Honda Fast Cat Race 2002

by Peter Short 15 Jul 2002 13:31 BST

73 boats started and 60 finished the course. The conditions were almost ideal; the first sun for weeks, warm, a wind from the north west, which backed to the south west later, of force 3/4. The first boat over the line, Will Sunnocks in a Tornado, completed the course in 5 hours 40 minutes with the second boat 26 seconds behind. There was an even closer race for the first Hurricane; Russell Clark beating Simon Northrop by just 1 second.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	SCR	R1	Pts
1st	Formula 18	FRA 712	Gauthier Santrian	Thierry Delaby	CV Touquet	1.01	1	1
2nd	Spitfire	40	Yves Loday	Jonathan Loday	Cercle Nautique	1.04	2	2
3rd	Hobie Tiger	NED 1127	Coert van Dam	Marius van Dam	Westenslag Texel	1.01	3	3
4th	Formula 18	GBR 90	Phil Cotton	Miranda Cotton	Parkstone YC	1.01	4	4
5th	Tornado	GBR 405	Will Sunnocks	Mark Self	Dabchicks SC	0.94	5	5
6th	Formula 20 (Inter, F	2	John de Vries	Michael Wellerman	R SC	0.94	6	6
7th	Tornado Sport	417	Matt Eeles	Marcus Lynch	Parkstone YC	0.94	7	7
8th	Formula 18	59	Chris Delves	Oliver Frost	west Kirby	1.01	8	8
9th	Hobie Tiger	765	Tim Neal	Bob Fry	Parkstone YC	1.01	9	9
10th	F18	GBR 376	A McQueen	Andy Smith	Stokes Bay SC	1.01	10	10
11th	Formula 18	GBR 2	Peter Lewer	Richard Pelley	Stokes Bay SC	1.01	11	11
12th	Spitfire	27	Jon Hutchings	Clare Logan	Stokes Bay SC	1.04	12	12
13th	Tornado 2001	408	Richard Allen	Fnlay Humphreys	Warsash SC	0.94	13	13
14th	Inter 20	169	Derek Beddows	Stuart Fitton	Blackpool & Fleetwood YC	0.94	14	14
15th	Hobie Tiger	584	Andy Robinson	Johanna Fagerland	Felixstowe ferry SC	1.01	15	15
16th	Formula 18	91	Kim Tipple	Jes Flynn	Parkstone YC	1.01	16	16
17th	Spitfire	6	Matt Causon	Duncan Goddard	Weston SC	1.04	17	17
18th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	266	Russell Clark	Penny Mountford	Stokes Bay SC	1	18	18
19th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	344	Simon Northrop	Matthew Young	Minnis Bay SC	1	19	19
20th	Spitfire	23	Grant Piggott	Felix Newel-Smith	Weston SC	1.04	20	20
21st	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	487	Ashley Machin	Julia Machin	Stokes Bay SC	1	21	21
22nd	Formula 18	635	Nigel Brown	Gillian Green	DWSC	1.01	22	22
23rd	Formula 18	GBR 3	Steve Marriott	Denise Marriott	Parkstone YC	1.01	23	23
24th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	451	David Bartlett	Jo Bartlett	Starcross SC	1	24	24
25th	Hurricane 5.9	59	Rob Lawes	James Paine	Whitstable YC	1	25	25
26th	F18	396	Nathaniel Ward	Jeff Hewitt	Stokes Bay SC	1.01	26	26
27th	Formula 18	811	David Hazard	Suzanne Rhodes	DWSC	1.01	27	27
28th	Formula 18	718	Stephan Lobmeyr	Christoph Toepher	Parkstone YC	1.01	28	28
29th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	302	Martin Hollinworth	Jez Bull	Stokes Bay SC	1	29	29
30th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	405	David Harcourt	Sylvie Marshall	Port Edgar YC	1	30	30
31st	Formula 18	GBR 668	Duncan Johnston	Karl Thorne	Parkstone YC	1.01	31	31
