Noble Marine Rooster RS200 National Championship 2023 at East Lothian Yacht Club - Day 1
by Will Taylor 8 Aug 2023 11:10 BST
7-11 August 2023
After long journeys for many up to North Berwick near Edinburgh, 93 entries were registered & a fleet of volunteers & sailors geared up for day one of the 2023 Noble Marine Rooster National Championship.
Following on from a tactics talk, gate start seminar & championship briefing, we hit the water with all the knowledge needed to attack the race track.
Day one dawned sunny with 15-23 knots forecast. After a long downwind sail to the start area in the western bay we prepared for the race.
Leading the fleet away was pathfinder James & Jess Hammett. With 14-18 knots, tide on the ebb & land factors in play, the majority of the fleet headed left to gain the wind-shift advantage. By the end of the race Arran Holman & James Crossley had stamped their mark winning by a comfortable margin. Second to finish was Ian Martin crewed by Emma Clarke with Ben Whaley & Lorna Glen third.
Race two started in similar conditions with the family team of Will & Matt Taylor as pathfinder. At the top of the course, the breeze built & stayed at 24-26 resulting in lots of 'thrills & spills'. Downwind was 'holding on mode' with Arran commenting that even he had to pull on more kicker to stop the mast inverting! Perhaps that was at the point when the Race Officer, Robbie Lawson, recorded a gust of 29 knots.
Arran & James took the victory again, with local sailors Brendan Lynch & Ellen Clark in second, followed by another podium finish for Ian & Emma.
With the increase in wind this was a true battle to get around the course, & avoid the many capsized boats. After two tough races, the fleet were happy to be heading to shore to repair boats & bruised bodies. The evening social of haggis & ceilidh were surprisingly well attended, considering the demands of the day. A third of the fleet are Scottish sailors so the tartan flowed on the dance floor. Quite a sight.
Results after Day 1:
| Pos | Sail No | Fleet | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 1676 | Gold | Arran Holman | James Crossley | Hollowell SC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2nd | 1702 | Gold | Ian Martin | Emma Clarke | Burghfield SC/RNSA/ASA | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3rd | 1739 | Gold | Brendan Lynch | Ellen Clark | ELYC | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4th | 1700 | Gold | Ben Whaley | Lorna Glen | Parkstone YC | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5th | 1747 | Gold | Will Taylor | Matt Taylor | Lymington Town SC | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 6th | 1632 | Gold | Robbie Burns | Vicki Simpson | Largs SC | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 7th | 880 | Gold | James Hammett | Jess Hammett | HISC | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 8th | 1439 | Gold | Jamie Harris | Ellen Main | HISC | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 9th | 1682 | Gold | Andrew Brown | Alex Sutcliffe | Tynemouth SC | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 10th | 1701 | Silver | Ewan Wilson | Morven Wood | Wormit Boating Club | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 11th | 1667 | Gold | Owen Bowerman | Annabelle Orme | HISC | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 12th | 1521 | Gold | Matt Venables | Bethan Matthew | QMSC/RTYC/Sutton SC | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 13th | 1011 | Silver | Jake Miller | Sandy Simpson | Helensburgh SC | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 14th | 1549 | Gold | Roo Purves | Rachel Scarfe | East Lothian YC | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 15th | 1738 | Gold | Stephen Cockerill | Sarah Cockerill | Stokes Bay SC | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 16th | 1078 | Gold | Merrick Stanley | Victoria Upton | Warsash SC | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| 17th | 439 | Silver | Paris Thomas | Marta Uncio Ribera | RTYC | 29 | 14 | 43 |
