Finally after two years of waiting the RS 800 fleet were let loose in the playground of Riva Del Garda! 55 RS 800s made the trip to the sailing Mecca to challenge for the Fat Face Euro Cup 2006.
The conditions were hot, hot, hot with a steady force four on most days. No seriously scary blows but more than enough wind to test the boat handling, layline calls and weight equalisation system!
Before the event began there were about six teams who, on paper, could steal the show, but only one of them shone through when put to the test.
Pete Barton and Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd) simply flew off the start line to post two first places on day one. While all attempts were made to ruin Pete and Roz’s performance at the Occa bar, nothing was going to stop this pair from winning! The trend was set and from then on their worst result after 8 races was a mere 2nd place!
In second place over all were David and Robert Pike from Eastbourne. After pushing some good consistent top five results in the bag, they kept their cool all the way through to take their best ever result in an 800 event – and what a place to do it!
Rounding off the podium were Andy Jeffries & Alyson Ody who sailed their socks off all week and posted everything on the score board from a first place to a DNF as their mast came crashing down! But their consistency at the beginning of the week coupled with excellent event preparation in the form of their spare mast(!) meant a solid third place for them!
Congratulations to Pete and Roz for a stunning performance, our new Fat Face Euro Cup champions for 2006!
A huge thank you must go to all involved in the event organisation and to Fat Face for once again supporting one of the best events of the year! Next stop is Weston Sailing club on August 13-14th August for training and racing and the penultimate Fat Face event takes place in Plymouth the weekend afterwards – come on and be part of it!
| Pos | Sail No | Helm & Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
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| 1 | GBR 1016 | BARTONI PETER, ALLEN ROZ | -1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | GBR 892 | PIKE DAVID, PIKE ROBERT | 3 | 3 | 3 | -6 | -17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | GBR 1114 | JEFFRIES ANDY, ODY ALLYSON | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -19 | (dns) | 12 | 3 | |
| 4 | GBR 1011 | ROSS JAMES, BACK HEATHER | 4 | -10 | -18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| 5 | GBR 1112 | SINGLETON RALPH, SINGLETON SOPHIE | (dns) | (dns) | 5 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| 6 | GBR 1076 | WATSON ROB, HOLMES GUMPY | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | -14 | 12 | 6 | -14 | |
| 7 | GBR 1054 | DEAL JUSTIN, MARRIOTT SARAH | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | -14 | 7 | -15 | |
| 8 | GBR 1075 | BAKER NELLY, HUGHES JAMES | 21 | -26 | -34 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 9 | |
| 9 | GBR 1089 | MARTIN IAN, BOOTH CLAIRE | 8 | 4 | 15 | 9 | -18 | 16 | 11 | -24 | |
| 10 | GBR 955 | SMITH ANDREW, DAVISON ASH | 5 | (dns) | 22 | 3 | -23 | 15 | 16 | 6 | |
| 11 | GBR 989 | SCHOOLING BEN, HIRST TIM | 12 | 13 | 21 | -33 | -26 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 12 | GBR 1111 | WILLIS KEITH, MOODY BONNIE | -22 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 12 | -25 | 10 | 5 | |
| 13 | GBR 881 | CORNAH ANDY, MURRAY ORWIN | 14 | (dns) | 16 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | -31 | |
| 14 | GBR 864 | COATSWORTH ADRIAN, JENKINS JULIA | 18 | 8 | -29 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -32 | |
| 15 | GBR 850 | ELLWAY BRETT, PATERSON RORY | 7 | 16 | -27 | ocs | -24 | 20 | 23 | 7 | |
| 16 | GBR 962 | BATCHELOR NATHAN, ROBERTSON IAN | 11 | 11 | -39 | (dns) | 6 | 11 | 35 | 12 | |
| 17 | GBR 943 | FITZJOHN-SYKES LAURIE, ALLIN DANIEL | 16 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 11 | (dns) | (dns) | 19 | |
