Results / National Championships South Caernarvonshire YC, Abersoch - 29/08/2005
RS 400 National Championships 2005
58 competitors took in the fabulous views from Abersoch beach as SCYC
played host to the 2005 Gul RS400 National championships. With plenty of
previous National Champions from many fleets joining the competitors it
was going to be a competitive week.
Day1 & 2
The wind forecast for the first 2 days didn�t look promising and sure
enough the best sail was on the way to the start line. In the opening day
race Steve Venable/Richard Brown took the honours.
In Race 2 the right paid and gains were made by those who cut their
losses and ducked transoms. Louise Mackeand/Chris Bennett rounded the
windward mark first and led to the finish.
The fleet turned retro on the run and terms like goose wing were being
used with alarming regularity! The Race officer shortened course after a
lap and racing for the rest of the day was cancelled.
Day 3
When racing eventually started, the wind was much better in terms of
strength, but cyclonic in direction. 1st beat positioning was up and down
like a fiddlers elbow as the wind shifted from side to side. 2 races were
sailed and after protests were heard it turned out Mark and Sam
Littlejohn had bossed the day with two bullets.
Day 4
The first race got away cleanly in a shifty Force 3 with some help from
Mike Budd holding down the anchor warp with his rudder, allowing some of
the fleet to get over a fairly port biased line. Roberts/Sims Williams
had a storming second run and jumped 10 places to lead by a huge amount,
which they increased throughout the race.
In the second race the right hand side of the beat paid, Venables/Brown
took advantage and bagged the win.
The final race commenced in about 10 knots and the fleet finally
remembered starting was a competitive business with 6 boats duly black-
flagged. Chris Jennings/Ed Nicklin finally found the go button leading
from start to finish.
With Craig/Stewart, the Littlejohns and Dave Jones/Mark Hogan the main
contenders, the championship was finally coming alive and the last day
promised to be a nail biter.
Day 5
Surprisingly there was wind around as the sailors massed on the beach for
the final day.
Racing started promptly and a southerly breeze had us beating towards the
St Tuds islands. Craig/Stewart got the best shifts up the first beat,
motoring into the lead. Jennings/Nicklin rounded second which they held
for the race with Jones/Hogan taking 3rd with some impressive light wind
speed.
Race 9 saw Jennings/Nicklin get their share of the luck for the week,
encountering a large lift on starboard at the right hand corner. Never
headed they went on to win the race by a large margin. Jones/Hogan showed
some good speed again and fought with Team Burlton/Bonsey throughout the
race.
A dizzy fleet watched Craig/Stewart and the Littlejohns play with each
other prior to Race 10. Jones/Hogan made the best of the first beat and
won by a large margin. Roberts/Sims Williams finished 2nd and
Massey/Lewis, undisturbed by the crew wearing the Duckhams dress around
his head, finished 3rd!
Overall
Craig/Stewart won the Race 10 pre-start battle doing enough covering to
force the Littljohns into submission and win the Championship. The
Littlejohns were unfortunate as this also lost them the chance to fight
for second place and they finished 3rd overall after some consistent
sailing. Second overall went to Jones/Hogan who sailed an exceptional
final two days. This is Nick Craig�s second GUL RS400 National title in a
row whilst for James Stewart it was his fourth RS400 Nationals victory.
SCYC proved to be excellent hosts for the National championships, and the
PRO Barry McGill turned up trumps in very testing conditions throughout
the week to get all 10 races sailed.
