MDL Cadet Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club after 7 races

by Paul Clay 23 Aug 2001 19:00 BST

18th –24th August 2001

The MDL Cadet Nationals are being held at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. Fifty-six boats are entered in the A fleet and forty-one boats in the B fleet, with the A and B fleets racing together. Twenty-two boats will contest the C fleet series after two days of training.

Sunday saw day one of the race series begin. The wind was a South Easterly force 3 to 4, creating a very large swell. The sea was also very disturbed with waves coming from different angles down the course. As the day progressed the wind strengthened and the swell lessened, much as the locals had suggested. The weather was changeable, sunny and cloudy with the odd squall coming through.

Race 1

The Race Officer set a trapezoid course and got the fleet off at the first attempt. Those boats that went up the left hand side gained significantly, with those on the right losing heavily. At the first windward mark Iain Watson/ Ed Thomas (Sacre Bleu) rounded first followed by Toby Harris/Chay Atkins (The Grim Reaper), Pippa Wilson/Charlie Hatfield (White Stuff) and James Hughes/Anna Graves (No Fear). The first reach was very tight and Sam Pearson/Sophie Pearson (Who dares Wins) gained many places by not putting up their spinnaker until nearing the next mark. The second beat saw a number of boats who hadn’t learnt the lesson of go left and who therefore lost places. By the next windward mark Toby Harris had broken clear and stormed home to win. Second went to Iain Watson, with Pippa Wilson third just in front of James Hughes and Simon Lambert.

Race 2

The start sequence was quickly underway after the first race and again the fleet got away first time on the same course. At the gun the RIB’s and spectator craft were treated to the sight of Pippa Wilson completing a man overboard drill as Charlie Hatfield missed the two straps and vanished over the side! At the first leeward mark Matt Summers/Will Rushden (Genesis) led the fleet with Oliver Gray/Tye Wichard (Pan Galactic G Blaster) second, Simon Lambert third, Iain Watson fourth, followed by Toby Harris and Mark Bartlett/ Zoe Atkins (Dangerous Buoyz). At the next leeward mark Matt Summers still led, with Oliver Gray second and Mark Bartlett had come through to third. Significant gains were observed as Pippa Wilson and James Hughes ploughed their way through the fleet. Matt Summers held on to take the gun with Ian Watson second, Simon Lambert third and Pippa Wilson fourth, just beating Oliver Gray.

Race 3

After lunch on the water and the wind picking up, the fleet had the first general recall of the day. The second windward mark found Iain Watson and Pippa Wilson racing very closely, with a good lead over the fleet. The next bunch was led by Sophie Harrison/Jenny Sudell(Stress), with Thomas Makey/James Harley (Point Blank) from the B fleet fourth. Julia Cornah/Oren Richards (Northern Exposure) were fifth and Matt Summers sixth. At the finish line Iain Watson led Pippa Wilson home. Thomas Makey posted a brilliant third with Toby Harris fourth and Sophie Harrison fifth.

Race 4

Listless conditions and variable winds greeted sailors on day 2, with races 4 and 5 scheduled to comprise the day:s races. After a three and a half hour wait lunch on the water, race 4 finally commenced with a general recall and seven top contenders being Black Flagged. The fleet finally got away with those going up the right hand side of the course gaining a substantial lead at the windward mark. The lead boats here were David Ellis\James Wall (Crème de la Crème) Stephen Videlo\Oliver Pollard (Forty Two) (B Fleet) and Richard Moss\Katherine Bartlett B Fleet (Sail on the Wild Side).The wind then proceeded to blow from each point on the compass giving the fleet the opportunity to use their spinnakers at various times on the same leg! The variable winds gave several boats the opportunity to regain creditable positions with Iain Watson\Ed Thomas (Sacre Bleu) gaining pole position at the penultimate mark followed by David Ellis\James Wall, Julia Cornah\Oren Richards (Northern Exposure) and Laura Wade/Harry Harris (Elelecutrix). The wind finally filled in providing the lead boats with excellent sailing to the finish, giving David Ellis\James Wall their first win of the championship, followed by Iain Watson/Ed Thomas, Pippa Wilson\Charlie Hatfield and Chris D Arcy\Edward Impey (Pontoon) 4th. B fleet was won by Alex Shanahan/Jamie Munro.