| 18th | 533 | Silver | James Cunnison | Alice Smith | Itchenor SC/RTYC | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| 19th | 1698 | Gold | Tom Goodey | Richard Thomas | RNSA | 27 | 19 | 46 |
| 20th | 1566 | Silver | Jocelyn Hill | Emily Hill | County Antrim YC | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| 21st | 1215 | Gold | Murray Hampshire | Phoebe Warren | HISC | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| 22nd | 1729 | Gold | Scott Wallis | Emma Baker | HISC | 9 | 40 | 49 |
| 23rd | 1295 | Silver | Andrew Wishart | - | QMSC | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 24th | 1621 | Gold | Henry Hallam | Ashley Hill | Restronguet SC | 39 | 12 | 51 |
| 25th | 1179 | Gold | Archie Penn | Robert Giardelli | WSC/RTYC | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| 26th | 1358 | Silver | Charlie Whitaker | Lucy Gates | QMSC | 31 | 28 | 59 |
| 27th | 830 | Silver | Jake Hardman | Abi Tuttle | HISC | 48 | 13 | 61 |
| 28th | 1716 | Gold | Alex Colquitt | Zoe Nieveen | HISC | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| 29th | 1642 | Gold | John Wilson | Laura Glover | ELYC | 56 | 8 | 64 |
| 30th | 1278 | Gold | Ewan Gribbin | Liv Jacklin | Paignton SC | 33 | 31 | 64 |
| 31st | 1699 | Silver | Douglas Calder | Elizabeth Galloway | RNSA/Burghfield | 22 | 45 | 67 |
| 32nd | 1617 | Gold | Alex Curtis | Raffi Gracie | HISC | 43 | 24 | 67 |
| 33rd | 1720 | Gold | Chris Mayhew | Elouise Mayhew | RHYC/WSC | 26 | 41 | 67 |
| 34th | 1662 | Gold | Antony Gifford | Jo Gifford | Royal Tay YC | 34 | 36 | 70 |
| 35th | 1235 | Silver | Mike Calvert | Sophie Harris | HISC | 42 | 29 | 71 |
| 36th | 939 | Silver | James Johnson | Tom Johnson | Roa Island Boating Club | 38 | 35 | 73 |
| 37th | 728 | Bronze | Adam Catlow | Martyn Catlow | Leigh & Lowton SC | 44 | 30 | 74 |
| 38th | 1120 | Gold | Peter Collings | Iona Smith | Castle Semple SC | 37 | 44 | 81 |
| 39th | 777 | Silver | Tom Graham | Emma Fowler | East Lothian YC | 45 | 37 | 82 |
| 40th | 1659 | Bronze | Esme Barraclough | Zoe Sanderson | Yorkshire Dales SC | 49 | 39 | 88 |
| 41st | 1535 | Silver | Anna Sturrock | Marc Heger | Helensburgh SC | 62 | 27 | 89 |
| 42nd | 623 | Bronze | Callum Masson | Ben Hay | East Lothian YC | 61 | 34 | 95 |
| 43rd | 594 | Bronze | Freya Brown | Kyle Brown | Restronguet SC | 70 | 33 | 103 |
| 44th | 211 | Silver | James Morson | Fiona Harrington | WWSC | 7 | DNF | 104 |
| 45th | 343 | Silver | Hazel McDonnell | Gemma McDonnell | Hollowell SC | 66 | 38 | 104 |
| 46th | 600 | Gold | Fiona Rigg | Laura Rowlinson | East Lothian YC | 54 | 51 | 105 |
| 47th | 541 | Bronze | Milly Tregaskes | Taryn Banks | Restronguet SC | 53 | 53 | 106 |
| 48th | 1270 | Gold | Alex Smallwood | Callum Farnden | OSC/RTYC | 13 | DNF | 110 |
| 49th | 567 | Silver | Katie Masterson | Fi Grieve | St Mary's Loch SC | 60 | 50 | 110 |
| 50th | 866 | Silver | Bess Homer | Ben Homer | Dalgety Bay SC | 67 | 49 | 116 |
| 51st | 1017 | Bronze | Matthew Riley | Miranda Cook | Eastbourne Sovereign SC | 64 | 52 | 116 |
| 52nd | 951 | Bronze | Anna Miller | William O'Keefe | Largs SC | 71 | 47 | 118 |
| 53rd | 1027 | Bronze | Ruairi Herrington | Finley Briggs | Largs SC | 72 | 48 | 120 |
| 54th | 1663 | Silver | Hattie Collingridge | Ollie Maclean | Waldringfield SC | 24 | DNC | 121 |
| 55th | 1350 | Bronze | Zoe Meadowcroft | Emilia Mayhew | Upper Thames SC | 79 | 43 | 122 |
| 56th | 1740 | Silver | Mark Oakey | Jess Smith | Cardiff Bay YC | 32 | DNC | 129 |
| 57th | 356 | Bronze | Will Hopes | Emma Bennett | Warsash SC/Lymington Town SC | 77 | 54 | 131 |
| 58th | 1553 | Silver | Iain Duncan | Robyn Phillips | Helensburgh SC | 35 | DNC | 132 |
