Noble Marine West Country Boat Repairs RS200 National Championship at Exe Sailing Club

Noble Marine West Country Boat Repairs RS200 National Championship at Exe Sailing Club - Overall

by Rob Henderson 21 Aug 2021 22:49 BST 15-19 August 2021

James Peters and Maddy Anderson win the Noble Marine West Country Boat Repairs RS200 National Championships © Tom Hurley / www.devondigital.co.uk

The final day of the Championships kept with many of the themes of the week: Excellent race and shore management by the Exe SC volunteer team.

Although the fleet was held ashore for an hour or so to await a promising forecast, sailors were encouraged to get boats to the beach to ensure the best chance of getting racing ASAP. This became obvious as the fleet short-tacked out the channel against the tide - quite a sight for beach goers.

The scene was set. The title was on the line with James & Maddy (1675) and Arran & Toby (1611) tied on points. Behind them the regatta was a high-scorer with any one of five boats capable of rounding off the podium. With such tight racing throughout the fleet and race wins going to six different boats already and encouraging signs for those further down the rankings after earlier struggles, fortunes were liable to change for all teams.

The course was set (accurately and quickly as usual) and Silver fleet supremos Harry Chatterton and Aaron Chadwick (1673) opened the gate. The new breeze was yet to settle into any discernible pattern and there was a significant swell, so the first beat was an incredibly tight affair - one bad tack could cost 50+ places come the windward mark. Downwind was just as tetchy, with lighter teams now planing, it was all about surfing the waves - great stuff!

As we all know by now, James & Maddy are the masters of doing the right thing at the right time. They went fast, sailed short distances and with that won race 9. Given existing discards and races won this sewed the Championships up with one race to go. Defending a title is something few have an opportunity to do, however it is said to be harder than winning the first. They are a class act and the dynasty continues!

Behind them Edd Whitehead & Anna Horackova (1626), Hamish Walker & Emma Hivey (1702) and James & Jess Hammet (880) continued their marches up the charts with Arran & Toby pulling through to fifth.

The breeze freshened up nicely for the final race of the Championships. The wind went right and your author (629) started early out the gate, so we'll keep this one brief. This race was a beauty nonetheless; big waves with good puffs and decisions to make downwind with regards to mode and direction.

Arran & Toby cemented their second place overall with an impressive bullet. They have proven to be a dangerous combination: Arran is one of the form sailors in the country this year and Toby brings years of winning experience. Hamish & Emma showed their RS200 nous with a fifth to secure third overall. I can't remember a Nationals they haven't done something similar! This year was particularly noteworthy with Emma fairly under the weather.

Harry & Aaron will forever be banished from the Silver fleet. Their results improved fairly relentlessly throughout and we look forward to seeing that continue. Young William Caiger & Caitlin Morley (1432) were second Silver fleet boat and Brendan Lynch & Ellen Clark (1510) were great a great advert for the RS200 class coming third in Silver fleet overall, registering a race win in R3 and smiling throughout.

Another boat from East Lothian headed up the bronze fleet; John Wilson & Laura Glover (1642) were becoming a familiar sight in the top 20 by the end of the week. Ben Swyer & Ella Vincent (796) and Andrew Wishart & Iona Deacon (785) were second and third in the bronze division.

As always, a good number of the British Sailing Team came to see what all the fuss was about. Freya Black & Chris Thomas (1012) were first lady helm, another team with an upward trajectory in their scorecard.

The author saw first hand how dangerously quick Rory Odell & Henry Jameson (1680) were going. First overall in the All Youths prize, the boys sailed out of their skin and into the top ten overall. James Hammett (sailing with sister Jess in 880) was first Youth helm in eighth overall while Anna Horackova was first youth crew in seventh overall.

Lee & Max Sydenham (1540) won the Family Boat prize and we look forward to perhaps seeing another Sydenham-powered boat on the water soon!

The Endeavour Prize was not easily won this year, with many teams seeing the challenging conditions earlier in the week put pay to their chances. Locals Sophie Raven & Cerys Morgan (817) showed their mettle to win.