Race 5

Race 5 got quickly underway in superb conditions, a clean 12 – 15 Knot wind from the South East. A clean start saw James Hughes/Anna Graves (No Fear) with Simon Lambert/ David Brewer (Omega) getting clear air at the windward mark, with Toby Harris\Chay Atkins (Grim Reaper) and Simon Wheeler (Shock Waves) heading the chasing pack. After 6 hours on the water the race officer called a shortened course, (a relief for many!) James Hughes\Anna Graves held first position with Iain Watson\Ed Thomas second, Toby Harris\Chay Atkins third and Simon Lambert\David Brewer fourth, with Thomas Makey\James Harley (Point Blank) winning B Fleet.

Race 6

Following a very windy lay day, today’s racing finally got underway after a lengthy postponement for the wind to arrive. The race officer got them started first time in a force 1 to 2 occasionally. Three lesser boats were over at the start. The head of the fleet stayed close together and went in shore to find the coastal breeze. Some of the B fleet headed in the opposite direction and caused surprise with their placings at the first windward mark, in particular Richard Moss/Katherine Bartlett(Sail on the wild side) in seventh. First of the pack was David Ellis/James Wall(Crème de la Crème) with Andrew McKay/William Ayre(Black Otter) second, John Elphinstone/Clare Dallimore(Flirting with Danger) third, Pippa Wilson/Charlie Hatfield (White Stuff) fourth, Julia Cornah/Oren Richards(Northern Exposure) fifth. The wind then started veering round and by the time the lead boats reached the leeward mark the windward mark had been relaid. The first two boats had swapped positions, Andrew McKay having sailed the second reach high and David Ellis sailing low. Julia Cornah was next round closely pursued by Pippa Wilson. With the wind still veering the back of the fleet ended up almost beating to the leeward mark. When the lead boats returned to the leeward mark they were again greeted by a moved windward mark. David Ellis led, followed by Pippa Wilson. Matt Summers/Will Rusden(Genesis) were third closely followed by Andrew McKay, Julia Cornah and Simon Lambert/David Brewer(Omega). With the wind still shifting, positions were changing right up to the line with Pippa Wilson finishing first, David Ellis second, Julia Cornah third and Simon Lambert fourth. It was a credit to the Race Officer in keeping the beats true by moving the mark.

Race 7

After a wait for the end of the fleet to finish, race seven got underway first time in a steady wind of about force 2. By the first wing mark four boats were clear of the fleet. Toby Harris/Chay Atkins (The Grim Reaper) led Thomas Makey/James Harley(Point Blank) from the B fleet. Pippa Wilson was third with Laura Wade/Harry Harris(Executrix) fourth. There was a long gap to Sam Pearson/Sophie Pearson(Who Dares Wins) who had just broken clear of a bunch of about twenty boats. By the second leeward mark the first three had shaken of Thomas Makey who was now a distant fourth. Toby now led Pippa with Laura third. Toby led Pippa home with Sam Pearson overhauling Laura up the final beat for third and Laura holding on to beat Julia Cornah.

C Fleet

A great days racing for the C fleet, managing to get in three races with positions chopping and changing all the time and the lead boats involved in the protest room at the end of the day! Race 1 saw Naomi Erskine/Zaffie Cox (Wild is the Wind) go right up the beat and the rest go left. Needless to say they led at the first mark with Jonathon Moss/Sophie Dingwall(Cutting Edge) second and Sam Brearey/Claire Proffitt(Shadow) third. By the next windward Jonathon Moss led Richard Newby/Edward Lane(Harum Scarum) second and Naomi Erskine third. By the line Johnathon Moss led Richard Newby and third went to Rebecca Law/Sarah Law (Aqua Star). Richard Newby lost this position in the protest room afterwards.

