Exe Sails GP14 World Championship at East Down Yacht Club

Exe Sails GP14 World Championship at East Down Yacht Club - Day 2

by Boyd Ireland 13 Aug 2014 10:33 BST 9-15 August 2014

Exe Sails GP14 World Championship day 2 © Robin Gray

Exe Sails GP14 World Championship day 2 © Boyd Ireland / www.boydireland.com

Tuesday saw lighter winds for the first race of the day. The pathfinder lifted steadily causing many boats to miss the start gate, but first round the windward mark were Sam Watson and Andy Hunter from South Staffs Sailing Club followed by Robert Gullan and Jack Holden. The boats held the same positions down the reaches but at the next beat Ian Dobson showed his class on the second beat, playing the shifts to take the lead. Which he (Dobson) held to the finish, with Sam and Andy second.

The second race of the day saw the fleet starting more consistently as the gate opened and with a shifty breeze a number of new faces appeared as front runners. But it was Sam Watson and Andy Hunter who rounded clear ahead at the first mark and never looked back, extending their lead to take line honours with a comfortable lead. This places them as overnight leaders.

Robert Gullan and Jack Holden are second with reigning Champions Ian Dobson and Andy Tunnicliffe third.

Wednesday is a lay day with racing starting again on Thursday with all to play for. Strangford Lough has lived up to its name from the Old Norse Strangr-fjörðr, meaning "strong sea-inlet, but this week the wind has been the strongest, with wind over tide giving exciting conditions.

Exe Sails GP14 World Championship day 2 - photo © Boyd Ireland / www.boydireland.com

A video report is the BBC website here.

More day 2 photos by Boyd Ireland can be found on Flickr here.

The GP14 World Championship website is at www.gp14world.com with both a Twitter feed and Facebook group.

