Fat Face RS200 Open at Parkstone Sailing Club

by Trudie Fell 11 Jul 2006 12:32 BST 8-9 July 2006

The Fat Face RS200 circuit enjoys great conditions at Parkstone © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.co.uk

The sun, wind and 51 RS200s turned out for the 8th Fat Face circuit event of 2006 at Parkstone Yacht Club.

Fantastic weather conditions, and a friendly welcome from Parkstone YC, greeted the fleet on Saturday. The first start got underway in 12-14 knots of breeze out in bay. Roger Gilbert, sailing with his sister Katrina Gilbert, had a good start and won the first race, with Ian Pickard and Loopie Lucy Matthews, and Andy and Geraldine Peters in second and third respectively. The wind picked up a few knots, and the Race Officer lengthened the course, for the second race. The Gilbert siblings showed the way again to win the second race, with Tom and Jo Hewitson back in their more usual position near the front taking second place, and Jon Lewis/Katie Nichols in third. The wind had increased again for race three. Not all the fleet noticed that the Race Officer had put numeral 5 pennant up indicating 5 laps, instead of the 2 laps of the previous races. The hard work up the beats was rewarded by some exciting downwind runs in front of the photographer’s boat. The Gilberts showed great form to win a third race, with Hewitsons in second and Pickard/Loopie in third.

A fantastic days sailing was followed by great food, and live music from the Martin Kitcher Band, in the Yacht Club. New lightweight crews Max Sydenham and Hazel Jones were welcomed to the fleet.

Sunday morning brought blustery wind. Unfortunately, when the gusts increased to 35 knots, the Race Officer was forced to abandon sailing for the day. Roger and Katrina Gilbert won the event with three first places. Pickard/Loopie and Lewis/Nichols were tied on 13 points in second place, with Pickard/Loopie getting second overall due to their 2nd place in the first race. With no discard, consistency counted, and Mark Littlejohn/Mad Welsh bird Emma had hit the consistency button on Saturday to take 4th overall.

Will Storey and Kate Havill, from the host club, sailed consistently well to come 10th overall and win the Silver fleet. The Bronze fleet was won by the newly appointed Bronze fleet representative, Charlie Muir crewed by Jane Sands.

