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Results / GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND SAILING ACADEMY - 30/06/2001

GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT AT WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND SAILING ACADEMY � JUNE 30/JULY 1. A total of 196 boats in five classes set a new record for numbers competing at a GUL RS Racing Circuit event at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy on June 30/July 1. This was the first event that the RS700�s competed in and what a performance, 16 boats with some major hot competition, the return of some old RS friends and spectacular action downwind on Saturday. Without doubt a very successful launch of a new class by any criteria. The 196 boats were split over three courses. The fact that Race Officers David Campbell-James, Frank Newton and Richard Stevens ran three good quality races each day in a relatively short space of time speaks volumes for their race management skills and the co-ordination work of the WPSA staff. Of course no event can be a success without the help of the weather gods and were they smiling on Weymouth at the weekend!! 16-22 knots of breeze all day on Saturday from the South West with sunshine all afternoon. Full on Monty sailing, crews going yahoo downwind and a yacht dismasting for good measure; what else could a self respecting dinghy sailor want. Ah yes, beer, Saturday night featured a very large party in one of the old hangers and the video of the Lions stuffing the Wallabies!!! After all this excitement there were many relieved people when Sunday started grey but with a very gentle 5-6 knots from the west. The breeze very slowly built to 10 knots during the day and by the end there was glorious sunshine. Whilst the results showed some people had a weekend of two halves the overall winners showed their true mettle by producing consistent results across some varied conditions. With the Nationals only one month away this weekend again proved that each class has many front-runners with many crews hitting form at the right time; I for one would not like to predict who the winners will be. The GUL RS Racing Circuit is now building very nicely to a really tight finish in all classes; the last two Circuit events of the season will see some major tussles. RS700�s What a way for a new class to start. For those not in the know the RS700 is a singlehander with asymmetric kite and the helm trapezing off racks. Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy was the first event the RS700�s have had and what an impact they made. The first boats were only delivered in April this year so it was doubly impressive to see 16 boats having really competitive racing and to see the boat handling skills being demonstrated to the full on Saturday. Race 1, Gareth Morgan, current RS600 National Champion and Alex Newton Southon were off to flying starts and led at the first mark. As soon as the kites were up though Alex was away showing fine speed downwind and great boat handling to win with Neil Robinson second and Carl Vining third. Race 2 looked like a Welsh benefit with the South Wales posse of Morgan, Steve Stubbs, Paul Lewis and Dan Jackson 1.2.3.4 early on. Luckily for all our ears the rest of the fleet were having none of this with Robinson pulling trough to win from Vining, Russell Belben and Stubbs. Race 3 saw the Vining/Robinson battle resume with Vining just taking the gun with Paul Bartlett third. Sunday brought different conditions and a whole new set of boat speed issues to worry about. Ben Oakley clearly has worked out the 700 in light to medium airs scoring three bullets, he though had too many points from Sunday to seriously challenge the leading pair and finished third overall. Vining and Robinson were in the leading group all day and Vining�s score of 4.2.2 was just enough to give him overall victory by a point from Neil Robinson who scored 3.6.3 on Sunday. Stubbs, Belben and Bartlett had very consistent sets of results and were well clear on points of the rest of the fleet. They clearly are going to be able to challenge the leading duo over the rest of the season. Jackson, Gerard Hughes and Gareth Morgan all found the go button for a race. The 700�s have arrived in a big way, the fleet is extremely keen and boy are they going to have a lot of fun learning to sail these flying machines. Pete Vincent R S 700 30 June 2001 Sail No Helm Tally Series Points Series Place Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 716 Carl Vining 191 10 1 3 2 1 4 2 2 744 Neil Robinson 188 11 2 2 1 2 3 6 3 714 Ben Oakley 184 16 3 8 7 6 1 1 1 708 Steve Stubbs 198 21 4 5 4 7 5 3 4 724 Russell Belben 189 23 5 4 3 5 7 5 6 727 Paul Bartlett 192 25 6 6 6 3 6 4 7 710 Dan Jackson 197 43 7 9 5 17 17 7 5 707 Paul Lewis 185 43 8 7 10 8 9 10 9 706 Gerard Hughes 195 46 9 17 13 12 2 11 8 731 Paul Weeden 193 49 10 17 9 9 12 9 10
Sail No Helm Tally Series Points Series Place Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 716 Carl Vining 191 10 1 3 2 1 4 2 2 744 Neil Robinson 188 11 2 2 1 2 3 6 3 714 Ben Oakley 184 16 3 8 7 6 1 1 1 708 Steve Stubbs 198 21 4 5 4 7 5 3 4 724 Russell Belben 189 23 5 4 3 5 7 5 6 727 Paul Bartlett 192 25 6 6 6 3 6 4 7 710 Dan Jackson 197 43 7 9 5 17 17 7 5 707 Paul Lewis 185 43 8 7 10 8 9 10 9 706 Gerard Hughes 195 46 9 17 13 12 2 11 8 731 Paul Weeden 193 49 10 17 9 9 12 9 10 712 Gareth Morgan 199 51 11 17 11 4 11 8 17 721 Neil Sanders 186 56 12 12 8 11 13 15 12 725 Chris Kirk 194 58 13 11 12 10 14 12 13 718 Tim Garvin 196 60 14 10 17 17 8 14 11 704 Ala Newton-Southon 190 69 15 1 17 17 17 17 17 709 Anthony Rees 187 74 16 17 17 17 10 13 17 Sun 01 Jul 01 17:02:47
 
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