New faces in front

Parkstone YC were the perfect hosts for the RS200 and 400 combined Fat Face event

Parkstone YC went right up in many of the 148 competitor’s estimation by having a barbeque at the top of the slip so you received free bacon butties and cups of tea as soon as you arrived ashore on both days at the RS200 and 400 Fat Face event. Over six races the conditions varied from a patchy eight to a fun 15 knots and it was fairly shifty but there were always waves, which made a welcome return.

RS200:

In such varied and frustrating conditions anything approaching consistency was the order of the day for the 49 RS200s. With many of the usual suspects either having a mare or absent many of the new faces to the fleet this year enjoyed top results. Marshall King and Emma Clarke led overnight with a firsts, a second and a 12th just ahead of Hamish Walker and Claire Stubbs with a fifth, a third and an eighth and Ben Saxton and Kate MacGregor with a second, first and 15th. Poole’s Matt Burge and Eamonn King won the second race.

James Boyce and Sarah Hornby led race four early on but Nick Charles and Juliet Kingsnorth soon surfed by to win and then went onto put a bad Saturday behind them to record two seconds in the last two races to claim second overall despite counting an eighth and 14th. Matt Findlay and Jo Bailey took full advantage of the new breeze in race five to win in their first RS200 event and then showed it was no fluke to win race six. Ben Saxton now crewed by Matt Rainback had quietly bagged two thirds in the first two races, the 23rd in the final race did not matter as they won overall by three points in their first RS200 circuit event even though they counted a 15th. Roy McCubbin and Kirsty McSeveney making the long trip from Scotland won the silver division from Bristol’s Paul and Pat Teague. Paul and Connie Whitbread won the bronze division from Ian Horlock and Ed Pearce.

Overall on the Fat Face Racing Circuit, after three events, Nick Charles and Juliet Kingsnorth lead the gold fleet from Marshall King and Emma Clark with Sarah Taylor and Lucy Mathews chasing hard. In Silver, 14th overall, Toby and Rachel Ashton are just leading from Paul Lewis and Felicity Pearson and Katherine Lovering and Ellie Martin. Bronze is starting to look like a one horse race, 12th overall, Paul and Corinne Whitbread storming out front from Wes Kangurs and Jo Munro and Matt and Ellie Sheahan.

RS400:

25 RS400s gathered to share a weekend of proper sea sailing. Race one got underway in eight knots with a three way tussle for the lead between Sally and Martyn Styles, Tom Halhead and Christian Humphrey and Dave Jones and Mark Hogan. Eventually, Jones and Hogan won out, with the Styles’ just holding off a charge from Halhead and Humphrey.

In the second race, locals Lucy MacGregor and Georgie Blaver-mann led half way through but lost out to Halhead and Humphrey near the top mark and had to settle for second, ahead locals Phil Jackson and Gerard Barron.

For race three it was a repeat performance from Halhead and Humphrey, but this time Jones and Hogan were displaying bursts of frightening pace to come through to second place in front of Paul and Mike Allen.

Paul Hilliar and Stu Jagger found conditions to their liking on Sunday, taking an early lead and winning by a large margin. Making a remarkable comeback from mid fleet, the Allens took second place ahead of Richard Gray and Nathan Pinch. Jones and Hogan and Halhead and Humphrey looked set to take the top two places in race five, but then the race turned itself inside out, catapulting Stuart Hudson and Nigel Wakefield into a huge lead. Squib legend, Chris Hogan and June Riley took second place. With four possible winners going into the final race, Halhead and Humphrey took the lead and never let it go. They won the race and the event from Hilliar and Jagger, with Jones and Hogan grabbing third overall from the Allens.

