Three races and a speed challenge

The 49er UK National Championships are underway

A very healthy fleet of 34 boats including boats from Germany, Finland and Ireland set out to Weymouth harbour in glorious conditions for the first day of the 49er UK National Championships. For once there was wind albeit light to moderate with sunshine. Three excellent races were held all with different winners.

Overnight John Pink and Rick Peacock lead closely followed by Richard Mason and Tom Peel. The German team of Erik Heil and Thomas Plobel lie in third.

Seiko Challenge

At the end of each day Seiko are sponsoring a speed challenge. Teams have been invited to sail a 49er with the new rig and a GPS for 20 minutes. During that time their speed is logged. At the end of the weekend the fastest team will win two new Seiko watches worth £500 each!

At the moment Simon Hiscocks sailing with Rick Peacock lead with 19.5 knots.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	Tot	Net
1st	John Pink	Rick Peacock	23	3	1	3	7	7
2nd	Richard Mason	Tom Peel	1023	1	3	4	8	8
3rd	Erik Heil	Thomas Plobel	GER 111	5	7	1	13	13
4th	Dave Evans	Ed Powys	16	8	5	2	15	15
5th	Dylan Fletcher	Alaun Sign	45	2	9	5	16	16
6th	Chris Rashley	Matt Gotrel	1037	7	2	14	23	23
7th	Andy Bryson	Johnny Clegg	81	4	13	9	26	26
8th	Tim Saxton	Pete Perera	892	9.5	10	8	27.5	27.5
9th	Justin Visser	Ryan Visser	940	16	6	11	33	33
10th	Lester Noble	Lee Noble	908	13	4	17	34	34
11th	Simon Hiscocks	Rob Partridge	1	17	11	6	34	34
12th	Jogn Downey	Ross McDonald	IRL 1032	15	8	13	36	36
13th	Huw Humphreys	Simon Marks	884	6	16	15	37	37
14th	Chris Turner	Adam Ovington	997	12	17	10	39	39
15th	Michel Munker	Oliver Lewin	934	20	14	7	41	41
16th	Josh Wilce	Olly Wilce	747	11	12	20	43	43
17th	Daniel Hare	Jamie Hare	933	19	23	16	58	58
18th	Tom Heywood	Tom Partington	17	21	19	18	58	58
19th	Matty Lyons	James Lyons	688	18	21	19	58	58
20th	Jonathan Heathcote	Simon Eastwell	RSA 628	9.5	18	DNC	62.5	62.5
21st	Simon Evans	Stephen Cronshaw	681	26	15	24	65	65
22nd	Chris Gill	John Gill	519	24	20	22	66	66
23rd	Peter Lawrance	Miles Blaver-Mann	powerman	22	22	26	70	70
24th	Alistair Kissane	Ronan Wallace	IRL 25	23	27	21	71	71
25th	Ronald Price	Amy Cartwright	314	14	30	28	72	72
26th	Richard Williams	Ian Sharps	28	28	24	23	75	75
27th	Adrian Stell	Joe Adams	454	25	25	25	75	75
28th	Stuart Urquhart	Richard Urquhart	869	DNC	DNC	12	82	82
29th	David Hopper	Steve Hopper	859	29	26	29	84	84
30th	John Hall	Martin Gibson	107	30	31	27	88	88
31st	Peter Thompson	Nick Binnendijk	749	27	28	DNC	90	90
32nd	David Copithorne	Tony Sheehan	IRL 20	31	29	DNC	95	95
33rd	Craig Paul	John Paul	746	DNC	DNC	30	100	100
34th	Ben Paten	Rupert Jones	818	DNC	DNC	DNC	105	105