Back in the driving seat

Nick Craig and James Stewart took victory in the only race today at the RS400 UK Nationals

Nick Craig and James Stewart win the day’s only race to put them back in the championship driving seat at the RS400 UK National Championship today, Tuesday.

The fleet arrived on time for the third day of the Gul RS400 National championships but the wind did not! After a postponement for the wind to complete virtually a full 180, the race officer managed to sneak one race in, in six to eight knots and a building sea. Things were initially looking rosy for those starting late out of the gate but eventually the wind came back left and Tom Halhead and Chris Bishop sneaked in front of Jon Gorringe and Toby Lewis and Nick Craig and James Stewart.

Down the first run these three found clear wind and pulled away, Gorringe and Lewis took the lead downwind. Also significantly, second overall Dave Jones and Mark Hogan pulled through from mid-fleet to fourth. Down the second run, the leading three separated and last year’s champions Craig and Stewart took the lead, Gorringe and Lewis dropping to third. In the final lap, Craig and Stewart extended and Gorringe and Lewis snatched second to keep things very tight at the top of the leader board.

Andrew Freeman and Emma Jones again won the silver fleet and Chris and Matt Bailey (aka the Brother Grimm) took the Bronze fleet prize.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Nick Craig	James Stewart	1	1	3	2	1	5
2	David Jones	Mark Hogan	3	10	1	1	4	9
3	Jon Gorringe	Toby Lewis	2	7	2	6	2	12
4	Tom Halhead	Chris Bishop	8	2	9	3	3	16
5	Hywel Roberts	Richard Kenyon	5	4	5	4	16	18
6	Paul Hilliar	Stuart Jagger	9	3	6	5	7	21
7	Steve Venables	Richar Brown	7	5	7	12	5	24
8	Steve Middleton	Chris Rowland	21	6	4	28	17	48
9	Nick Lowe	Elaine Marsh	12	15	8	17	13	48
10	Andrew Freeman	Emma Jones	19	25	12	10	8	49
11	Rick Peacock	Ian Dobson	6	16	14	16	14	50
12	John Cooper	Becci Wigley	18	8	10	14	19	50
13	Colin Prince	Tony Prince	27	29	11	8	6	52
14	Andy Fox	Ian Fletcher	22	12	24	13	10	57
15	Giles Chipperfield	Heather Chipperfield	17	14	25	15	11	57
16	Jonathon Sinclair	Gary Howland	23	20	28	7	9	59
17	Rob Jones	Liz Jones	10	11	16	25	22	59
18	Ronan Kenneally	Roger O'Corman	11	9	26	34	18	64
19	Phil Jackson	Gerard Barron	4	23	17	21	24	65
20	Andrew Long	Lou Asman	13	19	DSQ	19	23	74
21	Martin Browne	Dinah Holmes	16	26	23	11	25	75
22	Michael Adams	David Steadman	15	13	18	32	37	78
23	Howard Farbrother	Louise Hosken	DNS	18	21	18	28	85
24	Sally Styles	Martin Styles	25	33	15	31	15	86
25	Andrew Leigh	Hannah Burywood	29	24	20	26	21	91
26	Simon Pritchard-Jones	Ellen Milner	14	35	36	37	12	97
27	Sam Parker	Anna Ludgate	DNS	30	13	24	30	97
28	Mark Reddington	Wayne Hancox	24	17	29	30	36	100
29	Ffion Jones	John Jones	38	22	37	23	20	102
30	Charlie Merchant	Alain Sign	26	40	19	27	34	106
31	Alex Morrison	Jen Morrison	20	21	38	29	45	108
32	Malcolm Ritchie	Andrew Ritchie	30	31	31	22	27	110
33	Chris Bailey	Matt Bailey	54	53	27	9	29	118
34	Chris Jordon	Gill Jordon	31	32	22	35	44	120
35	Bill Handley	Lynda Handley	52	54	32	20	26	130
36	Paul Browning	Paul Armitage	28	36	51	33	33	130
37	Patrick Keats	Zoe Punne	40	34	33	36	32	135
38	Nick Barrett	Sam McNamara	35	28	35	38	49	136
39	Chris Goswell	Alan Glenville	36	27	41	42	38	142
40	Aled Bath	Jo Bath	41	44	34	39	31	145
41	Tim Cross	John Sheather	37	46	30	49	39	152
42	Nick Francis	Simon Edwards	34	38	43	41	41	154
43	Simon Herriot	Seamus Gilshinan	55	39	46	40	35	160
44	Stuart Gurney	Karen Armitage	32	41	45	43	51	161
45	Tom Peters	Anna Louise Morrison	33	37	52	44	50	164
46	Chris Harris	Tracy Harris	39	47	40	45	52	171
47	Wayne Shirley	Ben Biglin	42	42	39	50	55	173
48	Alistair Rose	Yv ette Rose	45	43	47	48	40	175
49	Stephen Shaw	Daniel Shaw	48	48	44	46	43	181
50	Mark Bath	Suzanne Phipps	44	DNC	42	55	42	183
51	Ian Heijne	Terry Young	DSQ	45	48	47	48	188
52	Jon Speake	Ian Fitter	43	52	49	52	46	190
53	Simon Mathews	Penny Atkinson	47	50	50	56	54	201
54	Mark Steward	Christine Steward	50	DNF	55	51	47	203
55	Christopher Horn	Jane Horn	49	49	54	54	56	206
56	Richard Arthur	Sue Arthur	46	DNC	53	53	57	209
57	James Stuart	Andrew Stuart	56	51	56	58	53	216
58	Alan Cooke	Mark Lodge	51	DNF	58	57	58	224
59	James Alsop	Richard Dudley	57	DNF	57	59	59	232
60	Steve Burywood	Suzie Burywood	53	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	236