RS Games 2018 at the WPNSA: RS600 National Championship Day 1

by Lee Bratley 24 Aug 2018 13:19 BST 23-25 August 2018

"RS600 sailors your briefing starts in ten minutes"... This was the call that heralded the gathering of 29 RS600 pilots to start three days of battle - with a promise of fresh breeze and sunshine.

From the old guard to plenty of new faces there was a massive buzz amongst the fleet as we set of for the first of three races for the day.

First race saw a 50/50 split in the fleet for the first beat with Richard Smith making great gains to reach the mark first... Where he stayed all race to take the first spoils of the day.

The breeze started to build noticeably for the second race, pin end was the place to be as the bulk of the fleet headed over there, splitting again for this first beat.

Again, Richard came out on top as conditions started to take there toll with capsizes and a couple of breakages laying claim to a couple of boats (Special note to Chris Haslam who, in his first 600 event - and at just 17years old - managed to capsize, lose a rudder and replace it whilst upturned.... And managing to finish the race!

Race three and the breeze really was kicking up now and tired bodies made for a very testing race. Off the start and though the wind was up the competition levels hadn''t dropped and pushing of the line saw the best start of the day.

With white caps starting to form, Richard was ahead again followed, noteably, by none other than Clive Everest in his first 600 event in many a year.

So, at the end of day one, Richard Smith is clearly the man of the moment with a very close tussle for second with George and Clive tied.

Friday sees another big forecast which will show these spectacular boats at their very limits.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Helm Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	8	Richard Smith	Wilsonian SC	1	1	1	3
2	969	Clive Everest	Hayling Island SC	6	2	2	10
3	988	George Smith	Shoreham SC	2	3	5	10
4	810	Jamie Mawson	Notts County SC	3	4	4	11
5	676	Ian Jubb		4	5	3	12
6	654	Ian Marshall	Oxford SC	5	9	6	20
7	918	Ian Montague	Stone SC	10	6	7	23
8	885	Simon Hibbert	Nottingham SC	13	7	8	28
9	951	Michael Iszatt	King George SC	8	13	9	30
10	881	David Goudie	Grafham Water SC	9	10	15	34
11	900	Alex Piggott	Notts County SC	16	12	10	38
12	782	Daniel Hollands	Hythe & Saltwood SC	18	11	11	40
13	626	Ken Potts	Gunfleet SC	7	14	21	42
14	657	Joseph Wellerd	Dartmouth YC	12	17	14	43
15	946	Ian Rhodes	Northampton SC	14	16	13	43
16	826	David Nunn	Lilliput SC	15	15	16	46
17	652	Liam Willis	Lymington Town SC	20	8	19	47
18	715	James Parker‑Mowbray	Castle Cove SC/ASWC	11	19	18	48
19	958	Chris Owens	Pembrokeshire YC	17	21	12	50
20	670	Christopher Haslam	Hickling Broad SC	22	18	20	60
21	898	Tim Morgan	Paignton SC	23	23	17	63
22	957	Matt Potter	Notts County SC	19	22	RET	71
23	904	Will Davies	Grafham Water SC	21	20	RET	71
24	656	Alex Everest	Hayling Island SC	24	RET	DNC	84
25	702	Luke Lazell	Lyme Regis SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	90
25	749	Lee Bratley	Carsington SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	90
25	853	Kacper Ciechorski	Portishead Y &SC	RET	DNC	DNC	90
25	933	Clifford Haslam	Great Yarmouth & Gorleston SC	RET	DNC	DNC	90
25	999	Alexander Newton Southon	Lymington Town SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	90