Local strength continued where Exeter University came out on top of the others. We look forward to welcoming ever more student sailors along to RS200 events.

A great strength of the fleet is how bought-in everyone is to the buddy prize and helping each other along. Teams are parked next to each other in the boat park and thrown into the competitive cauldron of a quiz at the beginning of the week, so bonds are built and experiences shared. The Chickens of Flynn Davies & Holly Dabson, Harry Chatterton & Aaron Chadwick and Ben Swyer & Ella Vincent showed the rest a clean pair of heels on the racecourse.

It has to be mentioned that despite incredibly tight racing throughout the fleet, behaviour on the water was exemplary all week. Turns were done, protests were brought forward and despite good and bad periods throughout the regatta (nobody was safe!), it feels more deserved when the contest is fair and done in good spirit.

Roll on 2022 at Hayling Island SC - as winners of the Club Prize this time round they'll be keen to put on a show!

Particular thanks must go to Chairman Will Taylor, Secretary Sally Campbell and the committee, who put so much unseen work into delivering one of the most seamless and rewarding events of the year.

Similarly, our event sponsors Noble Marine, Rooster and West Country Boat Repairs were superb.

The staff and volunteers at Exe Sailing Club - there are too many individual stars to list everyone, but we must say a special thanks to Phil Morrison PRO, Frankie Upton DRO and Nick Coombes, Event Manager - really went above and beyond this week. The efficiency and good humour throughout were exemplary and we were genuinely sad to have to leave.

