49er Nationals @ Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Overall

by Dave Hall 10 Jun 2001 19:38 BST

Sponsored by Extreme, Holt and C2 composites.

The 49er fleet had a one of their most successful championships ever. 40 boats gathered at Portland from the 7th to the 10th of June, under the experienced watchful eye of Frank Newton 12 races were held in predominately medium winds of 5 to 18 knots. The ideal conditions gave some spectacular sailing and meant that racing became the order of the day rather than just boat-handling. As the championship unfolded it became apparent that the top places were going to be a battle betweeen between the teams of Paul Brotherton/Simon Hiscocks and Alistair Richardson/Peter Greenhalgh.

Between them they shared nearly all the top 4 places available, but in the end it was the Brotherton/Hiscocks team who took the 2001 49er Nationals title in their new boat with 6 1sts, 3 2nds and a 3rd to count against Richardson/Greenhalghs 5 1sts, 2 2nds, 2 3rds and a 4th. However, it was very close contest, and with some overnight protests on the penultamat day Paul and Simon had to sail the last days races hard to ensure that they finished 3rd should Alistair and Peter put in another first.

Third place Chris Draper/Mark Asquith sailed a very consistant series, always in the top five but they never managed to break the dominance of the top two positions and also had a DSQ over their heads. Another recent convert from the 470 was the team of David (DJ) Edwards and Mat Ackland - they also sailed an impressive series all but for a few results outside the top ten. It gave them 4th overall, which for their first Nationals must be pleasing.

Last race winners Alex Tobutt/Henry Clarke came in 5th overall, they also look to be pushing the top of the fleet hard, in fact the top of the fleet is an impressive sight, all boding well for the future.

In 6th place the fleet saw the Irish team of Tom Fitzpatrick/Fraser Brown sail a mixed series with results from 2nd to 17th. Tim Paull/Richard Goode were 1st under 21 at 8th place.

One of the biggest improvers was the wife/husband team of Manuela and Mark Roth making the top 10 - Manuela was also 1st lady helm. Dave Hall crewed by Paul Constable took the Masters prize at 9th. Both teams showing that the 49er can be a boat to have great sailing and racing for a wide range of sailors.

The race team at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Accademy ran an excellent 4 days racing in perfect 49er conditions. The class would like to express their thanks to them and to the sponsors for the great prizes, many of which went out as spot prizes including the two tiller extensions given to Adam Raeburn-James and Tim O'Toole after they managed to break four in two days.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	11	Paul BROTHERTON	Simon HISCOCKS	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	15
2	12	Alister RICHARDSON	Peter GREENHALGH	1	2	1	2	1	3	40	1	4	3	1	40	19
3	167	Chris DRAPER	Mark ASQUITH	2	7	3	4	11	9	2	6	7	40	3	4	47
4	537	David EDWARDS	Mat ACKLAND	4	4	8	3	5	10	8	2	2	13	11	2	48
5	517	Alex TOBUTT	Henry CLARKE	8	10	6	10	12	2	11	5	8	5	4	1	59
6	IRL578	Tom FITZPATRICK	Fraser BROWN	5	3	7	6	3	4	40	17	16	2	6	40	69
7	532	Piers REID	Adam BRUSHETT	10	8	11	15	9	7	3	19	40	21	5	5	92
8	520	Timothy PAULL	Richard GOODE	7	6	14	19	19	40	7	7	3	9	16	9	97
9	597	David HALL	Paul CONSTABLE	13	5	19	5	20	12	25	15	6	7	7	12	101
10	682	Manuela ROTH-DAGLIO	Mark ROTH	15	21	32	11	4	11	4	9	22	10	8	40	115
11	582	Mark DICKER	Jon NOONAN	6	11	17	20	21	16	9	13	19	4	15	8	118
12	656	Paul TOWERS	Mark BAILEY	12	9	12	40	6	19	10	10	14	8	19	40	119
13	655	Alistair CLARKE	Simon ROSIER	17	12	5	9	8	14	40	3	11	25	24	20	123
14	662	Simon JENKINS	Paul HARGREAVES	9	14	4	7	15	15	16	40	18	15	25	10	123
15	530	Martin FRARY	Adam DEARNLEY	14	17	13	8	17	20	6	40	10	12	23	7	124
16	644	Guy FARRANT	Nick JERKINS	11	15	16	40	18	6	12	16	9	14	10	15	124
17	453	John EVANS	Ginny EVANS	16	13	18	14	16	8	15	12	28	19	12	40	143
18	323	Charles STOBERT-HOOK	Richard HINDE-SMITH	22	26	9	12	10	23	5	23	21	22	26	6	153
19	61	Joe LLEWELLYN	Nigel WAKEFIELD	19	22	15	13	13	32	21	14	15	20	18	11	159
20	313	Mark DELL	Paul DELL	18	31	24	18	14	13	40	11	17	17	13	16	161
21	459	Andt COMMANDER	Ollie OSBORNE	20	19	10	21	26	5	17	21	24	23	20	40	180
22	108	Francisco ESPI	Diederik BULTERS	21	32	25	16	27	34	18	22	12	6	22	19	188
23	657	Rob PADLEY	Adam HAMPTON	27	40	26	26	7	25	14	20	30	24	14	22	205
24	454	Alan DIER	Carl VINING	24	27	23	40	22	24	13	24	27	29	17	14	215
25	543	Bill DAWBER	Justin BIDDLE	31	25	40	23	24	17	20	40	31	27	9	17	224
26	316	Adam RAEBURN-JAMES	Tim O'TOOLE	28	16	22	17	31	18	26	27	23	28	27	40	232
27	314	Jon BENNETT	Guy WHITTAKER	29	24	21	22	23	27	27	40	25	32	21	18	237
28	315	Carl SILVER	Matthew SILVER	26	23	30	25	29	22	24	26	29	26	40	21	251
29	492	Andy Le GRICE	Ian MARTIN	40	28	33	31	28	28	28	29	34	11	31	13	260
30	297	Bonnie MOODY	Mike SPELLER	25	34	27	24	32	33	31	18	20	18	32	40	260
31	119	James CARTER	Andrew CARTER	40	40	40	28	38	30	30	8	5	16	40	40	275
32	519	Brian WILSON	Charles MUIR	40	18	20	40	25	40	22	40	26	30	28	40	289
33	599	Steve HOPPER	Peter THOMPSON	32	35	29	32	36	26	19	30	35	35	29	23	290
34	260	Jerremy IBBERSON	Gareth RILEY	30	30	34	34	34	21	29	25	32	34	40	24	293
35	278	Michael HOPE	Sandy WRIGHT	23	20	28	27	33	31	32	40	40	40	30	40	304
36	248	Dave CHADWICK	Matthew REYNOLDS	33	29	31	30	35	29	23	31	33	31	40	40	305
37	445	Saun BARRON	David ROGERS	40	33	40	29	30	40	40	28	13	33	40	40	326
38	340	Mark ANDERSON	Tim DAVIS	34	36	40	35	37	35	33	33	36	37	40	40	356
39	55	Jonathan COATES	Simon DEELEY	40	37	40	33	40	40	40	32	37	36	40	40	375