Flying Fifteen Nationals at Largs Sailing Club - Day 4

by Alan Henderson 25 Jul 2002 09:21 BST

Race 6 - Racing sponsored by Flamingo Charter

Photo © Alan Henderson

After the lack of wind on Tuesday afternoon the racing started in a fresh westerly. After a general recall those that chose the left hand side appeared to lose out to the rest of the fleet that were being lifted on the right. However the wind started to die at that end and half the fleet including yesterday's winners Goacher/Evans 3721 were stranded and unable to catch up with those who either hugged the shore or who tacked back to the left.

At the windward mark the newest boat in the class Jeremy Davey & Norman Byrd led from Barry & Sue Parkin and Brett & Ben Dingwall 3603. The reach was tight and the Dingwalls by not flying their kite were able to round the second mark just ahead as Davey (3760), also without kite, attacked Parkin (3630).

The wind started to freshen again and after a long run with Parkin keeping high Dingwall was able to maintain his lead .The front boats kept to the shore for the last beat although others in the middle gambled by tacking to the right hand side as the wind eased again. Dingwall, Parkin and Charles Apthorp 3591 all rounded the last windward mark together just behind the leading boats of the Classic Fleet who had sailed a separate course. Parkin gybed and went low and with a better line to the final mark got ahead of Dingwall, and maintained his lead to the line despite a fast finish by Dingwall. Apthorp was third. Championship leader Goacher ended well down the fleet in 15th position.

In the Classic event the leading two boats established a comfortable lead over the rest of the fleetwith David Hill & Johnny Armstrong IRL671 taking line honours ahead of Peter Hogg/David Downs 759 and Graham Lamond/Scott Train 617 in third place.The real contest was for fourth place as the two fleets combined for the final two legs with David & Carole Duke 2646 holding off Roger Finch/Neil Bartholomey 2658 in a tight finish.

Main Fleet Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R6	Pts
1	3721	Steve Goacher	11.7	3	0	0	-21	14.7
2	3591	Charles Apthorp	-25	10	3	11.7	5.7	30.4
3	3679	David Lucas	8	0	14	16	-22	38
4	3711	Alan Bax	3	-22	13	5.7	18	39.7
5	3630	Barry Parkin	18	-21	19	8	0	45
6	3603	Brett Dingwall	-30	19	22	3	3	47
7	3736	Peter Bannister	17	-29	8	18	11.7	54.7
8	3734	Howard Green	10	5.7	-27	15	26	56.7
9	3729	Richard Estaugh	21	16	10	-25	19	66
10	3628	David McKee	0	20	18	33	-37	71
11	3685	Peter Walters	26	15	15	-41	16	72
12	3688	Justin Burke	27	23	11.7	-31	13	74.7
13	3708	John Lavery	38	25	5.7	-47	8	76.7
14	3716	Justin Waples	15	18	16	-39	33	82
15	3760	Jeremy Davy	-46	14	35	20	14	83
16	3536	Greg Wells	-37	27	34	14	10	85
17	3608	Brian McKee	-32	26	17	30	15	88
18	3753	Ken Dumpleton	14	-39	39	19	17	89
19	3759	Bryan Willis	23	33	20	17	-44	93
20	3704	Sean Craig	29	11.7	-58	23	35	98.7
21	3727	Gill Browning	13	-48	37	29	20	99
22	3699	Simon Kneller	24	-58	21	26	28	99
23	3681	Pip Hudson	16	30	44	10	-46	100
24	3689	Ian Porter	-40	13	30	27	39	109
25	3296	Ian Cadwallader	20	28	41	21	-50	110
26	3645	Colin Nutt	19	34	-38	28	34	115
27	3675	Adrian Tattersall	33	-42	31	22	30	116
28	3733	Malcolm Critchton	31	32	-45	13	41	117
29	3636	John Hardisty	22	31	28	36	-42	117
30	3639	Mike Lyddon	5.7	41	42	-58	31	119.7
31	3615	Roger Palmer	42	17	25	-43	43	127
32	3690	Terry Kirchin	34	37	36	-44	23	130
33	3595	Peter Kitchen	-49	45	23	38	25	131
34	3750	Ian Jones	-47	35	26	34	38	133
35	3684	Matt Flint	39	8	-58	37	58	142
36	3694	Oliver Curran	-45	44	24	42	32	142
37	3757	Neil Platt	-51	38	29	35	40	142
38	3576	Bobby Salmond	43	-49	33	24	45	145
39	3557	Miles Odell	36	24	-58	40	58	158
40	3451	Ian Cameron	35	-51	49	48	27	159
41	3655	Will Gardener	28	36	-58	45	51	160
42	3725	Tom Hall	-58	40	47	51	24	162
43	3606	Iain Laidlaw	41	43	40	46	-48	170
44	3758	Ian Lamey	44	47	32	-58	53	176
45	3175	Brian Campbell-Bottoms	-52	46	46	32	52	176
46	3416	Jock Mawson	50	-52	43	50	36	179
47	3437	Rod Rowlands	-53	53	50	49	29	181
48	3381	Russel Clark	48	-54	51	53	47	199
49	3196	Diarmuid O'Conner	-58	50	48	52	49	199
50	3698	James Flower	-58	58	58	58	58	232
50	3724	Paul Brown	-58	58	58	58	58	232

Classic Fleet Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R6	Pts
1	1155	Stuart Jones	0	8	3	8	-15	19
2	2646	David Duke	-16	5.7	5.7	0	8	19.4
3	2663	Jeremy Arnold	-17	0	0	10	10	20
4	671	David Hill	-11.7	10	8	3	0	21
5	759	Peter Hogg	10	3	-11.7	5.7	3	21.7
6	617	Graham Lamond	8	16	-17	15	5.7	44.7
7	598	Geoff Town	5.7	-21	15	11.7	14	46.4
8	2658	Roger Finch	-21	11.7	13	18	11.7	54.4
9	2417	Monty Priede	13	14	21	13	-22	61
10	1333	Peter Clark	22	-23	10	19	13	64
11	2620	David Naylor	3	-28	28	14	21	66
12	2208	Mark Patrick	20	13	14	-21	19	66
13	2700	John Orchard	14	17	19	16	-20	66
14	2641	Michael Hampson	19	18	16	22	-25	75
15	2587	David Flint	-23	20	18	20	17	75
16	1117	Keith Jamieson	18	22	22	-23	16	78
17	1035	John Dinnie	15	19	-28	28	18	80
18	2819	Scott Caldow	-27	26	24	17	23	90
19	1484	Ian Hurrell	25	15	-28	24	28	92
20	2728	John Sutherland	24	25	20	26	-28	95
21	55	Jeremy Soulsby	-26	24	23	25	24	96