Results after Day 2: (three races)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	14132	Sam Watson	Andy Hunter	Nantwich/South Staffs SC	5	2	1	8
2	55	Robert Gullan	Jack Holden	Royal Southern Yacht Club	4	4	3	11
3	14023	Ian Dobson	Andy Tunnicliffe	Burwain SC	1	1	16	18
4	14118	Richard Instone	Jim Toothill	Blithfield SC	3	7	8	18
5	14158	Shane MacCarthy	Damien Bracken	Greystones SC/Clontarf YC	6	5	9	20
6	14076	Gerald Owens	Melanie Morris	Royal St George YC	8	10	6	24
7	14110	Ross Kearney	Jane Alexander	RNIYC/South Staffs SC	2	21	12	35
8	14145	Adam Parry	Phil Hodgkins	Derwent Reservoir SC	10	11	15	36
9	13801	Dan O'Connell	Callum Mahar	? Swords SC	13	13	13	39
10	14155	Graham J Flynn	Adam Foggatt	Chase SC	15	3	24	42
11	14055	Keith Louden	Alan Thompson	ISA	24	9	10	43
12	14047	John Patrick McCaldin	Liz Copland	Lough Erne YC	9	12	23	44
13	14146	Patrick O'Connor	Colm O'Flaerty	Sligo YC	7	6	32	45
14	13750	Norman Lee	Ken Lee	Greystones SC	25	20	2	47
15	14121	Andrew Clewer	Mark Taylor	Poole YC	23	8	17	48
16	14133	Tom Molloy	Michael Molloy	East Down YC	20	24	7	51
17	14097	Mark Fleming	Seonaid Young	South Staffs Sailing Club	21	17	19	57
18	14064	David Lawson	Lynn Lawson	Bassenthwaite SC	31	18	11	60
19	13977	Alan Blay	David Johnston	Sutton Dinghy Club	47	16	5	68
20	14131	Mark Wolf	Alain Renaud	Welsh Harp SC	16	19	33	68
21	13819	Mark Greenhalgh	Duncan Greenhalgh	Royal Northern & Clyde YC	30	26	22	78
22	14105	Gerard O'Sullivan	Hugh McNally	Howth YC	14	23	44	81
23	13866	Richard Ham	Keith Bundy	Tollesbury SC	17	25	41	83
24	14144	Colman Grimes	David Lappin	Skerries SC	41	32	14	87
25	14077	Curly Morris	Laura McFarlane	East Antrim BC/Newtonards SC	29	38	21	88
26	13224	Patrick Hamilton	James Dewhurst	Burwain SC	18	41	30	89
27	13901	Stephen Nelson	Jonathan Nelson	Donaghadee SC	19	33	38	90
28	14130	Alastair Duffin	Brendan McGrenagham	EDYC & NSC	26	42	26	94
29	14041	Oisin McClelland	Samuel Heaney	Donaghadee SC	27	40	28	95
30	14127	Bryan Willis	David McFarland	CAYC	28	30	45	103
31	14123	Ian Sinclair	Alan Jones	Bolton SC	12	27	67	106
32	13915	Dan Gill	Hugh Gill	Sutton Dinghy Club	51	28	27	106
33	14150	Tim Harper	Paula Fisher	West Lancs YC	11	15	83	109
34	13838	Justin Smith	Sarah Davis	Derwent Reservoir SC	34	34	43	111
35	14143	John McGuinness	Donal McGuinness	Moville BC	RET	14	4	114
36	13721	Nick Devereux	Ellie Devereux	Budworth SC	33	29	52	114
37	14116	Eanna Moloney Lawless	Sinead Dickson	Sutton Dinghy Club	54	48	18	120
38	14080	Daniel Gallagher	Gareth Gallagher	Lough Foyle YC & Moville BC	37	35	48	120
39	13841	Chris Hawkes	Cathy Hawkes	Poole YC	22	59	42	123
40	14138	Simon Cully	Libby Tierney	Blessington SC	44	61	20	125
41	13917	Michael Cox	Josh Porter	Newtownards SC	36	60	29	125
42	14101	Paul Bowmer	Mike Fairlamb	Bassenthwaite SC	32	37	56	125
43	147	Lewis Coppinger	Harrison Coppinger	Toddbrook SC	38	31	61	130
44	14040	Bill Johnson	James Johnson	Lough Foyle YC	56	44	31	131
45	13795	Graeme Farrington	Rebecca Farrington	East Down YC	43	46	51	140
46	13916	John Riley	Nigel Lewis	Bassenthwaite SC	50	51	46	147
47	13707	Sarah O'Neill	Tom Simes	RYA	DNF	22	36	154
48	13833	John McRobert	Elwyn Agnew	Ballyronan Boat Club	52	55	49	156
49	13644	Stuart McCormick	Bernie Briody	Mullingar Sailing Club	57	54	47	158
50	14147	Dave Young	Annette Fitzpatrick	South Staffs SC / RNIYC	DNF	39	25	160
51	13865	James Ogg	Michael Rutherford	Donaghadee SC	62	64	39	165
52	13716	Bobbie Johnson	Rob Slack	Chasewater SC	42	49	77	168
53	13207	Adrian Lee	Edward Coyne	Youghal SC	46	53	69	168
54	1407	Nigel Sloan	Johanna Vuolteenaho	Newtownards SC	39	52	78	169
55	4615	Stephen Parry	Philip Green	York Railway Institute SC	59	56	55	170
56	13882	Lawrence Baalham	Mark Ireland	Newtownards SC	OCS	45	34	175
57	14074	Cathal Sheridan	David Cooke	Skerries SC	45	36	DNF	177
58	14119	Megan Hicklin	Hayley Ramadhar	South Staffs Sailing Club	DNF	50	37	183
59	13180	Alan Henry	Louise Jeffery	East Down YC	35	81	68	184
60	13732	Hugh Devereux	Malcolm Bird	Budworth SC	60	62	63	185
61	13575	William Mack	Andrew Mack	Dovey YC	48	74	64	186
62	13727	Tim Davies	Mark Collingwood	Chelmarsh SC	DNF	58	35	189
63	13747	Tom Foulkes	Ian Foulkes	Winsford Flash SC	DNC	43	50	189
64	14000	Paul O'Neill	Stephen Browne	Castle Semple SC	53	66	70	189
65	13888	James Peter Hockley	James Lynch	Lough Foyle Yacht Club	61	69	60	190
66	13528	Laura Jackson	Jamie Ritchie	Donaghadee SC	40	77	74	191
67	13722	Gerry Giligan	Lucia Nicholson	Sligo YC	55	72	66	193
68	13746	Graham Knox	Craig Broadbent	Hollingworth SC	58	73	65	196
69	13880	Mandy Mitchell	Jon Close	Winsford Flash SC	49	RET	54	199
70	13955	Simon Jeffery	Rebecca Jeffery	East Down YC	DNF	68	40	204
71	13460	Peter Collings	Andrew Collings	Castle Semple SC	63	47	DNF	206
72	13110	Maurice Baalham	Sipho Wanliss	Donaghadee SC	64	DNC	58	218
73	14057	Ann Penny	Tom Daniels	Derwent Reservoir SC	DNF	71	53	220
74	13821	Tim Mack	Neil Meredith	Dovey YC	DNC	76	62	234
75	14056	Arthur Logan	Iain Hardy	Castle Semple SC	DNF	57	82	235
76	13960	Valerie Bell	Kenneth Bell	Bassenthwaite SC	DNF	63	76	235
77	13677	Una L'Estrange	Adrianne Bolton	Sligo YC	DNF	83	59	238
78	13840	James Hackett	Cormac Meaney	Mullingar Sailing Club	DNF	67	75	238
79	13705	Nick Brandon	Vicky Ford	South Staffs Sailing Club	65	78	DNF	239
80	13970	Sam Wilkinson	Sam Martin	Donaghadee SC	DNF	65	79	240
81	14800	Ian Greenham	Karl Brady	Mounts Bay SC	DNF	75	72	243
82	14139	Derek Fleming	Cobby Johnson	Souths Staff CC	DNC	80	71	247
83	138	Charlie Edgar	Patrick Butler	Donaghadee SC	DNF	DNC	57	249
84	14129	Newenham de Cogan	Andrew Corkill	Newtownards SC	DNF	70	84	250
85	13782	Michael Collender	Brian Walker	Mullingar Sailing Club	DNF	82	73	251
86	13946	Louis Proksch	Stephen Dickinson	Mounts Bay SC	DNF	84	81	261
87	13019	Brian Lennox	Nick Butler	Donaghadee SC	DNF	79	DNC	271
88	11188	Mollie Richardson Egan	Celine Egan	Seaboard	DNC	DNC	80	272
89	1213	Robert Heaney	Jonathan Heaney	Donaghadee SC	DNC	DNF	85	277
90=	10334	Hugh Brazier	Steve Hogg	York Railway Institute SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	288
90=	13910	Brian Andrews	John McArthur	Newtownards SC	DNF	DNC	RET	288
90=	1379	Sipho Wanliss	Gareth Hampton	East Down YC	DNF	DNC	DNC	288
90=	14063	Bruce Quail	Steve Heywood	Mounts Bay SC	DNF	DNF	DNF	288
90=	13164	Tim Bird	Megan Bird	Winsford Flash SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	288
90=	12383	Laurence Denyer	Jamie McILwrath	East Down YC	DNC	DNF	DNF	288