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RS Open Meeting - 8/9 July 2006
RS 600
RS 700
RS 800
K6
Results
EVENT WRITE-UP from RS 800 websiteChampagne sailing!
Champagne sailing conditions blessed the RS 800 fleet for round 6 of the
Fat Face circuit. With some decent breeze finally forecasted 44 boats
made the journey to Lymington Town Sailing Club for the most spectacular
sailing of the season so far! With just two weeks until the fleet head
off to Garda everyone was grateful for the practice in breezy conditions!
With the usual trauma of launching and ferry dodging out of the way, race
one kicked off in a decent 15 knots of breeze and beautiful bright
sunshine!
Fastest out of the blocks at the favoured pin end was heavy wind
specialists Andy Jeffries and Ally Ody from Eastbourne. They lead the
entire fleet into the breeze and the best of the tide along with
Lymington locals, Peter Barton and Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd). Jeffries &
Ody lead the way round the first mark, Barton & Allen (Henri Lloyd) very
close behind in second, and Ben Willows & Jamie Farnborough rounded in
third. As the kites popped the whole fleet gybed off and burnt back down
the course – the most awesome sight of the year so far!
By the end of the third beat and with just one run to go to the finish,
Jeffries & Ody had pulled out a fantastic lead and looked set to take the
first bullet of the day. But then disaster struck… A simple slip in the
boat on a gybe left Ody with a badly sprained ankle and unable to race
for the rest of the day. Devastation for the team as they headed to
shore, but some light relief when the doctor said 8-10 days for recovery –
Garda is still firmly on the cards! The rest of the fleet continued to
the finish and the pecking order looked like this: Barton & Allen (Henri
Lloyd) screamed across the finish line in top spot, Willows & Farnborough
in second and Charlie Roome & Steven Hall third.
Race two and the changing tide was the key to success this time…
Fastest off the line heading out to the left hand side was Willows &
Farnborough, Barton & Allen (Henri Lloyd) well up there in second. The
tussle continued down a closely fought run but lap two was where the
place changing began. Barton & Allen’s local tidal knowledge gave them
the edge on the penultimate beat – inshore was beginning to pay…. Top
mark for the last time and Barton & Allen popped the kite for the final
run. They picked up their second bullet of the day, Willows & Farnborough
settled for second, David & John Steed third.
Race three, last race of the day and the whole fleet were in agreement
that right was now the way to go! Barton and Allen (Henri Lloyd) had the
peachiest start of the day, a port end flyer to cross the entire fleet!
James Ross and Heather Back also seized an opportunity for an early tack
gaining a great lane over towards the shallows. Top mark and Barton &
Allen rounded in first. Ross & Back in second, Roome & Hall third. With
the tide now ripping in the same direction as the wind flat water made
for super-fast runs! Barton & Allen (Henri Lloyd) kept their lead but
Ross & Back weren’t giving an inch. Final beat of the day and shoulders,
necks and tummies were beginning to hurt! But the pain on board with
Baron & Allen was more along the lines of frustration… The fast pin in
the jib tack had popped out at the most critical point leaving Allen
bunched up in the bow trying to sort the problem! Taking full advantage
of the situation Ross & Back stole the lead and held their nerve right to
the finish taking the final bullet of the day. Barton & Allen (Henri
Lloyd) recovered well to maintain second while Roome & Hall picked up
another third place.
Back to shore and the BBQ was sizzling! Excellent food and then the disco
began. Always slow to get started in the RS fleet but The Killers were
the winning formula to get the dancing going and so it continued for the
rest of the night. Finally the sailing club closed its doors at mid night
so it was back to the camp sites, B&Bs or car boots for a good nights
sleep. While those in B&Bs slept effortlessly until breakfast time, the
campers could hear what was building from the west….
Sunday dawned and the breeze was howling! The anemometer up in the club
house confirmed everyone’s suspicions – 30 knots of breeze, and wind over
tide…. Sailing was beginning to look unlikely. At half ten the race
officer made the call to abandon racing and so the prize giving commenced…
After a spectacular display of boat handling and tactics, Peter Barton
and Roz Allen (Henri Lloyd) took first place and put themselves firmly
amongst top seeds for Garda!
Charlie Roome and Steven Hall took second place with two excellent
results in the top three. Rounding off the podium, Graham Simmonds and
Chris Doe took third place and first overall in the silver fleet.
A huge thank you to Lymington Town Sailing Club for a brilliant day’s
sailing on Saturday and for making the right call on Sunday – with Garda
just two weeks away everyone was grateful for not breaking their boats! A
final thank you to Fat Face once again for their circuit support and
prizes.
