Results / Island Barn Open Island Barn - 13/04/2003
The 2003 RS400 Open at IBRSC was held in glorious warm sunshine and wind,
and attracted 21 boats, with 8 from Island Barn. After a training session
held on the Saturday, the fleet took part in four competitive races over
Sunday April 13th. The conditions produced some spectacular spinnaker
runs (some captured on film) as well as a fair few capsizes when crews
were caught unawares by sudden gusts. Last year we noted that grey boats
were fastest; this year it appears that grey boats had the most capsizes!
Robin Kenyon and Toby Lewis from Hamble River SC took the first two
races; in the first race they fought hard with Mike Curtis and Fiona
Taylor from IBRSC, only overhauling them with 50 yards to go. Kenyon and
Lewis stormed away with the second race, which was enlivened with several
capsizes and a magnificent passing manoeuvre from Paul Browning and Jim
Champ, rocketing through on the inside of four boats at a downwind mark,
all planing with spinnakers flying.
Race 3 followed lunch, and Kenyon and Lewis were never challenged within
50 yards, although considerable battles were going on behind them � it
was all in the correct choice of route downwind to get into the gusts.
Kenyon and Lewis took their third first place and so with the meeting in
the bag, decided not to sail the last race. This was won by Ian Robson
and Sandy Johnson from Aldeburgh, after Curtis and Taylor had again led
for part of the race. Stuart Elford and Fiona Jubb from IBRSC overhauled
Curtis and Taylor on the last spinnaker run to take second place in the
final race. Overall Robson and Johnson were second, with Curtis and
Taylor just pipped into third as first home boat.
Thank you to the IBRSC Laser sailors who worked so hard and ran the day
so efficiently, and to all our exhausted competitors who we hope enjoyed
the meeting.
1 1077 Robin Kenyon Toby Lewis Hamble River SC
2 1180 Ian Robson Sandy Johnson Aldeburgh YC
3 917 Mike Curtis Fiona Taylor IBRSC
4 850 Stuart Elford Fiona Jubb IBRSC
5 716 Chris Larr Karen Larrr Stewartby WSC
6 511 Mark Taylor Natalie Butcher IBRSC
7 1073 Adam Oliver Paul Armiitage Aldeburgh YC
8 898 Chris Jordan Gillian Jordan Burghfield SC
9 1078 Peter Jackson John Dyas BASC
10 791 Stuart Costigan John Spencer/Jim Champ IBRSC
11 1098 Carl Mayhew Rob Pettit IBRSC
12 1181 Matt Fairless Jo Fairless Aldeburgh YC
13 1106 Nick Fribbens Peter Halliday IBRSC
14 717 Glen Smith Alex Harris IBRSC
15 1116 Steve Bell Andy Howard IBRSC
16 1088 Alex Hinton Tom Scorer Aldeburgh YC
17 869 Howard Fairbrother Louise Hosken Datchet Water SC
18 680 Julian Smith Paul Browning/Jim Champ Thames SC
19 681 Peter Dearnley Robin Slater Great Yarmouth &
Gorleston SC
20 693 Jon Smith Debbie Thomas London Corinthian SC
21 667 Richard Darrington Andrew Davey n/a