More photos at: www.devondigital.co.uk/RS200

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1st	Gold	1675	James Peters	Maddy Anderson	HISC	3	1	4	3	1	‑5	‑23	2	1	4	19
2nd	Gold	1611	Arran Holman	Toby Lewis	Clapham Model YC	2	2	2	4	‑10	1	‑25	3	5	1	20
3rd	Gold	1702	Hamish Walker	Emma Hivey	Royal Navy SA/ASA	11	6	11	2	‑16	15	10	‑17	4	5	64
4th	Gold	1609	Tom Darling	Charlie Darling	HISC	4	3	10	6	12	12	11	‑41	11	‑25	69
5th	Gold	629	Rob Henderson	Mat Currell	Lymington Town SC	8	5	(DNF)	8	3	4	‑33	18	7	17	70
6th	Gold	1722	Morgan Peach	Amy Sparks	Clapham Model YC	13	8	7	‑53	5	3	‑46	26	17	7	86
7th	Gold	1626	Edd Whitehead	Anna Horackova	Parkstone/Filey/BCYC	7	4	‑29	24	4	2	15	14	‑33	18	88
8th	Gold	880	James Hammett	Jess Hammett	HISC	21	15	‑24	20	14	8	2	9	2	‑38	91
9th	Gold	1603	Ian Martin	Chris Catt	Burghfield SC	1	30	9	13	‑35	‑36	5	1	18	15	92
10th	Gold	1680	Rory Odell	Henry Jameson	HISC	9	7	3	11	‑65	9	6	‑31	28	19	92
11th	Gold	1029	Nick Robins	Izi Davies	HISC	6	26	6	14	9	(DSQ)	19	‑38	10	6	96
12th	Gold	1073	Martin Wrigley	Will Ward	Clapham Model YC	‑27	20	16	23	2	13	22	5	‑32	2	103
13th	Gold	1698	Tom Goodey	Richard Thomas	RNSA	10	9	12	17	6	‑81	35	6	‑41	8	103
14th	Gold	1540	Lee Sydenham	Max Sydenham	HISC	5	13	‑42	10	28	‑30	20	30	8	9	123
15th	Gold	1570	Robbie King	Bethan Matthew	Clapham Model YC	19	10	5	21	21	18	‑24	15	‑22	21	130
16th	Gold	1667	Olly Turner	Sam Mottershead	Starcross YC	15	11	30	31	7	33	4	‑36	‑39	12	143
17th	Gold	1215	Murray Hampshire	Phoebe Warren	Clapham Model YC	26	12	‑47	12	17	21	7	‑34	27	26	148
18th	Gold	1639	Dom Lewis	Lainey Terkelsen	Bosham SC	22	16	14	18	25	‑46	‑47	4	38	13	150
19th	Gold	1270	Alex Smallwood	Oli Jagger	DWSC	14	29	‑31	9	13	25	‑36	27	14	22	153
20th	Silver	1673	Harry Chatterton	Aaron Chadwick	Waldringfield SC	23	27	28	‑48	26	31	16	10	(SCP)	16	177
21st	Gold	1709	Robert Richardson	Isabel Abbatt	Ullswater YC	18	25	32	36	‑54	6	‑38	16	23	29	185
22nd	Gold	1337	Scott Wallis	Emma Baker	Lymington Town SC	46	‑74	48	7	‑70	29	1	40	3	14	188
23rd	Gold	1657	Tom Hewitson	Jo Hewitson	HISC	35	37	8	5	19	16	‑71	‑61	61	10	191
24th	Gold	16	Chris Webber	Nicola Webber	Pevensay Bay SC	12	17	33	32	31	11	‑42	29	31	(DSQ)	196
25th	Gold	1069	Isaac Marsh	Fresh Abendstern	RNDB YC	20	31	35	1	38	35	‑45	13	30	‑77	203
26th	Silver	1432	William Caiger	Caitlin Morley	Sevenoaks	24	18	22	29	22	32	‑50	35	21	(DSQ)	203
27th	Gold	1012	Freya Black	Chris Thomas	WPNSA	‑91	63	17	16	39	19	(RET)	11	42	3	210
28th	Gold	1365	John Teague	Naomi Pound	Bristol Corinthian YC	50	28	‑51	28	15	23	‑65	8	47	11	210
29th	Gold	1348	Elliott Wells	Ellie Keers	HISC	‑48	47	21	42	20	22	17	21	‑89	20	210
30th	Gold	1136	Marcus Tressler	Faye Chatterton	Middle Nene SC	‑53	48	‑56	27	52	17	3	28	6	42	223
31st	Silver	1510	Brendan Lynch	Ellen Clark	East Lothian YC	(RET)	36	1	47	8	49	21	12	57	‑64	231
32nd	Gold	1458	Gus Dixon	Ben Todd	HISC	33	38	15	15	‑62	52	43	24	19	‑55	239