| 18 | GBR 1001 | HART MIKE, KILPATRICK SALLY | 9 | 20 | 6 | -23 | 16 | -29 | 22 | 16 | |
| 19 | GBR 911 | MCKERCHAR ROSS, GARDINER STUART | 13 | -25 | 20 | 11 | -25 | 17 | 9 | 21 | |
| 20 | GBR 873 | STEWART JAMIE, BROUGHTON ADAM | 25 | 14 | -31 | 29 | 10 | -46 | 15 | 13 | |
| 21 | GBR 1078 | WILLOWS BEN, FARNBOROUGH JAMIE | (dns) | (dns) | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 21 | dnf | |
| 22 | GBR 972 | SIMMONDS GRAHAM, DOE CHRIS | (ocs) | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 8 | (ocs) | dnf | |
| 23 | GBR 874 | REID JAMIE, ROSE ALISTAIR | 24 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 24 | -29 | -33 | |
| 24 | GBR 1088 | SAUL MIKE, HARTLEY SOPHIE | (dns) | 21 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 26 | -28 | |
| 25 | GBR 1087 | WHITMORE MICK, SMITH SARAH | 17 | 19 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 21 | (dns) | -36 | |
| 26 | GBR 1083 | OLIVE ALAN, OLIVE JANE | (dsq) | 7 | (dns) | dns | 4 | 19 | 19 | 27 | |
| 27 | GBR 878 | NEAL SAM, LOCKWOOD FIONA | (dsq) | (dsq) | 19 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 34 | |
| 28 | GBR 808 | TREGASKES DANIEL, TREGASKES POLLY | 23 | 18 | 25 | 25 | -32 | -34 | 17 | 30 | |
| 29 | GBR 1113 | SHIRES ALASTAIR, SHIRES PENNY | 26 | 17 | 23 | 24 | -35 | 30 | -33 | 23 | |
| 30 | GBR 1102 | BARDEN AARON, SPINK CLAUDIA | 20 | (dns) | 28 | 27 | -40 | 40 | 14 | 20 | |
| 31 | GBR 839 | GUEST ED, HOLT KIERON | 27 | 24 | -33 | 31 | 28 | 22 | -34 | 17 | |
| 32 | GBR 1047 | GRUNDY SIMON, SEARLE MATT | (dns) | (dns) | 32 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | |
| 33 | GBR 961 | KING PHILIP, TRUMAN TOM | (dns) | 32 | 10 | 15 | -42 | 18 | 42 | 35 | |
| 34 | GBR 1050 | HILTON JAMIE, STREET TOM | 29 | 30 | -37 | 35 | -38 | 37 | 20 | 10 | |
| 35 | GBR 919 | SKINNER JO, SKINNER SIMON | 15 | 23 | 38 | 28 | -41 | 23 | (dns) | 39 | |
| 36 | GBR 987 | COLERIDGE SIMON, COLLINS TIM | 28 | 27 | (dnf) | 26 | -37 | 28 | 31 | 29 | |
| 37 | GBR 940 | COONEY NEIL, RICHES LAUREANCE | (dsq) | (dns) | 30 | 30 | 45 | 31 | 25 | 26 | |
| 38 | GBR 944 | HAYTER VINCE, HAWKINS SALLY | (dns) | 37 | 12 | 40 | 39 | -47 | 38 | 25 | |
| 39 | GBR 883 | GILLOW KATE, TRICKETT NEIL | (dsq) | 28 | 41 | -44 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 22 | |
| 40 | GBR 10 | PAGE OLLIE, ODELL TOM | 19 | (dns) | 24 | (dns) | 36 | 36 | 32 | dns | |
| 41 | GBR 824 | BARNICOAT RYAN, BARNICOAT WAYNE | 30 | 29 | 36 | 39 | (ocs) | 33 | 39 | -44 | |
| 42 | GBR 1109 | TAYLOR PAUL, TAYLOR JULIE | 32 | 31 | 35 | 43 | 30 | 43 | -46 | -45 | |
| 43 | GBR 914 | BRYSON ANDY, FOSTER TOM | 31 | (dns) | (dns) | dns | 31 | 32 | 28 | 38 | |
| 44 | GBR 836 | BUCHANAN DEREK, BUCHANAN ELAINE | (dns) | (dsq) | 45 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 30 | 37 | |
| 45 | GER 1097 | MUNKO BJÖRN, MUNKO MOANA | 33 | 35 | -44 | 41 | -48 | 35 | 43 | 41 | |
| 46 | GBR 1099 | MERCHANT FREDIRICO, HOPPER ROBERTO | (dns) | (dns) | 40 | 34 | 44 | 41 | 37 | 42 | |
| 47 | GBR 815 | FERENS SAMANTHA, HARVEY ANT | 34 | (dns) | -47 | 36 | 47 | 42 | 41 | 43 | |
| 48 | SUI 1080 | HOLENWEG DAVID, CHEVALLEY LAURELINE | (dsq) | 33 | 43 | 42 | 43 | (dns) | 47 | 40 | |
| 49 | GBR 1007 | GEYMAN SIMON, MARRIOTT ROB | (dns) | (dns) | 42 | 38 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 47 | |
| 50 | GBR 1103 | BROWN STEPHEN, BROWN WILLIAM | (dns) | 38 | 48 | 47 | -50 | 44 | 44 | 49 | |
| 51 | GBR 851 | MATHER JOHN, HAYES JOHN | (dns) | 34 | 46 | 45 | 49 | (dns) | dns | dns | |
| 52 | GBR 1000 | SMITH SIMON, WESTLEY MARK | (dns) | (dns) | 51 | 46 | dns | 48 | 40 | 46 | |
| 53 | GBR 807 | SHAW GRAHAM, BARNES MATTHEW | 35 | 36 | 49 | (dns) | (dns) | dns | dns | dns | |
| 54 | GBR 814 | MILLS JON, MILLS GEORGINA | (dns) | (dns) | 52 | dns | 51 | 49 | 48 | 50 | |
| 55 | GBR 1051 | WILLARD ALEXANDER, WILLARD REBECCA | (dns) | (dns) | 50 | dns | 52 | dns | dns | 48 | |