Sharps Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week 2014

Sharps Doom Bar Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week 2014 – Overall

by Tim Fells 11 Jul 2014 20:27 BST 6-11 July 2014

Dave Winder and Pippa Taylor win Merlin Rocket Salcombe Week 2014 © Malcolm Mackley

The final day of Merlin Rocket week at Salcombe © Malcolm Mackley

The day 6 showdown was raced in conditions which were as tricky as Salcombe gets. A light Westerly breeze meant that there was little to no wind on the start line or through the harbour. Nerve jangling stuff for those fighting for the prizes.

Race 11 – Red v Black flights. Westerly Force 1-3. Course 7,5,7,X,3,X

The morning race saw the teams in first, second and fourth overall doing battle. With little to no wind going up to mark 1, the PRO sent the fleet up North bound although this meant a running start into the ebb tide. Tim Fells and Chris Downham, needing a win, nailed the start again and broke free to extend a big lead coming back out of The Bag for what was going to be a very challenging loop in the harbour.

In a near repeat of the previous day, they sat in a windless hole and watched the chasing boats of Mike Calvert and Ian Garwood and Alex Jackson with Sarah Bines power up on a gust to join them. On the final legs to the finish, Mike and Ian slipped through to take the win from Alex and Sarah with Tim and Chris a disconsolate third. However, the battle for the overall title was playing out behind them.

Olly Turner and Alex Warren clawed their way up to fourth to sit on 14 points overall, while overnight leaders Tom Stewart and Phil Dalby could only recover to 6th after a bad start, putting them on 15.5 points. This meant that only Dave Winder and Pippa Taylor of the teams competing in the afternoon race could take the title with a third of better.

Race 12 – Green v Blue fleets, Westerly Force 1-3, Course 1,4,1,4,2,3

Initially it looked like this race might be canned with a rain cloud killing off what little wind there was. Tom Stewart watching from the club house terrace was praying this would be the case but unfortunately for him the breeze returned and, after a 10 minute postponement, the fleet lined up for a very light wind beat against the flood tide. This was a day when being on the Portlemouth shore was the winning call, but you needed to be up on the line as many boats were washed back past the ferry as they struggled to find any wind.

Tony and Louis Johnson won the start and led up the Portlemouth side but Simon Blake and Chris Dodds did what they do best, picking the shifts perfectly up past Mill Bay to lead by a minute at Blackstone. Behind them the battle for the overall title was going in the direction of Dave and Pippa who rounded fourth behind Taxi and Ellie.

Over the long loops down to Yalton and back, Tony and Louis fell back and Dave and Pippa got the better of Taxi and Ellie, crossing in second place to take the overall title.

Overall

This is the third year in a row that Dave and Pippa have won the week, moving them into Merlin Rocket immortality. It is an amazing achievement, given the strength and depth of the talent competing in the class and the complex challenges and unpredictability that Salcombe week presents. They sailed absolutely superbly, rescuing front end results from difficult starts, maintaining their composure in the face of the worse Salcombe can throw at you and keeping the boat moving close to optimum speed at all times. They are masters of Salcombe and it will take a fantastic team to beat them next year.

Thanks to our sponsors Sharps Doom Bar and to the SYC race and bar team.

Overall Results:

Posn	No.	Helm/Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	3735	Dave Winder/Pippa Taylor		2	3		1		[9]			4		2	12
2	3656	Olly Turner/Alex Warren		1		[13]		1	3		5		4		14
3	3733	Tom Stewart/Phil Dalby		3		1		[7]	4		1		6		15
4	3764	Tim Fells/Chris Downham	10		1			[63]		1		2	3		17
5	3691	Mike Calvert/Ian Garwood	1		6			6		3		[10]	1		17
6	3684	Andy Davis/Ellie Bremmer		5	2		[11]		1			6		3	17
7	3738	Simon Blake/Chris Dodds	8			[10]	2			6	4			1	21
8	3734	Dave Hayes/Oli Wells	6			2	4			9	[17]			4	25
9	3743	Matt Biggs/John Hackett		7	4		7		[62]			1		7	26
10	3703	Richard Whitworth/Nick Copsey		9		5		8	2		2		[10]		26
11	3754	Jon Gorringe/Nikki Bass	2			4	13			2	6			[13]	27
12	3707	Alex Jackson/Sarah Bines		[18]		3		14	7		3		2		29
13	3539	Dan Alsop/Jennie King	3			6	5			[15]	11			5	30
14	3688	Ben Hollis/Caroline Croft		6		[12]		2	8		7		9		32
15	3678	Steve Crook/Jo Marlow		4		7		5	6		[16]		12		34
16	3759	Sam Pascoe/Alex Adams	4			[66]	3			5	14			11	37
17	3724	Neale Jones/Jam Adam	16		5			4		14		5	[16]		44
18	3611	Jen Taylor/Debbie Taylor	[15]			8	12			4	10			12	46
19	3716	Steve Leney/Gill Leney	[13]			11	6			13	12			8	50
20	3753	Simon Potts/Annabelle Ransome-williams	5		12			10		10		15	[22]		52
21	3761	Tom Jeffcoat/Ben Rayner	9		14			[17]		8		8	14		53
22	3676	Antony Gifford/Jo Gifford		[25]		9		15	4		8		18		54
23	3679	Nick Hegginbotham/Becky Jones		10		16		11	[19]		13		5		55
24	3564	Rich Adams/Rob Kennaugh	11			[66]	10			16	9			10	56
25	3756	Will Warren/Frances Gifford	7		10			19		7		13	[23]		56
26	3752	Will Rainey/Andy Douglas	14		13			13		11		[20]	7		58
27	3645	Peter Ballantine/Sandy Ramus	30		11			3		12		7	[64]		63
28	3710	Jon Ibbotson/Chris Kilsby		8	9		15		14			[35]		17	63
29	3696	Alan Warren/Bill Carroll		13	7		18		11			[28]		15	64
30	3702	Duncan Salmon/Harriet Salmon	12			15	14			[61]	15			9	65
31	3685	Sophie Mackley/James Warren		12	8		[19]		18			16		18	72
32	3652	John Bell/Olivia Bell		19		19		9	[21]		19		13		79
33	3687	Matt Greenfield/Hannah Playford		14	[27]		21		15			11		19	80
34	3730	Paul Hollis/Lisa Scott		20	18		17		13			19		[61]	87
35	3715	Paul Rayson/Julie Rayson		16	[32]		22		10			14		26	88
36	3725	AJ Squire/Laura Squire		22		14		[33]	12		24		20		92
37	3643	Tim Harridge/Andrea Ralph	21		[25]			20		22		9	21		93
38	3744	Chris Martin/Jo Tosh		17		17		23	17		[27]		25		99
39	3731	Andy Jones/Jilly Blake		24		22		18	[34]		25		11		100
40	3583	Colin Anderson/Sean Anderson		15		18		24	28		[36]		15		100
41	3165	Dave Croft/Abigail Croft		[42]	21		8		31			26		16	102
42	3719	Jeremy Deacon/Andy Currel		[26]		20		21	24		21		17		103
43	3651	Colin Brockbank/Martin Hughes		11		27		[32]	16		18		31		103
44	3768	Rob Cage/Hatty Cage	28			21	9			25	[38]			21	104
45	3727	Mark Stockbridge/Roop Stock	17		15			29		23		[31]	24		108
46	3751	Tony Johnson/Louis Johnson	26			[39]	25			20	33			6	110
47	3641	Mark Waterhouse/Matt Currell	22			23	31			17	[32]			20	113
48	3748	Nigel Brooke/Suzie Brooke	19			25	26			21	[45]			22	113
49	3666	Jon Meadowcroft/Katy Meadowcroft		27	16		23		[62]			36		14	116
50	3565	Paul Keeling/Michelle Keeling		21	29		20		[35]			24		23	117
51	3698	Graham Cranford Smith/Fiona Cranford Smith	20		28			31		[61]		12	26		117
52	3740	Patrick Blake/Anna Blake		[63]		24		22	20		22		38		126
53	3705	Geoff Wright/Carol Murcott	23			32	29			24	[44]			24	132
54	3674	Mike Anslow/Chris Winters	24			37	33			18	[43]			25	137
55	3714	Alan Markham/Sue Markham		[35]	31		32		22			21		31	137
56	3573	Simon Bond/Anna Bond		23		35		[37]	23		37		19		137
57	3578	Godfrey Clarke/Claire Clark		34	20		24		[38]			33		27	138
58	3640	Rien Zilvold/Phil Scot		29	33		27		33			17		[61]	139
59	3627	Alex Jones/Jack Deung	29		26			28		31		25	[36]		139
60	3448	Sam Thompson/Clare Thompson		[41]		26		16	27		30		40		139
61	3672	John Cooper/Hilary Bradshaw		33	17		34		29			29		[61]	142
62	3675	Mike Fenwick/Penny Fenwick	18			[66]	16			27	20			61	142
63	3683	Ben Jones/Helen Hilditch		31		30		30	[39]		23		29		143
64	3647	Hywel Bowen Perkins/tbc	25		[35]			25		30		30	33		143
