Salcombe Gin Merlin Rocket Salcombe Yacht Club Week - Day 4
by Tim Fells 12 Jul 2023 17:21 BST
9-14 July 2023
The breeze was again from the South West blowing F3-4 with the best pressure down the Portlemouth shore, forecast to increase over 20 knots as the race progressed.
RACE 7: BLUE v BLACK Flights, COURSE 1,7,1,3,1,3
The Portlemouth shore was again the popular place to start with those who were a bit further off the beach benefiting from a lift that took them up the shore towards Mill Bay. Matt and Hannah Greenfield one a tight battle to round first from Jon Gorringe and Matt Currell, Taxi and Olly, and Tim Fells and Fran Gifford.
As the leaders ran through The Bag they were drawn into sailing a high line allowing Mike Calvert and Emma Clarke to take pressure through on the lower route to jump into the lead. As the leaders passed Saltstone, the breeze game in strongly for a screaming reach out to Gertson and back. Chris Gould and Sophie Mackley came through to chase Mike and Emma and these two extended away on the beat back against the tide up to Blackstone.
Mike and Emma were flying and extended away to win comfortably. Behind the leading two, there was a race long battle which eventually resolved itself with Taxi and Olly taking third ahead of Jon and Matt. Caroline Croft and Peter Gray took fifth with Will and Rob Henderson just pipping Tim and Fran for sixth.
First Silver Fleet were again Steve and Ally Tyler in 13th with Richard Page and Lizzy Dalby winning Bronze in 32nd.
RACE 8: RED v GREEN Flights, Course 1,4,1,4,1,3
With the sun out and a solid F4-5 blowing down the harbour, the afternoon fleet were in for a full-on blast. The start was at the top of the tide with the fleet spread out across the harbour. Initially those closer to the town side had a nice lift, with Arthur Henderson and Tom Ballantine showing well, but a left shift allowed Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey to cross over and pick a starboard lift to round ahead of Tom and Rachael, Arthur and Tom, and Ian Dobson and Ally Potts.
Tom and Rachael picked some great pressure lines down through the harbour to take a good lead at Yalton and looked like they were on the march to their fourth bullet. However, Christian and Sam were flying and ate their way into contention on the long beat back and took the lead at Blackstone. From this point they extended, finding all the strongest gusts down the run to Yalton.
In a very impressive demonstration of strong wind sailing, the top four battled for every advantage, with Ian and Ally coming through to take second on the line behind Christian and Sam, and Arthur and Tom also getting the better of Tom and Rachael for third. James Goodfellow and Rick Comes had a storming race for fifth ahead of Simon Potts and Oliver Hatley.
Behind the leaders there were many capsizes as the rugged conditions took their toll but 38 of the 42 starters made it home.
Tom and Ed Low took Silver in 17th and Stuart Jenkins and Nicola Scaddan took Bronze in 33rd.
The PRO has decided that the forecast for Friday is going to make sailing and the recovery of boats from Mill Bay an impossibility, so racing has been cancelled. This means there will be no discard which closes the door for Christian and Sam and also Ian and Ally. Tom and Rachael hold a four point lead over Chris and Sophie with Taxi and Olly a further two points back.
