Harken Musto Skiff UK National Championship at Castle Cove Sailing Club

Harken Musto Skiff UK National Championship at Castle Cove Sailing Club - Day 1

by Kilsby, Schooling, Peake, Tarboton & Vincent 9 Aug 2018 21:06 BST 9-12 August 2018

Fifty-six Musto Skiffs descended upon Castle Cove Sailing Club for their 2018 Nationals. With sunshine and and a great forecast for the event, the fleet were raring to get on the water for some close racing inside Weymouth harbour.

Racing started on time in a 12-15kt Westerly. In race one the fleet split up the first beat but converged at the top mark with no clear side paying. Andy Peake found himself in front, closely followed by Jono Shelly. Jono passed Andy down the first run but Andy returned the favour down the last. Sadly for both of them, Andy Tarboton had hit the right hand corner up the last beat and passed them both. Race one finishing order, Andy T, Andy P and Jono.

Musto Skiff UK Nationals at Castle Cove SC day 1 - photo © Tim Olin / www.olinphoto.co.uk

Race two once again showed the strength of the fleet. The wind had shifted 20 degrees right and thus evened up the course. The usual suspects made their way up the fleet to battle it out and keeping ones head out the boat seemed to reward the effort. Bruce found his form after a slow start to take the bullet from Neil Ashby with Andy Tarboton in 3rd.

Musto Skiff UK Nationals at Castle Cove SC day 1 - photo © Tim Olin / www.olinphoto.co.uk

There was a pin-end bias to the start line of the third race, and Andy Rice performed his traditional port flyer, along with upwind animal, Neil Ashby. Three laps later Ashby was still in the lead going round the final windward mark, but was struggling to shake Bruce Keen and Dan Vincent off his tail. As they scorched downwind there was little room between them, but Vincent won the gybing battle to steal the victory and win his first Musto Nationals race for ten years and one we will never hear the end of.

Musto Skiff UK Nationals at Castle Cove SC day 1 - photo © Tim Olin / www.olinphoto.co.uk

Tonight the clubs have hosted a fine chilli dinner with tasty chocolate brownies for afters.

Now the fleet are enjoying the subsidised beer and are in the middle of a tinfoil boat building competition.

Big thanks to the excellent efforts of our hosts Castle Cove Sailing Club.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	534	Bruce Keen	Stokes Bay SC	8	1	2	11
2	527	Dan Trotter	Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club	5	4	4	13
3	525	Andy Tarboton	Henley Midmar Yacht Club	1	3	10	14
4	444	Jamie Hilton	Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club	4	6	6	16
5	557	Dan Vincent	Stokes Bay SC/RNSA	9	8	1	18
6	539	Neil Ashby	Wilsonian SC	16	2	7	25
7	526	Jono Shelley	Largs Sailing Club	3	5	18	26
8	568	Andrew Peake	Wilsonian SC	2	11	14	27
9	474	Alastair Conn	Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club	7	9	11	27
10	548	George Hand	Stokes Bay SC	20	7	3	30
11	372	Alex Knight	Castle Cove Sailing Club	10	13	9	32
12	302	Dan Kilsby	Stokes Bay SC	6	14	13	33
13	364	Andy Rice	Stokes Bay SC	18	12	8	38
14	544	Ben Schooling	Stokes Bay SC	11	23	5	39
15	315	Jason Rickards	MSCA	13	19	12	44
16	469	Richard Pelley	Stokes Bay SC	12	17	16	45
17	410	Paul Smalley	Chew Valley SC	14	28	15	57
18	113	Ed Wilkinson	Datchet Water SC	28	16	17	61
19	547	Serega Samus	Wilsonian SC	15	29	19	63
20	535	David Annan	Grafham Water Sailing Club	21	15	27	63
21	584	Andrew Gould	Stokes Bay SC	25	22	20	67
22	479	Yaroslav Petrov	Russkoe More Sailing Club	23	24	22	69
23	500	Tom Conway	Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club	22	27	23	72
24	566	Michael Sims	Carsington Sailing Club	26	20	28	74
25	483	John Evans	Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club	17	21	38	76
26	582	Paul Molesworth	Datchet Water SC	19	38	21	78
27	394	Nigel Wallbank	Lymington Town Sailing Club	30	26	29	85
28	202	Mike Dencher	Castle Cove Sailing Club	27	30	33	90
29	542	Ron Barnes	Thorpe Bay Yacht Club	41	25	25	91
30	323	Andrew Wilde	Carsington Sailing Club	33	34	26	93
31	432	Rick Perkins	Whitstable Yacht Club	29	32	32	93
32	250	Nigel Dakin	Stokes Bay SC	32	36	30	98
33	419	Richard Smith	Wilsonian SC	24	18	RET	99
34	583	Lee Cullen	Arun Yacht Club	52	10	40	102
35	289	Andy Whittle	Blackwater Sailing Club	35	31	37	103
36	186	Andrew Stickland	Thorpe Bay Yacht Club	31	39	36	106
37	265	Tom Taylor	Grafham Water Sailing Club	43	40	24	107
38	304	Jamie Southwell	Stokes Bay SC	37	47	34	118
39	350	Brennan Robinson	Royal Natal Yacht Club	47	35	42	124
40	97	James Nuttall	Datchet Water SC	40	45	39	124
41	147	Joshua Bell	Stokes Bay SC	48	33	44	125
42	294	Gary Stones	Lymington Town Sailing Club	36	51	41	128
43	487	Sean Thijsse	Stokes Bay SC	OCS	42	31	130
44	446	Erik Boerresen	CSF	34	43	DNF	134
45	222	David Moy	Stokes Bay SC	44	50	43	137
46	1	Nick Cherry	Lymington Town Sailing Club	49	46	45	140
47	181	Troy Christensen	Datchet Water SC	DNF	49	35	141
48	220	Tom Whicher	Lymington Town Sailing Club	51	48	46	145
49	373	Tom Gilbert	Datchet Water SC	46	44	RET	147
50	305	Olivier Vidal	Netley Sailing Club	50	41	DNF	148
51	361	Huud Ouwehand	WSU De Kreupel	DNF	37	RET	151
52	545	Nick Lett	Wilsonian SC	38	RET	DNS	152
53	178	John Piatt	Datchet Water SC	39	RET	DNS	153
54	282	Mark Reynell	Poole YC	42	DNS	DNS	156
55	543	Stephen Wright	Stokes Bay SC	45	DNF	DNF	159
56	516	Russell Clark	Stokes Bay SC	RET	DNS	DNS	171