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Brendan and Ellen's Adventure to Warsash

by Brendan Lynch 24 Jun 16:46 BST 21-22 June 2025
RS200 Summer Championship, Rooster National Tour and Sailing Chandlery EaSEA Tour at Warsash © Oli King Photography

"What event shall we go to?" Ellen did muse.
"Well, at Tynemouth there will be lots of free booze.
But Warsash is the one I think I will choose.
Quick Brendan, let's go - there's no time to lose."

Her driving's erratic, is the end nigh?
Brendan did wonder as he let out a sigh.
"At least it's hot and the boat should get dry,
But that won't matter if I'm going to die!"

The fleet was stacked, some great boats to mention:
Ben Whaley, whose brow was crinkled in tension,
Iain Martin, so old he's collecting a pension,
Tommy, Ollie and more - it was quite the collection.

"Quickly," said Ellen, "we must rig up fast!"
But in our haste, we lost a halyard up the mast.
"Oh no, without that we will finish last!"
But Will Taylor helped us out like he has in the past.

"Where's the windward mark?" said Brendan on his way up the first beat.
"The black one," said Ellen, as she hiked off her feet.
"But there's four marks to windward, all a dark shade of peat..."
So they chose one at random - and it worked out a treat.

Upwind, Owen had a beautiful slot,
But downwind our boat was coming in hot.
But alas, there was a twist in the plot,
When the outer trapezoid mark we forgot.

Boats lined up for race 2 of the day.
As it turned out, the left was starting to pay.
Up the first beat, Tommy's boatspeed was slay,
But downhill, Owen's skill let the pair fly away.

The next start had everyone fighting for the pin.
Ben tried to work through the fleet as he was in the bin.
Merick held him off though, with a cheeky ol' grin.
A fair race from all - there was no need to spin.

The race committee decided on a fourth race with excellent foresight.
With tomorrow's wind, this decision proved right.
With the breeze up again, the racing was tight,
Then the fleet headed home for an excellent night.

Once ashore, all the sailors could grab a drink.
James and Ross fixed their boat, which had started to sink.
The chilli was eaten before you could blink,
Then the sailors headed home to grab forty winks.

Sunday morning dawned and the wind was quite fresh.
We worried our legs might not be up to the test.
But we needed to know whose sailing was best,
So we sailed out and away from the west.

After the start, most boats tacked onto port.
Owen, Tommy and Iain couldn't be caught.
When many boats capsized, everything else counted for nought.
In the end, the Pro decided a sixth race shouldn't be sought.

So in the end, Owen and Ben were victorious.
Anything else I could say would be spurious.
And I'm starting to find writing this poem laborious,
So thanks to all for the weekend - I thought it was glorious.

Brendan Lynch

RS200 Summer Championship, Rooster National Tour and Sailing Chandlery EaSEA Tour at Warsash.

Congratulations to Owen Bowerman and Ben Whaley, our RS200 Summer Champions!

What an absolutely awesome event! Massive thanks to Warsash SC for delivering an incredible event, with champagne sailing on Saturday and big winds on Sunday.

Well done to all the prize winners:

1st Owen Bowerman and Ben Whaley, Swanage
2nd Tommy and Charlie Darling, HISC
3rd Brendan Lynch and Ellen Clark, East Lothian
4th Ollie Evans and Zoe Nieveen, HISC
Mid fleet Heroes, Mark Thomas and Alex Ling, Warsash
Endeavour James and Jack Ward, Warsash
1st Youths Marcus King and Sam Turner, Warsash

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1st1700Owen BowermanBen WhaleySwanage11‑4114
2nd1733Tommy DarlingCharlie DarlingHISC‑222228
3rd1739Brendan LynchEllen ClarkEast Lothia(DNT)513413
4th1716Ollie EvansZoe NieveenHISC74‑84520
5th1740Mark OakeyJess OakeyCardiff Basy975‑14829
6th1078Merrick StanleyVictoria UptonWarsash SC101235‑1530
7th1727Matt VenablesBethan MatthewSutton/QMSC511‑147730
8th1747Will TaylorBee NeeLymington Town3(UFD)12101035
9th1439Jamie HarrisEloise ClapsonHISC810108‑1236
10th1452Alistair HodgsonElla SpainDraycote126‑1312939
11th1295Andrew WishartcrewQMSC(DNC)9961741
12th1603Ian MartinChris CattNetley43(DNC)DNC343
13th1687Theo WilliamsEloise NieveenWPNSA‑1687151343
14th1723Hywel RobertsBen RobertsParkstone11131113(DNC)48
15th297Mark ThomasAlexander LingWarsash SC141415(DNC)1659
16th1358Charlie WhitakerLucy GatesQMSC13(UFD)69DNC61
17th533James CunnisonAlice SmithRoyal Thames/Itchenor‑24212016663
18th1436Mark RipleyFiona NeeWarsash SC1818‑21171164
19th1121James WardJack WardWarsash SC22161811(DNC)67
20th909James HobsonRoss SouthwellWarsash SC171922(DNC)1472
21st998Joseph TubbAmelie CurtisMaidenhead‑202016182074
22nd584Tim FreemanHannah FreemanWarsash SC‑21171919.52176.5
23rd1017Matthew RileyMiranda CookEastbourne‑262225211987
24th634Lily FoxLouise ClaytonWarsash SC‑282424231889
25th728Adam CatlowChris HattonStokes Bay1515(DNC)DNCDNC96
26th537Luca MitchellLou DickerPiagnton29232322(DNC)97
27th957Marcus KingSam TurnerWarsash SCDNT25(DNC)19.5DNC107.5
28th825Mary ChapmanEdward ClarkWarsash SC19(RET)DNC24DNC109
29th1390Eve KennedyEllie RushParkstone27(UFD)17DNCDNC110
30th267Ryan BuchananBen BuchananWarsash SC23(DNC)DNCDNCDNC122
31st888Sandy McPhersonMichael Ray JonesNetley(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC132
31st1228Harris MaidmentJeff MaidmentWarsash SC(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC132

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