33rd	Silver	1515	Ben Hutton‑Penman	Niamh Davies	Royal Corinthian/Burnham	39	DGB	38	‑44	23	27	9	44	29	‑58	244.8
34th	Gold	1628	Matt Fowler	Lynne Ratcliffe	Pevensey Bay SC	30	14	‑55	38	29	50	28	7	‑59	54	250
35th	Gold	920	Oliver Aldridge	Phoebe Connellan	Parkstone/Middle Nene	42	19	36	39	30	7	‑53	42	‑78	35	250
36th	Gold	1439	Jamie Harris	Bettine Harris	Wessex SC	‑57	42	25	25	33	‑83	8	39	48	31	251
37th	Silver	1046	Rhys Lewis	Joe Bradley	HISC	47	39	13	33	44	‑48	13	‑53	45	23	257
38th	Gold	1634	Cam Stewart	Annie Hammett	HISC	17	22	37	30	(DSQ)	‑66	30	56	25	46	263
39th	Gold	965	Haydn Sewell	Callum Farnden	Chew Valley	55	40	45	19	11	‑57	(SCP)	48	13	36	267
40th	Gold	805	James Taylor	Larissa Connabeer	Stoke Gabriel BA	41	43	‑61	34	42	‑53	29	43	9	28	269
41st	Gold	861	Duncan Glen	Lorna Glen	Parkstone YC	45	57	40	35	41	‑68	‑60	32	12	24	286
42nd	Gold	1633	Louis Johnson	Lucy Hewitson	HISC	37	41	23	‑60	37	47	39	‑59	24	39	287
43rd	Gold	846	Jeremy Stephens	James Stewart	Penzance SC	44	54	18	45	27	26	‑87	‑80	37	37	288
44th	Gold	1676	Paul Cullen	Georgia Booth	Weir Wood SC	‑70	32	20	22	68	20	41	‑83	53	33	289
45th	Bronze	1642	John Wilson	Laura Glover	ELYC	51	‑52	39	52	46	10	27	46	26	‑60	297
46th	Gold	985	Flynn Davies	Holly Dabson	Burnham SC	64	21	‑71	54	‑80	14	32	19	51	48	303
47th	Gold	626	Will Taylor	Fiona Mulcahy	Lymington Town SC	25	34	34	49	32	51	31	‑64	49	‑66	305
48th	Gold	1659	David Jessop	Sophie Mear	HISC	29	35	‑74	26	18	56	‑73	22	71	53	310
49th	Gold	573	Matthew Taylor	Alex Bell‑Jones	Royal Mersey YC	16	‑67	19	37	56	59	57	47	‑81	27	318
50th	Silver	418	Fred Mainwaring	Liz Mainwaring	Exe SC	31	24	DGB	DGB	‑74	‑74	63	25	55	50	339.2
51st	Silver	1573	Henrik Asplund	Georgina King	Guernsey YC	59	55	26	‑74	36	37	‑72	50	20	71	354
52nd	Silver	1508	Chay Taylor	Ella Phelps	Burnham SC	28	53	49	‑100	24	‑78	48	51	63	45	361
53rd	Silver	1333	Alice Davis	Joey Taylor	Great Moor SC	54	46	(RET)	67	34	34	55	33	‑79	40	363
54th	Bronze	796	Ben Swyer	Ella Vincent	QMSC	38	33	46	‑57	50	55	56	49	‑72	43	370
55th	Silver	1078	Merrick Stanley	Victoria Upton	Exe SC/Llandegfedd	52	23	44	‑72	‑71	60	44	63	34	52	372
56th	Gold	1621	Henry Hallam	Ashley Hill	St Mawes SC	(RET)	45	41	65	47	42	61	‑74	16	56	373
57th	Silver	1617	Alex Curtis	Raffi Gracie	QMSC/RSC	56	56	‑60	46	48	‑70	37	54	44	47	388
58th	Silver	1039	Mark Thomas	Nick Williams	Broadstairs SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	78	90	57	44	14	37	40	30	390
59th	Silver	1413	Jenny Cropley	Alex Platt	n/a	43	‑87	54	55	69	28	79	20	69	(DSQ)	417
60th	Silver	1179	Archie Penn	Erin Marks	Waldringfield SC	63	51	69	68	‑85	‑85	18	69	50	34	422
61st	Bronze	785	Andrew Wishart	Iona Deacon	QMSC	‑90	70	53	62	79	‑105	12	23	52	73	424
62nd	Silver	735	Dylan McPherson	David McPherson	Burnham SC	40	49	58	71	58	43	‑104	‑85	66	41	426
