Cadet Nationals at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Day 5

by Tony Jaffa 25 Aug 2006 11:17 BST 19-25 August 2006

Day 5 of the Cadet Nationals saw dramatic developments at the head of the main fleet, on a day in which the fresh Westerly breeze kept all competitors on their toes.

Gold and Silver - Race 8

Race 8 started in a 12 knot Westerly, which increased to 18 knots and veered as the race progressed.

Josh Pistol and Elizabeth Halling in Pintail started at the pin end, and it seemed that their port tack flyer had paid dividends as they arrived at the windward mark at the top of the fleet. But when the jury boat pulled them from the race for being OCS, Chris Proffitt and Hannah Muskett in No Fear were clear leaders, closely followed by Katrina and Christopher Brewer in Executrix, Miles Blaver-Mann and Ole Alcock in Pulling Power, Ed Impey and Jack Wilson in Touch Wood, and Miles Blaver-Mann and Ole Alcock in Pulling Power.

By the wing mark, Executrix had overtaken No Fear, and as in earlier races, once in the lead, the Brewers were never challenged, and recorded their fifth win of the Regatta.

Meanwhile, the competition was intense for the following top places. With the breeze increasing and swinging to the right, three boats made big gains – William and Sophie Shepherd in the Red Cadet, Hamish Stone and Aaron Woolf in Gnat, and Joanna Freeman and Holly Francis in True Blue. All three recovered from the teens at the first mark to climb through the fleet, and by the final leeward mark, all were in touch with the leading group.

And all three continued their relentless gains, so that by the finish, William and Sophie snatched second place, just ahead of Hamish and Aaron, with Joanna and Holly claiming fourth. Miles Blaver-Mann and Ole Alcock in Pulling Power held on to fifth place, with Amy Seabright and Katie Barr sailing a storming final beat to take sixth.

Gold and Silver - Race 9

The win by Executrix in the morning race saw the Brewers extend their series lead over Hamish and Aaron, so a good result in the penultimate race of the week could have sealed the championship for them.

After a general recall and re-start under a black flag, the regatta seemed to be going the way of the Brewers as they approached the first mark in second place, with Hamish and Aaron outside the top ten. But in a dramatic twist, the jury boat informed Katrina and Christopher that they had been black flagged, and it was a forlorn Executrix which made her way back to the boat-park.

Back on the race track, Chris Videlo and Maddie Harris in Mostly Harmless held the lead for the first round, closely followed by Matthew Shepherd and Charlie Fitzgerald in Purple Dragon, with Joanna Freeman and Holly Francis in True Blue in third.

These three held their positions on the next round, but on the third beat, True Blue made her move, and by getting the shifts just right, Joanna and Holly overtook Chris and Maddie, a lead they never relinquished.

True Blue took the winner’s gun a full minute ahead of Mostly Harmless. Miles Blaver-Mann and Ole Alcock in Pulling Power took third place after a well sailed final beat, ahead Tye Wichard and Ben Thame in Viper and Chris Proffitt and Hannah Muskett in No Fear.

But in the light of Executrix’s black flag, perhaps the most significant result was Gnat’s sixth place.

So the stage is now set for a head to head in the final race. Executrix and Gnat are separated by only 2 points. It seems certain that the title will go to either Executrix or Gnat, but there are various permutations, and any attempt to predict the outcome is complicated by the introduction of the second discard once the tenth, and final, race is sailed.

So, the tension mounts with the final result of this nail-biting event set to go right down to the wire.

Regatta – Races 8, 9, and 10

The third day of racing for the Regatta fleet saw them complete their final three races – and as in earlier races, some of the competitors found the conditions pretty testing, which resulted in a number of capsizes and retirements.

Sarah Dallimore and James Turl in Jiminy Cricket had another excellent day, winning all three races. With their closest rivals Duncan Yeabsley and Lauren Fry in Road Runner scoring disappointing results in races 8 and 10, Sarah and James took the Regatta fleet title by a clear nine points.

As in the main fleet, the result was in doubt right to the end, but Sarah and James recovered excellently from a slow start, and were deservedly winners of the title.

