | 37 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 31 | 121 |
24 | GBR | 1858 | 13 | HENRY CHANDLER | LOUIS JOHNSON | EMSWORTH SC/HAYLING ISLAND SC / HAYLING | 21 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 121 |
25 | GBR | 2432 | 60 | CAITLIN WEBSTER | LUCY FERGUSON | CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC/HISC / WINDERMERE SC | 18 | 18 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 122 |
26 | GBR | 2493 | 65 | EWAN LUKE | ZAC BLOMELEY | LLANDUDNO SC | 31 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 124 |
27 | GBR | 2478 | 9 | SAM KNEALE | CIAN ASHBY | CHRISTCHURCH SC/ROYAL LYMINGTON YC | 11 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 133 |
28 | GBR | 1903 | 24 | RYAN BUSH | LOUIS GIBBS | BRISTOL CORINTHIAN YC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE | 30 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 134 |
29 | GBR | 2118 | 28 | JAMES HOLLIS | JAKE HARDMAN | RTYC / HISC | 36 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 32 | 136 |
30 | GBR | 773 | 4 | ALICE SMITH | MATT HODGES | QMSC/HISC / QUEEN MARY SC | 32 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 138 |
31 | GBR | 2696 | 74 | MICHAEL DYER | SAMUEL DYER | HERNE BAY SC | 33 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 139 |
32 | GBR | 2694 | 44 | CHARLOTTE GORDON | DANI MIDDLETON | PARKSTONE YC / SALTASH SC | 14 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 145 |
33 | GBR | 2289 | 42 | PIERCE HARRIS | ALFIE COGGER | WINDERMERE SCHOOL | 22 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 149 |
34 | GBR | 2695 | 73 | GEORGE RICHARDS | GREGORY BROWN | R LYM Y C / LYMINGTON TOWN SC | 34 | 30 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 151 |
35 | GBR | 2229 | 38 | HANNAH ROBERTS‑STRAW | JESS FLINT | CARDIFF BAY YC / RUTLAND SC | 29 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 164 |
36 | GBR | 2477 | 62 | ALICE HANDLEY | ZOE JAMES | HISC | 24 | 36 | RET | 34 | 36 | 168 |
37 | GBR | 2494 | 66 | MORGAN ARCHER | ELLIE WALL | BLUE CIRCLE SC / QUEEN MARY SC | 35 | RET | DNS | DNC | DNC | 187 |
Silver Fleet |
1 | GBR | 2539 | 68 | LUKE GRIBBIN | EWAN GRIBBIN | PAIGNTON SC | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 60 |
2 | GBR | 2381 | 57 | IAIN BIRD | ANNA ROWE | HISC / ISLAND BARN RESERVOIR SC | 42 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 60 |
3 | GBR | 2022 | 21 | EMMA TARDREW | REX FARRANT | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 61 |
4 | GBR | 900 | 6 | GEORGE TARDREW | HENRY WHITE | HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC | 47 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 69 |
5 | GBR | 2329 | 45 | FERGUS FOX | HARRY FOX | BURGHFIELD SC | 45 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 70 |
6 | GBR | 2336 | 47 | MILLIE ALDRIDGE | JESS JOBSON | PARKSTONE YC / ROYAL TORBAY YC | 40 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 77 |
7 | GBR | 2545 | 69 | CHRIS JAMES | JAMES HALL | HISC/ROYAL SOUTHERN YC / HISC | 48 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 79 |
8 | GBR | 2222 | 36 | CHARLES ELLIOT | JACK MILLER | HAYLING ISLAND / FELPHAM SC | 56 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 82 |
9 | GBR | 2172 | 31 | ANA PATERSON | MADDIE WYLIE | YORKSHIRE DALES SC | 52 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 85 |
10 | GBR | 2305 | 43 | BEN BATCHELOR | MAT PERRY | ISLE OF MAN YC | 53 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 86 |
11 | GBR | 2216 | 35 | WILL CUNLIFFE | JAMES CUNLIFFE | ROYAL TORBAY YC | 55 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 89 |
