Cadet Nationals at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Day 3

by Tony Jaffa 23 Aug 2006 11:21 BST 19-25 August 2006

Day 3 of the Cadet Nationals again produced exciting racing in Portland Harbour, in a fluctuating South Westerly breeze. With half the races sailed, the race for the title is intensifying!

Gold and Silver - Race 5

After a short postponement to allow the breeze to settle, the fleet started in a gentle 6 knot South Westerly.

Once again, the fleet was evenly split as to which side of the course was the paying side, but in the event, those who sailed conservatively up the middle of the beat benefited the most.

And so it was that Chris Videlo and Maddie Harris in Mostly Harmless rounded the windward mark in first place, pursued by Sophie Pearson and Amy Yeoman in Who Dares Wins, and Tye Wichard and Ben Thame in Viper.

At this stage of the race, Katrina and Christopher Brewer in Executrix were ninth, and Hamish Stone and Aaron Woolf in Gnat, fourteenth.

By the end of the first triangle, the three boats in the leading group had pulled well clear of the chasing pack, though by now, Executrix had moved up to fourth, and Gnat had moved into the top ten.

The next beat saw the breeze increase, and by the windward mark, Viper had taken over at the front, well ahead of Who Dares Wins and Mostly Harmless.

But it was on the next round that Hamish and Aaron made their key gains, which saw Gnat move up to fourth place on the run, and then closing to within 10 yards of the leader, Viper, by the next windward mark. After that, there was no stopping Gnat, and the final lap saw Gnat take the lead, which they held to the finish.

Meanwhile, the Brewers had been making similar gains, and although Viper attempted to protect their second place, they were unable to prevent Executrix pipping them to the line by no more than 20 seconds.

An equally thrilling final beat saw Josh Pistol and Elizabeth Halling in Pintail take fourth place, Miles Blaver-Mann and Ole Alcock in Pulling Power crossed the line in fifth, and Who Dares Wins hold on to sixth.

Gold and Silver - Race 6

After a general recall and a black flag, the story of Race 6 was the charge to the front by Hamish and Aaron in Gnat.

As in the earlier race, the fleet split evenly across the course on the first beat, and as before, it was those who sailed conservatively who made the most gains.

The leader at the first mark was Cyclone (Tom Kinver and Oliver Bridge), hotly pursued by Fantasy (Ben Cornish and Dominic Langdon), Gnat, No Fear (Chris Proffitt and Hannah Muskett), Touch Wood (Ed Impey and Jack Wilson), and Hi Velocity (Catherine Schuster-Bruce and Maria Jones).

However, by the end of the triangle, Gnat had taken obvert the lead, and from that point to the finish, Hamish and Aaron simply sailed away from the rest of the fleet, and took their second win of the day.

Behind them, Executrix was showing equally impressive form. Katrina and Christopher moved up the fleet as the race progressed, and by the second round, had taken second from Cyclone. Both crews held these positions to the finish.

Meanwhile, No Fear, Touch Wood, and Pulling Power were engaged in a good deal of place changing, but eventually, they finished in this order to take fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.

So, at the half way stage of the Regatta, Executrix still heads the fleet, but Gnat has jumped to second place after today’s performance, just six points adrift. Pulling Power remains in third, followed by No Fear, Hynosis (Peter Lawrance and Liam Pardy) in fifth, and Viper in sixth.

It’s tight at the top, and there’s plenty of time for further place changes! The run in to the title is set to be pretty exciting!

Regatta – Races 2, 3, and 4

The Regatta fleet enjoyed their first full day of racing, and managed three races, which produced three different winners!

Race 2 was won by John and Alex Page in Plane Crazy, race 3 by Sarah Dallimore and Edward Smith in Jiminy Cricket, and race 4 by Jay and Kiran Olenicz in Space Cadet.

But the winners of race 1, Duncan Yeabsley and Lauren Fry in Road Runner, still lead the fleet, though only by a single point from Space Cadet, with Andrew Smith and Mathew Young in Lethal a further four points behind.

However, with another six races to go, the race for the title is still wide open, and it promises to be just as exciting as in the main fleet!

And finally... it seems that a notable record was set today - Alex Page, aged 5, is believed to be the youngest person ever to have raced at the Cadet Nationals. And he is almost certainly the youngest person ever to have won a race at this level.

