Noble Marine Scorpion Nationals at Sidmouth Sailing Club

Noble Marine Scorpion Nationals at Sidmouth Sailing Club - Days 4 & 5

by Peter Work 23 Aug 2013 21:03 BST 17-23 August 2013

Noble Marine Scorpion Nationals at Sidmouth day 3 © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

After a short postponement the fleet went afloat in a light south easterly breeze. John and James Mursell had finally found their form to lead at the windward mark closely followed by Steve hall and Oli Wells and Tim Parsons and Alex Gayman. Steve and Oli fought their way through to the lead ahead of John and James Mursell with Pete Gray and Rich Pepperdine clinching third place after a good last beat.

The second race of the day started at the first attempt! With Steve hall and Oli Wells being persued by Pete Gray the leading pair did not have the best start. Following a left hand shift up the first beat John and James lead the race from start to finish from Andy McKee and Steve Graham and another good result from Tim and Alex who had finally found the go button on their new HD sails.

The fleet retired to the bar for the classic letter D fancy dress night. Daily prizes were kindly sponsored by Gul and the fleet partied long into the night with duck feathers, inflatable boats and skinny dipping before heading to the legendary Carinas night club!

After a massive night with the fancy dress party, several members of the fleet were feeling delicate for the final day of racing, with some sailors not even managing to stay conscious for the duration of the race. The race finally got away on the 3rd attempt with a hand full of black flags. Pete Mitchell and Simon Forbes lead from the start and finally managed to get a race win! After a battle in the leading pack it was Steve hall and Oli wells who took second and Tim parsons and Alex Gayman took third.

This result was enough for Steve and Oli to take the championship from Pete and Rich with Pete and Simons victory helping them to hold on for third place. A big thank you to Sidmouth sailing club and race officer John Keast for a great week of sailing.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R7	R8	Pts
1	2030	Steve Hall	Oliver Wells	‑43	3	1	1	2	1	4	12
2	2022	Peter Gray	Richard Pepperdine	1	1	3	2	4	3	‑7	14
3	2013	Pete Mitchell	Simon Forbes	2	2	2	4	5	5	‑8	20
4	2026	Andy McKee	Steve Graham	5	4	‑8	6	1	8	2	26
5	2020	John Mursell	James Mursell	4	8	‑13	12	3	2	1	30
6	2017	Jack Banks	Penny Jeffcoate	3	9	4	8	6	10	‑15	40
7	2014	Tim Parsons	Alex Hayman	6	10	9	‑10	9	4	3	41
8	2024	Barry Wolfenden	Rachel Rhodes	7	5	‑15	3	10	9	9	43
9	2021	Kevin Gosling	Andrew Hayman	10	6	6	13	7	‑14	5	47
10	2005	Janet Ritchie	Alan Ritchie	9	‑15	5	5	12	6	12	49
11	2025	Kevin Hope	Amy Clay	8	12	7	14	16	12	‑17	69
12	2019	John Clementson	Melanie Titmus	‑43	7	10	17	17	7	16	74
13	1947	Steve Walker	Jerry Hannabuss	13	‑14	12	11	14	11	13	74
14	1995	Peter Rose	John Rose	18	‑19	11	7	18	15	10	79
15	1952	Elinor Pegg	Adam Parry	16	18	19	‑42	8	13	6	80
16	1933	Andrew Rose	Thomas Rose	‑20	11	17	18	19	17	11	93
17	1939	Robert Smith	Sandra Smith	12	17	16	15	‑27	20	14	94
18	2006	Chris Clapp	Jack Rea	22	13	14	21	11	‑24	20	101
19	2023	Richard Searle	Lucy Searle	19	20	‑22	9	22	16	18	104
20	1900	Steve Mitchell	Polly Newman	25	23	18	‑25	13	19	19	117
21	1967	Chris Massey	Rick Goddard	11	‑27	21	19	25	22	25	123
22	1936	Simon Holden	Peter Hardy	24	24	‑27	16	15	25	24	128
23	1962	Martin Moore	Neil Moore	27	‑29	20	22	21	18	23	131
24	1867	James Salter	Imogen Price	15	25	26	‑28	24	26	21	137
25	1941	Steve Canadine	Sarah Canadine	26	‑34	25	26	26	23	22	148
26	1974	Richard Jones	John Purdie	23	16	24	30	29	27	‑32	149
27	2000	David Snutch	Sue Barnes	17	21	28	20	32	‑33	31	149
28	2027	Carol Haines	Jon Haines	14	28	‑43	42	20	21	26	151
29	1993	Miles Hapgood	Steve Smith	28	22	23	‑29	28	28	28	157
30	1858	Stephen Harling	Eleanor Thomas	21	30	‑32	27	23	30	27	158
31	1924	Joe Banks	George Crammond	30	26	‑31	24	30	29	30	169
32	2011	Paul Barnes	John Wells	29	‑35	30	23	31	32	33	178
33	1836	Oliver Salter	Heather Adkin	33	31	‑35	32	33	34	29	192
34	1834	Luke Hardy	Ian Dooley	31	36	29	‑37	34	31	34	195
35	1925	Martyn Denchfield	James Haddock	35	‑38	33	31	37	36	37	209
36	1892	Alison Stephens	Chris Forrest	32	33	36	33	‑39	38	39	211
37	1896	Nicholas Jennings	Scotty Tobin	‑39	37	34	34	35	35	36	211
38	1853	Nigel Denchfield	Mike Gatehouse	37	32	‑38	35	38	37	38	217
39	1907	Joanne Mahy	Lou Hart	34	‑40	37	36	40	40	35	222
40	1885	Simon Price	Emma Macfadyen	36	39	39	38	42	‑42	‑42	236
41	2010	Jonathan Fox	Helen Miles	38	41	40	39	‑41	39	40	237
42	1916	Robin Jamieson	Matt Riley	‑42	42	42	‑42	36	42	42	246