Results after Day 5:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	8997	Executrix	Katrina Brewer	Christopher Brewer	Parkstone	1	12	1	1	2	2	1	1	108	21
2	8521	Gnat	Hamish Stone	Aaron Woolf	Waldringfield	17	1	8	2	1	1	2	3	5	23
3	7630	Pulling Power	Miles Blaver-Mann	Ole Alcock	Parkstone	4	3	5	8	5	6	9	5	21	45
4	6994	Viper	Tye Wichard	Ben Thame	Otters	34	7	2	15	3	16	3	17	3	66
5	8846	No Fear	Chris Proffitt	Hannah Muskett	Fishers Green	12	16	4	3	8	4	22	16	4	67
6	7335	Hypnosis	Peter Lawrance	Liam Pardy	Parkstone	6	6	20	7	12	10	5	10	11	67
7	8514	Mostly Harmless	Chris Videlo	Maddie Harris	Waldringfield	29	15	7	14	7	15	6	8	2	74
8	9575	True Blue	Joanna Freeman	Holly Francis	Parkstone	13	11	19	13	13	12	11	4	1	78
9	9047	Touch Wood	Edward Impey	Jack Wilson	Frensham	20	2	6	40	19	5	10	14	13	89
10	8407	Fantasy	Ben Cornish	Dominic Langdon	Exe	2	22	15	5	15	9	50	12	10	90
11	8539	Genesis	Seb Balch	Emma Knott	Waldringfield	11	10	10	6	17	17	12	7	41	90
12	735	Pintail	Joshua Pistol	Elizabeth Halling	FGSC/PYC	10	17	14	4	4	27	4	108	19	99
13	8854	The Red Cadet	William Shepherd	Sophie Shepherd	West Kirby	3	8	16	18	32	30	15	2	12	104
14	8520	Lady in Red	Amy Seabright	Katie Barr	Otters	7	5	9	12	41	19	7	6	47	106
15	9215	Hi-Velocity	Catherine Schuster-Bruce	Maria Jones	Parkstone	21	14	26	10	21	11	32	11	8	122
16	9156	Great White	James Hayward	Mark Yale	Waldringfield	23	26	17	9	33	8	20	15	14	132
17	9029	Freestyle	Oliver Herve	Charlie Barr	TBYC/Otters	14	20	12	20	20	7	13	28	36	134
18	9290	Purple Dragon	Matthew Shepherd	Charlie Fitzgerald	West Kirby	5	43	11	16	38	60	16	29	6	164
19	9374	Total Eclipse	Tim Carter	Antonia Steer	Waldringfield	25	24	22	17	9	41	30	51	9	177
20	7278	Who Dares Wins	Sophie Pearson	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone	15	33	31	21	6	51	53	18	23	198
21	8371	White Spirit	Harri Lawrance	Cameron Schuster-Bruce	Parkstone	24	21	29	44	54	37	21	13	18	207
22	8561	Bad Influence	Robert Henderson	Jacquetta Bridge	Tamesis	19	9	28	30	53	28	18	53	30	215
23	9161	White Lightning	Richard Yeoman	Alice Alcock	Parkstone	31	25	40	37	18	34	17	26	29	217
24	9225	Special Effect	Bryony Gregory	Michael Horne	Frensham	33	31	23	29	48	23	19	40	20	218
25	9454	Purple Haze	Molly Bridge	Hettie Penman	Lymington	27	27	36	40	31	33	39	19	7	219
26	8511	Cyclone	Tom Kinver	Oliver Bridge	Exe	38	35	39	23	10	3	33	43	108	224
27	9240	Nitro	Joshua Flack	Naomi Flack	Parkstone	30	28	37	32	30	14	23	30	57	224
28	8440	Black Otter	Jonathan Kimber	Jamie Proffitt	Stone/FG	40	36	34	38	36	13	35	25	15	232
29	8570	Grim Reaper	Charlie Matthews	William Arney	Otters	22	41	25	25	37	38	24	108	22	234
30	9013	Purple Ronnie	Phillipa Horne	Anna Whitford	Frensham	16	37	13	35	46	43	27	21	108	238
31	8513	Di Maggio	Alexander Young	Matthew Griffiths	Frensham	65	34	21	24	34	35	28	36	26	238
32	9162	Power'd Up	Kate Robinson	Sarah Lombard	West Kirby	18	4	3	108	70	25	8	9	108	245
33	9028	She Who Dares	Charlie Impey	Edward Cummings	Frensham	78	30	42	22	23	31	37	41	25	251
34	9382	Exe-Celerator	Alex Horlock	Niall Lawson	Exe	49	32	35	28	40	26	42	20	33	256
35	9510	White Lightning II	Edward Harrison	Martha Haslam	Waldringfield	9	40	27	26	81	73	25	27	32	259
36	9078	Kiwi	Arthur Henderson	Mary Henderson	Tamesis	28	58	44	34	47	53	26	22	17	271
