RS 200s at South Caernarvonshire SC

Easter action on the Fat Face RS circuit

Race 1 started in a light 5-6 knot breeze on a port-biased line. Lee Sydenham/Ann Vaudrey flew off the line to lead straight away and went on to win the race from Steve Dunn, with Sheena Craig making a guest star appearance as crew. Ian Pickard/Noelle Vidal were in close company in third.

The breeze was now building to 10 knots, with the sun starting to break through the clouds this was becoming a very pleasant day racing. Jon Lewis/Millie Parsons started near the committee boat and went further right to lead. Sydenham/Vaudrey worked their way through to be a close second with Dunn/Craig third.

Abersoch was seen at its glorious best for race 3 with 12-14 knots of breeze and sunshine. The fleets could not believe their luck; all the waiting around had really been worth it. Pete Vincent/Eluned “Tiny taff” Jones won the committee boat end and led at mark 1 from Dunn/Craig. The race quickly developed into a close romantic match race between Vincent/Jones and James Stewart/Sam Littlejohn but boat rules prevent me reporting further except to say that Stewart won from Vincent. Dunn and Sarah Taylor/Simon Fell had a close fight for third until Sydenham again pulled through to claim third.

PRO Mike Crompton had set excellent courses and also turned racing around very smartly so there was plenty of time to run a fourth race which was to prove the closest of the day. Vincent/Jones again worked the right side of the first beat well to lead with Dunn and Lewis in close company. A lead they held for a lap before Dunn took over moving him into an overall winning position. With Sydenham now joining in the four leading boats were now very close and it was any ones race. Dunn led at the start of the final run but Sydenham gybed straight away and gained the decisive advantage to win the race from Lewis, Dunn and Vincent to win overall.

In an equally close finish Trudie Danbury/Bert just got water on Sarah Allen/Veryan Ridler and Sarah Taylor/Simon boyfriend Fell at the final mark to be first Doris helm by a point from the two Sarahs. Ian Pickard now has a vice like grip on the Duckhams award with a consistently high performance at events so far after getting his car and double stack stuck on the beach.

	Helm	Crew	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	LEE SYDENHAM	ANNE VAUDRY	4	1	2	3	1
2	S DUNN	C UPTON-BROWN	8	2	3	4	3
3	JONATHAN LEWIS	MAD MILLY PARSONS	9	7	1	6	2
4	JAMES STEWART	SAM LITTLETON	10	8	4	1	5
5	PETER VINCENT	ELUNED JONES	12	11	6	2	4
6	PATRICK ALTOFT	DEBORAH GREENLAND	19	5	5	9	31
7	TRUDIE DANBURY	GRAEME RYDER	21	6	14	8	7
8	SARAH ALLAN	VERYAN RIDLER	22	21	7	7	8
9	SARAH TAYLOR	SIMON FELL	23	19	9	5	9
10	COLIN STAITE	JANE SUTOR	24	10	8	10	6
11	IAN PICKARD	NOELLE VIDAL	29	3	13	23	13
12	MIKE SAUL	SOPHIE HARTLEY	35	14	10	11	14
13	TIM GRAY	WENDY GRAY	36	4	16	25	16
14	VANDA YOUNG	JONATHAN JOWCETT	39	9	12	18	20
15	ANDREW HARTLEY	SARAH TAYLOR	41	12	15	14	15
16	JONATHAN SHARP	GILLIAN SHARP	42	15	17	22	10
17	KEVIN GERALD	WENDY MARTIN	45	24	19	15	11
18	MELISSA STOREY	PETER FRANKLIN	47	26	23	12	12
19	PHILIP BAILEY	HELEN BAILEY	47	13	21	17	17
20	KIRSTYMCSEVENEY	ANDY RITCHIE	49	20	11	21	18
21	CHRISTIAN HUMPHREYS	KATIE GILLOW	55	22	20	16	19
22	TOM CROMPTON	BEN COOKE	60	28	25	13	22
23	NIKKI SHARP	SARAH SHARP	60	18	26	19	23
24	WILL STOREY	JEREMY PATERSON	61	23	18	20	24
25	BEN CROMPTON		65	16	24	27	25
26	PAUL WILLIAMSON	HAZEL WILLIAMSON	68	17	27	24	27
27	PAUL GOODWIN	LUCY MATTHEWS	68	25	22	26	21
28	RICHARD FORDER	SUE FORDER	82	27	29	31	26
29	MIKE ROME	ALLAN TUNNINGLEY	85	29	28	29	28
30	JENNY BAILEY	HOLLY GRAY	93	31	31	31	31