Ed Nicklin
FINAL RESULTS
1 1237 Gold Nick Craig James Stewart Frensham Pond SC
7 24 3 2 5 4 2 6 2 1 5 DNF59
2 962 Gold Dave Jones Mark Hogan Y Felinheli SC 35
26 2 11 10 5 7 2 4 3 2 1
3 6 Gold Mark Littlejohn Sam Littlejohn Lancing SC
54 30 5 3 1 1 4 3 6 7 OCS59 DNF59
4 1264 Gold Craig Burlton Andrew Bonsey R.Y.A. 42
47 6 34 3 9 3 14 13 5 3 5
5 1262 Gold Hywel Roberts Hugh Sims Williams Parkstone
YC 4 53 9 18 4 8 1 16 15 8 6 2
6 1238 Gold Chris Jennings Ed Nicklin Burghfield SC
41 59 20 19 RET59 RET59 8 4 1 2 1 4
7 1019 Gold Archie Massey Toby Lewis Itchenor YC 44
59 4 38 11 6 5 10 21 6 14 3
8 1059 Gold Steve Venables Richard Brown Shustoke SC
11 64 1 14 12 3 10 1 16 24 10 13
9 1240 Gold Tom Hallhead Jeremy Littlejohn Bristol
Corinthian YC 2 69 12 6 2 11 6 11 18 14 16 7
10 1211 Gold Stuart Hudson Adam Heeley Spinnaker SC
46 73 21 46 DSQ59 2 9 9 3 9 12 8
11 1121 Gold Paul Hilliar Toby Ashton Frensham Pond
SC 45 75 11 7 8 13 15 12 5 4 23 17
12 1204 Gold Chris Gowers Y June Riley F Port Dinorwic SC
5 87 7 32 6 15 13 15 7 13 26 11
13 1255 Gold Michael Budd Arline Shiel F Leigh & Lowton
SC 16 87 17 26 7 29 11 7 8 10 11 16
14 1082 Silver Y Chris Hogan Elaine Marsh F Port Dinorwic
SC 36 97 28 8 15 20 24 5 9 15 13 12
15 1219 Silver Jonathon Sinclair Michael Senior West
Lancs YC 33 132 29 4 23 16 26 8 DNC59 17 OCS59 9
16 1166 Gold Y Rob Martin Chris Martin Burghfield SC
27 132 14 9 38 31 21 13 OCS59 16 8 20
17 1055 Gold Y Colin Prince Tony Prince Weir Wood SC
23 137 18 27 14 7 28 22 19 31 7 23
18 953 Silver Y Alistair Reid Calum Reid Largo Bay SC
10 152 34 25 9 12 17 38 28 26 29 6
19 774 Silver David Porre Tim Simpson Leigh & Lowton
SC 31 153 30 24 42 23 12 18 23 21 22 10
20 1279 Gold Jon Gorringe Gareth Ayre Parkstone YC
32 161 8 5 13 DNC59 16 30 OCS59 OCS59 15 15
21 1234 Gold Jeremy Entwistle James Budd Leigh &
Lowton SC 29 162 22 12 19 18 20 19 OCS59 OCS59 38 14
22 1216 Gold Peter Vincent Simon Fell Bristol
Corinthian YC 55 178 31 13 34 10 36 35 10 25 20 37
23 1050 Silver Cathy Partington F Y Mike Partington Leigh
& Lowton SC 14 181 33 23 16 17 27 25 37 37 21 19
24 1191 Gold Louise McKeand F Chris Bassett Leigh &
Lowton SC 19 185 15 1 37 36 19 43 41 28 17 32
25 1062 Gold Y Alan Johnson Jonny Harrison S.C.Y.C. 49
188 37 10 30 DNC59 30 28 12 33 19 26
26 595 Silver Anthony Taylor Sebastian Port Dinorwic
SC 50 190 36 35 26 24 14 17 20 27 27 41
27 1258 Silver Andrew Fox Ian Fletcher Leigh & Lowton
SC 48 191 27 15 24 14 22 46 32 29 28 33
28 1091 Silver Gareth Williams Ross Roberts Leigh &
Lowton SC 15 192 24 20 45 42 45 26 25 30 4 21
29 1251 Gold Howard Farbrother Y Louise Hesken F Queen
Mary SC 28 193 13 30 25 DNC59 34 24 26 23 OCS59 18
30 1217 Gold Y John W Cooper Becci Wigley F Lymington Town
SC 30 194 16 50 21 30 37 29 31 12 31 24
31 921 Gold Giles Chipperfield Y Heather Chipperfield F