Race two saw Richard Newby storm away and lead by two legs after the first lap! Second was Hannah Mayhew/Clare Larkman(Flower Power) at the first leeward mark. Third was Johnathon Moss. Apart from Richard Newby the rest of the fleet were very close right up to the line, with spinnakers raised and places lost and not raised and places gained and lots of interesting racing. At the finish Richard Newby crossed first by miles followed by Jonathon Moss and Hannah Mayhew third. Race three saw two boats break clear, Richard Newby and Simon Green/Lee Argent(Lady in Red). Three boats had then broken clear of the bunch to pursue them. By the close Richard Newby crossed first with Simon Green second and Johnathon Moss third. Sadly Richard was to be disqualified again in the protest room afterwards.

A Fleet Results after 7 races, 1 discard

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	9000	White Stuff	Pippa Wilson	Charlie Hatfield	Lymington	3	4	2	3	10	1	2	15
2	8528	Sacre Bleu	Iain Watson	Ed Thomas	Lymington	2	2	1	2	2	11	11	20
3	8570	The Grim Reaper	Toby Harris	Chay Atkins	Otters	1	12	3	33	3	8	1	28
4	9040	Omega	Simon Lambert	David Brewer	Parkstone	5	3	5	57	4	4	8	29
5	8539	Genesis	Matt Summers	Will Rusden	Highcliffe	7	1	6	30	8	5	16	43
6	9038	Nothern Exposure	Julia Cornah	Oren Richards	West Kirby	18	6	7	7	15	3	5	43
7	8997	Executrix	Laura Wade	Harry Harris	Otters	6	7	12	6	16	15	4	50
8	8538	Crème de la Crème	David Ellis	James Wall	Torbay	37	9	11	1	13	2	15	51
9	8846	No Fear	James Hughes	Anna Graves	Otters	4	13	14	57	1	17	6	55
10	8541	Stress	Sophie Harrison	Jenny Sudell	Otters	14	11	4	57	5	12	20	66
11	8440	Black Otter	Andrew McKay	William Ayre	Otters	9	35	15	12	14	6	10	66
12	9177	Dangerous Buoyz	Mark Bartlett	Zoe Atkins	Fishers Green	11	8	8	22	12	14	18	71
13	7278	Who Dares Wins	Sam Pearson	Sophie Pearson	Parkstone	13	30	17	5	19	16	3	73
14	8910	Natural Mystique	Joe Runnacles	Jamie Mayhew	Waldringfield	12	17	10	15	18	7	13	74
15	8519	Pan Galactic G Blaster	Oliver Gray	Tye Wichard	Otters	19	5	9	25	11	24	7	75
16	8445	Vache Mystique	David Putt	Thomas Belgrano	Lymington	20	14	13	19	9	18	19	92
17	8855	Flirting W Danger	John Elphinstone	Clare Dallimore	Otters	10	10	36	29	6	13	27	95
18	8853	Shock Waves	Simon Wheeler	Katrina Brewer	Parkstone	25	18	16	23	7	22	21	107
19	9043	El Nino	Will Lyon	Adam Butler	Highcliffe	8	45	29	20	17	30	9	113
20	8529	Utopia	Lauren Morrison	Chris Carden	Lymington	27	24	26	10	30	9	22	118
21	9026	Tacktoo	Christopher Holliman	James Lambe	Frensham Pond	23	21	57	9	41	23	14	131
22	7671	Pontoon	Chris D'Arcy	Edward Impey	Frensham Pond	30	29	31	4	22	20	29	134
23	8844	Nasty Tern	James Howard	Nicholas Howard	Otters	15	16	25	32	29	38	23	140
24	8847	Lethal Menace	Guy Brearey	Chris Proffitt	Fishers Green	21	25	19	21	31	33	24	141
