405 End of Seasons at Staunton Harold Sailing Club
by Simon Foskett 8 Nov 2005 10:36 GMT
5-6 November 2005
The 405 class enjoy their End of Season Championships at Staunton Harold © Mike Shaw /
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Twelve 405’s including 4 home boats took part in the End Of Seasons regatta at Staunton Harold Sailing Club on the 5th and 6th Nov. The 24 youth and juniors ranging in age from 13 top 16 were greeted with bacon butties and a chilly South Westerly force 3-4 with some interesting gusts. There were 5 races on Saturday and 3 on Sunday and plenty of action with close sailing with windward leeward courses stretching the full length of the reservoir.
Race 1 saw the national champions Tom Wright + Nick Ward first round the windward mark, chased by Ed Jones + Ed robs, Rebecca Kilburn + Matt Bath and the rest of the fleet. Places changed frequently in the 3 laps that followed with Alex Oyston + Simon Foskett challenging hard to the win followed by Becka + Matt, Ed + Ed and Tom + Nick.
Race 2 + 3 & 5 were won by Tom + Nick followed by Becka + Matt and Alex + Simon and Ed + Ed Sharing 3rd and 4th. When race 3 came Daniel Evans + Stuart Selley posted their best result of a 4th.
Tom + Nick took the honours in race 4 with Alex + Simon 2nd and Becka + Matt 3rd and Katherine Twemlow + Amy Clay sailing well found their best result 4th
Sunday was wet and windy for races 6 & 7. Having veered slightly the breezy force 5-6 showed too challenging for some of the fleet. The 6 boats that braved the conditions provided onlookers with some excellent action and plenty of capsizes.
Tom + Nick showed great boat handling in the testing conditions. Becka + Matt snapped there jib sheet putting a DNC next to their name leaving Alex + Simon with 2nd and Ed + Ed in 3rd, also Eric Else + Holly Walker posted their best result with a 4th.
Race 7 was won by Tom + Nick sealing their victory followed by Becka + Matt and Ed + Ed just caught Alex + Simon to keep 3rd and 4th still up for the taking in the last race.
After lunch the rain stopped and wind dropped to a manageable force 3. With the whole fleet on the water again. An exciting finish saw Katy Jones + Sean Vernon squeezed past Becka + Matt to take the win.
Overall Results:
1st Nick Ward & Tom Wright, 6pts
2nd Becka Kilburn & Matt Bath, 12pts
3rd Alex Oyston & Simon Foskett, 16pts
4th Ed Jones & Ed Robb, 18pts