Well done Alex!

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	8997	Executrix	Katrina Brewer	Christopher Brewer	Parkstone	1	12	1	1	2	2	7
2	8521	Gnat	Hamish Stone	Aaron Woolf	Waldringfield	17	1	8	2	1	1	13
3	7630	Pulling Power	Miles Blaver-Mann	Ole Alcock	Parkstone	4	3	5	8	5	6	23
4	8846	No Fear	Chris Proffitt	Hannah Muskett	Fishers Green	12	16	4	3	8	4	31
5	7335	Hypnosis	Peter Lawrance	Liam Pardy	Parkstone	6	6	20	7	12	10	41
6	6994	Viper	Tye Wichard	Ben Thame	Otters	34	7	2	15	3	16	43
7	8407	Fantasy	Ben Cornish	Dominic Langdon	Exe	2	22	15	5	15	9	46
8	735	Pintail	Joshua Pistol	Elizabeth Halling	FGSC/PYC	10	17	14	4	4	27	49
9	9047	Touch Wood	Edward Impey	Jack Wilson	Frensham	20	2	6	40	19	5	52
10	8520	Lady in Red	Amy Seabright	Katie Barr	Otters	7	5	9	12	41	19	52
11	8539	Genesis	Seb Balch	Emma Knott	Waldringfield	11	10	10	6	17	17	54
12	8514	Mostly Harmless	Chris Videlo	Maddie Harris	Waldringfield	29	15	7	14	7	15	58
13	9575	True Blue	Joanna Freeman	Holly Francis	Parkstone	13	11	19	13	13	12	62
14	9029	Freestyle	Oliver Herve	Charlie Barr	TBYC/Otters	14	20	12	20	20	7	73
15	8854	The Red Cadet	William Shepherd	Sophie Shepherd	West Kirby	3	8	16	18	32	30	75
16	9215	Hi-Velocity	Catherine Schuster-Bruce	Maria Jones	Parkstone	21	14	26	10	21	11	77
17	8529	Utopia	Chris Griffiths	Zoe McBride	Frensham	8	19	18	11	22	39	78
18	9156	Great White	James Hayward	Mark Yale	Waldringfield	23	26	17	9	33	8	83
19	9374	Total Eclipse	Tim Carter	Antonia Steer	Waldringfield	25	24	22	17	9	41	97
20	7278	Who Dares Wins	Sophie Pearson	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone	15	33	31	21	6	51	106
21	8511	Cyclone	Tom Kinver	Oliver Bridge	Exe	38	35	39	23	10	3	109
22	9290	Purple Dragon	Matthew Shepherd	Charlie Fitzgerald	West Kirby	5	43	11	16	38	60	113
23	8561	Bad Influence	Robert Henderson	Jacquetta Bridge	Tamesis	19	9	28	30	53	28	114
24	9162	Power'd Up	Kate Robinson	Sarah Lombard	West Kirby	18	4	3	108	70	25	120
25	9240	Nitro	Joshua Flack	Naomi Flack	Parkstone	30	28	37	32	30	14	134
26	9225	Special Effect	Bryony Gregory	Michael Horne	Frensham	33	31	23	29	48	23	139
27	9013	Purple Ronnie	Phillipa Horne	Anna Whitford	Frensham	16	37	13	35	46	43	144
28	9161	White Lightning	Richard Yeoman	Alice Alcock	Parkstone	31	25	40	37	18	34	145
29	8570	Grim Reaper	Charlie Matthews	William Arney	Otters	22	41	25	25	37	38	147
30	8513	Di Maggio	Alexander Young	Matthew Griffiths	Frensham	65	34	21	24	34	35	148
31	9028	She Who Dares	Charlie Impey	Edward Cummings	Frensham	78	30	42	22	23	31	148
32	9454	Purple Haze	Molly Bridge	Hettie Penman	Lymington	27	27	36	40	31	33	154
33	8371	White Spirit	Harri Lawrance	Cameron Schuster-Bruce	Parkstone	24	21	29	44	54	37	155
34	8538	Crème de la Crème	Edward Jaffa	Charlie Payne	R Torbay	41	23	32	31	29	55	156
35	8440	Black Otter	Jonathan Kimber	Jamie Proffitt	Stone/FG	40	36	34	38	36	13	157
36	9382	Exe-Celerator	Alex Horlock	Niall Lawson	Exe	49	32	35	28	40	26	161
