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Result Details

Event name: Winter Championships
Date: 12 February 2010
Type: Championship
Club: Grafham Water Sailing CLub
Classtype:RS800 , see more results

21 hardy 800 teams arrived at Grafham for a cold winter champs, with some put off by the cold and light winds forecast.  In fact a decent breeze of 10-15 knots materialised to give good close racing on a variation the normal windward leeward course - with a trapezoid being run, leaving a tight bottom reach which caught a few teams out during the course of the first day.
 
Over the course of the weekend one team showed that they currently have the edge on the rest of the fleet, with Ben McGrane and Roz Allen being pushed hard by other teams in individual races but pulling through every time to convincingly take the event with straight firsts.
 
Behind them a group of boats were consistently close, with the overall results showing that the next 5 boats were separated by just 4 points.  A second place in the final race gave Ben Schooling and George Kingsnorth second overall, with Charlie Roome and Dave Steed taking third after a consistent weekend which put them ahead of the chasing back including Justin Deal/Ollie Page, Rob Watson/John Clifton, Neil Baker/James Hughes, The Visser brothers and James Date/Toby Wincer.
 
The silver fleet was won by fleet newcomers but RS regulars Nick Charles and Chris Martin, who showed they are finding the pace to challenge the rest of the fleet as they spend more time in the boat.  Locals Joel Walker and Sarah Crossman were second in the silver fleet, which included a strong performance in the first race of Day 2.
 
With several teams having been taking part in the big winter handicap races as well competition is hotting up, the fleet now moves to Chew Valley in March for the first circuit event of the year, by which time hopefully we'll be able to feel our fingers and toes!

Rank Fleet SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Nett
1 RS800 1163 Ben McGrane Roz Allen Netley SC -1 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 RS800 1121 Ben Schooling George Kingsworth Helensburgh SC -9 4 3 6 5 2 20
3 RS800 1158 Charlie Roome David Sted Royal Freshwater Bay SC 3 5 6 2 (22.0 DNF) 5 21
4 RS800 1133 Justin Deal Ollie Paye Lanahy SC 2 7 (22.0 DNC) 5 2 6 22
5 RS800 1148 James Date Toby Wincer Port Dinorwick SC -11 8 5 4 3 3 23
6 RS800 1154 Justin Visser Ryan Visser Royal Lymington YC 4 3 4 7 6 -9 24
7 RS800 1153 Rob Watson John Clifton Royal Lymington YC 10 2 2 10 -11 4 28
8 RS800 1144 Nicholas Charles Chris Martin Datchet Water SC 7 6 9 8 -12 11 41
9 RS800 1112 Ralph Singleton Sophie Singleton Chew Valley Lake SC 8 -11 11 9 7 10 45
10 RS800 1162 Nick Peters Emma White Hayling Island SC 6 -13 13 11 8 8 46
11 RS800 1130 Neil Baker James Hughes Hayling Island SC 5 9 8 (22.0 DNC) 4 22.0 DNC 48
12 RS800 868 Joel Walker Sarah Crossman Grafham Water SC 13 -15 14 3 15 12 57
13 RS800 1005 Andrew Gould Emma Pethybridge Weston SC -19 12 15 14 10 7 58
14 RS800 1132 Mick Whitmore Sarah Smith Eastbourne Sovereign SC 12 10 12 15 9 -17 58
15 RS800 1099 Julian Wild Ben Arnold Blackwater SC -16 14 10 13 14 16 67
16 RS800 1147 Brett Elway Dan Belben Stokes Bay 17 16 7 (22.0 DNC) 16 13 69
17 RS800 1020 Martin Penty James Penty Beaver 21 19 (22.0 DNC) 12 13 14 79
18 RS800 1072 Alex Farr Marcelle Newbold Stokes Bay 14 17 16 16 19 (22.0 DNC) 82
19 RS800 858 Miles Roebuck Graham Heath Oxford SC 20 18 (22.0 DNC) 17 18 18 91
20 RS800 803 David Marchant Alayne Seymour Grafham Water SC 18 (22.0 DNC) 22.0 DNC 22.0 DNC 17 15 94
21 RS800 1057 Paul Allen Michael Allen Leigh & Lowton 15 (22.0 DNC) 22.0 DNC 22.0 DNC 22.0 DNC 22.0 DNC 103
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