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RS400 European Championship - Classic Garda conditions on day 2

by Sarah Robertson and Roger Carter on 31 Jul 2014
SW
Day two of the RS400 European Championship dawned bright and the remnants of a light northerly Peler greeted the 45 teams keen for another great days racing.

The fleet got off cleanly for race 1 and the difficult choice was between the cliffs for a lift or out to get more breeze, a mix of the two with a decent right hand shift at the first windward mark seemed to be the way to go. Back on form, the Oakeys were first around the windward mark and disappeared into the horizon with a huge lead. The chasing pack were following down a one sided run meaning there were minor place changes. The breeze started to die for the second lap and the chasing pack had a great race with plenty of place changes as boats chopped from left to right up the long shifty beat looking for the breeze. Instead of gybing off down the second run Carter and Einstein hit the cliffs and a header and good breeze and ghosted all the way down and a few boats began to follow. The boats in at the cliffs were looking very good but eventually the breeze filled in from the left and carried those boats down to the line. The 'two crews', Bedborough and Brown clinched a last minute second from David Rose and Ian Hefferman (who had made the long crusade from Cork), followed by Carter from the left, and the Metcalfes, Gorringe and the evergreen Robertsons in that order.

In true Garda fashion the wind then shutoff completely, and then flicked Ora-like through 180 degrees and steadily increased to F4-5 accompanied by a little rain for race 2. After much fast-pin adjusting and a very efficient course reset, a clean start and the fleet split up the first beat more or less evenly with boats either sailing off the biased port end or tacking straight off the committee boat and heading for the cliffs. After much close tacking up the cliffs, the boats who came out early did well but the ones who held on ended up overshooting the windward mark. In the end the boats that went left were the ones that gained and first around was Gorringe, then 'back on form' Howie Farbrother / Desperate Dan followed by Elaine Turner / Sijbrand Jimjams and the Robertsons. Turner and the Robertsons gybed early to overtake Howie / Gorringe and the Robertsons led up the second beat until the breeze began to die off. Gorringe then regained the lead and went into the last run in first, only to lose it again more or less on the line as the Robertsons found a magic puff to plane past for the bullet. Howie secured third with the Oakey’s sneaking into a significant fourth and Turner hanging on for fifth. Very close tight competitive racing right down the fleet with lots of places to be won in the shifty conditions, and even small mistakes being punished with several places lost.

So that’s the sailing bit, but much more importantly we already have a few Duckhams nominations :-

1) The Robertsons (yet again) faced transport and logistical challenges achieving the drive from Edinburgh to Riva with only one side light and no indicators on either car or trailer.

2) Simon Grey receives a nomination for shouting at his crew when the kite jammed –only to find he’d left all his kids lifejackets stored under the foredeck.

3) Dave Hardcore and his tent. He pitched in a hurry, hit the pub in a hurry, came back several hours later in less of a hurry only to discover the inner tent was back to front and he couldn’t figure out why his tent door had disappeared.

4) A quote was overheard in a thick Irish accent as the breeze disappeared and the rain was lashing 'this wasn’t in the Garda brochure'……

With an 11am start setup for tomorrow and the aim to get threeraces in the fleet hopes for an end to the rain and a return to classic Garda conditions! On the social and family front we have daily kiddies movie nights, Ladies night, Australian night, Scottish night and several RS parties all to squeeze in. It’s not all about the sailing!

