Squib National Championship at Weymouth Sailing Club

Squib National Championship at Weymouth Sailing Club - Day 5

by Vincent Delany 29 Jun 2023 19:54 BST 25-30 June 2023

If a championship lasts for a week, it often tests the competitors in a wide variety of conditions. Today, in race seven, the 65 boat Squib Fleet raced in wind off the shore of 5 to 12 knots which shifted back and forth through sixty degrees.

On the start line in Weymouth Bay there was a slight bias towards the committee boat, and that was where most competitors positioned themselves. The fleet got away on the first start. Phil Aspinall and Dave Sheppard in No. 72 'Guy Fawkes' sailed consistently high on the left hand side of the course nearest Portland Harbour, and picked up a thirty degree lift on their approach to the windward mark, which he rounded in the lead.

He held that lead to the leeward mark, and the second windward mark, but as they approached the leeward gate for the second time, Tom Jeffcoate and Mark Hogan in multi-championship winner No. 136 'Ric-O-Shea' found a private gust of wind, overtook 'Guy Fawkes' and led on the second boat. Tom and Mark managed to sail fast and avoid the 'snakes' of headers and light pressure to win the race from local team of Mike and Penny Fenwick in 'Ghost Rider' and the deserving 'Guy Fawkes' taking third place.

This race result has opened up the leaderboard, with championship leaders Jono & Chris in No.142 'Two Counts' finishing in 34th position which will be a second discard for them.

'Ric-O-Shea' is now only 6 points astern in the overall leaderboard. With only one race outstanding, tomorrow, there will be a clash of the giants between 'Two Counts' using Lonton and Gray sails, a tight rig, and a distinctive black hull and his rival 'Ric-O-Shea' using Batt Sails, a low tension rig, and an inconspicuous beige hull.

Results after Day 5:

Pts	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	142	Two Counts	Jono Brown	Chris Agar	Royal Corinthian YC	1	1	15	1	2	2	‑34	22
2	136	RicO'Shea	Tom Jeffcoate	Mark Hogan	South Caernarvonshire YC	2	4	8	10	‑18	3	1	28
3	63	Maverick	Daniel Henderson	Marc Moncrieff	Portsmouth SC Warsash SC WOBYC	13	5	10	6	‑17	1	7	42
4	811	Spoof	Micky Wright	Alex Porteous	Royal Corinthian YC	9	9	11	4	1	9	‑28	43
5	105	Helmet Shoing II	Nigel Grogan	Jack Grogan	Royal Corinthian YC	3	2	7	‑27	15	6	18	51
6	908	Harry VI	Mike Budd	Mark Greaves	South Caernarvonshire YC	6	(OCS)	28	3	6	8	10	61
7	819	Lady Penelope	Malcolm Hutchings	Andy Carley	Royal Corinthian YC	4	7	6	9	‑22	15	21	62
8	91	Discord	David Pinner	Jonno Baker	Haven Ports YC	7	3	4	12	20	21	‑29	67
9	23	Grayling	Richard Robinson	Mark Thompson	South Caernarvonshire YC	5	(OCS)	5	29	13	7	8	67
10	96	Moonstone	Malcolm Blackburn	David Shiel	South Caernarvonshire YC	20	‑21	12	5	7	14	9	67
11	760	Surprise	Duncan Grindley	Julie Batchelor	Royal Corinthian YC	8	13	9	8	11	18	‑20	67
12	73	Brimstone	Bryan Riley	Jenny Riley	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC and RN&SYC	‑27	6	3	22	19	5	22	77
13	828	White Magic	David Wines	Keith Davies	Royal Torbay YC	16	19	‑21	7	21	11	4	78
14	156	Chillie	Jack Holden	Dick Holden	Portsmouth SC	‑28	10	20	18	10	20	5	83
15	84	Bacchante	Gez Brown	Harvey Worden	South Caernarvonshire YC	10	23	‑38	19	3	4	25	84
16	855	Croc	Christopher Jordan	Gillian Jordan	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC and RN&SYC	23	8	26	14	4	‑35	12	87
17	128	Pani Munta	Dave Best	Pete Richards	South Caernarvonshire YC	14	(OCS)	1	38	5	30	6	94
18	72	Guy Fawkes	Phil Aspinall	Dave Sheppard	Royal Corinthian YC	17	22	29	20	‑33	12	3	103
19	758	Ghost Rider	Mike Fenwick	Penny Fenwick	Weymouth SC	‑46	14	44	15	9	29	2	113
20	111	Seven	David Lloyd	Mark Stones	Portsmouth SC	37	‑43	18	16	26	16	13	126
21	785	Outlaw	Ian Travers	Keith O'Riordan	Kinsale YC	31	(OCS)	27	17	28	17	14	134
22	806	Nemesis	Ray Apthorn	Petru Balau	Royal Corinthian YC	32	(OCS)	30	11	30	24	17	144
23	14	Firecracker	Dan Wastnage	Andrew Norden	Royal Corinthian YC	(OCS)	16	31	24	12	40	24	147
24	800	Alchemy	Gerard P Dyson	Tony Saltonstall	Royal Yorkshire YC	35	35	‑49	2	36	10	44	162
25	789	Dream On	Brian Holland	Richard Roberts	South Caernarvonshire YC	15	11	41	40	37	‑44	19	163
26	901	Shy Talk	Dave Hall	Paul Young	Hayling Island SC	‑43	26	43	30	14	13	37	163
27	13	Aquabat	Stu Rix	Steve Warren‑Smith	Royal Victoria YC	12	37	17	25	(BFD)	46	27	164
28	868	By The Lee	Jason Phelps	Carl Anderson	Royal Corinthian YC	21	20	39	‑42	38	25	23	166
29	802	Flame	Richard Smith	Graham Reeve	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC	22	(OCS)	2	49	32	48	15	168
30	444	Alexa	Mike Hughes	Gary Catterall	South Caernarvonshire YC	‑41	17	37	21	34	28	38	175
31	24	Femme Fatale	Vincent Delany	Joe O Byrne	Lough Derg YC & R St George YC	26	28	‑47	45	24	39	16	178
32	20	Buccaneer	Emma Prime	Sam Prime	Royal Victoria YC	18	38	25	‑44	35	36	26	178
33	810	Clever Dick	Richard Sullivan	Sue Harper	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC and RN&SYC	25	12	23	31	‑49	42	49	182
34	815	Atalanta	Nick Milton	Gavin Kemp	Royal Corinthian YC	38	30	19	39	23	33	‑57	182
35	85	Kitten	Jamie Pope	James Pritchard	SCYC/RNIYC/PSC	36	33	22	28	44.5	22	‑48	185.5
36	735	Iceni Rebel	Mike Lloyd	Pete Lloyd	Weymouth SC	33	15	33	23	50	32	‑54	186
37	832	Willpower	Will Davies	Charles Morton	Royal Forth YC	30	(OCS)	24	13	47	37	36	187
38	849	SAS	Phil Snewin	Nick Spall	SCYC/RNIYC/PSC	39	25	16	37	(BFD)	41	32	190
39	129	Firestarter	Chris Rust	Roly Wilson	Portsmouth SC	24	DNE	34	35	16	23	‑39	198
40	132	Cariad Bach	Nick Whipp	Steve Allso	South Caernarvonshire YC	(RET)	OCS	13	26	27	27	42	201
41	36	Artemis 2	Philip Rust	Mike Rust	Brightlingsea SC	45	39	40	33	8	‑50	46	211
42	835	Kestrel	Charlie White	Thomas & Harry White	Royal Victoria YC	11	24	45	47	44.5	‑49	41	212.5
43	844	Saskia V	Richard Frost	Adam Bowers	Weymouth SC	48	(OCS)	46	34	39	38	11	216
44	682	Outcast	Flynn Davies	Hannah Harden	Royal Corinthian YC	42	29	35	36	29	45	‑51	216
45	854	Squabble	Ian Scott	John Kilby	Royal Corinthian YC	34	32	32	43	42	‑52	33	216
46	883	Just in Time	Bill Blank	Stuart Pinch	Burnham SC	40	40	42	32	‑46	31	45	230
47	807	Volante	Simon Watson	Jordy Withers	Killyleagh YC	29	(OCS)	36	51	31	51	35	233
48	881	Winkles Retreat	Andrew Moore	Peter Hallinan	Felixstowe Ferry SC	47	(OCS)	DSQ	41	43	26	30	253
49	903	Hope	Peter Vines	Simon Vines	Weymouth SC	54	27	56	(DNC)	57	19	56	269
50	11	SQUIB	Dick Batt	Pam Batt	Royal Victoria YC	(DNC)	36	14	DNC	25	RET	DNC	273
51	86	Jubilation	Ray Capp	Jim Mitchell	Weymouth SC	‑55	49	52	46	40	55	31	273
52	909	Filch	Ian Nicholson	Andrew Mercer	Weymouth SC	52	31	54	48	41	47	(DNC)	273
53	153	Aldebaran	Iain Jones	Celia Rushton	Weymouth SC	50	44	‑53	53	51	34	47	279
54	708	Satu	Kev Gibson	Marney Gibson	Royal Victoria YC	44	41	55	‑59	53	43	50	286
55	102	Slipstream	Robert Marshall	Fiona Ward	Killyleagh YC	49	51	50	(RET)	55	53	40	298
56	858	Barracuda	Tim Sadler	Richard Pryke	Yorkshire Dales SC and Ripon SC	19	18	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	301
57	698	Mid Race Satisfaction	Scarlett Anderson	Portia Hutchings	Royal Corinthian YC	56	46	‑60	52	58	56	43	311
58	532	Jess	James Holdstock	Scott Holdstock	Royal Victoria YC	‑60	42	57	56	52	58	52	317
59	688	Lizwhiz	Amy Prime	Ray Prime	Royal Victoria YC	58	34	58	55	59	‑62	55	319
60	727	The Black Pig	Ben Luddington	Bill Wright	Royal Corinthian YC	51	50	59	(RET)	48	54	58	320
61	608	Inquisition	Patrick Jones	Robert Hawes	Weymouth SC	(OCS)	45	51	50	54	57	DNC	323
62	33	Incendio	Josh St John	Mark Briggs	Portsmouth SC	53	48	48	57	‑61	61	59	326
63	40	Ruby	David Cannell	Bill Walker	Waldringfield SC	57	47	‑62	54	56	59	61	334
64	526	Kachina	James Vineer	Tunca Obuz	Portsmouth SC	59	(OCS)	DNC	58	60	60	53	356
65	623	Wizzard	Guy Scott	James O Callaghan	Royal Victoria YC	(DNC)	52	61	DNC	62	63	60	364