Gilbert and Dunn lead

After day three of the RS400 Nationals

The fleet were greeted with a shifty, offshore, north westerly that was force 3 to 4 in strength on day three of the RS400 Nationals. The sea state was relatively smooth and was in stark contrast to the start of the previous day. The shifty breeze provided challenging tactical sailing conditions both upwind and downwind.

The Freeman brothers as pathfinders got the race 5 underway. Roger Giblets and Steve Dunn had the pace and found all the right shifts to lead at the first mark. They proceeded in this manner right through to the finish and took the bullet. Phil Jackson and Gerard Baron had a good start and arrived second at the windward mark with Chris Jennings and Ed Nicklin in close pursuit. Jennings and Nicklin remained at the front and had a hard battle with both Nick Craig/Keith Bedborough and Stuart Hudson/Adam Heeley to finish fourth, third and second respectively. Craig Burlton and Andrew Bonsey made the best of an average start to power through the fleet to finish fifth.

For the second race of the day, the race officer, Barry Darlington, set a larger course for Race 6. RS Rules Representative, David Shiel and crewman, Paul Heath, kicked off the race as pathfinder. A shifty first beat was once again mastered by Giblets/Dunn who rounded first followed by a tight bunch including Hudson/Heeley and the Freeman brothers. Jennings/Nicklin later joined the leaders by taking the right shifts to finish second behind the dominating Gilbert and Dunn. Hudson/Heeley and the Freeman brothers maintained their presence at the front to finish third and fourth respectively.

Day three provided the fleet with some great racing and it was a tired and happy fleet that returned ashore to the kind and warm hospitality of Looe Sailing Club.

	HELM	CREW	R.1	R.2	R.3	R.4	R.5	R.6	SUB	DIS	TOT
1	R Gilbert	S Dunn	4	1	3	4	1	1	14	4	10
2	N Craig	K Bedborough	10	2	1	2	3	6	24	10	14
3	S Hudson	A Heeley	1	4	10	9	2	3	29	10	19
4	C Burlton	A Bonsey	3	6	4	1	5	14	33	14	19
5	C Jennings	E Nicklin	2	7	8	6	4	2	29	8	21
6	N Freeman	P Freeman	5	3	2	11	11	4	36	11	25
7	H Roberts	M Storey	9	8	9	3	8	21	58	21	37
8	M Littlejohn	S Littlejohn	8	5	12	8	19	5	57	19	38
9	R Kenyon	T Lewis	15	13	5	15	6	9	63	15	48
10	P Jackson	G Baron	7	11	15	18	7	17	75	18	57
11	D Shiel	P Heath	17	12	28	12	10	8	87	28	59
12	J Gorringe	S Flack	6	10	7	10	28	29	90	29	61
13	L Sydenham	M Bailey	12	9	14	13	14	20	82	20	62
14	C Prince	T Prince	13	24	11	5	13	33	99	33	66
15	T Woods	I Fletcher	11	18	18	25	23	7	102	25	77
16	L Mckeand	N Hall	19	16	16	16	16	31	114	31	83
17	T Halhead	C Priest	16	25	22	23	12	10	108	25	83
18	J Lewis	M Parsons	21	20	20	7	20	30	118	30	88
19	J Sinclair	T Gosden	20	17	13	30	24	22	126	30	96
20	L walker	A Middleton	23	15	26	14	63	24	165	63	102
21	F Marshall	R Libby	22	29	48	22	18	15	154	48	106
22	G Chipperfield	H Chipperfield	30	22	6	39	21	28	146	39	107
23	B Handley	L Handley	14	21	32	42	30	13	152	42	110
24	P Vincent	R Jones	34	27	37	21	17	12	148	37	111
25	A Fox	S Birchill	27	23	33	17	15	40	155	40	115
26	J Pyke	C Goswell	26	14	44	24	9	45	162	45	117
27	R Fryer	G Fryer	18	28	31	31	26	16	150	31	119
28	K Baker	L Dunn	24	37	19	26	25	37	168	37	131
29	M Frary	C Sallis	25	63	24	20	41	27	200	63	137
30	J Buchanan	R Buchanan	33	35	27	19	35	36	185	36	149
31	S Pilkington	M Gunn	40	30	21	35	48	26	200	48	152
32	J Thorougood	A Johnston	37	44	30	28	27	32	198	44	154
33	R Bone	D Martin	35	26	46	32	42	25	206	46	160
34	T Jones	J Bucknell	29	39	52	34	22	39	215	52	163
35	M Reddington	J Lynd	31	36	49	48	33	18	215	49	166
36	S Sargent	J Porter	32	41	17	50	45	34	219	50	169
37	M Carnell	V Pope	28	33	53	36	31	41	222	53	169
38	G Marshall	A Robinson	63	40	34	43	34	19	233	63	170
39	N Miller	A Miller	39	34	23	33	43	52	224	52	172
40	I Robson	S Johnson	63	32	35	27	40	38	235	63	172
41	N Byrd	M Bailey	63	31	63	45	29	11	242	63	179
42	N Hammond	H Hammond	45	47	25	37	32	44	230	47	183
43	R Sievers	P Hyde	41	48	39	38	46	23	235	48	187
44	S Tubby	C Baynes	36	19	38	52	55	46	246	55	191
45	A Oliver	C Fowler	44	45	29	63	39	35	255	63	192
46	N Fribbins	P Armitage	46	42	40	47	36	42	253	47	206
47	N Holt	D Hill	47	63	47	29	44	48	278	63	215
48	A Willard	R Willard	43	43	41	46	50	49	272	50	222
49	M Acton	H Thorpe	49	38	45	49	49	43	273	49	224
50	M Ampleford	L Nankervis	38	46	50	63	47	47	291	63	228
51	R Evans	A Berker	63	63	43	41	38	53	301	63	238
52	N Dowrick	S Coello	53	54	56	44	37	54	298	56	242
53	M Lowe	J Lowe	50	55	42	54	51	56	308	56	252
54	J Elder	C Elder	48	49	36	63	63	58	317	63	254
55	M Ritchie	T Ritchie	52	50	51	53	63	51	320	63	257
56	N Barrett	C Burns	63	63	54	40	54	50	324	63	261
57	N Francis	S Edwards	51	51	55	51	53	55	316	55	261
58	K Greaves	J Brisgel	54	52	57	55	52	63	333	63	270
59	S Matthews	P Atkinson	55	53	58	56	57	59	338	59	279
60	H Farbrother	L Hosken	42	63	59	63	63	63	353	63	290
61	A Harris	M Harris	56	63	63	63	56	57	358	63	295
62	C Partington	M Partington	63	63	63	63	63	63	378	63	315