Results / Italian Eurocup 2002 Lake Garda - 22/07/2002

A fleet of 15 RS 400s made it to the start line at Riva del Garda for the Euro Cup Event on a shared race track with the other RS fleets. All 10 races were completed over the course of the five days with some close and exciting racing. Riva showed the full range of conditions for which it is famous from howling winds to light and fluky conditions. On the plus side, the thermal wind appeared on time every day and blew straight down the lake just as predicted. On the minus side, the courses were heavily one sided both up and down wind, due to the inevitable wind bend. Day 1 began in 20 knots of wind with Robin Kenyon and Toby Lewis taking an early lead, which they held throughout the race. Bill and Lynda Handley, recovering from a poor start, came through to take second with Chris and Matt Bailey third. Breaking from the port end of the line in the second race Kenyon and Lewis again held the lead throughout. A match race developed for second place, which was eventually won by Steven Leask and John McCaldin with Yan Robson and Alice Johnson coming third. On day 2 the wind strength increased to around 25 knots. In the first race the Handleys took the lead at the first mark and led through to the finish. The second place went to Mark Fearnley and Chris Spicer with Kenyon and Lewis coming in third. In the second race of the day the Bailey boys took the lead at the first mark, which they extended for the remainder of the race. Kenyon and Lewis held on to second with the Handleys coming in third. With the wind dropping to the more normal 20 knots on day 3 Leask and McCaldin took the lead and never looked back with Kenyon and Lewis holding off the Handleys for 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Race 6 started with a number of individual recalls and was sailed in fading wind. The final reach of the course turned into a beat but the early start for the 400's meant that they were the only class to get two races in that day. The race was won by Peter Stratton and Paul Newton with Kenyon and Lewis turning in yet another second place with Fearnley and Spicer holding onto third from the Handleys. Day 4 was the only light weather day with just one race completed. Robson and Johnson came from the left to lead at the first mark but were overtaken by Kenyon and Lewis who went on to win with Julian Smith and Paul Browning getting third. With conditions looking uncertain on the Friday, everything was still to play for but, Riva returned to its solid 20 knots of wind in the sunshine, which allowed three races to be sailed in a long days sailing. Kenyon and Lewis won the first race from the Bailey boys in second with Leask and McCaldin third. This was good enough to give Kenyon and Lewis the series and they retired from racing for the day. The 9th race of the series went to Fearnley and Spicer with the Bailey boys putting in another second and Stratton and Newton coming third. In the 10th and final race, with the wind still holding good, Leask and McCaldin came through to win with Stratton and Newton second and the Baileys recording another third place. In the final results Robin Kenyon and Toby Lewis won on 13 points allowing for their two discards. Bill and Lynda Handley were second on 27 points with Steven Leask and John McCaldin coming in third on 29.

Cl. N. Vel.    Equipaggio               Tessera                                   P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5 P.6 P.7 P.8 P.9P.10   Tot.

1   GBR-1077   KENYON ROBIN             H.R.S.C.                                    1   1   3   2   2   2   1   1 DNF DNF  13,00
               LEWIS TOBY               

2   GBR-1136   HANDLEY BILL             GREYSTONES S.C.                             2   4   1   3   3   4   8   4   7   6  27,00
               HANDLEY LYNDA            

3   GBR-1146   LEASK STEVEN             DALGETY B AY S.C.                           4   2   5 DNF   1   7   7   3   6   1  29,00
               MC CALDIN JOHN.P.        

4   GBR-1125   BAILEY CHRIS             BARTLEY                                     3   9   4   1   7  10  10   2   2   3  31,00
               BAILEY MATT              

5   GBR-1001   FEARNLEY MARK            M. & H.                                     7   6   2   4   9   3   4  10   1   4  31,00
               SPICER CHRIS             

6   GBR-1066   STRATTON PETER           WEIRWOOD                                    8   7   7   6   5   1   9   8   3   2  39,00
               NEWTON PAUL              

7   GBR-719    PILLINGTON STEPHANIE     NOTTS COUTRY                                5   5  11   5  11   5   5   7   4   5  41,00
               GUNN MARTIN              

8   GBR-680    SMITH JULIAN             THAMES S.C.                                10  13   6   8   4   8   3   6   8   8  51,00
               BROWNING PAUL            

9   GBR-921    CHIPPERFIELD GILES       L.T.S.C.                                    9   8 DNF DNF   8   6   6   5   5   7  54,00
               CHIPPERFIELD HEATHER     

10  GBR-1095   ROBSON YAN               A.Y.C.                                      6   3   9   7  12   9   2   9 DNF DNF  57,00
               JOHNSON ALICE            

11  GBR-877    BRITTON PHIL             DANGETY BAY S.C.                           11  11   8  10   6  14  13  13   9   9  77,00
               CRAWFORD REID            

12  GBR-635    MILLEN NEIL              Q.M.S.C.                                   12  10  10   9  10  13  12  12  10 DNF  85,00
               MILLER ANNABELLE         

13  GBR-914    STEWART HELEN            BARTLEY S.C.                               13  12 DNF DNF  13  11  11  11  12  10  93,00
               STEWART HELEN            

14  FRA-682    ADANS LOUISE             C.N. VERSOIX                               14  14 DNF DNF DNF  12  14  14  11 OCS 111,00
               COOK JONATHAN            

15  GBR-947    CALLAGHAN JOHN           H.I.S.C.                                   15  15 DNF  11 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 121,00
               GURNEY DARREN