Musto Lark National Championships 2024 at Weymouth Sailing Club - Day 2

by Stuart Hydon 27 May 2024 19:26 BST 26-29 May 2024

Glorious sunshine with a brisk breeze, plus a bit more!

Race 3 started with a gate start, Nigel Hufton/Matt Wood followed by Stuart and Nick Hydon went early hitting the left-hand side. When it was time to tack, they picked up a great shift, easily clearing the rest of the fleet. The Hydons overhauled Hufton & Wood on the reach and held the position to the finish. What should have been an easy second for Hufton & Wood ended with a capsize at the last leg after a gybe went wrong. This allowed Gillard & Hobson into second and Chris & Kate Holliman into third.

Race 4 was a line start with a number of recalls. Gillard & Hobson led the race with Simon and George Cox sliding past on the first reach, but this was short lived as Gillard/Hobson retook the lead. Tim Fells and Fran Gifford moved into second place with Simon and George making a third.

Race 5 saw the wind building to F5/6 resulting in a reduced number of boats starting. Gillard/Hobson rounded first and established a good lead as Megan Brickwood & Connor Dickson struggled with their kite hoist. This allowed Fells/Gifford to move up to second ahead of Hufton & Wood.

In summary, the results are looks promising for Tom Gillard and James Hobson, meanwhile there's a real fight for second position onwards. Yesterday's 2nd place overall Chris and Nic White slipped to 9th having broken a boom during race 3 and losing two races as a result.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	2530	Wind Chaser	Tom Gillard	James Hobson	Sheffield Viking SC	1	1	‑2	1	1	4
2	2495	Well Dodgy	Stuart Hydon	Nick Hydon	Dittisham	5	4	1	‑13	5	15
3	2527	Floozie	Tim Fells	Frances Gifford	Salcombe YC	3	(RET)	8	2	2	15
4	2526		Ed Bradburn	Holly Evans	South Staffs SC	4	3	4	‑5	4	15
5	2538	Tiger Too	Nigel Hufton	Matt Wood	Frensham Pond SC	7	5	‑12	4	3	19
6	2475	Musto	Chris Holliman	Kate Holliman	Lymington SC	8	(RET)	3	6	6	23
7	2491	TBC	Emma Harris	Rachael Jenkins	Waldringfield SC	6	‑24	7	7	8	28
8	2464	Rocket Ronnie	Jonny Coate	Kate Phillips	South Staffs SC	10	7	‑11	10	7	34
9	2533	Smarty Pants	Chris White	Nicola White	South Staffs SC	2	2	5	RET	(DNC)	39
10	2536	Allergic to Water	Samuel Bailey	Kamila Czartolomna	South Staffs SC	‑23	11	10	8	13	42
11	2520	Rollergirl	Harry Pynn	Gemma Cook	Waldringfield SC	9	15	9	‑17	10	43
12	1948	Reasons to be Cheerful	Chris Tillbrook	Stephen Scrdiven	Roadford SC	14	9	16	9	‑19	48
13	2539	Dylan	Nigel Scott	Tegwyn Tricker	RYA	12	10	‑18	15	11	48
14	2501	Free Willy	Megan Brickwood	Connor Dickson	Netley SC	(DNC)	8	6	19	17	50
15	2531	Polar Bear	Daniel Watson	Isobel Stewart	Waldringfield SC	13	17	13	(DNC)	9	52
16	2541	Cleopatra	Simon Cox	George Cox‑Olliff	Brightlingsea SC	RET	6	14	3	(DNC)	55
17	2508	Simply Red	Jonathan Woodward	Olly Hateley	South Staffs SC	15	‑19	19	11	12	57
18	2264	Camembert	Jeremy Stephens	Becca Stephens	Penzance SC	17	12	‑22	12	18	59
19	2521	Universally Challenged	Maryn Wilkes	Alex Orr Prosper	UCL Sailing Club	‑19	14	15	16	16	61
20	2540	Synergy Marine Demo Lark	Ethan Davey	Madeline Bilbrough	University of Plymouth SC	‑20	18	17	14	14	63
21	2504	Mlevi	John Crooks	Eluned Stewart	Waldringfield SC	16	‑22	20	20	15	71
22	2502	Weeble	Steve Chatten	George Graham	Netley SC	18	16	‑21	18	RET	73
23	2528	Mowgli	Andy Hicks	Vicky Brickwood	Frensham Pond SC	11	13	24	RET	(DNC)	78
24	2529		Paul Bottonley	Katie Keith	South Staffs SC	22	20	25	RET	(DNC)	97
25	2376	The Other One	Ned Winter	Becky Ewart	Weymouth SC	25	23	29	21	(DNC)	98
26	2272	That One	Dee Wolff	Edie Stow	Weymouth SC	27	25	26	23	(DNC)	101
27	2324	IGO	Elise Lloyd	Serenna Brodrick	Weymouth SC	26	26	28	22	(DNC)	102
28	2459	Buffy	Nigel Denchfield	Fiona Denchfield	Grafham Water	24	21	27	(DNC)	DNC	106
29	2443	The Hoff	Kate Merritt	Vickie Burgess	RYA	21	(DNC)	23	DNC	DNC	112
30	2226	This One	Oliver Loasby	Leo Shuttleworth	Weymouth SC	29	27	31	25	(DNC)	112
31	2275	ARE	Jack Keedy	Arthur Howarth	Weymouth SC	28	RET	(RET)	24	DNC	118
32	2349	2 Jumpers Kittens and Cake	Lew Harris‑Cormack	Ben Hurrell	Weymouth SC	RET	RET	30	RET	(DNC)	124
33=	2265		Graeme Burton		Herne Bay SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	136
33=	2472	Frensham Pond Lark	Haydn Sewell	Hannah Carruthers	Frensham Pond SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC	136