Results after Day 4:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | Flight | Fleet | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
1st | 3759 | Thomas Gillard | Rachael Gray | Sheffield Viking SC/Staunton Harold | Green | Platinum | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | 7 |
2nd | 3803 | Chris Gould | Sophie Mackley | Lymington Town Sailing Club | Black | Platinum | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | 2 | | 11 |
3rd | 3805 | Andy Davis | Olly Meadowcroft | South Staffs | Black | Platinum | | 7 | | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | 13 |
4th | 3820 | Caroline Croft | Peter Gray | Lymington Town SC | Black | Platinum | | 3 | | 4 | | 6 | 5 | | 18 |
5th | 3795 | Alex Jackson | Pippa Kilsby | Shoreham SC | Red | Platinum | 2 | | 8 | | | 5 | | 8 | 23 |
6th | 3812 | Tom Stewart | Rob Allen | SYC | Red | Platinum | 6 | | 2 | | | 10 | | 7 | 25 |
7th | 3791 | Jon Gorringe | Matt Currell | Parkstone YC | Blue | Platinum | | 10 | 6 | | 5 | | 4 | | 25 |
8th | 3683 | Arthur Henderson | Tom Ballantine | SYC | Red | Gold | 17 | | 5 | | | 3 | | 3 | 28 |
9th | 3691 | Mike Calvert | Emma Clarke | Axe SC | Blue | Platinum | | 22 | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | | 30 |
10th | 3764 | Tim Fells | Frances Gifford | SYC | Blue | Platinum | | 1 | 9 | | 13 | | 7 | | 30 |
11th | 3726 | Will Henderson | Rob Henderson | SYC | Black | Platinum | | 4 | | 5 | | 16 | 6 | | 31 |
12th | 3703 | Richard Whitworth | Jemima Scroggie | Parkstone YC | Black | Platinum | | 5 | | 7 | | 2 | 18 | | 32 |
13th | 3775 | Chris Jennings | Pete Nicholson | Burghfield SC | Blue | Platinum | | 6 | 3 | | 14 | | 9 | | 32 |
14th | 3611 | Jenny Dodds | Chris Dodds | RYA | Green | Gold | 9 | | | 6 | 6 | | | 11 | 32 |
15th | 3802 | Simon Potts | Oliver Hatley | Burghfield Sailing Club | Red | Platinum | 7 | | 11 | | | 8 | | 6 | 32 |
16th | 3787 | Chris Martin | Sam Bailey | Midland SC | Blue | Platinum | | 11 | 10 | | 4 | | 8 | | 33 |
17th | 3722 | Roger Gilbert | Jane Gilbert | Frencham Pond SC | Red | Platinum | 5 | | 7 | | | 12 | | 10 | 34 |
18th | 3645 | Steve Hall | Charlotte Stewart | Royal Corinthian YC/Waldringfield SC | Red | Platinum | 11 | | 12 | | | 7 | | 9 | 39 |
19th | 3678 | Stephen Crook | Sally Townend | Hollingworth Lake | Green | Gold | 8 | | | 8 | 8 | | | 15 | 39 |
20th | 3687 | Matthew Greenfield | Hannah Greenfield | Chew Valley Lake | Blue | Gold | | 9 | 16 | | 9 | | 10 | | 44 |
21st | 3694 | Steve Tyler | Ally Tyler | Parkstone | Black | Silver | | 12 | | 10 | | 14 | 13 | | 49 |
22nd | 3727 | Mark Stockbridge | James Gifford | Upper Thames | Green | Gold | 14 | | | 12 | 11 | | | 14 | 51 |
23rd | 3738 | Simon Blake | Molly Blake | Royal Brighton | Green | Platinum | 21 | | | 13 | 12 | | | 12 | 58 |
24th | 3788 | Christian Birrell | Sam Brearey | Parkstone YC | Red | Platinum | 3 | | 1 | | | (BFD) | | 1 | 64 |
25th | 3784 | Ian Dobson | Ally Potts | Burwain SC/HISC | Green | Platinum | 4 | | | (WAY) | 2 | | | 2 | 67 |
26th | 3796 | William Warren | Megan Pascoe | Shoreham SC | Blue | Gold | | 13 | 28 | | 15 | | 14 | | 70 |
27th | 3676 | Antony Gifford | Jo Gifford | Royal Tay YC | Green | Platinum | 13 | | | 11 | 22 | | | 26 | 72 |