37	8542	Pure Genius	George Ayre	William Kennedy	Otters	35.6	35.6	41	42	35	18	40	46	27	274.2
38	8553	Mistoffelees	Clare Dallimore	Anna Graves	Otters	35	18	24	108	55	45	45	38	16	276
39	9370	Y-Knot	Christopher Tiernan	Ashley Dunford	Parkstone	43	72	45	27	11	42	31	45	38	282
40	7658	Leviathan	Jessica Blick	Elliott Martineau	Exe	26	13	47	57	45	62	44	23	34	289
41	8538	Crème de la Crème	Edward Jaffa	Charlie Payne	R Torbay	41	23	32	31	29	55	54	31	65	296
42	9243	Blue String Pudding	Christopher Smith	Angus Dunnett	Lym/Frensham	32	51	30	47	26	44	43	37	44	303
43	8515	Harum Scarum	James Oaten	Ben Binmore	R Torbay	36	44	43	39	49	21	55	32	51	315
44	8522	Panico	Theo Bull	Georgia Stone	Stone	37	63	90	48	14	47	34	42	31	316
45	8529	Utopia	Chris Griffiths	Zoe McBride	Frensham	8	19	18	11	22	39	108	108	108	333
46	9000	White Stuff	Rebecca Longman	Alex Corby	Fishers Green	108	39	51	36	16	29	29	108	40	348
47	9034	Forty Two	Charlie Davis	Will Davis	Lymington	108	108	54	41	28	58	14	24	24	351
48	8228	Nic O Time	Jamie Lambe	Marcus Young	Frensham	39	38	53	45	43	40	48	52	76	358
49	9242	Quicksilver	Tom Penman	James Dodd	Lymington	108	55	46	46	51	46	49	33	39	365
50	9401	Little Demons 2	Emma Best	Lucy Best	Barnt Green	47	29	108	33	25	50	46	108	28	366
51	8556	Moonraker	Tom Power	Emma White	Waldringfield	42	56	50	60	69	70	38	34	46	395
52	7627	Vanguard	Joss Haslam	Katie Kinver	Parkstone	51	62	33	67	57	54	108	61	42	427
53	7632	Black Mariah	Nick Butcher	Nick Cherrill	Frensham	52	45	66	53	75	56	51	108	35	433
54	8855	Flirting with Danger	Christopher Moss	Ivan Karsten	Fishers Green	48	42	57	55	61	76	36	108	58	433
55	8299	Altered Image	Nicola Knight	Anya Harey	Fishers Green	44	53	55	52	80	75	41	39	108	439
56	8395	He Who Dares	Hugo Pullen	Matthew Blackhurst	Parkstone	50	49	62	50	62	69	63	48	56	440
57	9321	Lift Off	Tim Linsell	Charlie Linsell	Waldringfield	81	73	58	73	39	20	62	49	67	441
58	7672	Grapes of Wrath	Jonathon Griffiths	Erin Williams	Frensham	63	46	49	58	24	77	80	108	59	456
59	8551	Lean Rider	William Matthews	Alex Willsher	Otters	58	74	60	72	74	49	57	47	43	460
60	9300	Windchaser	Jean Furness	Joan Furness	Draycote	60	57	94	49	67	68	72	44	45	462
61	9151	Tornado	Jonathan Hay	Ben Hazeldine	Frensham	77	64	52	65	65	57	65	54	50	472
62	8377	Dream On	Ben Cooper	Jack Casey	Fishers Green	82	108	72	51	50	65	60	57	37	474
63	8227	Aurora	Becky Hopwood	Jack Hardy	Frensham	67	50	75	56	52	66	66	71	62	490
64	9458	Blue Crush	Bethany Bridge	Jack Pragnell	Lymington	69	67	64	62	84	24	71	63	72	492
65	8381	Satisfaction	Sarah Chowienczyk	Loni Lilienthal	Otters	53	108	65	66	66	22	75	108	48	503
66	9178	Crazy Diamond	Louise Latham	Christine Allen	Fishers Green	54	52	59	68	83	87	64	55	74	509
67	8845	Hot Rocks	George Somers	Claudia Wood-Hill	Otters	57	54	48	70	63	52	70	108	108	522
68	9241	Blue Star	Sam Crowe	George Hill	Parkstone	46	59	56	59	76	85	67	76	108	524
69	8240	Unique	James Payne	George Payne	R Torbay	59	60	61	74	77	88	78	56	60	525
70	8523	Lithium	Tasmain Wichard	Francesca Smith	Otters	61	61	108	71	27	32	58	108	108	526
71	9600	Bite the Bullett	Gabriella Pistol	Jonathan Currell	FGSC/PYC	62	108	68	63	42	36	52	108	108	539
72	8408	Inspiration	Emily Kinver	Carragh Martineau	Exe	79	108	99	87	44	59	68	59	53	548