37	8542	Pure Genius	George Ayre	William Kennedy	Otters	APA34	APA34	41	42	35	18	162
38	9370	Y-Knot	Christopher Tiernan	Ashley Dunford	Parkstone	43	72	45	27	11	42	168
39	9000	White Stuff	Rebecca Longman	Alex Corby	Fishers Green	108	39	51	36	16	29	171
40	9510	White Lightning II	Edward Harrison	Martha Haslam	Waldringfield	9	40	27	26	81	73	175
41	8553	Mistoffelees	Clare Dallimore	Anna Graves	Otters	35	18	24	108	55	45	177
42	9243	Blue String Pudding	Christopher Smith	Angus Dunnett	Lym/Frensham	32	51	30	47	26	44	179
43	8515	Harum Scarum	James Oaten	Ben Binmore	R Torbay	36	44	43	39	49	21	183
44	9401	Little Demons 2	Emma Best	Lucy Best	Barnt Green	47	29	108	33	25	50	184
45	7658	Leviathan	Jessica Blick	James Turl	Exe	26	13	47	57	45	62	188
46	8228	Nic O Time	Jamie Lambe	Marcus Young	Frensham	39	38	53	45	43	40	205
47	9078	Kiwi	Arthur Henderson	Mary Henderson	Tamesis	28	58	44	34	47	53	206
48	8522	Panico	Theo Bull	Georgia Stone	Stone	37	63	90	48	14	47	209
49	7672	Grapes of Wrath	Jonathon Griffiths	Erin Williams	Frensham	63	46	49	58	24	77	240
50	9242	Quicksilver	Tom Penman	James Dodd	Lymington	108	55	46	46	51	46	244
51	8523	Lithium	Tasmain Wichard	Francesca Smith	Otters	61	61	108	71	27	32	252
52	7627	Vanguard	Joss Haslam	Katie Kinver	Parkstone	51	62	33	67	57	54	257
53	9321	Lift Off	Tim Linsell	Charlie Linsell	Waldringfield	81	73	58	73	39	20	263
54	8855	Flirting with Danger	Christopher Moss	Ivan Karsten	Fishers Green	48	42	57	55	61	76	263
55	9600	Bite the Bullett	Gabriella Pistol	Jonathan Currell	PYC/FGSC	62	108	68	63	42	36	271
56	8381	Satisfaction	Sarah Chowienczyk	Loni Lilienthal	Otters	53	108	65	66	66	22	272
57	7632	Black Mariah	Nick Butcher	Nick Cherrill	Frensham	52	45	66	53	75	56	272
58	8395	He Who Dares	Hugo Pullen	Matthew Blackhurst	Parkstone	50	49	62	50	62	69	273
59	8845	Hot Rocks	George Somers	Claudia Wood-Hill	Otters	57	54	48	70	63	52	274
60	8556	Moonraker	Tom Power	Emma White	Waldringfield	42	56	50	60	69	70	277
61	8299	Altered Image	Nicola Knight	Anya Harey	Fishers Green	44	53	55	52	80	75	279
62	9458	Blue Crush	Bethany Bridge	Jack Pragnell	Lymington	69	67	64	62	85	24	286
63	9034	Forty Two	Charlie Davis	Will Davis	Lymington	108	108	54	41	28	58	289
64	8227	Aurora	Becky Hopwood	Jack Hardy	Frensham	67	50	75	56	52	66	291
65	9241	Blue Star	Sam Crowe	George Hill	Parkstone	46	59	56	59	76	85	296
66	9576	In Too Deep	Sara Underwood	Alex Fairhead	Frensham	56	48	67	64	72	63	298
67	9300	Windchaser	Jean Furness	Joan Furness	Draycote	60	57	94	49	67	68	301
68	9151	Tornado	Jonathan Hay	Ben Hazeldine	Frensham	77	64	52	65	65	57	303
69	8551	Lean Rider	William Matthews	Alex Willsher	Otters	58	74	60	72	74	49	313
70	9178	Crazy Diamond	Louise Latham	Christine Allen	Fishers Green	54	52	59	68	84	87	317
71	8377	Dream On	Ben Cooper	Jack Casey	Fishers Green	82	108	72	51	50	65	320