25	8291	Aslan	Harriet Barber	Sam Bates	Torbay	31	36	22	13	33	19	26	144
26	7632	Black Mariah	Robbie Macdonald	Alex Young	Frensham Pond	17	38	48	8	36	21	25	145
27	8561	Bad Influence	Jessica Makey	Katrina Hughes	Otters	22	22	35	34	23	10	38	146
28	7672	Grapes of Wrath	Alex Adams	Nicola Curwen	Frensham Pond	38	26	24	38	21	32	17	158
29	9242	Quicksilver	Ryan Watt	Johnathon Daynes	South Cerney	24	19	20	40	28	31	40	162
30	8552	Impulse	Charlotte Clay	Adrian Clay	Frensham Pond	28	20	38	31	25	26	33	163
31	9028	She Who Dares	Gemma Green	Richard Lewis	Otters	34	15	21	39	57	25	32	166
32	9162	Power'd Up	Georgie Blaver-Mann	Georgie Akin-Smith	Parkstone	42	27	27	11	34	28	41	168
33	8523	Lithium	Becky Jones	Kate Sudell	Stone	16	34	23	46	26	39	30	168
34	9032	White Water	Bethan Carden	Molly Bridge	Lymington	40	42	41	57	20	29	12	184
35	8513	Di Maggio	Oliver Bell	Aaron Cooper	Frensham Pond	32	37	33	18	48	27	37	184
36	8365	Black Adder	Katrina Johnson	Bronwyn Conway-Jones	South Cerney	26	41	28	28	38	57	28	189
37	8447	Hydrosphere	Tom Whicher	Kathryn Young	Frensham Pond	29	28	18	43	42	57	42	202
38	7602	Flyer	Robert Hepburn	Lucy Freeman	Parkstone	36	31	42	48	32	34	31	206
39	8391	Limited Edition	Ruth Romer	Sarah Underwood	Frensham Pond	41	43	32	16	37	45	44	213
40	7275	Funky Monkey	Thomas Branton	William Branton	Waldringfield	43	32	44	14	46	47	35	214
41	8412	Rhubarb	Alexander Torrance	George Gibson	Otters	35	33	47	26	45	41	36	216
42	8522	Panico	Antonia Bull	Hugo Bull	Stone	52	23	37	37	35	44	43	219
43	8364	Fluke	Chris Hunt	Richard Truscott	Frensham Pond	46	39	39	24	44	40	34	220
44	8348	Liquorice	Thomas Hannington	Bryn Kewley	Highcliffe	39	57	30	27	40	43	46	225
45	9035	Deeply Dippy	Beth Kennedy	George Ayre	Otters	54	40	40	35	24	53	52	244
46	9241	Rolling Stone	Andrew Stone	Georgina Hepburn	Parkstone	47	57	57	17	43	42	39	245
47	8408	Inspiration	Edward Smith	Charles Impey	Frensham Pond	33	48	57	45	39	36	57	258
48	9179	Pink Piranha	Samantha Norman	Clare Rusden	Highcliffe	48	46	45	41	47	35	45	259
49	8537	Never Look Back	John A Bannister	Dan Goodrum	South Cerney	51	44	34	47	51	37	48	261
50	9030	Flying Scotsman	Carolyn Curwen	Serena Peddle	Frensham Pond	57	47	57	36	27	49	49	265
51	9289	Sore Thumb	Mark Dunhill	James Pipe	Parkstone	53	57	43	42	52	46	53	289
52	8400	Special Edition	Lucy Adamson	Alex Lines	Stone	45	50	49	50	49	48	50	291
53	6974	Super Trooper	Sally Denchfield	Max Taylorson	Stewartby	49	51	51	44	53	51	47	293
54	8299	Altered Image	Alasdair Craighead	Theo Bull	Fishers Green	50	52	57	49	54	52	51	308
55	8854	The Red Cadet	Andrew Jackson-Sumner	Jacob Spruce	West Kirby	55	53	50	51	50	50	54	308
56	8515	Harum Scarum	Richard Newby	Edward Lane	South Cerney	44	49	46	57	57	57	57	310