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EVENT WRITE-UP - from RS 600 website:
The Fat Face RS600 circuit travelled to Lymington Town Sailing Club to
get what it turnout to be good build-up training conditions for the Euros
in Garda.
At the beginning of race 1 the fleet where started in a SW 15k gusting
20k with the tide heading up the course was producing some very sharp
chop. The line was massively bias to the committee boat end where the
fleet were bunched up. All got away well except for Olly Straker returned
to correct an OCS. Generally the fleet went left making the best benefit
of the tide shooting out the western Solent. Lymington local Andy Heissig
made the first top mark first and continued to the gybe mark where a
costly capsize cost him the lead to Ian Marshall. During the course of
the 3 laps Olly managed to fight back through the fleet to gain second,
followed by Andy. Richard Mayo came in 4th followed by Jaime Mawson on an
unusual off day. Steven Read and Mark Duckworth both finished their
regatta early due to gear failure.
By the start of race 2 the tide had changed was now flowing down the
course with the wind causing the fleet to hit the right side out the
tide. The next move was to pick the layline to make the top mark, Ian
Marshall who went for it first had slightly under estimated. Ian managed
to tangle himself on the mark resulting in another costly capsize. Olly
Straker also swam due to gear problems at the top mark. This allowed
Richard Mayo showing some astounding speed to round first, this was not
to last long as the high winds and sharp chop got the better of him at
the gybe mark. This allowed Andy Heissig to sail through to win followed
by Ian Marshall then Olly Straker. Phil Kennard got his best result with
a 4th followed by Richard Mayo in 5th.
Again in race 3 the fleet went right out the tide, with Richard Mayo
hotly pursued by Ian Marshall showing that astounding speed again. Mayo
rounded first with cheers from a small spectator fleet. Unfortunately his
nemesis gybing got the better of him which allowed Ian Marshall and Andy
Heissig to come through and finish in that order. On the final top mark
Mayo was denied a 3rd by fowling the anchor line and receiving enough
damage to retire. JJ Powell gained his best result 3rd follow Chris
Flewitt 4th, Jamie Mawson 5th.
Lymington Town Sailing Club laid on an excellent BBQ dinner with a DJ in
the club bar. The 600 crowd as usual lived up to its reputation of
excessive eating, drinking and occasional break dancing. A good time had
by all.
On the Sunday morning we were greeted with a fresh 30k to blow the
cobwebs or any hangovers away. The race committee after a 1 hour delay
decided to can the days sailing as there was looking to be no signs for
improvement.
The previous days results stood and Ian Marshall won with 4 points. Andy
Heissig came 2nd with 6 points and Chris Flewitt 3rd with 18 points.
Mayos unfortunate and costly retirement gave him 4th, and Strakers DNC in
the final race took him back to 5th. Giles Chipperfield 6th picked up the
merit award.
Finally a special thanks to our sponsors Fat Face, the RS Association and
to Lymington Town Sailing Club for hosting another top event.
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EVENT WRITE-UP - from K6
website:
Nine K6's turned out for the start at Lymington on 8th/9th July in a
southwesterly three to four and sparkling sunshine. At the start the
fleet headed towards the island shore to catch the last of the ebb and
Bill Masterman with Tom Seppings in 101 established an early lead closely
pursued by Dave Hitchcock and Ian Nicholson in 155 and a little further
behind a cluster of "three up K6's". It was good to see several boats
opting for this sociable format which included Myles Mence with Glyn
Locke and Judith French in Artigiano 160, Martin Wadhams with Amanda
Wadhams and Claire Upton Brown in Fat Face 170, Andrew Hewitt and crew in
154, and Fraser Elms, with Natasha Styles and Heather Chipperfield in
Djinn 124, Heather greatfully picked up off the beach at the last moment.
At the windward mark Bill led from Dave and Ian and the fleet gybed
inshore to avoid the tide. Jonathan Calascione with Pyers Tucker in Take
Two 156 moved up to challenge the leaders and the first to shallow water
did not necessarily benefit as a gust further out often pushed ahead
those still out in the tide. Towards the leeward mark Bill still led and
then confused the finishing gate mark with the leeward mark and turned on
it the rest of the fleet following in true Corinthian spirit to make a
race of it! Up the next beat Artigiano crept into the lead only to lose
places again downwind, the race shortened after two laps, Bill winning
narrowly from Dave and Ian, Martin and ladies and Artigiano. To
everyone's pleasure the race offficer let the race stand as it was a good
race and the fleet had completed the same course even if not the one
intended.
