Glyn Charles Pursuit Race at Hayling Island Sailing Club

by Mark Covell 27 Apr 2009 14:55 BST 25 April 2009

A fantastic day for the Glyn Charles Pursuit Race at Hayling © Rachel Dobrijevic / www.dynamicshots.co.uk

A fantastic day for the Glyn Charles Pursuit Race at Hayling © Ingrid Abery / www.hotcapers.com

The 2009 Glyn Charles Memorial Open Pursuit Race was won by James Peters and Dicken Maclean of HISC, sailing a 29er. Second were Matt Findlay and Richard Anderton from Weston SC sailing a Fireball and in third John Bell and Graham Williamson in a Merlin Rocket from Hampton SC.

All week the forecast was swinging between a very sailable 15 knots, to a full family frightener of 25-30 knots. On the day the gods gave us a beautiful spring race day with bright sunshine and scudding white clouds throwing down a shifty south-southwesterly breeze of 15-20 knots. The race officer Greg Wells and his team did a great job as always, setting a spectator’s course for the 140 entries with the first mark just off the HISC clubhouse.

Rounding Sandy to port saw the fleet blast away on a starboard reach down to Runway then harden up for a debatable three sail reach to East Head, somewhat less debatable for the boats with only one sail. Greg is famous for setting legs that challenge the crossover point, whether to hoist and hang-on or stay safe and work it. The shifting direction and pressure certainly gave the teams plenty to think about.

The march back upwind from Astra to Dunes was also a split call during the flooding tide, with some teams opting to stay low across Stocker Bank or tack up under a gusty East Head and pop out to attack the Winner Bank. As always the Bank had the odd tidal induced standing waves that slapped a few hiking crews round the face and resulted in some great shots from the camera boat!

The worthy winners, James Peters and Dicken Maclean of HISC, sailing a 29er attributed their win to choosing the right boat - they had intended to sail a 49er but seeing the conditions made for a last minute swap to a 29er. This is Dicken MacLean’s second win (he was helming the winning RS 200 in 2008). He plans to come back next year and defend his winning run. The date will be early May 2010 and as always we hope you will come and enjoy a great day of fun sailing, in memory of Glyn Charles, and to raise money for the John Merricks Sailing Trust. This year the event raised over £1,300.

As always the event was supported by many sponsors supplying some great prizes. Our sincere thanks go to Tacktick, Neilson Holidays, Fat Face, Scott USA, TheDailySail.Com, Ingrid Abery, Rick Tomlinson, Dee Caffari Racing, Volvo Ocean Race, Gill, Yachts & Yachting, Yachting World, Seahorse International and Winning Tides.

Highlights from the 140 entries:

1st Moth, Martin Harrison in 6th (which was a non-foiling Moth)
1st National 12, Jo Richards and Sophie Macley in 10th
1st Flying 15, Barry and Sue Parkin in 14th
1st B14, that of Dave Dobrijevic and Phil Eltingham at 17th
1st Finn, Neil Robertson in 21st place
1st RS200, Chris Allen and Fiona Pyke in 24th