Results:

200

Rank	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot	Net
1st	Ben Saxton	Kate MacGregor	Grafham Water SC & Poole YC	2	15	1	3	3	-23	47	24
2nd	Nick Charles	Juliet Kingsnorth	Leigh & Lowton SC	8	14	-30	1	2	2	57	27
3rd	Richard Edwards	Tom Brophy	Parkstone YC	(50.0 DSQ)	4	9	5	15	5	88	38
4th	David Hivey	Jane Hivey	W.L.Y.C.	3	12	6	-14	10	10	55	41
5th	James Boyce	Sarah Hornby	Papercourt SC	6	16	14	2	4	-19	61	42
6th	Marshall King	Emma Clarke	Royal St George/ASA	1	2	12	16	-21	14	66	45
7th	Trudie Fell	Sheena Craig	Burghfield SC	14	-18	13	9	5	4	63	45
8th	Hamish Walker	Clare Stubbs	RSNA	5	3	8	7	(50.0 DSQ)	26	99	49
9th	Sarah Taylor	Lucy Matthews	Locks SC	4	10	20	12	-38	7	91	53
10th	Hamish Calder	Severine Rees-Jones	RYA	9	7	-28	10	23	11	88	60
11th	Matt Burge	Eamonn King	Poole YC	15	1	25	11	(50.0 DSQ)	9	111	61
12th	Chris Martin	Rach Harrison	Burghfield SC	(50.0 DSQ)	17	16	8	18	3	112	62
13th	Duncan Glen	Simon Flack	Parkstone YC	16	6	33	4	-35	8	102	67
14th	Steve Dunn	Charlotte Cotter	Wembley SC	-22	8	11	15	19	15	90	68
15th	Sarah Allan	Mary Rook	Littleton SC	19	5	2	24	(50.0 DSQ)	20	120	70
16th	Harry Roome	Prue Roome	Itchenor SC	7	-28	5	23	24	12	99	71
17th	Matt Findlay	Joanne Bailey	Weston SC	(50.0 DSQ)	21	3	50.0 DNF	1	1	126	76
18th	Simon Gillow	Adam Page	Chipstead SC	10	13	10	21	-28	22	104	76
19th	Simon Spolton	Sophia Hulbert	Parkstone YC	25	-27	22	22	9	6	111	84
20th	Tom Hewitson	Jo Jewitson	Broadwater SC	(50.0 DSQ)	11	15	6	6	50.0 DSQ	138	88

400

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot	Net
1st	Tom Halhead	Christian Humphrey	Bristol Corinthian YC	3	1	1	4	-12	1	22	10
2nd	Paul Hilliar	Stu Jagger	Bristol Corinthian YC	4	-9	4	1	4	2	24	15
3rd	Dave Jones	Mark Hogan	Club Hwylio Y Felinheli	1	4	2	-8	7	4	26	18
4th	Paul Allen	Micheal Allen	Leigh & Lowton SC	5	6	3	2	9	(26.0 DNS)	51	25
5th	Stuart Hudson	Nigel Wakefield	Weston SC	6	-13	6	10	1	3	39	26
6th	Phil Jackson	Gerrard Barron	Parkstone YC	-15	3	8	5	6	8	45	30
7th	Richard Gray	Nathan Pinch	Queen Mary SC	-17	12	10	3	3	6	51	34
8th	Sam Parker	Elaine Marsh	Weston SC	8	-14	5	11	5	5	48	34
9th	Chris Hogan	June Riley	Club Hwylio Y Felinneli	10	7	7	-14	2	9	49	35
10th	Lucy MacGregor	Georgie Blaver-mann	Parkstone YC	7	2	-11	7	11	10	48	37
11th	Sally Styles (Heattie)	Martyn Styles	Down SC	2	5	12	12	14	(26.0 DSQ)	71	45
12th	James Downer	Jon Price	Royal Victoria YC	11	11	9	-13	10	7	61	48
13th	Leighton King	Richard Brown	Carsington SC	16	10	(26.0 DSQ)	6	8	26.0 DNS	92	66
14th	Nick Simmons	Russ Morgan	Weston SC	12	15	15	(26.0 DNS)	15	12	95	69
15th	James Goozge	Matt Forbes	Datchet Water SC	9	17	14	19	-21	13	93	72
16th	Mike Simms	Elliot Banks	Carsington SC	14	8	(26.0 DSQ)	9	16	26.0 DNS	99	73
17th	Howard Farbrother	Roger O'Gorman	Queen Mary SC	13	-18	18	16	17	11	93	75
18th	William Parrett	Chris Grosscurth	Felpham SC	-20	19	16	15	13	14	97	77
19th	Henry Maples	Seb Cannon	Weir Wood SC	19	21	13	17	18	(26.0 DNS)	114	88
20th	Tom Peters	Al Morris	Weston SC	22	16	17	18	19	(26.0 DNS)	118	92