Dart 18 Grand Prix at Snettisham Beach Sailing Club

by Jasper Barnham 7 May 2002 08:10 BST

Photo © Colin Rudd

Forty-nine Dart 18s travelled to Snettisham Beach Sailing Club for Grand prix No. 3 on 4&5th May 2002. As this was the last open meeting before the national Championships a strong fleet had gathered including five former national champions, 3 former European champions plus a former world champion.

The first race got away in perfect conditions, a F3-4 and sunshine, a sausage triangle sausage course. Chris Moore and Cathryn Farthing lead initially followed by Dave and Louise Roberts. At this point there was confusion among the fleet with half of the fleet sailing a triangle first and the other half, the sausage first. However, Alan and Fiona Kernick sailed fast down the run to pressure the two leaders and eventually found their way to the front to win from Moore/Farthing with Roberts third.

Race 2 was started immediately by the slick race team in similar conditions on the same course. Dan Norman and Sally Atkinson sailed well, up the middle of the first beat but it was Richard and pat Triffit who led at the windward mark having taken the offshore route up the beat. The Triffits lead on the run under pressure from Norman/Atkinson and Gareth Owen and Amanda Gadsby who made ground. On the next beat the Triffits fell back and Jasper and Laura barnham moved into 3rd place. Final positions were Norman/Atkinson, Owen/Gadsby and the Barnhams.

After a general recall race 3 got underway in slightly more wind on a bigger course. Bob Fletcher and Ian Clayton stormed up the first beat and sailed away into the distance leaving the rest to fight for the minor places. The next group comprised of David and Sam Lloyd, Owen/Gadsby, Norman/Atkinson, Herve le Maux and Joanna Jones-Pierce and the Barnhams, who all enjoyed a particularly close race. The Barnhams pulled through into second place followed by Lloyds, Owen/Gadsby and Norman/Atkinson.

The fleet then made a dash for the beach as the water receded and for many it was a struggle through the mud to get ashore. Saturday evening featured a Caribbean meal prepared by Jean-Ann Bartlett and friends and live music late into the night.

With the points extremely close, the fleet looked forward to Sunday's racing. However we awoke to find the wash covered in white horses and with the wind recording at a steady 30 knots, racing was abandoned. This meant that after 3 races with one discard the Barnhams were the winners followed by Fletcher/Clayton and Norman/Atkinson.

Event Photos: (© Colin Rudd, click thumbnail for full picture)