28th | 3746 | James Wells | Anna Aylward | RYA | Red | Gold | 16 | | 18 | | | 21 | | 20 | 75 |
29th | 3666 | John Meadowcroft | Katy Meadowcroft | Upper Thames | Blue | Platinum | | 21 | 25 | | 10 | | 21 | | 77 |
30th | 3679 | Nick Heginbotham | Rory Gifford | Hollingworth Lake/South Caernarvonshire | Red | Gold | 31 | | 14 | | | 13 | | 21 | 79 |
31st | 3753 | David Conlon | Sarah Conlon | Brightlingsea SC | Blue | Gold | | 19 | 15 | | 19 | | 27 | | 80 |
32nd | 3757 | Tim Parsons | Andy Service | Lyme Regis | Blue | Silver | | 14 | 22 | | 21 | | 24 | | 81 |
33rd | 3641 | Mark Waterhouse | Isobel Stewart | SYC | Blue | Gold | | 17 | 24 | | 24 | | 16 | | 81 |
34th | 3702 | Duncan Salmon | Ruth Hanstater | SYC | Green | Gold | 22 | | | 18 | 20 | | | 22 | 82 |
35th | 3749 | Colin Anderson | Sean Anderson | Bartley | Red | Silver | 24 | | 17 | | | 26 | | 18 | 85 |
36th | 3710 | Jon Ibbotson | Robert Stewart | Waldringfield | Black | Platinum | | 29 | | 23 | | 17 | 17 | | 86 |
37th | 3715 | Richard Cooke | Russell Hall | Wembley | Black | Silver | | 18 | | 21 | | 22 | 25 | | 86 |
38th | 3801 | Matt Biggs | Becka Jones | Bartley SC | Green | Platinum | 12 | | | 9 | 7 | | | DNC | 87 |
39th | 3793 | James Goodfellow | Rick Cornes | Weston SC | Red | Platinum | (WAY) | | 13 | | | 11 | | 5 | 88 |
40th | 3731 | Andy Jones | Maddie Jones | Burghfield | Red | Silver | 18 | | 19 | | | 23 | | 29 | 89 |
41st | 3804 | Mary Henderson-White | Rupert Henderson-White | SYC | Green | Gold | 28 | | | 22 | 16 | | | 27 | 93 |
42nd | 3625 | Andrew Harris | Matty Key | Tamesis | Black | Silver | | 27 | | 16 | | 25 | 26 | | 94 |
43rd | 3732 | Ben Hollis | Lewis Fowler | Bartley SC | Red | Silver | 33 | | 20 | | | 24 | (DNC) | 17 | 94 |
44th | 3735 | David Winder | Anna Blake | Hollingworth Lake | Black | Platinum | | 16 | | 15 | | 9 | (BFD) | | 99 |
45th | 3780 | Sarah Richards | Nigel Wakefield | Lymington Town/ Netley SC | Black | Gold | | 15 | | (WAY) | | 15 | 11 | | 100 |
46th | 3725 | Andrew Squire | Simon Evans | SYC | Black | Silver | | 25 | | 19 | | 31 | 29 | (DNC) | 104 |
47th | 3799 | Paul Rayson | Christian Hill | SYC | Red | Gold | 15 | | (DNF) | | | 19 | | 13 | 106 |
48th | 3806 | Ben Jones | Helen Hilditch | SYC | Red | Silver | 35 | | 26 | | | 29 | | 19 | 109 |
49th | 3769 | Graham Cranford-Smith | Oliver Winder | SYC | Black | Silver | | 34 | | 25 | | 32 | 20 | | 111 |
50th | 3773 | Alan Warren | William Carroll | Shoreham | Blue | Silver | | 30 | 29 | | 25 | | 28 | | 112 |
51st | 3684 | Tom Low | Ed Low | West Hoe SC | Green | Silver | 20 | | | (WAY) | 18 | | | 16 | 113 |
52nd | 3696 | Alex Warren | Phil Dalby | Shoreham SC | Black | Gold | | 8 | | (DNF) | | 28 | 19 | | 114 |
53rd | 3789 | Nick Scroggie | Claire Johnstone | Parkstone | Black | Silver | | 23 | | (DNF) | | 18 | 15 | | 115 |
54th | 3716 | Steven Leney | Gill Leney | Blithfield SC | Green | Gold | 10 | | | (DNC) | 23 | | | 24 | 116 |
55th | 3794 | Julian Harms | George Bender | Midland SC | Red | Silver | 39 | | 21 | | | 27 | | 30 | 117 |
56th | 3697 | Richard Page | Lizzy Dalby | Hampton | Blue | Bronze | | 32 | 32 | | 31 | | 32 | | 127 |
57th | 3815 | Mark Barwell | Lou Johnson | Lymington Town SC | Green | Gold | 25 | | | 17 | 28 | | | DNF | 129 |
