Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Lee on Solent S.C. - 09/06/2007
35 RS400s defied the windless forecast to attend the Fat Face circuit event
at Lee on
Following a postponement to allow the wind
to settle, the fleet got away in a
light easterly, with Paul and Mike Allen
leading around the windward mark. As
the
bulk of the fleet headed inshore out of the tide, Tom Halhead/Christian
Humphrey gybed early from mid fleet. As
the wind died and turned inside-out,
Halhead/Humphrey were propelled to the
front and stayed there to win from
the Allens and winners of the last circuit
event at Abersoch, Dave Jones/Mark
Hogan.
For the second race, the sea breeze was
building gradually and Chris Gowers/June
Riley showed themselves at the front
but couldn’t hold off the flyweight pairing of
Nick Lowe/Elaine Marsh, who won
in style. Giles/Heather Chipperfield
showed
great pace to grab third.
By the time that the third race has
started, the wind had built to 14 knots and
the sea state was starting to chop
up. Jonno Shelly/Chris Blackburn
absolutely
launched off the starboard end of the start line but Paul
Hilliar/Stu Jagger led from
Halhead/Humphrey at the first mark. Hilliar/Jagger continued to lead until the
final
run, where Halhead/Humphrey reeled them in to win, with Jones/Hogan in
third.
The annual RS association ball took place
at the Submarine museum in
and I think
the best thing to be said about it is that the people who missed it
really
missed out on a fantastic night in a great venue.
On Sunday morning, a light but shifty wind
provided a stern test for everyone.
Bill
& Linda Handley took what looked like an unassailable early lead by hugging
the shoreline but eventually they succumbed to the Welsh contingent -
Lowe/Marsh winning from Jones/Hogan.
went very light on the run. Jones/Hogan took the lead and held on the win
(although they later lost this in the protest room) from Gowers/Riley and
Hilliar/Jagger.
straight away. However, they were undone by a late
windshift, bringing
Gowers/Riley into the lead followed by the Allens. Gowers/Riley eventually lost
the lead to the
Allens, who went on to win.
Hilliar/Jagger snuck past on the
last downwind to grab second.
So after a weekend with 4 different race
winners where everyone else struggled
with consistency, Jones/Hogan won
comfortably (their second circuit event in a
row), having demonstrated speed
across the varying conditions. The RS400
Fat
Face circuit now continues with a visit to the east coast at Aldeburgh S.C.
on 7/8
July before culminating in a visit to Weston, just one week before the
nationals
at Parkstone.
| RS FAT FACE OPEN - LOSSC 2007 | |||||||||||||
| LEE ON THE SOLENT S.C. | |||||||||||||
| RS FAT FACE Open 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Fleet 1 Fleet | |||||||||||||
| Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:35, Scoring system:My scoring system | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Fleet | Class | SailNo | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | Nett |
| 1st | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 962 | DAVE JONES | MARK HOGAN | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | (36.0 DSQ) | 4 | 52 | 16 |
| 2nd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1121 | PAUL HILLIAR | STUART JAGGER | 5 | 7 | 2 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 18 |
| 3rd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1240 | THOMAS HALHEAD | CHRISTIAN HUMPHREY | 1 | -11 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 24 |
| 4th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1155 | PAUL ALLEN | MIKE ALLAN | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 1 | 37 | 25 |
| 5th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1296 | GILES CHIPPERFIELD | HEATHER CHIPPERFIELD | 4 | 3 | -14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 25 |
| 6th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1204 | CHRIS GOWERS | JUNE RILEY | 7 | 2 | (36.0 OCS) | 14 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 27 |
| 7th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1257 | NICK LOWE | ELAINE MARSH | -13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 34 |
| 8th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1082 | CHRIS HOGAN | SALLY KIRKPATRICK | -11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 35 |
| 9th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1189 | NICK HOLT | DEREK HILL | 14 | 5 | 5 | -18 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 39 |
| 10th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1182 | PHIL JACKSON | GERARD BARRON | 10 | -13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 39 |
| 11th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1304 | JOHN COOPER | BECCI WIGLEY | 15 | 12 | 7 | 11 | -16 | 8 | 69 | 53 |
| 12th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1274 | BILL HANDLEY | LYNDA HANDLEY | -28 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 88 | 60 |
| 13th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1215 | SIMON PRITCHARD JONES | GAEL PAWSON | 17 | 14 | -20 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 82 | 62 |
| 14th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1275 | SAM PARKER | ANNA LUDGATE | 12 | -17 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 83 | 66 |
| 15th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1190 | STEPHEN JONES | ? | 6 | -22 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 90 | 68 |
| 16th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1202 | NEIL BEVINGTON | STEVE READ | -29 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 101 | 72 |
| 17th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 628 | ED CHILD | DAN BROWN | 16 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 21 | -23 | 99 | 76 |
| 18th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 966 | DUNCAN PRYDE | JUBE PRYDE | -24 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 104 | 80 |
| 19th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 601 | PETE BENNETT | ALICIA BENNETT | 9 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 18 | (DNC) | 118 | 82 |
| 20th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 592 | ENGLISH | MATT HALL | 8 | 18 | 19 | -25 | 20 | 19 | 109 | 84 |
| 21st | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1167 | PAUL CHILDS | HANNAH BURYWOOD | 20 | 19 | (36.0 OCS) | 19 | 15 | 16 | 125 | 89 |
| 22nd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1249 | JONO SHELLEY | CHRIS BLACKBURN | 25 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 19 | (36.0 DSQ) | 128 | 92 |
| 23rd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1201 | NEIL PEACOCK | LIZ PEACOCK | 21 | -25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 135 | 110 |
| 24th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 946 | DANIEL TATE | RYAN MAYCOCK | 19 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 25 | (36.0 DSQ) | 151 | 115 |
| 25th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 787 | JAMES HEWITT | JENNY BLEWETT | 22 | 31 | 21 | 23 | 24 | (36.0 DSQ) | 157 | 121 |
| 26th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 543 | MARK DUCHOVER | EMMA CLARKE | 27 | 21 | 31 | (DNC) | 22 | 24 | 161 | 125 |
| 27th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1210 | JAMES DOWNER | JOHN PRICE | 33 | 10 | 12 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 163 | 127 |
| 28th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 522 | NICK SIMMONS | SIMON DOWNING | -30 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 161 | 131 |
| 29th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 813 | JAMES GEORGE | MATT FORBES | 31 | -33 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 169 | 136 |
| 30th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 755 | J HAMILTON | MARK CHESTER | 23 | 29 | (DNC) | 29 | 29 | 27 | 173 | 137 |
| 31st | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 744 | FIONA BOLT | IAIN LEWIS | 26 | -34 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 174 | 140 |
| 32nd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 606 | IAN BEALE | LEON HALIWELL | (DNC) | 28 | 28 | 26 | 36.0 OCS | 25 | 179 | 143 |
| 33rd | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 659 | JAMES CUTLER | MARCUS MOSSMAN | 18 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 30 | (DNC) | 182 | 146 |
| 34th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 1163 | BEN BIGLIN | JASON BENN | 32 | 26 | 25 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 191 | 155 |
| 35th | Fleet 1 | RS 400 | 569 | PETER WEEKS | JAYNE WEEKS | (DNC) | 32 | 27 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 203 | 167 |