Brits in second at UK Nationals

The 49er and 29er UK National Championships have seen very light winds for the first day of racing

Acting as a handy prelude to the 49er European Championship and the 29er World Championship (starting next week) for both domestic UK and international teams, the 29er and 49er National Championships is underway at Hayling Island SC.

Monday brought one of the hottest days of the year and with it a light NE breeze which was soon cancelled by a weak southerly sea breeze. The race teams managed to get two races in for both fleets.

Although there are large fleets for both classes it is interesting to note the lack of the very top teams, particularly in the 49er class. Presumably many of those teams are already in Weymouth practicing or taking as week of rest before the bigger events.

In the 49er fleet the Dutch team of Jeroen Van Cadz and Wilco Stavenuyder with a first and second. Ed Chapman and Tom Dawson head up the British placings with a third and 11 closely followed by Ian Martin and Ben Mcgrane with a 12 and a second.

With the huge 29er fleet split into two flights the yellow fleet got away first and is now headed up by Silja Lehitenen and Scott Babbage from Finland. Current European female champions Hannah Diamond and Olivia Pettit are lying second with Francis Peters and Kate Sparks in third. The Blue fleet sees Tim Saxton and Claire Lasko in the lead with the USA team of Bietit and Matt Noble second and Paul Brotherton and Mari Shepard in third.

Results:

49er

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	Tot
1	Jeroen Van Cadz	Wilco Stavenuyder	NED	2	1	3
2	Ed Chapman	Tom Dawson	GBR	3	10	13
3	Ian Martin	Ben McGrane	GBR	12	2	14
4	Uffe Anderson	Christian Sogaro		4	11	15
5	Tom Smedley	Jonny Clegg	GBR	6	9	15
6	Dave Evans	Rick Peacock	GBR	9	7	16
7	John Wilson	James Barker	GBR	8	8	16
8	Richard Bone	Chris Rodway	GBR	15	4	19
9	Chris Gill	Jon Gill	GBR	7	12	19
10	Panagiotidis George	Panagiotidis Alfonso	GRE	18	3	21
11	C Gundersen	F Borim	NOR	1	21	22
12	Tristian Jaques	Alain Sign	GBR	19	5	24
13	Jake Bartrom	Craig Prentice	GBR	10	16	26
14	Mats Hellman	Henrick Hellman	NED	21	6	27
15	Andrew Rice	Gareth Edward	FRA	5	27	32
16	Connor McGaughey	Johnny McHaughey	IRL	13	20	33
17	Roger Gilbert	Oliver Vidal	GBR	17	17	34
18	Paul Campbell-James	Mark Asquithy	GBR	20	15	35
19	Tom Morris	Guy Fillmore	GBR	23	13	36
20	Josh Wilce	Olly Wilce	GBR	25	14	39
21	Fred Shone	Hugh Shone	GBR	16	23	39
22	Alex Stothert	Dan Kilsby		11	30	41
23	Robert Espey	Richard McCullough	IRL	14	28	42
24	Russell McGovern	Matt McGovern	IRL	24	18	42
25	R Knight	M Hlkes	HKG	22	24	46
26	Ronald Millar	Peter Marshall	GBR	28	19	47
27	John Beatty	Robert Hepburn	GBR	29	22	51
28	Florian Kohout	Jurgen Brandstotter	AUT	27	25	52
29	Peter Waring	Andy Le Grice	GBR	26	32	58
30	Matty Lyons	James Lyons		30	29	59
31	Justin Visser	Simon Wheeler	GBR	36.0 OCS	26	62
32	Bruce Allen	Alc Boere		36.0 OCS	31	67
33	Steve Bell	Simon Scullion	GBR	36.0 DNF	33	69
34	Jon Emmett	Henry Wallace	GBR	DNC	DNC	72
34	Alister Kinsman	Alasdair Hendry	GBR	DNC	DNC	72

29er

Blue flight

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	Tot
1	Silja Lehitnen	Scott Babage	FIN	1	5	6
2	Hannah Diamond	Olivia Pettit	GBR	4	2	6
3	Frances Peters	Kate Sparks	GBR	7	1	8
4	Ian Andrew	David Chapman		2	8	10
5	Maria Stanley	Rob Struckett	GBR	10	3	13
6	James Hopson	Samual Coombs	GBR	8	6	14
7	Jen Morgan	Mike Kuschner	USA	3	13	16
8	Julia Noble	Craig Paul	GBR	5	14	19
9	Jan Havke Erichsen	Simon Gerling	GER	13	7	20
10	Nick Ward	Tom Wright		17	4	21
11	Hannah Tattersall	Sophie Porteous	GBR	14	9	23
12	Daniel Henderson	Bruce Spratt	GBR	11	12	23
13	Sam Collingwood	Matt Wheaton	GBR	9	16	25
14	Dylan Fletcher	Rob Partridge	GBR	6	20	26
15	James Goss	Harriet Bell		12	17	29
16	Judge Ryan	Hans Henken	USA	19	19	38
17	Fergus Holland	Thomas Holland	GBR	31	10	41
18	Matt Hollis	Nick Hollis	GBR	27	15	42
19	Will Tremlow	Peter Perera	GBR	15	28	43
20	Andrew Fielder	Sophie White	GBR	36	11	47

Yellow flight

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	Tot
1	Tim Saxton	Claire Lasko	GBR	1	5	6
2	Bietit	Malt Noble	USA	5	3	8
3	Paul Brotherton	Maris Shepherd		8	1	9
4	Benjamin Saxton	James Foskett	GBR	2	12	14
5	James Peters	Oliver Spensley-Corfield	GBR	7	9	16
6	Henry Maxfield	Dicken Maclean	GBR	9	8	17
7	Jessica Seeliger	Pepe Bettini	ESP	19	4	23
8	Sarah Martin	Nicola Groves	GBR	11	13	24
9	Ian Simms	John Goldsberry	USA	6	19	25
10	Oliver Rechnitzer	Anders Thomsen	DEN	24	2	26
11	Felix Lyngander	Marcus Dahlavist	SWE	15	11	26
12	Huw Humphreys	Max Todd	GBR	12	14	26
13	Kevin Barche	Max Boehme	GER	4	24	28
14	Paul Jepsen	Haui Jepsen	GER	3	29	32
15	Max Lutz	Rebecca Lutz	GER	28	6	34
16	Sam Tozer	Elliott Parsons	GBR	16	18	34
17	Thomas Durham	Alex Cooper	GBR	20	17	37
18	Paul Turnill	Preston Taylor	GBR	18	21	39
19	Brian Blumen	Peter Dixon	CAN	14	26	40
20	Gavin MacAulay	Stephanie MacAulay	GBR	25	15	40