Gilbert and McGrane claim Prince of Wales

International 14 UK Nationals shoehorned into World Championship

Wednesday September 14th 2011, Author: Ed Clay/Glen Truswell, Location: United Kingdom

Race 2 and 3 of the Artemis International 14 World Championships finally happened today in Portland Harbour. The fleet launched into a gusty 20 knot breeze, for two races – the first combined the Prince of Wales (PoW) Cup and Race 2 of the World Championship series.

Eagerness to get on the water at last meant the fleet were uncharacteristically early for the start and the warning signal was sounded promptly at 11:30. The fleet got away first time and by the windward mark Archie Massey and Dan Wilsdon led, having worked the left hand side of the beat. They were followed by Georg Borkenstein & Big Eike, Roger Gilbert & Ben McGrane and then the chasing pack.

Down the run a number of boats overstood, allowing Roger & Ben to close in on second and allowing Mark Kristic & Scott Cunningham to cement fourth followed by Tom Heywood & Ed Clay.

Up the second beat Roger & Ben pasted Georg and the Incredible Hulk to claim third and Tom & Ed squeezed up inside Mark & Scott to secure fourth. The second lap was a triangle and on the second reach Tom & Ed managed to hold the spinnaker longer and pass Georg and the giant.

From there Archie & Dan extended, chased hard by Roger & Ben. Tom & Ed got clear of the chasing pack which was lead by Mark & Scott, Georg & Eike and Lindsay Irwin & Andrew Perry. Over the next few laps the top three remained the same.

On the final lap, a triangle, Roger & Ben gained on the final beat by working the left and by the windward mark were right behind Archie & Dan. Ben & Roger delayed the hoist and managed to get onto Archie & Dan’s wind before hoisting. On the second reach Archie & Dan managed to hold the kite higher and were nearly laying the finish. Roger & Ben had to drop and two sail behind them, but in doing so took their wind, making them tea bag to windward. By the finish Roger & Ben were 80 yards clear, and claimed both the PoW Cup (UK National Champions) and the Race 2 win. Archie & Dan claimed second, followed by Tom & Ed, Lindsay & Andrew, Mark & Scott and a fast finishing
Sam Pascoe & Alex Knight who grabbed sixth, and the last replica/crews union place on the final leg.

Race 2 started in 12 knots of breeze, and slowly dropped to 8 knots by the finish. The fleet got away clean all bar one enthusiastic German team. Early up the first beat the boats that had hit the left hand side of the course hard looked good, however the leaders at the first mark emerged from middle right, led by the Georg and the reigning fleet arm wrestling champion, big Eike. Georg and Eike led to the gybe, but by the leeward mark Roger and Ben had taken the lead. The most spectacular acrobatics prize of the day went to Tom and Ed on the first run, when they pitchpoled over a lobster pot. Archie came through to take second by the end of the third lap.

At the end of day 7 (2 days racing!) Roger and Ben have a slim lead of just one point over Archie and Dan, with Mark Krstic and Scott Cunningham (AUS) swapping places with Katie Nurton and Nigel Ash who drop to 4th.

Results:

 