Lymington Town SC 1 203 25 40 DNC59 DNC59 25 23 11 11 9
DNC59
32 1006 Silver Y John Hookway Alex Burglass East Lothian
YC 21 207 RET59 17 31 RET59 31 21 40 20 25 22
33 1190 Silver Stephen Jones Stephen Browne Leigh on
Sea SC 34 210 23 16 32 28 23 37 29 32 33 27
34 1189 Silver Nick Holt Derek Hill Blackpool &
Fleetwood YC 43 214 BFD59 31 22 21 51 32 22 19 32 35
35 1164 Gold Richard Marsh Y Heather Nocton F Elton SC
40 221 10 33 27 26 18 34 14 OCS59 OCS59 RET59
36 816 Silver Dan Sanders Y Jody Slater F Weston SC 53
251 BFD59 21 17 DNC59 41 27 24 OCS59 37 25
37 966 Silver David Green Judy Pryde F Leigh & Lowton
SC 39 251 43 49 18 40 33 42 36 36 18 28
38 549 Bronze Ffion Haf Jones F John Jones Y Port Dinorwic
SC 58 252 44 41 RET59 OCS59 40 39 17 18 24 29
39 1274 Silver Y Bill Handley Y Lynda Handley F St Mawes SC
3 252 35 22 20 39 43 40 38 34 34 30
40 1139 Bronze Ben Edwards Matthew Thomas R.A.F.S.A.
51 258 47 56 35 22 29 20 27 22 RET59 RET59
41 1155 Gold Paul Allen Mike Allen Leigh & Lowton SC
38 264 19 36 36 19 32 33 30 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59
42 1036 Silver Ronan Kenneally Roger O'Gorman
Monkstone SC 47 278 39 51 33 35 54 41 34 35 30 31
43 1276 Silver Y Mark Reddington Jonny Lynd Bartley SC
37 286 38 37 29 33 44 36 35 OCS59 35 43
44 528 Silver Roy Sievers Phil Hyde Thorney Island SC
52 294 26 43 40 25 35 47 42 45 OCS59 38
45 58 Silver Chris Goswell Mark Sollars Burghfield SC
24 298 32 52 28 DNC59 38 31 39 38 40 RET59
46 574 Silver Michael Green Roger Green Bough Beech
SC 12 320 41 39 39 34 46 55 OCS59 43 42 36
47 849 Silver Y Lloyd Walker Katie Keam-George F Leigh on
Sea SC 8 322 49 29 46 32 42 50 33 41 OCS59 DNC59
48 1275 Silver Paul Lewis Sam Parker Weston SC 6
323 40 28 DSQ59 27 48 44 OCS59 OCS59 43 34
49 1233 Bronze Y Nick Francis Simon Edwards Queen Mary
SC 26 338 51 55 44 38 49 48 43 40 36 40
50 736 Bronze Huw Mehta David Jones Stone SC 57 356
53 53 41 37 52 53 45 42 44 42
51 810 Bronze Richard Arthur Y Sue Arthur F Y Llangorse SC
9 363 45 44 RET59 DNC59 50 51 47 46 41 39
52 723 Bronze Y Nick Heijne Ian Heijne Bough Beech SC
25 367 50 42 47 DNC59 47 52 46 44 39 RET59
53 1003 Bronze Jane Telford F Mel Vause F South Windermere
SC 17 377 54 45 48 43 55 54 48 48 46 45
54 1268 Bonze Alistair Rose Y Yvette Rose F Royal
Windermere YC 13 378 48 48 RET59 DNC59 53 49 44 47 45 44
55 1205 Silver Chris Bailey Matt Bailey Bartley SC
22 389 42 47 DNC59 DNC59 39 45 OCS59 39 OCS59 RET59
56 1092 Bronze Y Alan Cooke Giles Owen Grafham Water SC
18 400 52 54 43 41 56 56 49 49 RET59 DNC59
57 677 Bronze Jane Ashton F Rachel Rablin F Starcross SC
59 459 46 RET59 RET59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59
DNC59
58 1001 Silver Richard Thorougood Ashley Johnston West
Lancs YC 44 472 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59 DNC59
DNC59 DNC59 DNC59