Miracle National Championship 2024 at Rutland Sailing Club - Day 3

by Brian Jones 14 Aug 2024 14:32 BST 12-16 August 2024

A northerly breeze on a grey morning promised fair for a day of light wind racing, much to the joy of the lightweight crews.

The start of race 5 was delayed by 30 minutes waiting for the wind to settle as it veered over the dam wall. Two boats were over the line before the fleet tacked slowly up the beat. By the windward mark the wind began to die, and on the reach some boats struggled to fly the kites.

Carolyn and Nick Smith passed the wing mark first and led the slow reach down to the leeward bouy with just enough wind for all boats to set their spinnakers. Here they were hotly pursued by Team Holland, hoping for a shortened course, only to be disappointed by 'race abandoned' as there had been less than the 5 knot minimum across the course!

Simon and Vivian Turnball would have been in their consistent 4th place. If this race had counted it would have mixed up the leaderboard nicely. However, a chance to show two of the crews who did well mid-fleet on race 4: Paul and Nathan Robinson sailing 4110 and Richard and Ben Smith sailing 3813.

The forecast for tomorrow is windy. Hurray!

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	4121	Wayne Atherton		3	5	2	1	11
2nd	3834	Jon Willars	Jessica Willars	1	1	7	3	12
3rd	4114	Graham Watts	Helen Jacks	2	2	3	8	15
4th	4050	Simon Turnbull		4	4	4	4	16
5th	2007	Marcel Neuteboom	Giulia Neuteboom	5	6	6	2	19
6th	4115	Carolyn Smith		11	3	1	5	20
7th	4020	John Tippett	Kathy Boulton	6	10	5	10	31
8th	4110	Paul Robinson	Nathan Robinson	7	9	9	6	31
9th	4120	Gerald Copsey	Tanya Copsey	10	7	8	9	34
10th	3813	Richard Smith	Benjamin Smith Edward Smith	9	8	10	11	38
11th	4011	Simon Dolman		8	DNF	11	7	41
12th	3461	Andrew Clarke		12	11	13	13	49
13th	3463	Joe Barnes	Ben Smith Teddy Smith	13	12	14	14	53
14th	4127	Steven Langford	Harry Langford	DNC	DNC	12	12	54