| 59th | 1421 | Gold | M.J. Gifford | Rory Gifford | Waldringfield SC | 36 | DNF | 133 |
| 60th | 1643 | Silver | Sam Goult | Martin Goult | Fresham Pond SC | 40 | DNF | 137 |
| 61st | 578 | Bronze | Christopher Jones | Harry Price | Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli SC/QMSC | 41 | DNF | 138 |
| 62nd | 399 | Silver | Julwah Kennedy | Mattis Prince | Netley SC/Stangford Lough YC | DNS | 46 | 143 |
| 63rd | 815 | Bronze | Oliver Jagger | Freddie Scott | Hunts SC | 46 | DNC | 143 |
| 64th | 297 | Gold | Mark Thomas | Nick Williams | HISC | 47 | DNF | 144 |
| 65th | 1402 | Bronze | Ben Dearden | Alice Carter | Yorkshire Dales SC | 50 | DNC | 147 |
| 66th | 901 | Silver | Alex Baxter | Hugh Tompkins | OCSS | 51 | DNF | 148 |
| 67th | 1625 | Bronze | Gareth Williams | Jen Williams | Leigh & Lowton SC | 52 | DNF | 149 |
| 68th | 269 | Bronze | Callum Gibb | Nathan Dickson | Largo Bay SC/Castle Semple SC | 55 | DNC | 152 |
| 69th | 1262 | Gold | Giles Kuzyk | Krystal Law | Parkstone YC | 57 | DNC | 154 |
| 70th | 739 | Bronze | Paul McMeekin | Lucius Bligh | Stranford SC/CUCrC | 58 | DNC | 155 |
| 71st | 1296 | Silver | Ben Nicoll | James Nicoll | West Oxfordshire SC | 59 | DNC | 156 |
| 72nd | 1118 | Silver | Faye Caswell | Ollie Jenkins | Yorkshire Dales SC | 63 | DNF | 160 |
| 73rd | 338 | Bronze | Matthew Gibbons | Sean Gardner | RNSA | 65 | DNF | 162 |
| 74th | 1080 | Bronze | Rose Hallam | Jessica Patterson | St Mawes SC | 68 | DNC | 165 |
| 75th | 329 | Bronze | Rose Jury | Martin Walker | Ullswater YC/Yorkshire Dales SC | 69 | DNF | 166 |
| 76th | 1203 | Silver | Alistair MacKinnon | Tess Crooks | ELYC | 73 | DNF | 170 |
| 77th | 1660 | Bronze | Ben Goult | Fiona Goult | Fresham Pond SC | 74 | DNF | 171 |
| 78th | 352 | Bronze | Ben Moverley Smith | Tara Coldwell Brock | Portobello SC | 75 | DNF | 172 |
| 79th | 849 | Bronze | Charlie Muldoon | Edward Bourton | University of Birmingham SC | 76 | DNF | 173 |
| 80th | 1709 | Bronze | Ross Southwell | Kate MacAdorey | ASA/YDSC | 78 | DNC | 175 |
| 81st | 632 | Bronze | Fiona Mackay | Scott Scott | Toward SC | 80 | DNF | 177 |
| 82nd | 712 | Bronze | Alexander Davies | Sitara Davies | Leigh & Lowton SC | DNS | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1151 | Bronze | Molly Hinsliff‑Smith | Amy Hinsliff‑Smith | Notts County SC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 6231 | Bronze | Cameron Wise | Emily Kinnie | ELYC | DNC | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 783 | Bronze | Keith Wise | Francesca Wise | East Lothian YC | DNC | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 785 | Bronze | Evie Snedker | Alexandra Ling | RTYC/RLYC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 909 | Bronze | James Hobson | Gabe Hill | Warsash SC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1016 | Bronze | Mark Taylor | Alison Hulme | ELYC | DNS | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1046 | Silver | Ben Bradley | tbc | HISC | DNC | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1737 | Bronze | Bruce Millar | Lizzie Farmer | East Lothian YC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 222 | Bronze | Nathan Kay | Kacper Dobson | Royal Windermere YC | DNS | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 783 | Bronze | Rebecca Kinnie | Francesca Wise | ELYC | DNS | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1281 | Silver | Neil Manderson | Alice Meaden | Stornoway SC | DNC | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1340 | Silver | Ed Harris | Alex Bell‑Jones | CVLSC/Waldringfield SC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1397 | Silver | James Gifford | Isobel Stewart | Waldringfield SC/Royal Tay | DNF | DNC | 194 |
| 82nd | 1650 | Gold | Ronald Millar | Tor Millar | Royal Forth YC | DNF | DNC | 194 |