By race two the tide had turned inshore and the fleet split, half heading
towards mid-Solent to catch the last of the ebb the other half going
inshore to play safe. The offshore group of Artigiano, Take Two and
Andrew Hewitt began to haul ahead and by the windward mark had a
considerable lead over those that hugged the shallows. Artigiano rounded
first followed by Dave and Ian who had opted to go up the middle and the
fleet again gybed to get the fair tide inshore. The race was shortened
after two laps and at the finish Dave and Ian planed through Artigiano to
take the gun closely followed by Take Two in third place.
Race three was a round the cans and in effect a large triangle from
Lymington to Hurst to Yarmouth and back to Lymington. The breeze
increased to a steady four and the first beat was a good twenty five
minute leg - stretch against the tide and up the mainland shore. There
were various minor dramas on the way with Frazer falling out of the back
of the boat and Dave and Ian picking up a lobster pot line. At the
windward mark Artigiano led from Dave and Ian bearing off downwind on a
tight spinnaker reach with fair tide to Yarmouth. At the gybe Artigiano
was overtaken and the positions stayed the same to the finish with Dave
and Ian taking the gun followed by Artigiano and Bill Masterman.
Others in the fleet having some good racing were Terry Wilkinson crewed
by Ian Schenkel and the new faces of the Dawson team in 140 always in
contact with the mass of the fleet.
Sadly for day two the wind blew a steady force six with gusts to thirty
five knots and racing was cancelled. The only crew to get any sailing
were Artigiano who tore over from their Yarmouth mooring arriving with
big grins and pleased their rig was still in the boat!
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EVENT WRITE-UP from RS 700 website:
Lymington Town Sailing club hosted the 4th RS700 Fat Face event of the
year. The ongoing popularity of the UK’s Number One single handed skiff
continued, with a strong turnout of 25 boats, which included a contingent
from the home club looking to make their local knowledge pay.
Sailors were greeted by almost perfect conditions. F4, with a tricky chop
whipped up by wind against tide and a race course bathed in sunshine.
Race one started with a clearly starboard biased line and the left hand
side of the course paying. A drag race to the port layline out into the
favourable tide ensued with Dave Cummins and Andy Irons leading the way.
Cummins led the fleet round the windward mark followed by Irons and Andy
Peake, who immediately gybe set to head inshore. Irons and Cummins
followed until the port layline beckoned. Irons capsized during his gybe,
leaving Cummins and Peake battling until the next run, where Cummins
overstood the layline and had to drop early to make the mark. Peake
slipped through and never relinquished the lead. Behind him, Cummins had
several more mishaps to let Matt Humphreys into second who had been
picking off places after a bad start. Third place was taken by Toby
Collyer.
Race two and the tide had changed making conditions slightly easier.
After a competitive starboard bias start the fleet slowly tacked off
towards the right hand side of the course. Nigel Wallbank in his new boat
was led round the windward mark by Dave Gorrindge followed by Irons,
Koukarakis, Andy Holland and Peake. With Gorrindge and Wallbank clear in
first and second, the race for third was on. It was settled down the
final run with Irons coming out ahead of Koukarakis and Peake
respectively.
Race three and the conditions were still perfect. Koukarakis showed the
fleet why he has earnt his legendary status by flying off to the
starboard layline with good height and speed, right up to the point where
he overstood by 300 metres. The more observant sailors took advantage of
the leeward boats mistakes and tacked earlier. Nigel King, who had been
showing good upwind speed all day, led round the windward mark, followed
by a gaggle of others, including Heissig, Koukarakis, Peake and
Humphreys. With King showing a clean pair of heels to the fleet it was
the race for second which was up for grabs. Heissig looked like he was
going to take it right up until the last gybe, when Peake got inside to
cover him to the finish.
Sunday dawned to an Autumn gale. With gusts of up to 36 kts recorded and
classic wind against tide Solent conditions, the sensible decision to
abandon racing was taken. So, with three races counting, Peake took the
win, with Humpheys in second, Koukarakis in third and Andy Holland having
a consistent event in fourth.
Now the fleet heads off to Garda. With big numbers and good breeze
expected, it should be a legendary event and a must go for RS700 sailors
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Notice of Race
Entry Form
Parental/Guardian Disclaimer Form
for competitors under 18 years old
SAILING
INSTRCUCTIONS
2006 RS Racing Circuit Sailing Instructions apply
Event Appendix A - Local Sailing Instructions
Event Appendix B1 - Courses
Event Appendix B2 - Solent Courses for K6
Hot and Cold Meals
in the Clubhouse - stunning views of Solent
Disco Saturday Evening
BBQ - Saturday
Evening
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