58th | 3790 | Colin Brockbank | Vana Vlastaki | Wembley | Green | Silver | 19 | | | (DNC) | 29 | | | 23 | 130 |
59th | 3671 | Piers Lambert | Sophie Penwarden | Brightlingsea | Blue | Silver | | (PRP) | 23 | | 27 | | 22 | | 131 |
60th | 3647 | Hywel Bowen-Perkins | Lucy Penwarden | SYC/Hampton | Blue | Silver | | 28 | 34 | | 35 | | 34 | | 131 |
61st | 3622 | Christian Hamilton | Michael Hamilton | Netley | Blue | Silver | | 36 | (BFD) | | 17 | | 23 | | 135 |
62nd | 3569 | Ben Lulham | Samantha Lulham | Blakeney | Blue | Silver | | 38 | 30 | | 36 | | 31 | | 135 |
63rd | 3692 | Steve Conroy | Anna Rayson | SYC | Red | Silver | 36 | | 31 | | | 34 | | 36 | 137 |
64th | 3659 | Julian Parry | Livvy Bell | Hollingworth Lake | Black | Gold | | 26 | | (BFD) | | 20 | 35 | | 140 |
65th | 3705 | Geoff Wright | Katie Nkugwa | Blithfield | Red | Silver | 41 | | 35 | | | 30 | | 34 | 140 |
66th | 3781 | David Hall | Emilie Hood | Blackwater SC | Green | Platinum | 26 | | | (DNF) | 26 | | | 32 | 143 |
67th | 3709 | Jack Norton | Dave Royse | Ranelagh | Black | Gold | | (DNC) | | 14 | | DNF | 12 | | 144 |
68th | 3730 | Paul Hollis | Louisa Archer | Blithfield | Green | Silver | 29 | | | 20 | 41 | | | DNC | 149 |
69th | 3670 | Mark McKeever | Evan Base | Midland SC | Blue | Bronze | | 33 | 27 | | 32 | | (DNC) | | 151 |
70th | 3677 | Timothy Barr | Chris Martin | Tamesis | Green | Bronze | 30 | | | (WAY) | 30 | | | 38 | 157 |
71st | 3463 | Jon Cowper | Hannah Hutchings | Hunts | Red | Bronze | 44 | | 36 | | | 40 | | 37 | 157 |
72nd | 3547 | Peter Male | Tim Male | Blithfield SC | Red | Silver | 40 | | (DNF) | | | 35 | | 28 | 162 |
73rd | 3633 | Timothy Harms | Amelia Little | Hampton SC | Red | Silver | 42 | | (DNF) | | | 33 | | 35 | 169 |
74th | 3768 | Rob Cage | Hatty Cage | Thames Sailing Club | Green | Gold | 23 | | | (DNC) | (DNC) | | | 31 | 172 |
75th | 3766 | Andrew Dalby | Aimee Dalby | Burghfield | Black | Gold | | 31 | | 24 | | (DNF) | DNC | | 173 |
76th | 3652 | John Bell | Suzi Bell | Hampton | Blue | Silver | | 24 | (DNF) | | 34 | | DNC | | 176 |
77th | 3786 | Michael Wilson | Helen Wilson | Isle of Man | Red | Silver | (DNC) | | 33 | | | DNF | | 25 | 176 |
78th | 3598 | Robert Smith | Suzy Brough | SYC | Green | Silver | 32 | | | (BFD) | 33 | | | DNF | 183 |
79th | 3816 | Phil Emery | Phoebe Paine | Whitstable | Black | Silver | | 37 | | (DNC) | | DNF | 30 | | 185 |
80th | 3706 | Kevin Anderson | Hamish Kemp | SYC | Blue | Bronze | | (DSQ) | (DNF) | | 38 | | 33 | | 189 |
81st | 3648 | Jamie Wright | Mimi Gorringe | Shoreham SC | Blue | Silver | | 35 | 38 | | (DNF) | | DNC | | 191 |
82nd | 3707 | Stuart Jenkins | Nicola Scaddan | Hampton | Green | Bronze | (DNF) | | | (DNF) | 42 | | | 33 | 193 |
83rd | 3627 | Ali Wallace | Cat Wallace | South Cerney SC | Blue | Bronze | | 39 | (DNF) | | 37 | | DNC | | 194 |
84th | 3747 | Clive Eplett | Rebecca Videlo | Frensham Pond | Blue | Gold | | 20 | (DNF) | | (DNF) | | BFD | | 197 |
85th | 3511 | Andrew Mills | Ellie Mills | Hampton SC | Blue | Bronze | | (PRP) | (DNF) | | 43 | | 36 | | 197 |
86th | 3813 | Steve Harling | Eleanor Thomas | Starcross YC | Red | Bronze | 43 | | (DNF) | | | 39 | | DNC | 200 |
87th | 3530 | Michael Colles | Lauren Morgan | Midland | Blue | Bronze | | 41 | (DNF) | | 44 | | DNC | | 203 |