Pos Nation Helm R1 R2 R3 Net
1 GBR1541 Roger GILBERT 2 1 1 4
2 GBR1519 Archie MASSEY 1 2 2 5
3 AUS656 Mark KRSTIC 4 5 3 12
4 GBR1520 Katie NURTON 3 9 4 16
5 AUS663 Lindsay IRWIN 7 4 6 17
6 GBR1543 Glen TRUSWELL 14 7 5 26
7 GER28 Georg BORKENSTEIN 10 8 12 30
8 GBR1484 Tom HEYWOOD 15 3 13 31
9 GBR1509 Sam PASCOE 17 6 9 32
10 AUS653 David ALEXANDER 12 13 10 35
11 GBR1538 Dave DOBRIJEVIC 16 11 15 42
12 GBR1534 Andy FITZGERALD 18 15 14 47
13 USA1184 Kris HENDERSON 11 23 17 51
14 GBR1526 Mark UPTON-BROWN 13 31 8 52
15 USA1162 Frank FLANNERY 20 17 27 64
16 1515 Dan HOLMAN 26 18 22 66
17 GBR1542 Alan Roberts 27 16 24 67
18 GBR1512 Steve FISHER 19 22 26 67
19 GBR1546 Charles DUCHESNE 35 10 23 68
20 CAN605 Jason LEMIEUX 31 21 16 68
21 CAN601 Peter HAYWARD 33 19 19 71
22 GBR1501 James FOX 8 44 20 72
23 GBR1500 Harvey HILLARY 40 12 21 73
24 GER12 Dirk ROTHER 30 14 29 73
25 AUS665 Stewart VICKERY 22 20 32 74
26 AUS666 David HAYTER 6 DNF 7 85
27 GBR1531 Andrew PENMAN 24 33 30 87
28 GBR1544 Douglas PATTISON 5 DNC 11 88
29 CAN596 Greg LOFFREE 36 25 31 92
30 GBR1491 Sean STEVENS 34 29 34 97
31 CAN595 Chris LEIGH 37 26 41 104
32 GBR1529 Robin PASCAL 53 24 28 105
33 GER88 Peter ROOCKS 42 37 33 112
34 GBR1506 Mark WATTS 38 41 37 116
35 GBR1499 Matt LARKIN 41 42 36 119
36 GBR1536 Jarrod SIMPSON 32 DNF 18 122
37 GER78 Jan-christian WITTE 51 28 44 123
38 GER11 Kai KAHM 48 36 40 124
39 GBR1478 Doug WALKER 46 40 38 124
40 FRA18 Kevin FISCHER - GUILLOU 28 DNF 25 125
41 GER37 Eike EHRIG 57 27 45 129
42 CAN610 Doug MCGHAN 44 49 42 135
43 AUS651 David MCGEOCH 50 35 53 138
44 AUS667 Phillip TOAMAICHEL 43 46 50 139
45 GER13 Bettina MOELLER DNF 32 39 143
46 GBR1508 Colin SMITH 49 47 47 143
47 GBR1465 David MACLEAN DNF 30 43 145
48 GER214 Paul Galvez 39 34 DNC 145
49 GER204 Gregor RUSCHEMEIER 55 39 52 146
50 GBR1523 Kimball MORRISON 25 DNC 55 152
51 CAN615 Billy GOODERHAM 9 DNF DNC 153
52 GBR1485 Alex SMITH 60 43 51 154
53 GBR1545 Richard MASON 29 DNC 56 157
54 GBR1502 Anthony HAINES 58 51 49 158
55 GER180 Anke MEYER 59 48 54 161
56 GER232 Stefan LAHMER 52 38 OCS 162
57 GBR1505 Philip MCDANELL 47 45 DNF 164
58 GBR1540 Andrew PARTINGTON 21 DNC DNC 165
59 GER23 Henning UCK 45 DNF 48 165
60 GER26 Sonja HEIN 56 52 57 165
61 GBR1527 Richard BONE 23 DNC DNC 167
62 1532 Adrian Williams DNF DNC 35 179
63 ITA1488 Dominic VAN ESSEN DNF 50 59 181
64 GBR1539 Paul RAVENHILL DNF DNF 46 190
65 GBR1474 Richard DOBSON 54 DNC DNC 198
66 JPN1466 Takashi FURUGAKI DNF DNC 58 202
67 GBR1442 Tom WATKINS DNF DNF DNC 216
67 CAN612 David BRADLY DNF DNF DNC 216
67 GBR1548 Julian PEARSON DNF DNF DNC 216
67 GBR1535 Peter LLOYD DNF DNF DNC 216
67 GBR1547 David CHISHOLM DNF DNC DNC 216

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