Wayfarer Inlands & Junior Champs at Bewl Valley Sailing Club

by Geoff Hilton 22 Apr 2001 20:05 BST

The Wayfarer Inlands and Junior Championships were held at Bewl Valley Sailing Club in Kent,over the weekend of 21st/22nd April.

Three races were held on Saturday, in a north easterly, which varied in strength between force three and nothing, and which frequently swung through ninety degrees, making life very difficult for race committeee and competitiors alike.

Sailmaker Mike McNamara and Simon Townsend in Cordon Rouge, from Norfolk Broads SC, proved the masters of the conditions,and scored two firsts and fourth, closely chased by boatbuilder Ian Porter and Kevan Gibb,with two seconds and a ninth.

On the Sunday, two races were sailed, this time in a more reliable southerly, blowing three, gusting four. With a much more constant wind direction,the race officer was able to lay a figure of eight course which provided a good beat and some testing gybes and reaches.

These conditions seemed to be more to the liking of Ian Porter, back in his wooden boat, Scavenger, after a season sailing a GRP boat last season. He scored two straight firsts, and with Mike McNamara only managing two thirds, this was enought to give the Hayling Island pair the Inlands Championship for 2001.

The Dick Notley Trophy and Junior championship went to Jennifer Whiting, sailing with her father Trevor, from Norfolk Broads YC.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat	Sail	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Notes
1	Scavenger	7588	Ian Porter/Kevan Gibb	Hayling Island	2	2	9	1	1	6
2	Cordon Rouge	8868	Mike McNamara/Simon Townsend	Norfolk Broads	1	1	4	3	3	8
3	Pieces of Eight	88	Martin Cullen/T Palmer	Upper Thames	4	5	10	4	2	15
4	Betty Blue	9644	Neil Fletcher/Chas Edwards	Waldringfield	14	3	7	2	8	20
5	Doubloons	8888	Graham Barker/Robin Barker	Wroxham Broad	7	6	2	13	5	20
6	Eighth wonder	8668	Peter Dearnley/Matt Sayer	Hickling Broad	10	9	3	7	4	23
7	Beaver	8288	Richard Stone/Sue Miller	Medway	6	12	1	8	11	26
8	Banshee 2	9820	Sam Woodcock/Tim Woodcock	Norfolk Broads	11	8	5	6	9	28
9	Voyageur	875	S Clayton/Rachel Morkridge	Hickling Broad	3	15	11	9	10	33
10	Mojo	7878	John Reed/Carl Fronda	Bough Beech	9	16	8	10	6	33
11	Beefeater	8646	John Wardrop/Martin Szekeres	Bewl Valley	15	13	6	11	13	43
12	Pass the Port	9558	David Roberts/Mike Bryant	Bough Beech	8	7	27	14	16	45
13	Blue Jay	7698	Ray Scragg/Jill Scragg	Upper Thames	17	19	13	5	14	49
14	Bizarre	8686	Guy Hacon/Judith Oliver	Waldringfield	5	10	17	18	~~DNC~~	50
15	Quicksands	10028	Gilly Foulds/Tegwyn Roberts	Norfold Broads	12	18	12	17	23	59
16	Final Gambol	10201	Brian Lamb/Matthew Wynn	Wilsonian	19	~~BFD~~	15	20	7	61
17	Bloatmungus 3	9592	Roger Cerrato/James Crew	Warsash	16	11	19	15	19	61
18	Sorcery	197	Mike Harrison/Kevin Hook	Bewl Valley	13	14	14	25	20	61
19	Quickerwit	9230	Simon Hilton/Geoff Hilton	Bewl Valley	25	4	22	19	17	62
20	Flash Harry	7557	Mike Jeffries/Doug Kerr	Oxford	18	20	20	16	12	66
21	Whirligig	489	Anthony Cooper/Scott Hamilton	Chipstead	22	21	25	12	15	70
22		10189	Jennifer Whiting/Trevor Whiting	Norfolk Broads	20	25	21	23	18	82	Junior
23	No Problem!	8595	Simon Winn/Ed Hamilton	Bough Beech	24	17	23	27	25	89
24	Apache	6118	Eric Wilson/Janet Wilson	Bough Beech	28	22	16	~~RET~~	24	90
25	Banger	10120	John Goudie/Jim Tyler	Wilsonian	27	23	18	28	22	90
26	Finitor	8308	Stewart Reed/Robin Albert	Chipstead	23	27	24	24	26	97
27	Oh Mister	9548	Bernard Sparrow/Neil Cunliffe	Bewl Valley	26	26	29	22	29	103
28	Ten Grand	10000	Liz Feibusch/Frances Lilley	Orford	29	24	26	26	27	103
29	Splashout	9577	Jeff Warley/Mark Munday	Bewl Valley	~~DNC~~	DNC	DNC	21	21	112
30	Aquarius	696	Alan Wilson/John Mullins	Bewl Valley	30	28	28	29	28	113
31	Great Expectations	9878	Paul Julyan/Antony Julyan	Weir Wood	31	~~DNF~~	30	30	30	121
32	Hotrod II	9954	Richard Field/Victoria Field	Bewl Valley	33	29	31	31	31	122
33	One For The Road	10188	Alan Chaplin/Leslie Chaplin	Shoreham	21	~~BFD~~	DNC	DNC	DNC	126
34	Natalie Jane	10015	Roger Brenner/Chris Tickner	Medway	32	~~RET~~	DNC	RET	DNC	137