Results / National Championships (Day 3)
Looe S.C.10/08/2014 - 15/08/2014
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The third race of the P&B sponsored Merlin Championships at Looe produced champagne conditions and a champagne performance. Starting in 16 knots from the southwest that steadily built throughout the race to end at 24 knots, sailed under blue skies and with some superb waves, this was a classic championship race. Competitors returned to shore exhausted but elated by the conditions.
After a number of attempted starts with the wind swinging through 20 deg, the PRO put up the Black Flag and brought the fleet to order. William Warren and Mark Oakey, YouTube stars of the pin end start yesterday, executed the perfect start and doing what worked in race 2, tacked and crossed the fleet to get into the right hand corner. Unfortunately for them, this was a race where left paid. Those that held onto starboard picked up a 10 deg header and were the leaders at the top mark.
Stu Bithell and Tom Pygall rounded first and never looked back. In a quite awesome performance, they crushed this high quality fleet, doing a horizon job. They were simply faster on all points of sailing and consistently on the right shift. I guess that is why Stu goes Olympic sailing and the rest of us have desk jobs!
Behind them there was a huge battle going on. Dave Hayes and Jonny Radcliffe rounded second but were slowly ground down by Nick and Alan, and Jon and Toby who were climbing through the top ten to take second and third. Taxi and Simon came home fifth holding off Ian Sharps and Justin Deal who are putting together a solid series.
Back off the water, excitement is building for this evening's fancy dress party, a highlight of the Merlin calendar, and for the outcome of the first known coupling of a Merlin helm and Co-op check out girl.
Rank | SailNo | Club | HelmName | CrewName | Boat | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | Division |
1st | 3742 | Hollingworth | Stuart Bithell | Tom Pygall | Speed Machine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | G |
2nd | 3754 | Parkstone | Jon Gorringe | Toby Lewis | Didley Pokey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | G |
3rd | 3684 | Blithfield | Andy Davis | Simon Blake | Kyser Soze | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | G |
4th | 3749 | Frensham Pond | Nick Craig | Alan Roberts | Stanley | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | G |
5th | 3712 | Burghfield | Ian Sharps | Justin Deal | Oakey Dokey | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | G |
6th | 3761 | Northampton | Dave Wade | Ben Rayner | Beast Quest | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | G |
7th | 3764 | Hayling Island | Tim Fells | Chris Downham | Fancy Liquor | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | G |
8th | 3758 | Snettisham Beach | Jasper Barnham | Graham Sexton | Bazinga | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | G |
9th | 3759 | Castle Cove | Sam Pascoe | Alex Adams | Red Mistress | 7 | 15 | 10 | 32 | G |
10th | 3729 | Lyme Regis | John Turner | Richard Parslow | Shabazzle | 11 | 4 | 18 | 33 | G |
11th | 3658 | Burghfield | Chris Jennings | Ally Martin | Bernard | 13 | 6 | 14 | 33 | G |
12th | 3756 | Shoreham | William Warren | Mark Oakley | Robert | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | G |
13th | 3753 | Shustoke | Simon Potts | Luke Shaw | Appetite for Destruction | 10 | 9 | 28 | 47 | G |
14th | 3656 | Starcross | Oliver Turner | Alex Warren | Wildcard | 26 | 18 | 7 | 51 | G |
15th | 3691 | Axe | Mike Calvert | Ian Garwood | Quick Fix | 17 | 26 | 8 | 51 | G |
16th | 3703 | HRSC & Parkstone | Richard Whitworth | Sally Townend | Faithless | 16 | 27 | 11 | 54 | G |
17th | 3707 | Shoreham | Alex Jackson | Simon Haighton | Monkey Business | 28 | 11 | 17 | 56 | G |
18th | 3752 | Shoreham | Will Rainey | Andy Douglas | The Empire Strikes Back | 30 | 7 | 21 | 58 | G |
19th | 3735 | Hollingworth | Dave Winder | Pippa Taylor | The Clone Wars | 15 | 16 | 31 | 62 | G |
20th | 3676 | Ranelagh | Tim Harrison | Frances Gifford | Hot Totty | 24 | 20 | 23 | 67 | G |
21st | 3711 | Starcross | Dave Lee | Juliet Pealing | Seawolf | 21 | 22 | 26 | 69 | S |
22nd | 3690 | Hampton | Tim Harridge | Dave Reid | General Lee | 20 | 17 | 38 | 75 | S |
23rd | 3766 | Hampton | Andy Dalby | Andrea Ralph | The Bear | 18 | 24 | 34 | 76 | G |