73	9576	In Too Deep	Sara Underwood	Alex Fairhead	Frensham	56	48	67	64	72	63	83	108	108	561
74	9159	Argy Bargy	Katie Lee	Robert Griffiths	Frensham	72	77	78	86	60	48	74	69	108	564
75	7671	Pontoon	Andrew Bridge	Rosina Bevan	Frensham	108	108	81	54	58	61	76	73	66	577
76	9385	Precocious	Harri Jordan	Charlotte Jones	Draycote	64	71	89	88	78	67	79	108	54	590
77	9176	Sail on the Wild Side	Adam Hopwood	Thomas Nevett	Frensham	75	75	79	80	89	84	82	62	61	598
78	8410	Elp	Emma Lombard	Kate Shaw	West Kirby	108	88	71	108	71	81	73	50	64	606
79	9291	Little Skipper	Daniel Coates	Rhos Hawes	South Cerney	73	70	73	78	108	80	88	75	69	606
80	9305	Miss Behavin'	Sam Jacklin	Christopher Turl	Exe	108	78	92	76	56	91	90	58	71	612
81	8420	Attitude	Stevie Green	Sarah Connelly	Stone	108	89	69	61	91	71	59	108	68	616
82	7280	Predator	Jessica Quinlan	Christopher Thame	Otters	76	69	85	79	95	92	91	78	49	619
83	9074	Just Add Water	Alison Perrins	Chloe Wetherall	Parkstone	55	108	63	69	82	79	56	108	108	620
84	8848	No Mercy	Jade Wakeham	Alice Rumbelow	R Torbay	71	66	86	82	87	82	85	68	108	627
85	8435	Blue Moon	Laura Barr	Tom Bewley	Otters/Barnt Grn	68	108	38	43	108	108	47	108	108	628
86	8402	V 3	Alex Frost	Stephen Whitford	South Cerney	89	81	87	108	79	64	108	74	55	637
87	7274	Wave Rider	Caroline Croft	Abigail Croft	Tamesis	91	76	82	108	68	72	81	60	108	638
88	9319	Will 2 Win	Fred Williams	Zach Bromhead	West Kirby	45	47	70	89	99	101	89	108	108	648
89	9388	Shaken not Stirred	Timothy Walton	Jessica Taylor	Draycote	108	83	95	92	97	95	69	65	52	648
90	9315	Sinking Feeling	Chloe Taylor	Jane Furness	Draycote	80	68	88	84	88	86	86	72	108	652
91	9294	Breezer	Sarah Coates	Zoe Smith	South Cerney	66	86	77	83	98	102	93	77	78	658
92	8541	Stress	Harriett Smith	Chris Sycamore	Otters	85	79	93	75	85	83	77	81	108	658
93	9507	Miss. B. Havin	Myelie Binmore	Chloe Binmore	R Torbay	74	65	108	108	64	74	61	108	108	662
94	8333	Sizzerin Hot	Anna Whyte	Charles Whyte	Tamesis	86	82	97	90	59	98	96	80	77	667
95	8364	Fluke	Natalie Hay	Felix Collier	Frensham	87	108	80	81	86	78	84	108	70	674
96	9371	Fired Up	Tom Brophy	Chris Smith	Parkstone	83	108	84	85	73	89	94	64	108	680
97	9155	Willpower	Jonathan Beer	Alexander Beer	Fishers Green	84	85	91	91	93	96	95	67	75	681
98	9043	El Nino	James Harvey Nevin	Matthew Parrott	Frensham	90	84	96	94	101	100	87	79	63	693
99	7626	Comfortably Numb	Ian Davidson	Oliver Jones	Waldringfield	70	80	74	108	96	99	108	66	108	701
100	6939	Sea Hog	Robert Galazin	David Galazin	South Cerney	88	87	98	93	100	97	99	70	73	705
101	9293	Aqua Star	Rosie Lawrance	Bryony Bennett	Parkstone	108	108	83	77	92	93	97	108	108	766
102	8242	Garfunkle	James Dwyer-Wilkinson	Grace Gay	Otters	108	108	76	108	94	103	108	82	108	787
103	8560	Invisible Touch	Billie Quinlan	Harriet Ayre	Otters	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	35	108	791
104	7688	Widow Maker	Joe Taylor	Sam Evans	Barnt Green	108	91	100	108	102	90	92	108	108	799
105	6807	Scallywag	Harriet Steer	Annabel Knott	Waldringfield	108	90	108	108	90	94	98	108	108	804
106	3069	Jiminy Cricket	Sarah Dallimore	Edward Smith	Otters	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	864
106	8430	The Business	Alex Coulton	Jacob Payne	Fishers Green	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	108	864