12 | GBR | 2113 | 27 | RORY FULTON | JAMIE MACAULAY | BOUGH BEECH SC | 51 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 99 |
13 | GBR | 382 | 3 | SAM COOPER | ANNA ZUURMOND | MENGEHAM RYTHE SC | 39 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 100 |
14 | GBR | 2028 | 23 | ALICE SENIOR | CAITIE ATKIN | MOUNTBATTEN WATERSPORTS CENTRE / WHITSTA | 49 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 103 |
15 | GBR | 938 | 7 | HARRISON PYE | HARRY JONES | DRAYCOTE WATER SC / DRAYCOTE WATER SC/HA | 41 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 115 |
16 | GBR | 843 | 5 | ISHBEL ZUURMOND | OLI KING | MENGEHAM RYTHE SC / HISC | 58 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 119 |
17 | GBR | 2223 | 37 | EDDIE FARRELL | OLIVER GIBSON | LLANDUDNO SC | 65 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 128 |
18 | GBR | 2018 | 20 | LUCY WILSON | BEN IBBOTSON | ASYC/RTYC / ANNANDALE | 54 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 133 |
19 | GBR | 1504 | 11 | ELLIE WALTON | EMMA BARNETT | DRAYCOTE WATER SC/HISC / DRAYCOTE WATER | 44 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 133 |
20 | GBR | 2175 | 33 | RORY ANGUS | GREGOR ANGUS | WORMIT BOATING CLUB / ROYAL TAY YC/WORMI | 57 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 22 | 138 |
21 | GBR | 2627 | 70 | SAM WRANKMORE | IMOGEN ASQUITH | HILL HEAD SC | 62 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 138 |
22 | GBR | 2433 | 61 | LOUIS WRIGHT | WILL JARMAN | | 63 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 145 |
23 | GBR | 2414 | 59 | ELODIE EDWARDS | AMY BALE | CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC / SOUTH CAERNARF | 50 | 13 | 35 | 23 | UFD | 160 |
24 | GBR | 1972 | 18 | VICKY COWAN | PHILLY ALA | HAYLING ISLAND SC/STOKES BAY / HISC | 46 | 21 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 160 |
25 | GBR | 2242 | 41 | ELLEN MORLEY | HANNAH TUCKER | BSC / BURNHAM ON CROUCH SC | 68 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 163 |
26 | GBR | 1324 | 10 | ROSIE HILL | IEUAN HARRISON | STOKES BAY SC | 72 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 165 |
27 | GBR | 313 | 2 | MEGAN THORNLEY | JAMES ABBATT | ULLSWATER YC | 59 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 169 |
28 | GBR | 1959 | 17 | IZZI BRISTOW | SIMON HALL | LEIGH AND LOWTON SC / LEIGH AND LOWTON/W | 64 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 171 |
29 | GBR | 1908 | 16 | BETH ALBONE | ASHLEY DEATON | CHICHESTER YC/MILTON KEYNES SC / ROYAL H | 61 | 18 | 30 | 25 | RET | 173 |
30 | GBR | 1702 | 12 | OLIVER FELLOWS | WILL ADLER | CASTLE COVE SC | 67 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 173 |
31 | GBR | 2342 | 52 | ANNABEL WHELAN | ISOBEL CLARKE | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 60 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 184 |
32 | GBR | 2016 | 19 | TOM BOOTH | ARCHIE HALLETT | PLYMOUTH YOUTH SAILING/YEALM YC | 74 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 185 |
33 | GBR | 2485 | 64 | WILLIAM TAYLOR | FREDDIE WOOTTON | ESSEX YC | 66 | 34 | 29 | 35 | 25 | 189 |
34 | GBR | 1200 | 8 | ALEX RATSEY | BERTIE RATSEY | ROYAL WESTERN YC | 69 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 193 |
35 | GBR | 1867 | 14 | TOM HOLLIDAY | ELLA JOHNSON | EMSWORTH SC/HAYLING ISLAND SC | 75 | 35 | 31 | 34 | RET | 214 |
36 | GBR | 2042 | 49 | WILLIAM PENNY | ABBIE SYKES | HORNING SC / RHS | 73 | 36 | 36 | DNS | DNC | 223 |
37 | GBR | 2111 | 26 | JULIA STAITE | HANNAH MORRIS | HISC / WARSASH SC | 71 | 37 | DNS | DNC | DNC | 225 |
38 | GBR | 1867 | 14 | TOM HOLLIDAY | OLLIE DENNIS | EMSWORTH SC/HAYLING ISLAND SC | 70 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 226 |