24th | 3659 | Hollingworth | Julian Parry | Rebecca Jones | Zeno | 42 | 23 | 16 | 81 | S |
25th | 3733 | Northampton | Tom Stewart | Phil Dalby | The Dark Side | 22 | 40 | 19 | 81 | G |
26th | 3734 | Hayling Island | David Hayes | Jonny Ratcliffe | The Black Boat | 14 | 64.0 DNC | 4 | 82 | G |
27th | 3727 | Ranelagh | Mark Stockbridge | Alyson Rumball | Fragile | 25 | 32 | 27 | 84 | S |
28th | 3685 | Shoreham | Sophie Mackley | James Warren | Black Pearl | 23 | 38 | 33 | 94 | S |
29th | 3710 | Ranelagh | Jon Ibbotson | Chris Kilsby | Paradigm Shift | 34 | 30 | 30 | 94 | G |
30th | 3696 | Starcross | Alan Warren | Bill Caroll | Tiger Tiger | 44 | 28 | 25 | 97 | G |
31st | 3700 | Whitstable | Phil Emery | Karen Emery | Brazilian | 32 | 31 | 37 | 100 | S |
32nd | 3751 | Lymington town | Mark Barwell | Louise Johnson | Strings Attached | 33 | 33 | 35 | 101 | B |
33rd | 3746 | Brightlingsea | Dan Willet | Pete Nicholson | Point 'n Squirt | 19 | 19 | 64.0 DNC | 102 | G |
34th | 3566 | Starcross | James Wells | Liz Wells | Pocket Rocket | 35 | 36 | 32 | 103 | B |
35th | 3688 | RYA | Ben Hollis | Caroline Croft | Who Dares Wins | 64.0 DNF | 21 | 22 | 107 | G |
36th | 3675 | Weymouth | Mike Fenwick | Penny Fenwick | White Sauce Er Er | 38 | 29 | 43 | 110 | S |
37th | 3683 | Tenby/RORC | Ben Jones | Helen Hilditch | Bluebird | 37 | 37 | 45 | 119 | S |
38th | 3709 | Upper Thames | Tom Lonsdale | Alice Markham | Wild at Heart | 39 | 64.0 DNF | 24 | 127 | S |
39th | 3697 | Hampton | Richard Page | George Warren | Too Dark N'Stormy | 41 | 39 | 47 | 127 | B |
40th | 3721 | Starcross | Nick Turner | Carly Gurr | Highlander | 43 | 45 | 39 | 127 | B |
41st | 3687 | Wembley | Matt Greenfield | Hannah Playford | Mellow Yellow | 40 | 25 | 64.0 DNF | 129 | S |
42nd | 3698 | Salcombe | Graham Cranford-Smith | Fiona Cranford-Smith | | 29 | 64.0 DNF | 36 | 129 | S |
43rd | 3539 | Lyme Regis | Dan Alsop | Nix Middleton-Stewart | Gangsta Paradise | 27 | 64.0 DNF | 40 | 131 | G |
44th | 3765 | Midland | Richard Dee | Chris Gould | Three DeeÂÂ | 36 | 34 | 64.0 DNF | 134 | G |
45th | 3640 | Whitstable | Rien Zilvold | Phil Scott | Smart Tart | 31 | 64.0 DNC | 41 | 136 | B |
46th | 3619 | Trent Valley | Guy Browne | Andy Hunter | Dark n'Stormy | 48 | 41 | 49 | 138 | B |
47th | 3576 | Starcross | Vyv Game | Mike Tuckett | Carmen J | 47 | 43 | 48 | 138 | B |
48th | 3666 | Salcombe | Peter Ballantine | Andy Ramus | Enchanted Evening | 64.0 DNF | 64.0 DNC | 20 | 148 | S |
49th | 3651 | Wembley | Colin Brockbank | Marion Read | Jupiter | 45 | 64.0 DNC | 44 | 153 | S |
50th | 3574 | Tata SC | John Donoghue | Adam Hayler | The Holy Grail | 46 | 44 | 64.0 DNC | 154 | B |
51st | 3740 | Cookham Reach | Pat Blake | Jilly Blake | Why Ask | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 29 | 157 | S |
52nd | 3547 | Blithfield | Tim Male | Rebecca Male | Moondance Assasin | 64.0 DNC | 35 | 64.0 DNF | 163 | B |
53rd | 3732 | Starcross | Alistair Glen | Moira Glen | Nutwood Express | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 42 | 170 | S |
54th | 3744 | Blithfield | Chris Martin | Joe Tosh | Mylo Xyloto | 64.0 DNC | 42 | 64.0 DNF | 170 | S |
55th | 3518 | Midland | Julian Harms | Timothy Harms | Smoked Salmon | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 46 | 174 | S |
56th | 3555 | Blithfield | Ian Mackenzie | Luke Tucker | Light Fantastic | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 50 | 178 | B |
57th | 3767 | Parkstone | Ben Archer | Philippa Daniels | One Love | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | B |
57th | 3648 | Shoreham | Antonia Wright | Jamie Wright | Bang Tidy | 64.0 DNF | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | B |
57th | 3730 | Shustoke | Peter Scott | Holly Scott | BS&B | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | S |
57th | 3660 | Starcross | John Buckley | William Anderson | Djelibeybi | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | B |
57th | 3564 | Midland | Rob Kennaugh | Abigail Spurr | Avalon Sunset | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 192 | S |
57th | 3569 | Hampton | Duncan Bell | Gabby Pausey | Time Zulu | 64.0 DNF | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | B |
57th | 3327 | Blithfield | Peter Wainwright | Tracy Smith | Black Adder | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNC | 64.0 DNF | 192 | B |