B Fleet Results after 7 races, 1 discard

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	9049	Point Blank	Thomas Makey	James Harley	Otters	1	8	1	24	1	1	1	13
2	9231	Free Spirit	James Wade	Oliver Herve	Otters	4	2	4	7	2	2	9	21
3	8845	Hot Rocks	Matthew Kimber	Katherine Kimber	Stone	20	4	3	4	11	6	6	34
4	9243	Blue String Pudding	Adam Richards	Sam Huskett	Lymington	6	3	6	42	5	9	8	37
5	9027	Whatever	Alex Shanahan	Jamie Munroe	Otters	19	1	5	1	21	8	10	44
6	8546	Art Attack	Robert Graves	Nick Johnson	Otters	2	14	2	42	3	19	7	47
7	9034	Forty Two	Stephen Videlo	Oliver Pollard	Waldringfield	8	20	11	2	15	4	13	53
8	8420	No Problem	Jodie Green	Christopher Hanmore	Stone	7	42	8	11	10	7	14	57
9	9075	Ballistic Pig	David Wood	Daniel Stone	Stone	9	26	17	3	6	12	11	58
10	9042	Roadrunner	Luke Butler	Ben Lyon	Highcliffe	3	9	20	5	19	42	4	60
11	9225	Special Effect	Andrew Beale	Rebecca Longman	Fishers Green	11	6	18	12	13	23	3	63
12	8430	The Business	Peter Johnson	Joss Haslam	South Cerney	12	13	12	16	8	14	5	64
13	8435	Blue Moon	Robbie Allam	Miles Blaver-Mann	Parkstone	30	7	10	15	16	17	2	67
14	9240	Nitro	Christopher Bailey	Andrew Mockler	Parkstone	5	5	7	19	18	16	21	70
15	9077	Space Cadet	Alex Palmer	Emma Jones	Parkstone	18	11	9	22	4	18	32	82
16	9176	Sail on the Wild Side	Richard Moss	Katherine Bartlett	Fishers Green	14	15	27	6	20	5	23	83
17	8511	Cyclone	Jack Lees-Smith	Hanna Potbury	Frensham Pond	16	16	15	26	7	21	18	93
18	8521	Gnat	Ben Stone	Hamish Stone	Waldringfield	17	35	21	18	9	15	22	102
19	9019	Beas Neas	Lesley Bannister	Elena Daynes	South Cerney	31	27	13	10	14	11	27	102
20	8434	Heatseeker	Alex Hill	George Somers	Otters	10	36	14	14	42	24	15	113
21	9156	Great White	Elliott Parsons	James Rusden	South Cerney	27	21	22	21	26	10	16	116
22	9031	C'est La Vie	Dale Phillips	Robert Moore	Highcliffe	26	30	31	42	17	3	12	119
23	9046	Get a Grip	Andrew Twinn	Tom Power	Waldringfield	21	24	42	8	23	13	30	119
24	9295	Ice Blue	Victoria Havill	Kate Allam	Parkstone	24	12	23	23	12	27	26	120
25	8436	Enigma	Poppy Husband	Ben Rostand	Lymington	15	17	28	25	22	30	17	124
26	8381	Satisfaction	Amelia Hughes	Rebecca Herve	Otters	13	18	33	20	33	29	29	142
27	9074	Just Add Water	William Hearn	Elizabeth Stone	Parkstone	29	28	16	9	32	32	36	146
28	8533	Teen Spirit	Victoria Cooper	Phillipa Horn	Frensham Pond	25	23	25	13	34	31	31	148
29	9178	Knightmare	Pippa Knight	Kelly Tweddell	Fishers Green	32	10	19	35	31	25	38	152
30	6977/855	Izzy Fast	Alistair Holliman	Deborah Truscott	Frensham Pond	23	37	42	17	25	20	33	155
31	9013	Purple Ronnie	Suzanne Archer	Ryan Bolger	Waldringfield	37	32	26	27	24	28	20	157
32	9321		Charlotte Lawrence	Xenia McLaughlin	Lymington	22	19	24	29	28	37	40	159
33	8414	Kiss	Oliver Impey	Nick Butcher	Frensham Pond	35	25	42	30	29	22	25	166
34	8240	Unique	James Jaffa	Edward Jaffa	Royal Torbay	40	22	30	31	35	26	24	168
35	9083	Wipe Out	Kyle Watt	Paul O'Brien	South Cerney	33	31	34	28	30	35	28	184
36	9159	Argy Bargy	Claire Sadler	Rebecca Handley	Highcliffe	34	29	29	36	37	36	39	201
37	8228	Nicotime	Christopher Blake	Jamie Crapnell	Frensham Pond	28	42	35	33	38	33	37	204
38	9320	The Foo Fighter	Thomas Hall	Andrew McIntosh	Barnt Green	36	33	32	32	36	38	35	204
39	8909	The Flying Penguin	Paul Ellis	Jade Wakeham	Torbay	39	42	42	34	42	34	19	210
40	8351	Adrenalin	Katy England	Oliver Gill	Highcliffe	38	34	42	37	27	42	34	212
41	9080	Azure	Danielle Hall	Henrietta Creasy	Parkstone	41	42	42	38	39	39	41	240