Risultati RS400

No

Numero

Nome

Punti

1

2

3

1

GBR 1414

Jon Gorringe, Nicola Bass

9,0

1

6

2

2

GBR 1319

Stewart Robertson, Sarah Robertson, Royal Forth YC

12,0

4

7

1

3

GBR 1385

James Downer, Jon Price, Royal Victoria YC

17,0

2

8

7

4

GBR 1215

Josh Metcalfe, Patrick Metcalfe, Y Felinheli

18,0

3

5

10

5

GBR 1432

Keith Bedborough, Richard Brown, Dalgety Bay SC

21,0

8

2

11

6

IRL 1339

Emmet Ryan, Jay Stacy

21,0

6

9

6

7

NED 864

Elaine Turner, Sijbrand Jongejans, Braasemermeer

24,0

9

10

5

8

GBR 922

Roger Carter, Ian Robertson, Wormit Boating Club

30,0

11

4

15

9

GBR 1172

Barrie Thornton, Alex Oyston

33,0

7

18

8

10

GBR 1049

Neil McLellan, Ollie Milling-Smith, East Lothian YC

36,0

5

11

20

11

GBR 1384

Paul Oakey, Mark Oakey, Portchester SC

37,0

32

1

4

12

GBR 1394

Mark Tucker, Julie Tucker, Lee on Solent SC

40,0

12

19

9

13

GBR 1342

Jack Holden, Ollie Miller, Arun YC

40,0

14

12

14

14

GBR 1418

Howard Farbrother, Desperate Dan Martin, Queen Mary SC

41,0

17

21

3

15

IRL 1179

David Rose, Ian Heffernan, Royal Cork YC

47,0

28

3

16

16

GBR 1326

Nick Martin, Ben George, Lee on Solent SC

49,0

13

24

12

17

GBR 1161

Ben Robertson, Hannah Robertson

49,0

18

14

17

18

GBR 1196

Peter Snowdon, Teresa Miolla, Scaling Dam SC

50,0

10

15

25

19

GBR 1199

Graham Child, Will Perrett, Lee on Solent SC

54,0

19

17

18

20

GBR 1290

David Brown, Rebecca Witt, Queen Mary SC

64,0

29

22

13

21

GBR 1393

Nick Zammit, Nick Zammit, Locks SC

64,0

20

25

19

22

GBR 1123

Nev Herbert, Steve Penfold, Royal Lymington YC

65,0

15

28

22

23

GBR 1018

Richard Bolton, Martin Booth, East Lothian YC

65,0

16

26

23

24

GBR 1294

John MacKenzie, Andy Box, West Lothian SC

70,0

33

16

21

25

CAN 8

Allan Measor, Darren Monster, Water Rats SC

77,0

22

29

26

26

GBR 979

Oliver George-Taylor, Toria Burton, Locks SC

78,0

34

20

24

27

GBR 564

Jacob Ainsworth, Kayleigh Roberts, Derwent Reservoir

82,0

24

31

27

28

GBR 1067

James Logan, Philippa Logan, Nottinghamshire County SC

85,0

36

13

36

29

GBR 1129

David Webley, Fraser Mulford, Wormti Boating Club

88,0

21

35

32

30

GBR 440

Robert Yeamans, Nadia McMinn, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC

88,0

30

30

28

31

GBR 1162

Martin Slack, Scott Macbeth, Royal Findhorn YC

89,0

27

32

30

32

GBR 1

David Harcourt, Christine Short, RYA

93,0

31

33

29

33

GBR 1240

Paul Engelmann, Katy Engelmann, Silverwing SC

101,0

23

36

42

34

GBR 1233

Nick Francis, Simon Edwards, Queen Mary SC

101,0

41

23

37

35

GBR 1164

Roy Cowie, Garry Rendall, Findhorn SC

107,0

39

27

41

36

GBR 475

Chris Dowie, Nicole Tinmurth, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC

108,0

35

38

35

37

GBR 1198

Simon Grey, Jenny Foredeck, Chanonry SC

109,0

38

37

34

38

GBR 786

Bruce Murdoch, Steve Wilson, Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC

110,0

40

39

31

39

GBR 1168

Oli Harris, Ed Deacon, Alton Water SC

110,0

43

34

33

40

GBR 1051

Matt Sheahan, Ellie Sheahan, Netley SC

111,0

25

dnf

40

41

GBR 1097

Aaron White, Niall White, Scaling Dam SC

114,0

26

42

dnf

42

GBR 768

Colin Davies, Naomi Moran

123,0

37

40

dnf

43

GBR 894

John Perry, Gary Aylmer

123,0

44

41

38

44

GBR 981

Roly Wilson, Tom Joyce, RNSA

124,0

42

43

39

45

GBR 494

Stephen MacGillivray, Simon MacGillivray, Royal Findhorn YC

136,0

dns

44

dnf

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