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49er Nationals commence at Hayling Island SC

Hayling Island SC are hosts to the 2009 49er national Championship. The UK class decided that it would sail this years domestic events using the original rig, this has proved to be a good move since the championship has attracted 26 teams from all over the country. Many of the top GBR squad have teamed up with sailors not currently in the squad to have an enjoyable long weekend racing.

Day one brought typical glorious Hayling weather – sunshine and a 10 knot southerly breeze. Through the afternoon the wind softened allowing the lightweights to dominate and with some of the highest tides of the year a number of the fleet fell foul of the black flag.

After three races James Peters and Dicken Mclean head up the leader board but they are sailing with the new rig so their result won’t count towards the National Championship. Phil Walker & and Rob Thomas lie in second and therefore currently lead the championship. The Irish team of Alistair Kissane and Ronan Wallace sailed a steady day to end up third. Some of the expected front runners are counting black flags so are not yet in the running.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	Phil Walker	Rob Thomas	6	3	2	11
2	Alistair Kissane	Ronan Wallace	3	5	8	16
3	Tom Durham	George Hand	8	9	3	20
4	Stewart Robertson	Ben Robertson	4	10	6	20
5	Daniel Hare	Jamie Hare	5	7	9	21
6	Dave Evans	Edward Powys	27.0 BFD	1	1	29
7	Rick Peacock	Alec Boere	7	18	4	29
8	Robyn Smith	Oskar Caneborg	15	8	7	30
9	Simon Hiscocks	Harvey Hillary	2	2	27.0 BFD	31
10	Peter Lawrance	Miles Blaver-Mann	11	6	14	31
11	Ronald Price	Amy Cartwright	10	11	10	31
12	Craig Paul	John Paul	13	14	12	39
13	Chris Gill	Jon Gill	9	4	27.0 BFD	40
14	Jonny Costard	James Yearsley	12	17	11	40
15	Simon Marks	Jony Clegg	1	15	27.0 BFD	43
16			27.0 BFD	12	5	44
17	Nigel Furness	Tim Walton	16	16	15	47
18	Jonathan Heathcote	Chopper Eatwell	14	13	27.0 BFD	54
19	Robert Large	James Large	18	21	16	55
20	Rupert Tildesley	Andy Jeffrey	22	23	13	58
21	Dave Edge	Fred Lord	21	20	17	58
22	Tristan Hutt	Jason Rickards	20	19	20	59
23	Mark Fuller	Chris Gould	19	22	19	60
24	Matt Bidwell	Felix Thornton-Jones	17	27.0 BFD	18	62
25	Max Richardson	Nick Redding	27.0 DNC	27.0 DNC	27.0 DNC	81
26	James Peters	Dicken Maclean	27.0 DNC	27.0 DNC	27.0 DNC	81