RS800 Nationals at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy

by Sarah Marriott 4 Sep 2006 15:28 BST 28 August - 2 September 2006

RS800 National Champs Day 5 © Lee Whitehead / www.photolounge.co.uk

RS800 sailors have fun on day 3 of the Nationals © Lee Whitehead / www.photolounge.co.uk

53 boats, sixteen races and 20 knots of breeze for 6 days solid - the 2006 Gul RS800 Nationals are officially over! With just two discards in this gruelling series the consistency card was definitely the one to play.

In first place counting 13 first places and just one second Ian Martin & Ben McGrane (Rooster Sailing) stole the championship in fine style. Taking time out from their professional 49er campaign it’s great to see just how much more performance there is to be taken from these boats!

Steve Irish & Martin Gotrel (Magic Marine) took a very convincing second place overall, counting three first places and a whole string of seconds. While they failed to defend the title for the third year running, second place having taken a season’s break still make them our number one at heart!

Rounding off the podium and third place overall went to Andy Bryson & Jonny Clegg. The points were very close between third and fifth going into the final day but this duo held their nerve right the way through and put themselves just one point ahead of fourth placed Spod & Jane Olive (Sola Harken).

In the silver fleet Adrian & Julia Coatsworth stole the show with their new boat! Finishing 22nd overall they won the silver fleet in style, a brilliant result considering their absence from the first day of racing to go to a wedding!

The first lady crew award went to Jane Olive who sailed her socks off all week to take fourth place along with hubby, Spod. First Lady helm was Jo Skinner. Having battled with all kinds of boat breakages she, along with brother Simon, managed several top ten results and 29th overall.

David Pike took the honours as first master in 12th overall, Nathan Bachelor & James Clarke as the first youth boat in 7th, and the lightest crew to have completed all races weighing in at just 124 kilos was Philip Highfield & Tamsin Butcher!

By the time the huge prize giving dinner commenced on Friday night everyone was in agreement that the 2006 nationals had been a complete success. The sailing couldn’t have been better (though many yearned for a lay-day come day four!) and the range of social activities meant the fleet gelled better than ever before.

A huge thank you must go to Arky the race officer for setting perfect courses all week long, to WPNSA for providing top-notch facilities, and to Charlotte & Natalie for making the whole event run so smoothly. Final congratulations also to Ian Martin & Ben McGrane, our 2006 National Champions!

Next year’s nationals are scheduled for early September at Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing club. Returning to the traditional 5 day format running across a weekend means just three days of annual leave need to be booked off so already the turnout is expected to be huge!

As for the remainder of the 2006 season, there’s the tide ride next weekend (9th & 10th September) at Hayling Island and the last of the circuit event at Queen Mary sailing club at the end of September so please don’t hang those sailing boots up yet!