88th | 3539 | Dan Alsop | Jennie King | Lyme Regis | Red | Silver | 27 | | (DNF) | | | DNF | | DNF | 204 |
89th | 3587 | Henry Mason | George Mason | Blithfield SC | Green | Bronze | 46 | | | (DNC) | 40 | | | DNC | 204 |
90th | 3567 | Martin Smith | Karen Beston | Redditch | Green | Bronze | 49 | | | (DNC) | 39 | | | DNC | 206 |
91st | 3656 | Charlotte Gough | Dave Gough | Starcross | Red | Silver | 34 | | (DNC) | | | DNC | | DNC | 211 |
92nd | 3621 | Tristram Squire | Peter Slack | SYC | Black | Bronze | | (BFD) | | (DNC) | | 36 | DNF | | 213 |
93rd | 3771 | Alex Pausey | Matthew Percival-Stein | Upper Thames | Black | Bronze | | (WAY) | | (DNC) | | 37 | DNC | | 214 |
94th | 3675 | Rob Hatley | Joe Hatley | Tamesis | Blue | Bronze | | (WAY) | 37 | | (DNC) | | DNF | | 214 |
95th | 3740 | Patrick Blake | Jilly Blake | Lymington Town SC | Red | Gold | 37 | | (DNC) | | | DNC | DNC | | 214 |
96th | 3368 | Ian Laing | Andrew Hunt | Hollingworth Lake | Green | Bronze | 51 | | | (DNC) | 45 | | | DNC | 214 |
97th | 3686 | Kevin Rose | John Donaghue | Upper Thames SC | Black | Bronze | | (DNF) | | (DNC) | | 38 | DNC | | 215 |
98th | 3733 | Steve Mitchell | Julie Nutall | Torpoint Mosquito | Red | Gold | 38 | | (DNC) | | | DNC | | WAY | 215 |
99th | 3748 | Nigel Brooke | Suzie Brooke | Lymington Town | Black | Silver | | 40 | | (DNC) | | DNF | DNC | | 217 |
100th | 3650 | Gareth Griffiths | Krysti Galpin | Lymington Town SC | Black | Bronze | | 43 | | (DNC) | | DNC | DNC | | 220 |
101st | 3561 | Joe Shaw | Julie Cranshaw | Wembley | Red | Bronze | 45 | | (DNF) | | | DNF | | DNC | 222 |
102nd | 3333 | John Adams | Ros Warwick - Haller | Tamesis SC | Green | Bronze | (DNF) | | | (DNC) | 46 | | | DNC | 223 |
103rd | 3800 | Richard Bramley | Tony Cheal | Shoreham SC | Red | Bronze | 47 | | (DNC) | | | DNF | | DNC | 224 |
104th | 3599 | Nigel Cooper | Ellen Cooper-De Groote | SYC | Green | Bronze | 48 | | | (DNC) | (DNF) | | | DNC | 225 |
105th | 3589 | John Hollands | Hannah Bridger | Hampton | Green | Bronze | 50 | | | (DNC) | (DNF) | | | DNC | 227 |
106th | 1079 | Richard Harris | Maddie Harris | Tamesis | Blue | Silver | | (DNC) | (DNC) | | DNC | | DNC | | 236 |
106th | 3602 | Martin Evans | Chris Evans | Hampton | Green | Silver | (DNC) | | | (DNC) | DNC | | | DNC | 236 |
106th | 3672 | John Cooper | Hilary Bradshaw | Whitstable | Black | Silver | | (DNF) | | (DNC) | | DNC | DNC | | 236 |
106th | 3654 | Geoffrey Cox | Monika Papiez | SYC | Blue | Bronze | | (DNC) | (DNF) | | DNC | | DNF | | 236 |
106th | 3809 | Jon Turner | Richard Parslow | Lyme Regis SC | Black | Platinum | | (DNC) | | (DNF) | | DNC | DNF | | 236 |
106th | 381 | Huw Reynolds | Phil Scott | Whitstable | Black | Bronze | | (DNF) | | (DNC) | | DNC | DNC | | 236 |
106th | 3714 | Alan Markham | Sue Markham | Lymington Town SC | Black | Silver | | (DNF) | | (DNC) | | DNC | DNC | | 236 |
106th | 3586 | Kieron Mason | Belinda Mason | Blithfield SC | Green | Bronze | (DNC) | | | (DNC) | DNC | | | DNC | 236 |
106th | 3704 | Jemma Horwood | Nicki Bass | Wembley | Black | Silver | | (DNC) | | (DNC) | | DNC | DNF | | 236 |
106th | 3762 | Malcolm Hyams | Dan Barrett | Midland SC | Blue | Bronze | | (DNC) | (DNC) | | DNF | | DNC | | 236 |