63rd	Silver	964	Chris Thomas	Verity Hopkins	Broadstairs SC	34	50	70	63	‑72	‑71	34	62	54	61	428
64th	Silver	1340	Edward Harris	Maddie Harris	Waldringfield SC	(RET)	(DNC)	50	58	40	61	58	82	36	63	448
65th	Gold	1445	Peter 'Ugly' Vincent	Kirsten Glenn	Llandegfedd SC	‑83	61	81	(DNS)	83	40	40	52	70	32	459
66th	Silver	1262	Felix Crowther	Krystal Law	Wembley SC	62	58	43	59	‑81	65	54	79	(DNC)	49	469
67th	Silver	1055	George Kennedy	Josh Lightfoot	Parkstone YC	65	60	27	73	64	72	‑76	57	56	‑82	474
68th	Bronze	211	James Morson	Fiona Harrington	Weir Wood SC	49	68	64	41	63	54	66	‑98	84	‑89	489
69th	Silver	1048	Andrew Stickland	Becky Pearson	Thorpe Bay YC	68	65	52	40	53	‑110	64	81	‑86	70	493
70th	Silver	786	Oliver Dixon	Millie Aldridge	Royal Hawrich YC	76	62	65	66	‑102	38	‑86	58	73	57	495
71st	Silver	383	Oliver Cage‑White	Emily Wingfield Digby	Broadstairs SC	72	72	57	77	45	64	51	‑96	‑87	67	505
72nd	Silver	1568	Katie Davies	Grace Summers	Itchenor SC	‑93	75	72	79	76	24	49	73	58	‑92	506
73rd	Silver	1577	Tom Collyer	Jessie Main	Wessex SC	61	(DNC)	67	43	91	‑101	74	67	35	68	506
74th	Bronze	1721	Mike Warwicker	Kate Fitzsimmons	Bough Beech SC	32	71	92	64	59	69	‑98	71	‑110	59	517
75th	Silver	1345	Jo Tribe	Ellen Morley	Burnham SC	69	77	‑80	69	51	‑95	80	76	60	51	533
76th	Silver	1370	Tom Dawson	Sam Neale	Liverpool Uni/Cardiff Bay	85	‑98	‑93	83	67	80	77	66	15	72	545
77th	Bronze	1684	Amy Boyle	Roisin O'Halloran	St Mawes SC	60	73	76	51	60	67	‑95	‑92	77	85	549
78th	Silver	1243	Paddy Jefferies	Pippa Cropley	Itchenor SC	79	69	73	56	55	73	‑94	‑84	80	65	550
79th	Silver	1527	Kevin Druce	Alastair Wilson	Rickmansworth SC	58	92	(DNC)	(DNC)	61	41	68	65	94	74	553
80th	Silver	1324	Oscar Wright	Annabel Fisk	Itchenor SC	66	59	83	76	66	77	‑101	55	‑103	79	561
81st	Bronze	864	Ben Shorrock	Lucy Knott	Frensham Pond SC	67	83	94	50	49	89	67	72	‑100	(DSQ)	571
82nd	Bronze	939	James Johnson	Tom Johnson	Roa Island	89	78	89	87	90	39	‑92	‑107	62	44	578
83rd	Bronze	1390	Syd Mclean	Will Hopes	HISC	81	‑97	‑101	96	43	62	75	45	93	87	582
84th	Bronze	1543	Oliver Holmes	Scott Wilkinson	Wessex SC	82	‑90	59	84	82	63	85	60	‑90	69	584
85th	Bronze	1663	Hattie Collingridge	Katie Spark	Waldringfield SC	77	82	68	75	‑99	88	62	70	‑99	75	597
86th	Bronze	1638	Angus Collingridge	Connor Line	Waldringfield SC	78	64	66	86	92	58	93	‑94	‑102	90	627
87th	Gold	1395	Nigel Bird	Andy Bird	RYA	92	66	85	‑99	‑103	82	59	86	76	81	627
88th	Bronze	462	Will Queree	Will Holden	St Catherines SC	73	79	62	61	(DNC)	(DNC)	103	88	105	78	649
89th	Bronze	1383	Will Penny	Imogen Cage‑White	Horning SC	‑104	81	84	81	93	45	91	‑102	101	80	656
90th	Bronze	356	Alex Whitfield	Emma Bennett	Royal Western YC	71	96	90	88	‑97	79	69	‑108	75	93	661
91st	Bronze	430	Mike Calvert	Sophie Harris	HISC	74	76	86	78	78	96	81	(RET)	‑98	95	664
92nd	Bronze	1433	Blythe Berry	Dilly Alla	HISC	‑98	85	79	91	‑111	87	83	78	85	76	664