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Pts
1	29er	773	James Peters	Dicken Maclean	HISC	1
2	Fireball	14899	Matt Findlay	Richard Anderton	Weston SC	2
3	Merlin Rocket	3652	John Bell	Graham Williamson	Hampton SC	3
4	Fireball	14954	Becky Priest	Tim Saunders	Staunton Harold SC	4
5	Fireball	14820	Andrew Pearce	Adam Broughton	Portishead	5
6	Moth	4043	Martin Harrison		Royal Victoria YC	6
7	RS600FF	1000	Sam Pascoe		Castle cove	7
8	Laser 2	10588	Nigel Skudder	Keith Hills	Starcross	8
9	Merlin Rocket	3685	William Warren	Chris Robinson	Shoreham SC	9
10	Nat12	3519	Jo Richards	Sophie Mackley		10
11	Merlin Rocket	3661	Graham Scroggie	Ben Scroggie	Parkstone	11
12	Fireball	14946	Keith Walker	Rhys Pickett	HISC	12
13	National 12	3515	John Meadowcroft	Katy Meadowcroft	Upper Thames SC	13
14	Flying 15	3911	Barry Parkin	Sue Parkin	HISC	14
15	Musto Skiff	251	Neil Upton-Brown		HISC	15
16	Fireball	14857	Simon Lytton		HISC	16
17	B14	777	Dave Dobrijevic	Phil Eltringham	HISC	17
18	Scorpion	2008	Steve Hall	James Ward	Nothampton SC	18
19	Flying 15	3927	Mark Wood	Tim Rumfitt	HISC	19
20	B14	785	David Hayes	Sean Dwyer	Southport SC	20
21	Finn	679	Neil Robinson		MRSC	21
22	Phantom	1274	Simon Childs		Northampton	22
23	Flying 15	3923	Charles Apthorp	Martin Grady	HISC	23
24	RS200	883	Chris Allen	Fiona Pyke	HISC	24
25	Musto Skiff	314	Richard Lovering		HISC	25
26	RS700	923	Nick Peters		HISC	26
27	RS200	872	Mark Heather	Simon Conway	Wilsonian SC	27
28	RS200	766	Harry Roome	Prue Roome	Itchenor SC	28
29	RS200	1087	Timmy Ellis	Doug Horner	Swanage SC	29
30	Flying 15	3725	Tom Hall	Grayson Eacott	HISC	30
31	Flying 15	3935	Peter Slater	Adrian Simpson	HISC	31
32	Merlin Rocket	3653	Judith Massey	Jeremy Williamson	HISC	32
33	RS K6	162	Ian Robson	Simon Tonks	Alderburgh YC	33
34	RS200	1360	Frances Peters	Oliver Spensley-Corfield	HISC	34
35	RS K6	155	David Hitchcock	Ian Nicholson	HISC	35
36	Flying 15	3736	Peter Bannister	Sue Bannister	HISC	36
37	RS800	985	David Sayce	Fiona Sayce	HISC	37
38	Mirror	70361	Isabel FitzGerald	Emily Peters	HISC	38
39	Merlin Rocket	3586	Rod Porteous	Maureen Porteous	HISC	39
40	Finn	681	Simon Pettit		Emsworth SC	40
41	RS Elite	6	Mike Dawe	Greg Lamb / Martin Whitaker	HISC	41
42	Flying 15	3615	Roger Palmer	Barbara Palmer	HISC	42
43	Finn	656	Graham Macdonald		MRSC	43
44	MRX	3622	Mark Candelas	Phil Treacher	Wembley SC	44
45	Albacore	8076	William Gulliuer	Wendy Pickstock		45
46	Fireball	14798	Maria Richards	Graham Hoy	Blackwater SC	46
47	RS Elite	8	James Hill	Ian Williams / Arian Everet	HISC	47
48	29er	1249	Emma Barry	Jameel Hussein	HISC	48
49	Solo	4669	Nick Rawlings		HISC	49
50	RS K6	172	Created from sailno wizard			50
51	Flying 15	3845	Tessa Lancaster	Nicholas Lancaster	HISC	51
52	Flying 15	3537	Matthew Glasgow	Gareth Brown	HISC	52
53	RS Elite	1	Mike Tong	Peter Wareham	HISC	53
54	RS300	340	David Acres		ESC	54
55	RS400	999	Mark Stubbings	Mike Austen	Emsworth SC	55
56	Fireball	14883	Debra Gibson	Stuart Hopson	SHSC	56
57	B14	753	Alan Davis	Toby Barsley-Dale	Weston SC	57
58	Solo	4975	Mark Allerston		HISC	58
59	Finn	64	Craig Whitby		Mengeham SC	59
60	Finn	617	Andrew Wylam		MRSC	60
61	Finn	658	James Wyburd		MRSC	61
62	RS K6	124	Fraser Elms	Georgina Smith	HISC	62
63	Int 14	1498	Damon Roberts	Alan Roberts	HISC	63
64	Laser	156335	Phil Plumtree		Tamesis	64
65	Alto	105	Mike Arnold	Geoff Hunt	Deben YC	65
66	Wayfarer	7628	John Hartley	Mark Seaman	HISC	66
67	Solo	4208	Ted Gadd		HISC	67
68	RS200	689	Karen Partington	Becky Partington	HISC	68
69	Hawk 20	312	Simon Cox	John Simister	BESA	69
70	RS Feva	1482	Iona Williams	Oli Cutbill	HISC	70
71	RS Vision	108	Jonathan Clark	Rosemary Lucas	HISC	71
72	RS Vareo	140	Chris Moore		HISC	72
73	29er	1286	Sam Leonard	James Leonard	HISC	73
74	29er	1212	James Polston	James Nicholson	HISC	74
75	RS200	880	Andrea Ralph	Colin Ralph	HISC	DNF
75	MRX	3617	Chris O'Neill	Georgie Andrew	Wembley SC	DNF
75	Flying Dutchman	338	Dawn Barsley-Dale	Jamie Whitaker	Weston SC	DNF
75	Fireball	14791	Melanie Parsonage	Steve Chesney	HISC	DNF
75	Int 14	1535	Peter Lloyd	Zeb Elliott	Weymouth	DNF
75	Laser Radial	170955	Colin Henry		HISC	DNF
75	RS Feva	1096	Rob Wells	Elliott Wells	HISC	DNF
75	Moth	3207	Tim Penfold		HISC	DNF
75	RS Feva		Alex Williams	Charles Apthorp		DNF
75	Int 14	1538	Martin Jones		ESC	DNF
75	Blaze	750	Mike Lyons		Burghfield	DNF