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Results / RS400 Fat Face Racing Circuit SCYC, Abersoch - 10/04/2004

For Round 2 of the 2004 Fat Face Racing Circuit the RS400 and 200 fleet descended upon the idyllic Welsh village of Abersoch for their first combined event of the year. Abersoch always proves to be a popular venue and with a good turnout of 37 400�s, the scene was set for a fantastic weekends sailing. The weather on the other hand had very different ideas, as most of the fleet arrived on Friday afternoon to a mill pond sea with drizzle and fog. It began to look as though the majority of the weekend�s action would be in the pub. Ian Pickard made an early claim for the Duckhams Award by deciding to attempt the very steep slipway in his brand new car�a decision that lead to the inevitable skidding noise before both car and double stack were unceremoniously dumped up to the axles in Abersoch�s finest soft golden sand. Saturday morning dawned and with little change in weather, the PRO opted for a postponement. The sun gradually burnt off the cloud so that the fleet could at least work on their tan if not their sailing. By 3 o�clock most had taken the decision not to sail and the covers were slowly going back on the boats and the first of many pint�s were being ordered in club house bar. However, the wind was up to its usual tricks and 5 knots began to fill in across the bay. The PRO took what might be his only chance to send the fleet out and after a little panicked drinking and rigging, the fleet arrived on the start line just in time for the wind swing through 180 degrees before disappearing altogether. It was going to be one of those days�. but with a night of partying RS style ahead it�s never all bad. It certainly looked like we were in for a lively evening when during a practice session, the band had to be thrown out of the club house for fighting between themselves! All kissed and made up and the band proved to be a little better at rocking the party than they were at resolving disputes. As usual it wasn�t long before the bar staff admitted defeat - that they were yet again drunk dry of rum. Sunday morning, and again the bay looked still and calm. A few boats decided that enough was enough and as the PRO put the postponement up, their rigs came down. However, good things come to those that wait and by early afternoon the fleet was afloat under clear blue skies with a shifty 10 knots blowing across the course. Race 1 began with a general recall as the fleet all struggled to bag the pin end of a heavily port biased line. After a slight adjustment and with the hoisting of the black flag, a second start got away cleanly. Roger Gilbert & Toby Lewis laid down the challenge by working the shifts up the right hand side of the beat to lead at the windward mark from where they sailed on to win unchallenged. Nick Craig & Keith Bedborough followed in second, with Craig Burlton & Andrew Bonsey in 3rd. In race 2, Mike Budd & Arline Couch found their form and, after notching up a 10th in the previous race, they made the best of a strengthening breeze to take the win. Gilbert & Lewis were not far behind however, and consolidated their earlier win with a 2nd. Chris Jennings & Ed Nicklin scored their best result of the weekend to finish 3rd. By the start of race 3, the wind had swung to give a slight starboard bias to the start line. The black flag was hoisted and, after deciding they didn't fancy the next race, The Brothers Grimm shot off the line about 30 seconds early, taking 5 other boats with them. It was therefore a slightly reduced fleet that got away at the second attempt. Again, Gilbert & Lewis were on the pace and took another win, effectively winning the event although the battle for second remained wide open. Budd & Couch continued their good run by bagging second in the race, closely followed by Burlton and Bonsey. With the event already won, Gilbert & Lewis might not have bothered with the last race, but as if to underline their dominance of the event, they sailed on to win race 4 as well. Craig and Bedborough won the tight battle for second place, enough to give them 2nd overall, while Budd and Couch's 6th was sufficient to secure them 3rd overall. A consistent scoreline of 3 3rd's gave Burlton & Bonsey 4th overall.
1. ROGER GILBERT TOBY LEWIS STOKES BAY 38 3 1 1 2 1 1 2. NICK CRAIG KEITH BEDBOROUGH FRENTHAM POND 20 8 2 2 5 4 2 3. MIKE BUDD ARLINE COUCH LEIGH & LOWTON 23 9 3 10 1 2 6 4. CRAIG BURLTON ANDREW BONSEY NORTHAMPTON 26 9 4 3 4 3 3 5. CHRIS JENNINGS ED NICKLIN BURGHFIELD 36 12 5 4 3 5 13 6. DAVID SHIEL PAUL HEATH LEIGH & LOWTON 18 21 6 11 10 6 5 7. DAVE JONES NICK LOWE FELINHELI 30 21 7 6 6 13 9 8. RICHARD MARSH HEATHER NOLTON ELTON 32 22 8 8 7 35 7 9. TOM HALHEAD RUTH JOHNSON BRISTOL CORINTHIAN 8 27 9 16 8 7 12 10. GREG O'BRIEN BARTLEY GREEN 27 27 10 12 9 10 8 11. D EXLEY N HALL LEIGH & LOWTON 21 28 11 5 12 19 11 12. JENNY TAYLOR DEBBIE TAYLOR LEIGH & LOWTON 37 28 12 7 13 8 14 13. TONY WOODS AMANDA PIERPOINT SCYC 31 32 13 14 35 14 4 14. PAUL ALLEN MICHAEL ALLEN LEIGH & LOWTON 35 36 14 28 15 11 10 15. BILL HANDLEY LYNDA SWANAGE 22 44 15 18 14 15 15 16. NEIL PEACOCK RICK PEACOCK BARTLEY 33 46 16 9 17 21 20 17. LOUISE MCKEAND PHIL BISHOP LEIGH & LOWTON 29 48 17 21 18 9 21 18. ANDREW FOX SIMON BURCHILL LEIGH & LOWTON 15 49 18 13 31 18 18 19. JAMES DOWNER JESS OLDEN GURNARD S C 5 49 19 17 16 16 23 20. MATT JENKINS EMMA JENKINS SHEFFIELD VIKING 2 52 20 15 21 35 16 21. CHRIS GOWERS JESSICA ROBERTS PORT DINORWIC 3 59 21 25 27 12 22 22. CHRIS BAILEY MATT BAILEY BARTLEY GREEN 24 62 22 20 23 35 19 23. JOHN JONES JUNE RILEY PORT DINORWIC 4 63 23 32 20 17 26 24. NEIL MILLER ANNABELLE MILLER QUEEN MARY 11 65 24 19 26 20 29 25. HELEN STEWART BRYAN STEWART BARTLEY 17 66 25 27 22 28 17 26. STEVE HUNT CAROLINE BONES PILKINGTON S C 25 66 26 23 19 24 27 27. JEZ ENTWISTLE RACHEL JONES LEIGH & LOWTON 28 70 27 24 11 35 37 28. CHRIS GILLARD NEIL HAMPSON LEIGH & LOWTON 16 72 28 26 24 22 30 29. MALCOLM RITCHIE IAIN RITCHIE HYKEHAM 12 74 29 22 28 27 25 30. C EXLEY H GLEDHILL LEIGH & LOWTON 7 74 30 29 25 25 24 31. DAVE GREEN JUDITH PRYDE LEIGH & LOWTON 39 86 31 33 32 23 31 32. BRUCE PARKER RICHARD THOMSON LEIGH & LOWTON 34 86 32 31 29 26 32 33. RORY BARR ALIKI MASTOROUDES QUEEN MARY 6 88 33 30 30 35 28 34. GARY DEIGHAN ANDY TEAGUE BOLTON 13 96 34 34 36 29 33
 
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