32nd	Inter 20	GBR 304	Stuart Gummer	Bob Evans	Brading Haven YC	0.94	32	32
33rd	Formula 18	788	Matthew Knott	Geoff Carter	Stokes Bay SC	1.01	33	33
34th	Hobie Tiger	788	Dave Laws	Oscar Chess	Mumbles YC	1.01	34	34
35th	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	369	Peter Jones	Nigel Grogan	Tresaith Mariners SC	1	35	35
36th	F20	181	Ron Bentham	Martin Stephens	Bala CC	0.94	36	36
37th	Hurricane 5.9	460	Mike Coulson	George Wilton	DWSC	1	37	37
38th	Hobie Fox	102	Roland Lewis	Rob Garcka	Worthing	0.94	38	38
39th	IF20	277	John Kay	Tim Gerhard	Stokes Bay SC	0.94	39	39
40th	Hobie Tiger	770	Nick Broadest	Dave Palmer		1.01	40	40
41st	Hurricane 5.9 + Spin	393	Martin Gibson	Mark Johnson	DWSC	0.99	41	41
42nd	Inter 20	184	Hugo le Breton	Charles Murray	Stokes Bay SC	0.95	42	42
43rd	F18 Hawk	FRA 589	David Lester	Richard Ledger	Whitstable YC	1.01	43	43
44th	Hurricane 5.9	485	Philip Marks	Dan Taylor	DWSC	1	44	44
45th	Inter 18	788	Jonathan Jenkins	Sarah Fenwick	LLanduduo	1.01	45	45
46th	Inter 20	333	Trevor Milton	Henry Clark	Grafham Water SC	0.94	46	46
47th	Inter 20	147	Bruce Lindley-Smith	Dan Hiscock	Paignton	0.94	47	47
48th	Hurricane 5.9	437	Mike Rothery	Mike Phipps	DWSC	1	48	48
49th	Hobie Tiger	1015	Ben Stubbs	Phil Bebbington	Hobie Centre Poole	1.01	49	49
50th	Formula 18	678	Nigel Sandy	Sam Moir	Parkstone YC	1.01	50	50
51st	Hurricane 5.9	86	Liz Howell	Jason Forsythe	TMSC	1.01	51	51
52nd	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	350	Ben Cutler-Sharp	Derek Cutler	Starcross SC	1	52	52
53rd	Hurricane 5.9	87	John Ready	Steve Dawson	Dabchicks SC	1.01	53	53
54th	Spitfire	67	Chris Sproat	James Power	Bognor	1.04	54	54
55th	Spitfire	54	Susannah French	Gary Smith	Stokes Bay SC	1.04	55	55
56th	Hobie Tiger	32	Jez Williams	Steve Jenkins	Rockley Point	1.01	56	56
57th	Spitfire	17	Alan Grace	Pete Lawson	Bassenwaite	1.04	57	57
58th	Hawk F18	707	Peter Wilson	Stephen Hodges	Whitstable YC	1.01	58	58
59th	Tornado Sport	360	Andrew Marshall	Toby Winchester	Whitstable YC	0.94	59	59
60th	F18	711	Chris Coode	Julia Thompson	Mumbles YC	1.01	60	60
61st	Stealth R	521	Mark Pressdee	Colin Jenkins	Mumbles YC	1.02	dnf	74
61st	Hobie 21 Formula	3	Richard Search	Adrian Brunton	Hayling Ferry SC	0.94	dnf	74
61st	Spitfire	20	Anthony Young	Frazer Wilson	Stokes Bay SC	1.04	dnf	74
61st	Inter 20	148	Robert Foster	Ian Barrow	Grafham Water SC	0.94	dnf	74
61st	Hurricane 5.9	207	Nick Moore	Ralph Mills	DWSC	1	dnf	74
61st	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	368	Lee Morgan	Barry Morgan	Marconi SC	1	dnf	74
61st	Formula 18	FRA 7	Emmanuel Boulogne	Thibault Vauchel	Gravelines	1.01	DSQ	74
61st	F16 HP	525	John Pierce	Sue Davis	Brighton SC	1.01	dnf	74
61st	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	361	Andrew Morse	J Lynch	Carsington	1	dnf	74
61st	Hurricane 5.9 Sport	351	Simon Fry	Christine Savage	DWSC	1	dnf	74
61st	Dart Hawk	GBR 588	Robin Winnett	Justin Bates	Netley SC	1.01	dnf	74
61st	Hurricane 5.9	452	Hamish Leighton	Helen Leighton	DWSC	0.99	dnf	74
61st	Tornado 2001	406	Chris Needham	Neil Heard	Bala CC	0.94	dnf	74