Thanks to the event sponsors Fat Face, and for Parkstone YC for hosting another great event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Gold	37		Roger Gilbert	Katrina Gilbert	Frensham Pond S.C.	1	1	1	3
2nd	Gold	1165	Easy Tiger	Ian Pickard	Loopie Lucy	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.	2	8	3	13
3rd	Gold	1054	Harken	Jonathan Lewis	KT Nichol	Burghfield S.C.	4	3	6	13
4th	Gold	858		M. Littlejohn	Emma	Lancing S.C.	6	6	5	17
5th	Gold	772		Tom Hewitson	Jo Hewitson	Rickmansworth S.C.	14	2	2	18
6th	Gold	962		Andrew Peters	Jeraldine Peters	King and Queen Y.C.	3	9	7	19
7th	Gold	815		Micky Wright	Howie Enkel	Maylandsea Bay S.C.	7	4	8	19
8th	Gold	789		Steve Dunn	Noelle Vidal	M.K.S.C.	9	7	4	20
9th	Gold	927	Harder Faster	Trudie Fell	Karen Baker	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.	5	5	14	24
10th	Silver	1083		Will Storey	Kate Havill	Parkstone Y.C.	12	10	12	34
11th	Gold	1033	Slinky Splice	Richard Edwards	Paru Edwards	Parkstone Y.C.	10	16	10	36
12th		854		Sandy Ramus	Jane Willaw	Hayling Island S.C.	8	11	27	46
13th	Silver	600		Fiona Hall	Paul Rigg	Littleton/East Lothian Y.C.	20	18	9	47
14th	Gold	941		Mike Chapman	Lynne Ratcliffe	Bexhill S.C.	15	17	15	47
15th	Gold	896		Sue Antonelli	Jo Lloyd	Littleton S.C.	11	14	23	48
16th	Gold	491	Sailboat Deliveries	John Greenland	Pippa Williams	Hayling Island S.C.	21	19	11	51
17th	Bronze	835	Seahorse	Charlie Muir	Jane Sands	Seahorse S.C.	23	13	17	53
18th	Silver	594		George Kingsnorth	Victoria Fairhurst	Burghfield S.C.	24	20	13	57
19th	Gold	371		Sarah Taylor	Lucy Matthews	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.	26	15	16	57
20th		1031		Chris Catt	Nikki Catt	Downs S.C.	16	23	20	59
21st	Silver	1147	Blood Seat & Cheers	Simon Gillow	Emma Harniman	Wembley S.C.	25	21	18	64
22nd		744		Paul Lewis	Flicity Pearson	Locks S.C.	13	27	25	65
23rd		953		Juliet Kingsnorth	Alice Kingsnorth	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.	28	28	19	75
24th	Silver	1022		Stephen Janering	Charlotte Cotter	Wembley S.C.	19	12	DNC	83
25th	Bronze	1036		Alan Tarrant	Dale Phillips	Highcliffe S.C.	27	26	31	84
26th	Bronze	1007		Paul Goodwin	Tessa Nichols	Draycote Water S.C.	37	24	24	85
27th		947		Gareth Robinson	Willow Holland	Littleton S.C.	31	32	26	89
28th	Silver	1176	Dodgy Tactics	Georgie Hill	Roger Tait	Scaling Dam S.C.	18	DNC	22	92
29th	Bronze	604	Rocket Science	Neil Chadborn	Lucy Hall	Paignton S.C.	33	25	34	92
30th	Gold	773	Cool Runnings	Phil Sowden	Jim Sowden	Highcliffe S.C.	52.0 DSQ	22	21	95
31st		1099	Crewsaver	Nigel Biggs	Gael Pawson	Budworth S.C.	17	DNC	29	98
32nd	Bronze	609		Rosie Sands	Andy Williams	Exe S.C.	36	34	30	100
33rd		344		Daniel Scott	Nicole Chambers	Wembley S.C.	38	31	33	102
34th	Bronze	984		Nigel Harniman	Alex Porter	Wembley S.C.	30	38	35	103
35th	Gold	702		Matt Davies	Dottie Commack	Weston S.C.	22	30	52.0 DNF	104
36th	Bronze	612		Phil Waind	Sonya Gohil	Wembley S.C.	39	29	38	106
37th	Bronze	904		Mike Riley	Dave martin	Chew Valley Lake S.C.	43	35	32	110
38th		1182		Andrew Barraclough	Elice B\arraclough	Rickmansworth S.C.	34	37	44	115
39th		617		Ellie Martin	Hannah Burywood	Burghfield S.C.	35	43	40	118
40th		336	Alwight	Peter Jenkins	James Jenkins	Thorney Island S.C.	49	42	28	119
41st		581		Adrian Spicer	Jordan Kirk	Middle Nene S.C.	32	45	42	119
42nd		845		Karen Littlejohn	John McGrath	Lancing S.C.	42	36	41	119
43rd		837	Cheeky Monkey	Emily McKee	Guy Kippen	Chipstead S.C.	45	44	36	125
44th		640		Katharine Lovering	Chris Lawson	Burghfield S.C.	47	39	39	125
45th		935	Pretty Stupid	Jane Sutor	Katarina Matthews-Lundin	Bartley S.C.	41	41	43	125
46th	Bronze	917		Martin Fear	Chris Georgiou	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.	46	33	52.0 DNF	131
47th		933		Peter Milligan	Mark Hodgson	Parkstone Y.C.	29	DNC	DNC	133
48th		419		James Bayliss	Lucinda Hall-Jones	Littleton S.C.	44	DNC	37	133
49th	Bronze	852		Peter Franklin	Melissa Storey	Parkstone Y.C.	48	40	DNC	140
50th	Bronze	721		Ashley Fry	Catherine Fry	Dracote S.C.	40	DNC	DNC	144
51st		1143		Robert Timms	Oliver Timmis	Parkstone Y.C.	DNC	DNC	DNC	156