C Fleet Results after 3 races

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	9207	Cutting Edge	Jonathon Moss	Sophie Dingwall	Fishers Green	1	2	2	5
2	9293	Aqua Star	Rebecca Law	Sarah Law	Parkstone	2	8	4	14
3	8520	Lady in Red	Simon Green	Lee Argent	Otters	10	5	1	16
4	7694	Wild is the Wind	Naomi Erskine	Zaffie Cox	South Cerney	3	7	6	16
5	9180	Flower Power	Hannah Mayhew	Clare Larkman	Waldringfield	8	3	9	20
6	8290	Grapefruit	Jasmine Husband	Victoria Rostand	Lymington	6	6	10	22
7	9208	Taz	Thomas Bartlett	Ryan Tweddell	Fishers Green	7	9	7	23
8	8415	Challenger	James Borg	Ben Goodrum	South Cerney	5	4	19	28
9	8230	Shadow	Sam Brearey	Claire Proffit	Fishers Green	4	24	3	31
10	8287	Sweet Chariot	Sam Badger	Jennifer Lennon	Frensham Pond	14	16	5	35
11	9029	Freestyle	Emma Herve	Claire Lewis	Otters	9	12	15	36
12	8418	Frozen Assets	Toby Slade	Matthew Smith	Highcliffe	18	11	8	37
13	9301	Sevenoaks 1	Alex Beddoes	Penny Beddoes	Sevenoaks School	13	10	14	37
14	7202	Legend	Louis Fitzsimmons	Paul Fleming	Parkstone	11	17	11	39
15	7627	Van Guard	Catherine Connell	Katie Borg	South Cerney	17	14	12	43
16	9233	Ultra Violet	Leah Haslam	Laura Andreani	South Cerney	12	15	16	43
17	7025	Jasmine	Catherine Hough	Jemima Riley	West Kirby	15	13	17	45
18	7292	Two Cando	Joanne Oaten	Jai Geyer	Torbay	16	18	13	47
19	8515	Harum Scarum	Richard Newby	Edward Lane	South Cerney	24	1	24	49
20	8542	Pure Genius	Emily Ayre	Deborah Shanahan	Otters	19	21	18	58
21	7018	Eat My Shorts	Alex Smith	Dominic Tarrant	Highcliffe	21	22	20	63
22	9045	No Riff Raff	Jamie Hill	Jack Somers	Otters	24	19	21	64
23	9152	Sci Fi	Matthew Wood-Hill	Tasmain Wichard	Otters	20	20	24	64