65	3559	Tosh/Alex Pawsey		30		28		[35]	30		26		30		144
66	3663	Chris Haworth/Joanne Harvey	[45]		23			34		34		22	35		148
67	3339	Tim Male/Rebecca Male	34		19			38		38		23	[64]		152
68	3633	Dave Bursey/Frances Bursey		28		29		27	[62]		42		28		154
69	3657	Anthony Lofts/Sophie Penwarden		44	24		30		[45]			27		30	155
70	3706	Kevin Anderson/Sadie Anderson	[39]			31	28			28	35			37	159
71	3729	Jon Turner/Richard Parslow			127			12		19		3	8		169
72	3692	Steve Mitchell/Julie Nuttall		37		36		39	[62]		31		27		170
73	3648	Antonia Wright/Jamie Wright		[48]		34		46	26		28		37		171
74	3456	Martin Evans/Chris Evans	[46]			43	36			39	29			28	175
75	3700	Phil Emery/Karen Emery		[63]	22		35		25			32		61	175
76	3708	Colin Humphrey/Keith Callaghan	31		38			26		36		46	[47]		177
77	3575	Richard Cooke/Decklan Coleman	33			33	38			29	[49]			45	178
78	3665	Ross Jackson/Kelly Jackson	27		39			63				18	34		181
79	3634	Ben Archer/Philippa Daniels	37		40			42		33		[43]	32		184
80	3602	Anthony Rickaby/Nicki Della Porta	36			41	40			35	[52]			35	187
81	3682	Jon Steward/Harry Steward		32	41		42		32			[61]		41	188
82	3650	Paul Englemann/Katy Englemann	35			48	43			37	[50]			29	192
83	3291	Dave Philpott/Jenny Philpot	43			40	39				34			39	195
84	3762	Malcolm Hyams/Dan Barratt	41		[45]	44	37			41	[51]			33	196
85	3556	Jodok Gerber/Janik Roempp	38			52	48			26	[53]			34	198
86	3697	Richard Page/Lizzy Dalby		39		[46]		41	36		41		41		198
87	3607	Mark Bugler/Rima Bugler		36		42		40	42		39		[43]		199
88	3621	Oliver Squire/various		46	30		[57]		37			44		46	203
89	3755	Peter Jackson/Andy Aimes		38		[45]		45	43		40		39		205
90	2604	Jeremy Stein/Sarah Percival		[53]	44		44		46			37		36	207
91	3600	Stuart Jenkins/Imogen Jenkins		45	34		45		[62]			40		43	207
92	3589	John Hollands/Ellen Cooper		50	51		41		[62]			34		32	208
93	3511	Andrew Mills/Ellie Mills	42			38	46			43	[47]			40	209
94	3563	Philip Ashworth/Alison Ashworth	[48]		43			43		45		41	44		216
95	3547	Pete Male/Christine Male		47	36		53		[62]		[64]	38	[64]	44	218
96	3594	Robin Clifton Dey/Michael Clifton Dey	40			[54]	50			42	46			42	220
97	3680	Steve Watson/Andrew Prosser	44		48			50				42	42		226
98	3567	Martin Smith/Karen Beston	47		[55]			44		40		50	46		227
99	3598	Rob Smith/Andrew Smith	32		46			36				51	64		229
100	3561	Keiron O Farrell/Fionn O Farrell		43	42		55		44			[61]		47	231
101	3497	Jan Holland/William Anderson		40	37		51		[62]			45		61	234
102	3574	John Donoghue/David Collier		[63]	50		49		48			39		49	235
103	3451	Jemma Horwood/Russell Hall		49	49		52		40			47		[61]	237
104	3569	Duncan Bell/Alex Oxley	50			47	47			32	[64]			61	237
105	3599	Ken Duffell/Brian Corking		52		51		47	41		[55]		50		241
106	3296	Luke Tucker/Theo Harris		51	52		[59]		51			48		50	252
107	3616	Nick Shuttleworth/Jeremy Loveless		54	54		54		47			49			258
108	3586	Kieron Mason/Henry Mason	51		56			[63]		47		54	51		259
109	3571	Alan Feist/Stephen Comley	[61]		57			51		46		52	53		259
110	1692	Patrick Rayner/Various				53		49	62		54		45		263
111	3464	Greg Flyn/Adrian Mickleson	61		53			[63]		44		61	49		268
112	3530	Mike Colles/tbc		[63]		49		48	62		58		52		269
113	3333	John Adams/Zoe Adams	[61]			50	56			61	56			48	271
114	3414	Ian Laing/Andrew Hunt		[63]		56		63	49		57		48		273
115	3555	Ian Mckenzie/Angela Mackenzie	52		47			63				53	64		279
116	1638	Bernard Prickett/Peter Bishton		55		[66]		63	50		60		54		282
117	3625	Richard Bramley/Tony Cheal	49			55	60				59			61	284
118	3478	Andy Hind/Gareth Griffiths	61			66	58				48			61	294
119	3581	Brendan O Connell/Jatet O Connell	61	127				63				55	64		370
120	3606	Richard Mourant/Joe Woods	61	127				63				57	64		372
121	3354	Nigel Cooper/Annabel Cooper								127	127	56	64	127	501
122	3655	David Wilkins/Frances Wilkins								127	64	127	64	127	509
123	3616	Peter Cook/Janet Exelby							127	127	127		127	38	546
124	3354	Charles Anderson						63			127	127	127	127	571
125	3757	Richard Domoney								127	127	127	127	127	635
126	3725	John McLaren/Annie McLaren								127	127	127	127	127	635