93rd	Bronze	1536	George Potter	Ellen Main	Wessex SC	94	93	77	‑102	84	99	‑108	95	43	83	668
94th	Bronze	1309	Oliver King	Zoe Nieveen	Wessex SC	80	80	88	‑95	75	75	90	91	‑111	91	670
95th	Bronze	1021	Cameron Harris	Max Stennett‑Howard	Waldringfield SC	86	88	63	80	‑100	91	‑102	90	82	94	674
96th	Silver	163	Sophie Otter	Carys Randeria	HISC	(DNC)	101	87	(DNC)	96	103	70	75	83	62	677
97th	Silver	1338	Willow Bland	Emma McKnight	Waldringfield SC	99	89	‑103	(DNF)	94	94	82	68	67	84	677
98th	Bronze	879	Scarlett Anderson	Lydia Stevenson	Royal Corinthian YC	88	84	91	‑98	86	‑98	89	89	64	97	688
99th	Bronze	486	Jon James	Sophie Crook	Exe SC	‑105	‑105	98	70	77	76	97	101	92	88	699
100th	Bronze	1080	Rose Hallam	Benjamin Marsden/Ffion Morgan	St Mawes SC	‑108	91	‑100	93	89	84	78	99	68	100	702
101st	Bronze	787	Nathan Muggeridge	Leo Muggeridge	Wimbleball SC	75	86	‑104	92	87	90	88	‑111	88	103	709
102nd	Silver	489	Simon Hamment	Jess Harman	Papercourt SC	96	‑99	75	94	73	97	‑106	93	95	98	721
103rd	Bronze	361	Grant Boorer	Jonathan Carr	Starcross YC	106	94	(DNC)	(DNC)	95	86	84	103	74	96	738
104th	Bronze	1402	Ben Dearden	Alice Carter	Yorkshire Dales SC	(RET)	(DNC)	99	89	98	107	52	100	112	101	758
105th	Bronze	1467	Donald Francis	Lauren Francis	Goring Thames SC	84	106	(DNC)	(DNC)	88	100	100	112	91	86	767
106th	Silver	1200	Imogen Bellfield	Harry Tilling	Waldringfield SC	95	104	96	97	101	‑106	‑105	97	96	102	788
107th	Bronze	1066	Campbell Manzoni	Amy Sanderson	QMSC	(DNC)	(DNC)	102	101	DNC	DNC	96	87	65	106	797
108th	Bronze	1358	Charlie Whitaker	Lucy Gates	Budworth SC	36	44	(DNF)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	800
109th	Bronze	817	Sophie Raven	Cerys Morgan	Exe SC	87	103	97	103	‑112	102	107	106	97	‑112	802
110th	Bronze	1695	Jamie Pope	Kitty Pope	Whitstable	103	(DNC)	95	82	108	93	110	109	(NSC)	104	804
111th	Silver	840	Torrin Blazeby	Ella Marston	West Kirby SC	101	107	82	85	105	(RET)	114	(DNC)	106	107.5	807.5
112th	Bronze	1631	Felix Gibbons	Oscar Gibbons	Exe SC	100	100	(DNC)	(DNC)	114	108	99	104	104	107.5	836.5
113th	Bronze	488	Robert Adams	John Adams	Exe SC	97	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	109	RET	109	77	107	99	838
114th	Bronze	1152	Emily Davis	Nikki Taylor	Great Moor SC	102	108	(DNC)	(DNC)	107	109	111	105	113	105	860
115th	Bronze	1076	James Abbatt	Maia Hallam	Ullswater YC	107	95	(RET)	(DNC)	106	104	112	113	115	110	862
116th	Bronze	536	Louis Hockings‑Cooke	Stewart Masters	Exe SC	(DNC)	102	(DNF)	DNS	110	111	113	110	108	109	883
117th	Bronze	1691	James Shrives	Jimmy Morgan	RNSA/Restronguet	(DNS)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	104	92	115	RET	109	111	891
118th	Bronze	461	Joe Reid/Morgan Turner	Charlotte Cox	Exe SC	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	113	DNF	116	114	116	113	932
119th	Bronze	1586	Anna Cox	Angus Bailey	Exe SC	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	117	DNF	114	114	945