Results / RS Fat Face Racing Circuit Lymington Town SC - 09/07/2005
A pumping tide and a very unstable patchy breeze were amongst the hazards
the Western Solent had in store for the 30 strong RS700 fleet for the
Lymington town sailing club RS700 open.
Andy White began race one port tacking the fleet, and heading out with
the local Nigel Walbank and John Heissig to the wrong side of the course,
Matt Humphreys showed how it was done reaching the windward mark first
and then attaching himself to it. Humphreys regained the lead downwind,
keeping ahead until the final sprint to the finish where Jerry Wells came
through to win, followed by Andy Irons, Pete Greenhalgh and Humphreys
slipping to 4th.
Humphreys led again in race 2 with White and ex-moth world champion Toby
Collier in close contention, before a massive shift turned the fleet
inside out, burying White and Humphreys, leaving Collier to sail off in
to a huge lead. Nigel Walbank led the chasing pack ahead of a fast
recovering Humphreys and Heissig
The snakes and ladders continued into race 3 as the sea breeze battled
the prevailing wind. Jerry Wells, Pete Greenhalgh and Andy White, made
this a race to themselves after early leaders were reeled in. Wells
looked to have the race sewn up, until White picked his way down wind to
pip Wells to the Leeward mark and hold him to the finish. Depending on
how you look at it Wells was lucky. Unbeknown to him his mast had broken
below the gooseneck, but stayed in place, to allow him to return to the
club as over night leader. With 8 other sailor still in the hunt the
event was to close to call.
As the sea breeze fought to establish itself on Sunday morning, the first
attempt at race 4 was abandoned, the same should have happened at the
second attempt, with 180-degree shifts turning the race inside out. The
race continued and Eddie Gatehouse was the man in the right place on more
than one occasion, and lead home by a handsome margin, with Steve
Marshall, Wells and Andy Irons following.
The Sea breeze finally established itself, providing some fantastic
conditions for races 5 and 6. Andy White shot off the line to lead
around the windward mark extending his lead over Gatehouse and Humphreys
to the finish.
The battle was set for race 6 with White needing to beat Wells by 2
places to win the event. Things were tight at the windward mark, White
just sneaking ahead of Nigel Walbank and Wells close behind in third.
White extended his lead to the finish, with Walbank maintaining his slim
advantage over Wells.
Wells and White finished equal on points, with last year circuit winner,
White, taking the event on Count back, Humphreys coming in third, Irons
4th and Greenhalgh 5th
1 RS 700 900 Andy White 5.0 6.0 1.0 8.0 1.0 1.0 14.0
2 RS 700 888 Jerry Wales 1.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 14.0
3 RS 700 Harken 933 Matt Humphreys Weston 4.0 3.0 6.0 OCS 3.0 5.0
21.0
4 RS 700 823 Andy Irons 2.0 10.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 11.0 26.0
5 RS 700 Holt 849 Peter Greenhalgh 3.0 8.0 3.0 14.0 8.0 4.0 26.0
6 RS 700 Loony 775 Nigel Walbank Lymington Town 13.0 2.0 7.0 OCS
4.0 2.0 28.0
7 RS 700 861 Eddie Gatehouse RLYC/CYC 15.0 7.0 13.0 1.0 2.0 6.0
29.0
8 RS 700 760 Steve Marshall 6.0 19.0 8.0 2.0 6.0 9.0 31.0
9 RS 700 Kings Lynn Audi 906 Andy Holland 11.0 11.0 12.0 5.0 11.0
8.0 46.0
10 RS 700 941 Rob Chaplin Queen Mary 9.0 12.0 10.0 6.0 10.0 12.0
47.0
11 RS 700 769 Mark Pollington 16.0 13.0 14.0 11.0 7.0 10.0
55.0
12 RS 700 840 Daniel Azzopardi Queen Mary 12.0 14.0 19.0 7.0 13.0
14.0 60.0
13 RS 700 Zikes! 902 David Gorringe Lymington Town 19.0 16.0 17.0
10.0 12.0 7.0 62.0
14 RS 700 882 Jon Heissig Lymington Town 8.0 4.0 4.0 OCS DNF DNC
64.0
15 RS 700 Deep Heat 730 Toby Collier Lymington Town 7.0 1.0 9.0 DNC
DNC DNC 65.0
16 RS 700 741 Ned McNulty Stokes Bay/Hill Head 14.0 18.0 11.0
12.0 15.0 15.0 67.0
17 RS 700 767 Stuart Riches 21.0 17.0 16.0 9.0 16.0 DNC 79.0
18 RS 700 912 Ian Nolan 22.0 21.0 DNC 13.0 14.0 13.0 83.0
19 RS 700 944 David Cummins Queen Mary 10.0 9.0 DNF OCS DNC DNC
91.0
20 RS 700 927 Alex Newton-Southon Weston 18.0 15.0 15.0 DNC DNC
DNC 96.0
21 RS 700 940 Howard Smith DNF 20.0 18.0 DNF DNC DNC 110.0
22 RS 700 Moo 893 Rich Lilley Lymington Town 17.0 DNF DNC DNC DNC
DNC 113.0
23 RS 700 720 Steve Holmwood Lymington Town 20.0 22.0 DNC DNC DNC
DNC 114.0