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st		7140	Jasper Barnham	Laura Barnham	Snettisham Beach S.C.	14	3	2	5
2nd		7673	Bob Fletcher	Ian Clayton	Snettisham Beach S.C.	8	5	1	6
3rd	Norm	7722	Dan Norman	Sally Atkinson	Sheppy Y.C.	5	1	5	6
4th	Lickalotapussy	7442	Gareth Owen	Amanda Gadsby	Dee S.C.	4	2	4	6
5th	Red Insurance	7738	Alan Kernick	Fiona Kernick	Stokes Bay	1	8	9	9
6th	Typhoon	7724	David Lloyd	Samantha-Jayne Lloyd	Stokes Bay	7	7	3	10
7th		7710	Herve Le Maux	Joanna Jones-Pierce	Le Touquet	12	4	6	10
8th	sailingbooks.co.uk	7712	Dave Roberts	Louise Roberts	Stokes Bay	3	9	8	11
9th	Ten-Ten	7382	Chris Moore	Cathrin Farthing	Stokes Bay	2	13	10	12
10th	Wonkey Donkey	7700	Stuart Snell	Robey-John Garka	Snettisham Beach S.C.	6	11	7	13
11th		7685	Richard Triffitt	Pat Triffitt	Rutland S.C.	11	6	18	17
12th	Lasersailing.com	7734	Ant James	Marie James	Grafham Water S.C.	10	10	12	20
13th		5281	Paul Harwood	Chris Harwood	Rutland S.C.	9	21	17	26
14th	La Vela	7699	Marco Manganelli	Rachel Foster	Stokes Bay	13	~~DSQ~~	14	27
15th		7081	Tim Silcox	Kevin Marsh	Snettisham Beach S.C.	15	14	~~DNC~~	29
16th		4620	Matt Ambrose	Simon Rowell	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	18	15	15	30
17th	Fluid Boat Services	7683	Paul Wakelin	Steve Baker	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	21	16	16	32
18th	Jammie Dodger	6921	Paul Roberts	Michelle Roberts	Dee S.C.	32	24	11	35
19th		7420	Jonathan Garner	Barry Garner	Snettisham Beach S.C.	24	12	23	35
20th		7737	Peter Wilson	Graham Lloyd	Rutland S.C.	28	23	13	36
21st	Freeek	6287	Simon Farthing	Linda Moss	Grafham Water S.C.	17	31	20	37
22nd		7644	David Bartlett	Tom Bailey	Snettisham Beach S.C.	16	29	22	38
23rd	Piglit	6800	Andrew Marshall	Gayle Ryrie	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	20	19	27	39
24th		7347	Barry Peters	??	--	27	20	19	39
25th		7475	Andy Robinson	Johanna Fagurland	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	19	28	24	43
26th		7735	Tony Dod	Jeff Cox	Stokes Bay	23	22	32	45
27th	Decoy	7708	Chris Aspinall	Anna Lindsay	Dee S.C.	29	17	36	46
28th		6295	Guy Playford	Luke Fletcher	Snettisham Beach S.C.	25	25	21	46
29th	We have it covered	7066	Tim Dieu De Bellefontaine	Hillary Tim Dieu De Bellefontaine	--	33	18	31	49
30th		6086	Simon Hooper	Nicki Hooper	Snettisham Beach S.C.	22	39	28	50
31st	Pussy Galore	7707	Chris Delues	Ollie Frost	West Kirby	~~DNC~~	27	26	53
32nd		5957	Mary-Ann Bartlett	Lisa Bartlett	Snettisham Beach S.C.	37	26	30	56
33rd	In Flight Entertainment	5079	John Terry	Benjamin Terry	Rutland S.C.	34	40	25	59
34th	Chat Sauvage	7530	Paul Love	Linda Jones	Rutland S.C.	26	34	33	59
35th	Catflap	7264	Geoff Lloyd	Jenny Lloyd	Dee S.C.	35	30	29	59
36th		6190	Daniel Azzopardi	Trudi Rothwell	Stokes Bay	30	32	34	62
37th		3984	Tim May	Richard Coker	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	31	35	35	66
38th	Touch & Go	6231	Rod Thorpe	Jonathon Holder	Thorpe Bay Y.C.	36	33	38	69
39th		6407	Mark Robinson	Mike Ling	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	41	36	37	73
40th	Lilly Beth	1895	Ian Bevan	Liz Swain	Mumbles Y.C.	39	37	40	76
41st	Outcast	7090	Charles Napolitano	Sarah Tuner	Snettisham Beach S.C.	40	38	~~DNC~~	78
42nd	2 kick the cat	6478	Wendy Winchester	Toby Winchester	Whitstable Y.C.	38	46	42	80
43rd		726	Tim Rains	Tim Clarke	Felixstowe Ferry S.C.	44	41	39	80
44th		4618	Steve Mansell	Mick Sutton	Rutland S.C.	43	43	41	84
45th		5886	Brian Steeds	Alex Chan Seem	Snettisham Beach S.C.	42	42	~~DNC~~	84
46th		3199	Tony Novissimo	Adrienne Vay	Datchet Water	45	45	44	89
47th		7345	Kevin Connolly	Chris Conolly	Deben Y.C.	~~DNC~~	DNC	43	94
48th		7141	John Jackson	Paul Steer	Rutland S.C.	~~DNC~~	44	DNC	95
49th	Cutting Edge	2278	Cliff Cole	Juliette Dyke	Thorney Island S.C.	~~DSQ~~	DSQ	DSQ	102
49th		6761	Tony Lampitt	Paul	Rutland S.C.	~~DSQ~~	DSQ	DSQ	102