Lark National Championship 2019 at Rock - Day 3

by Steve Cumley & Stuart Hydon 28 May 2019 06:26 BST 25-28 May 2019

After an hour's postponement to assess conditions the final decision was made to race just off Daymer Bay instead of joining the surfers at Polzeath. This was a master stroke by the OD because the conditions were just right for two screaming races.

Race 1 began with most pushing for the committee boat end. By the end of the first beat James Goss/Chris White lead around the windward mark followed by Nigel Hufton/Matt Wood showing continued speed from yesterday. In third it was Stuart and Nick Hydon narrowly in front of Emma Harris/Becky Priest. The leaders managed to sail in their own company with the Hydons eventually pulling past Hufton/Wood. Race winners were Goss/White followed by the Hydons and Hufton/Wood.

Race 2 was started with a gate start and by the end of the first beat Goss/White led by a small margin from the Hydons followed by Hufton/Wood. Gradually Goss/White and the Hydons pulled away to have their own battle with the Hydons waiting for Goss /White to make a mistake. That didn't happen and the results were Goss/White first (making it 5 bullets in a row!). The Hydons took second followed by Hufton/Wood.

All sailors came ashore with smiles and stories to tell. There was places changing on every leg including the reaches which were just epic!

This nationals is proving very competitive not just with the talented sailors in the Lark Fleet but also demonstrating the longevity of the boats with a couple of sub £600, over 25 year old, Parker Mk2 Larks mixing it at the front of the fleet with top 5 results. What a great time to get into Larks.

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	James Goss	Chris White	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	8
2	Stuart Hydon	Nick Hydon	4	2	9	4	3	2	2	17
3	Nigel Hufton	Matt Wood	12	11	2	3	2	3	3	24
4	Harry Pynn	Gemma Cook	3	1	5	7	4	8	7	27
5	James Stewart	Ruth Johnson	14	6	3	9	7	4	9	38
6	John Brickwood	Megan Brickwood	1	10	12	5	5	12	10	43
7	Ed Bradburn	Holly Evans	2	5	8	12	10	11	8	44
8	Rachael Rhodes	Jane Kearney	13	8	10	2	6	7	12	45
9	Simon Cox	Anna Nankervis	6	12	11	6	12	9	4	48
10	Dave Young	Laura Burch	11	9	6	8	8	6	11	48
11	Emma Harris	Becky Priest	10	4	28	10	14	5	6	49
12	Steve Cumley	Eluned Stewart	15	7	7	11	9	10	5	49
13	Dan Watson	Julia Batchelor	8	18	13	15	16	14	28	84
14	Steve Chatten	Kate Ward	22	15	15	13	13	28	14	92
15	Nigel Scott	Kirsty Phipps	20	19	19	14	15	13	17	97
16	Chris Biglin	Liese Scott	21	22	14	17	11	28	13	98
17	Keri Harris	Theo Harris	16	14	20	16	18	15	28	99
18	Kate Merritt	Karen Alexander	17	13	16	18	28	17	22	103
19	Garry Packer	Richard Packer	26	24	4	28	28	16	15	113
20	John Crooks	Flora Winter	18	26	18	19	17	18	23	113
21	Neil Firth	Sue Firth	9	21	21	28	28	21	16	116
22	Paul Gardner	Vicky Gardner	25	16	17	28	28	19	19	124
23	David Thompson	Oliver Jones	27	25	22	20	19	28	18	131
24	Chris Ellis	Judith Young	19	20	28	28	28	22	20	137
25	Michael Williams	Loufew Gray‑Williams	23	23	28	28	28	20	21	143
26	Chris Holliman	Kate Holliman	7	28	28	28	28	28	28	147
27	Kamila Czartolomna	Mya Peterson	24	17	28	28	28	28	28	153