72	8240	Unique	James Payne	George Payne	R Torbay	59	60	61	74	77	88	331
73	9159	Argy Bargy	Katie Lee	Robert Griffiths	Frensham	72	77	78	86	60	48	335
74	9074	Just Add Water	Alison Perrins	Chloe Wetherall	Parkstone	55	108	63	69	82	79	348
75	9319	Will 2 Win	Fred Williams	Zach Bromhead	West Kirby	45	47	70	89	100	101	351
76	7671	Pontoon	Andrew Bridge	Rosina Bevan	Frensham	108	108	81	54	58	61	362
77	8435	Blue Moon	Laura Barr	Ailsa Muskett	Otters	68	108	38	43	108	108	365
78	8408	Inspiration	Emily Kinver	Carragh Martineau	Exe	79	108	99	87	44	59	368
79	9385	Precocious	Harri Jordan	Charlotte Jones	Draycote	64	71	89	88	78	67	368
80	9291	Little Skipper	Daniel Coates	Rhos Hawes	South Cerney	73	70	73	78	83	80	374
81	8420	Attitude	Stevie Green	Sarah Connelly	Stone	108	89	69	61	92	71	382
82	9507	Miss. B. Havin	Myelie Binmore	Chloe Binmore	R Torbay	74	65	108	108	64	74	385
83	8848	No Mercy	Jade Wakeham	Alice Rumbelow	R Torbay	71	66	86	82	88	82	387
84	7274	Wave Rider	Caroline Croft	Abigail Croft	Tamesis	91	76	82	108	68	72	389
85	9305	Miss Behavin'	Sam Jacklin	Christopher Turl	Exe	108	78	92	76	56	91	393
86	9176	Sail on the Wild Side	Adam Hopwood	Thomas Nevett	Frensham	75	75	79	80	90	84	393
87	8402	V 3	Alex Frost	Stephen Whitford	South Cerney	89	81	87	108	79	64	400
88	7280	Predator	Jessica Quinlan	Christopher Thame	Otters	76	69	85	79	96	92	401
89	9315	Sinking Feeling	Chloe Taylor	Jane Furness	Draycote	80	68	88	84	89	86	406
90	8541	Stress	Harriett Smith	Chris Sycamore	Otters	85	79	93	75	86	83	408
91	9294	Breezer	Sarah Coates	Zoe Smith	South Cerney	66	86	77	83	99	102	411
92	8364	Fluke	Natalie Hay	Felix Collier	Frensham	87	108	80	81	87	78	413
93	8333	Sizzerin Hot	Anna Whyte	Charles Whyte	Tamesis	86	82	97	90	59	98	414
94	9371	Fired Up	Tom Brophy	Chris Smith	Parkstone	83	108	84	85	73	89	414
95	8410	Elp	Emma Lombard	Kate Shaw	West Kirby	108	88	71	108	71	81	419
96	7626	Comfortably Numb	Ian Davidson	Oliver Jones	Waldringfield	70	80	74	108	97	99	420
97	9155	Willpower	Jonathan Beer	Alexander Beer	Fishers Green	84	85	91	91	94	96	445
98	9293	Aqua Star	Rosie Lawrance	Bryony Bennett	Parkstone	108	108	83	77	93	93	454
99	9388	Shaken not Stirred	Timothy Walton	Jessica Taylor	Draycote	108	83	95	92	98	95	463
100	6939	Sea Hog	Robert Galazin	David Galazin	South Cerney	88	87	98	93	101	97	463
101	9043	El Nino	James Harvey Nevin	Matthew Parrott	Frensham	90	84	96	94	102	100	464
102	8242	Garfunkle	James Dwyer-Wilkinson	Grace Gay	Otters	108	108	76	108	95	103	490
103	6807	Scallywag	Harriet Steer	Annabel Knott	Waldringfield	108	90	108	108	91	94	491
104	7688	Widow Maker	Joe Taylor	Sam Evans	Barnt Green	108	91	100	108	103	90	492
105	3069	Jiminy Cricket	Sarah Dallimore	Edward Smith	Otters	108	108	108	108	108	108	540
105	8430	The Business	Alex Coulton	Jacob Payne	Fishers Green	108	108	108	108	108	108	540
105	8560	Invisible Touch	Billie Quinlan	Harriet Ayre	Otters	108	108	108	108	108	108	540