Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Hunstanton SC - 22/04/2006
Despite a forecast of 1-3mph all weekend and this being a brand new venue
for the fleet, 24 RS700 competitors from all over the country made the
trip to Hunstanton for the second Fat Face racing circuit event of the
year. The days proceedings started with the presentation of Fat Face
rash vests to the current series leaders in the Gold and Silver fleets,
Matt Humphries and Ian Nolan respectively.
Race 1 started in a very light breeze after one general recall caused by
a large wind-shift. Jon Heissig reached the top mark first to lead down
the run. The fleet compressed at the spreader mark and with barely enough
wind to set the spinnakers boats struggled to avoid going backwards with
the tide. Heissig took the middle of the run but found a hole and was
passed on the left and right. Jerry Wales managed to keep his spinnaker
flying better than most and took the win followed by Pete Purkiss in
second. Leigh Albrecht found a personal gust and went from 9th round the
windward mark to finish third.
The sea breeze filled in to a decent force 2 for the start of race 2. Off
the start line there was a wide split in the fleet, with a difference of
opinion of whether to go right and out of the tide or left for more
breeze. As the fleet recombined at the windward mark it turned out that
left had given a slight edge. The fleet enjoyed the fresher conditions,
trapezing downwind with much place changing. Nigel Walbank showed very
good speed to take the win followed by Tony Freer and Jon Heissig.
Race 3 was sailed in the same conditions but with a few more shifts
thrown in. Matt Humphries did a classic start-line capsize at the pin end
of the line. Leigh Albrecht and Pete Purkiss sailed away from the fleet
to finish in that order but further down the fleet things were very
bunched and competition was closely fought. Alex Koukourakis was doing
well until a broken tiller extension slowed him down. Jon Heissig was the
best of the rest and came through to take third again.
The Saturday night prizegiving saw the Fat Face rash vests being passed
to the overnight leaders, Pete Purkiss showing his class after a long
absence from the circuit to take the gold and Dave Gorringe taking the
lead in the silver fleet. Two very different physiques proving how well
the equalisation system works on these boats.
The fleet then descended en-masse to the Rose and Crown for a night of
good food and some very dubious cabaret entertainment provided by the
local Hunstanton sailors!
Sunday morning dawned bright with the hope of a light breeze. After the
morning inspection by the committee and some hasty application of
stickers, the first race on started promptly but in a dying south
westerly breeze. Ian Nolan from the home club led at the windward mark
but sailed into a hole down wind passing the lead to Rob Chaplin. The
second lap was sailed in virtually no wind and seemed to last forever.
Eventually the fleet was rewarded with a finish after a very frustrating
last few yards. The eventual winner was Rob Chaplin followed by Andy
Irons and Matt Humphries.
Before the second race the predicted northerly breeze swept in with a
vengeance and the course had to be swung round by 180�. The northerly
force 4-5 quickly kicked up lots a steep swell which soon resulted in a
fine display of submarining and cartwheeling. A few revelled in the
conditions, and after some three laps the first home was Steve Marshall
followed by Matt Humphries and Andy Irons.
With time running out, the last race had a congested start in steep,
slamming waves mastered by Gorringe and Koukourakis who arrived together
at the windward mark. Koukourakis blasted off to the wrong mark, letting
Marshall into second with Gorringe third. However it was Matt Humphreys
who got the layline right to win what had turned out to be one-lap sprint
with all boats finishing in quick succession. Pete Purkiss dropped out
of contention for the lead by dropping the mainsheet twenty yards form
the finish and suffered a painfully slow capsize to windward.
Matt Humphries saling �RoosterBooster� sailed consistently to take the
overall win and maintain his lead in the Fat Face Rankings. Dave
Gorringe put together a good series to take the lead in the Silver.
Special prizes were awarded to Rob Chaplin for the longest �endo� in a
700 and to Andy Holland for the perpendicular nosedive, which scored a
perfect 10 with the Committee.
Our thanks go to Fat Face for their continued support of the series and
to the local sponsors, Kings Lynn Audi, The Rose and Crown and Premier
Fitness who all contributed to a very successful event.
It was a fantastic weekend overall, with superb organisation of the
racing, the facilities and the entertainment. A very good time was had
by all on the lovely north Norfolk coast.
Photo�s courtesy of Seaborne Photography who can supply prints to those
who are interested
http://www.pbase.com/rsscanlon/rs700_meeting_hunstanton
The Fat Face Racing Circuit Moves on to Stokes Bay for the 3rd event of
the series on May 6-7th.
Good Sailing!
The 700 Fleet
Hunstanton Sailing Club | ||
RS700 Open 2006 |
Final Results
Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Ratings:None, Entries:24, Scoring system:RS700 | |||||||||||
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Rank | Fleet | SailNo | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | Nett |
1 | Gold | 933 | Matt Humphreys | 4 | (8) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 16 |
2 | Gold | 939 | Leigh Albrecht | 3 | 7 | 1 | (8) | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 |
3 | Gold | 775 | Nigel Walbank | 9 | 1 | 4 | (10) | 6 | 5 | 35 | 25 |
4 | Gold | 761 | Pete Purkis | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | (13) | 13 | 40 | 27 |
5 | Gold | 822 | Tony Freer | (14) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 32 |
6 | Gold | 882 | Jon Heissig | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | (22 DNF) | 7 | 54 | 32 |
7 | Gold | 962 | Steve Marshall | 12 | 11 | (15) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 33 |
8 | Gold | 823 | Andy Irons | (25 DNF) | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 36 |
9 | Gold | 913 | Alex Koukourakis | (25 DNF) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 37 |
10 | Silver | 902 | David Goringe | 13 | 10 | 7 | (17) | 7 | 3 | 57 | 40 |
11 | Gold | 941 | Rob Chaplin | 11 | (17) | 14 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 44 |
12 | Gold | 906 | Andy Holland | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | (15) | 10 | 65 | 50 |
13 | Gold | 743 | Nick Lowe | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | (22 DNF) | 19 DNF | 80 | 58 |
14 | Silver | 840 | Daniel Azzopardi | 7 | (21) | 18 | 5 | 14 | 19 DNF | 84 | 63 |
15 | Silver | 960 | Ian Nolan | (19) | 16 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 87 | 68 |
16 | Silver | 741 | Ned McNulty | (21) | 18 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 90 | 69 |
17 | Gold | 888 | Jerry Wales | 1 | 14 | 13 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 103 | 78 |
18 | Gold | 907 | Duncan Ellis | 8 | 12 | 21 | 19 | (22 DNF) | 19 DNF | 101 | 79 |
19 | Silver | 927 | Alex Newton-Southern | 20 | (23) | 20 | 18 | 5 | 19 DNF | 105 | 82 |
20 | Silver | 767 | Stuart Riches | 15 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 22 DNF | (DNC) | 114 | 89 |
21 | Gold | 961 | David Geal | 16 | 15 | 16 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 122 | 97 |
22 | Silver | 934 | Matthew Stark | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 16 | (DNC) | 130 | 105 |
23 | Silver | 945 | Jonathan Cameron | 17 | 19 | 24 | 23 DNF | 22 DNF | (DNC) | 130 | 105 |
24 | Silver | 950 | Tim Garvin | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 DNF | (DNC) | DNC | 133 | 108 |