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Pts
1	1009	Ian Martin	Ben McGrane	Burghfield	1	5	1	1	1	RET	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	15
2	1058	Steve Irish	Martin Gotrel	Draycote Water	4	1	5	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	25
3	914	Andy Bryson	Jony Clegg	Netley	3	17	3	6	13	6	11	8	6	10	4	3	3	3	3	3	72
4	1083	Spod Olive	Jane Olive	Stokes Bay	2	2	6	3	4	20	10	DNF	3	4	3	7	4	8	4	13	73
5	1114	Andrew Jeffries	Alison Ody	Eastbourne Sovereign	5	4	7	16	3	10	6	6	9	3	11	6	36	10	6	4	90
6	964	Charlie Roome	Steve Hall	Draycote Water	7	6	14	12	9	28	13	5	17	9	13	OCS	10	14	7	5	141
7	962	Nathan Batchelor	James Clark	Chew Valley Lake	10	9	15	19	21	33	8	13	11	5	12	17	5	9	8	6	147
8	1011	James Ross	Heather Back	Weston	6	3	2	5	5	8	7	3	30	36	29	40	RET	4	12	18	168
9	881	Andrew Cornah	Orwin Murphy	Netley	16	8	33	18	26	4	3	16	5	7	5	30	19	6	21	RET	184
10	989	Ben Schooling	Tim Hurst	Helensburgh	24	23	9	9	10	12	9	22	16	24	15	24	20	13	45	8	214
11	1089	Ian Martin	Claire Booth	Bough Beech	11	24	RET	7	8	18	12	24	4	30	14	15	24	17	OCS	11	219
12	892	David Pike	Nick Jerkins	Eastbourne Sovereign	29	15	30	27	12	7	19	4	22	15	10	27	16	25	17	14	230
13	97	Graham Simmonds	Chris Doe	Hayling Island	15	13	19	20	16	17	20	DNC	26	13	22	9	32	11	13	17	231
14	1112	Ralph Singleton	Sophie Singleton	CVLSC	13	DNC	25	11	18	3	RET	10	21	22	21	29	29	5	10	16	233
15	899	Andrew Gould	Tim Berriman	Emsworth Slipper	27	12	16	4	11	30	30	18	38	8	7	11	13	27	20	DNS	234
16	850	Brett Ellway	Rory Paterson	Stokes Bay	43	31	18	8	7	32	5	17	27	26	25	18	6	20	18	9	235
17	1075	James Hughes	Toby Wincer	RCYC	14	41	27	25	20	14	38	14	24	14	18	16	11	16	11	12	236
18	874	Jamie Reid	Bonme Moody	Society	38	10	17	14	15	19	36	21	19	11	9	10	17	18	22	39	238
19	968	David Steed	Tom Pickles	Stokes Bay	8	18	20	10	27		15	7	DNS	20	16	19	9	30	34	10	243
20	1076	Rob Watson	James Holmes	RCYC	12	16	12	13	6	31	23	9	8	6	20	21	28	DNS	DNS	DNS	259
21	1054	Justin Deal	Sarah Marriott	Frensham Pond	9	20	23	17	DNS	2	27	11	25	19	8	5	8	RET	DNS	DNS	282
22	1116	Adrian Coatsworth	Julia Coatsworth	Waldringfield	DNC	DNC	21	28	23	24	18	30	13	25	26	14	7	26	15	15	285
23	1096	Mike Hart	Sally Kilpatrick	Port Dinorwic	17	33	13	RET	DNS	11	21	20	14	23	17	4	26	RET	9	31	293
24	878	Sam Neal	Laurence Riche	Grafham Water	18	36	31	15	24	21	4	29	18	21	19	26	22	31	35	21	300
25	890	Richard Keaton	Helen Rumbold	Royal Lymington	22	11	26	OCS	14	26	14	26	32	32	27	22	18	22	29	20	309
26	978	Tim Smyth	Dave Hannan	Netley	23	21	4	DNS	DNS	29	22	12	23	12	23	25	25	15	OCS	24	312
27	987	Tim Collins	Simon Colleridge	RORC	20	26	28	23	19	34	29	28	20	18	31	33	23	19	24	22	330
28	1043	Ian Collis- Smith	Paul White - Smith	CVLSC	36	40	29	21	22	35	35	33	39	16	37	20	14	12	16	7	333
29	919	Jo Skinner	Simon Skinner	Datchet Water	21	7	8	DNS	29	22	28	25	33	27	24	OCS	43	24	25	23	339
30	991	Malcolm Streeton	Miles Roebeck	HISC	19	19	24	29	31	23	17	34	12	28	33	DNF	27	29	30	28	349
31	10	Ollie Page	Tim Baldwin	Lancing	25	25	RET	RET	DNS	16	DNF	DNC	7	17	6	8	30	21	23	25	365
32	1113	Alaistair Shire	Penny Shires	Stokes Bay	28	14	22	26	DNS	25	31	35	36	31	30	23	44	38	27	26	392
33	1013	Rob Style	Ben Lister	Grafham Water	30	DNC	40	24	DNS	5	41	32	10	34	36	31	21	28	32	30	394
34	1099	Fred Merchant	Rob Hopper	Weston	34	29	38	22	17	38	24	15	35	29	35	36	35	33	19	33	396
35	7	Ian Jubb	Sue Antonelli	HISC	32	22	36	30	33	36	37	23	40	38	28	43	38	23	31	19	426
36	961	Philip King	Christina	Oxford	42	30	35	33	32	13	25	DNC	15	DNC	DNF	DNS	45	7	5	37	427
37	848	Philip Highfield	Tamsin Butcher	Great Yarmouth & Gorleston	33	28	32	34	28	37	34	27	29	37	44	32	31	39	26	29	437
38	836	Derek Buchanan	Elaine Buchanan	Oxford	26	27	42	35	DNS	40	32	36	31	33	34	28	33	37	28	27	447
39	1050	Jamie Hilton	Tom Street	Datchet Water	DNF	32	10	DNS	30	15	16	19	DNC	DNC	42	35	37	34	37	38	453
40	886	Simon Conway	Sam Proctor	Wilsonian	31	34	37	32	25	9	33	31	43	40	40	41	41	35	36	DNS	465
41	1052	Christian Reynolds	Lucy Jones	Locks	RET	DNC	11	DNS	RET	27	26	DNF	28	DNC	32	12	12	32	DNS	DNS	504
42	884	Edward James Brungee	Tom Maidwell	Restronguet	35	38	34	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNC	34	35	43	13	15	DSQ	14	DSQ	531
43	1059	Jonathon Lister	Natasha Lister	York Dales	37	42	43	31	34	39	40	37	42	41	38	34	39	41	43	40	535
44	972	Stephen Lytton	Natalie Lytton	Peventsey Bay	41	39	DNS	DNS	DNS	43	39	RET	41	45	39	37	34	36	33	32	567
45	1067	Richard Nieveen	Tanya Coleman	Stokes Bay	40	37	39	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNC	45	39	41	38	42	40	38	34	595
46	913	David Smart	Edward Smart	Chew Valley Lake	39	35	RET	DNS	35	DNF	RET	DNC	46	42	46	39	40	43	39	35	601
47	1065	Glen Davis	Stewart Ward	RYA	DNF	RET	45	DNS	DNS	45	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	45	42	DNS	42	40	36	673
48	1051	Alexander Willard	Rebecca Willard	Royal Corinthian	DNC	DNC	DNF	RET	DNS	42	42	DNC	44	46	RET	DNS	DNS	44	41	41	678
49	1105	Jane Smithwick	Nicholas Hand	Wimbleball	44	43	44	RET	DNS	DNF	RET	DNC	DNS	44	DNS	DNS	DNS	45	46	43	687
50	800	Adam Broughton	James Macdonald	Portishead Y and SC	DNF	DNC	41	RET	DNS	41	DNS	DNC	37	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	713
51	922	Ian Peterson	Carol Peterson	Grafham Water	DNF	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNS	46	DNS	DNC	DNC	43	DNC	DNS	RET	DNS	42	42	713
52	885	Michael Symour	Toby Varney	Hayling Island	DNF	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNS	47	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF	OCS	DNS	DNS	DNS	44	DNF	739
53	999	Alaisdair Alston	Daniel Alston	Weston	DNC	DNC	RET	RET	DNS	44	RET	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	746