Condition change

The penultimate day say much lighter winds at the 29er National Championship

The first day of the finals at the 29er Nationals and the contrast in wind could not have been more different. A gentle eight knots with occasional puffs of ten swept Portland harbour and made a welcome change to many of the competitors.

In the Gold fleet Bleddyn Mon and Tom Humphreys proved they can still win in the light and posted three firsts and a second. The French team of Kevin Fisher and Glenn Gouron were the only team to get past to win the last race of the day. Max Richardson, after an excellent qualifying series have put their chances of an overall win at risk by taking an OCS in the third race of the day. Top girls Becky Diamond and Fiona Hampshire also liked the conditions and pulled up to fifth overall.

In the Silver fleet it is a battle of the girls. Lilly Carlisle and Becky Wallbank lead but are hotly chased by Anne Noble and Hayley Moran who had a good day with two firsts a second and a fifth.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot	Net
1st	Bleddyn Mon	Tom Humphreys	GBR 4	2.0 QP	1	1	1	2	7	7
2nd	Kevin Fisher	Glenn Gouron	FRA 1478	4.0 QP	6	2	3	1	16	16
3rd	Mike Woods	Nick Redding	GBR 1324	3.0 QP	2	3	12	3	23	23
4th	Phil Walker	John Mather	703	6.0 QP	4	5	5	7	27	27
5th	Becky Diamond	Fiona Hampshire	GBR 1505	8.0 QP	3	10	2	6	29	29
6th	Tom Durham	Alex Cooper	GBR 1369	5.0 QP	8	8	6	8	35	35
7th	Max Richardson	Alex Groves	GBR 3	1.0 QP	7	7	26.0 OCS	4	45	45
8th	Gael Jaffrezic	Julian Bloyet	FRA 1352	14.0 QP	9	6	9	9	47	47
9th	Helene Naess	Ane Gundersen	NOR 1606	21.0 QP	5	4	4	14	48	48
10th	David Hall	Adam Hilton	GBR 777	7.0 QP	17	9	7	11	51	51
11th	Nicolas Chateau	Julian Chateau	FRA 1395	10.0 QP	10	14	18	5	57	57
12th	Adam Larvin	Geroge Hand	GBR 1322	9.0 QP	20	12	13	12	66	66
13th	James Briggs	John Whelton	GBR 167	17.0 QP	14	15	10	10	66	66
14th	Adam Kitchen	Simon Kitchen	GBR 1275	11.0 QP	13	13	15	16	68	68
15th	Hannah Tattersall	Sophie Porteous	GBR 619	16.0 QP	12	16	11	18	73	73
16th	Chris Matthews	Ed Gibbons	GBR 620	13.0 QP	16	19	16	13	77	77
17th	Anna Brooks	Julia Bowden	GBR 1221	23.0 QP	11	17	14	17	82	82
18th	Alex Poyner	Holly Tucker	GBR 1613	25.0 QP	18	18	8	15	84	84
19th	Art Romano	Ed Romano	GBR1241	24.0 QP	15	11	20	20	90	90
20th	Luke Dampier	Matt Haslam	GBR 724	15.0 QP	23	21	22	23	104	104
21st	Michael Matthews	Thomas Steavenson	GBR 1240	18.0 QP	25	24	17	21	105	105
22nd	Neil Payne	Robert Thomas	GBR 394	12.0 QP	24	22	26.0 OCS	22	106	106
23rd	Paddy Adams	Mike Chapman	GBR 1066	19.0 QP	22	25	21	19	106	106
24th	Giles Lloyd Williams	Fiona Ramus	GBR 554	20.0 QP	19	20	26.0 OCS	24	109	109
25th	Sam Curtis	Ben Clegg	GBR 1495	22.0 QP	21	23	19	25	110	110