Tuesday 30 July 2013

Very Post Nationals rundown

Okay, okay so I completely failed at blogging at the nationals. Truth is I was having a bit too much fun!

Castle Cove showed all 70 odd boats how to run a great Moth event, with all the volunteers putting in a huge effort making us feel welcome with bacon sarnies galore, the most massive bbq I've ever seen and some top notch racing to boot.

The Moth fleet over here has really come along in the last few years with the spread of abilities really tightening up. I think a lot of this is down to just how sailable the boats are now, letting people crack on and learn to race the boat rather than worrying about keeping it in the water! Reliability has also come on hugely, with big Friday seeing winds over 25 knots and barely any epoxy or grinding to be seen or heard.

I had a very mixed few days which started with a big lack of upwind abilities. I was really struggling to get any fullness out of my 16 upwind (plus side, downwinds we're veeery fast!) and was losing up more than I was gaining down and with the top 30 all being capable Moth sailors meant it was a lot harder to get yourself back in the game.
The windy day went a lot better than I expected with no problems downwind, but my overpowered sail was really causing trouble leading me to get the saw out on my prodder overnight! Saturday saw me back on it a bit more with a bit more all round pace. I bought a used Raptor from Team Ireland (thanks Rory!) on Saturday night and rigged it up with Gio's CST Elite3 and suddenly could go upwind again having my best result of the week in 7th. Unfortunately this followed with my worst race of the week where I couldn't do anything right and had to wipe out avoiding traffic in the leeward gate.

So a real mixed bag. Loads of potential in the boat and always faster downhill than the boats I was around and after a couple of days of 'tuning/biggest event of the year' I was starting to get Rocket uphill too. If I'm going to continue with any delusions I may have of still being competitive I really need to get back on the rig development and maybe go sailing every now and again (having doubled my time on the water this year at the Nats!)

Final Results:

PlacePointsSail NoHelmClub
     27 Jun27 Jun27 Jun28 Jun28 Jun28 Jun29 Jun29 Jun29 Jun30 Jun30 Jun30 Jun
1144047Robert GreenhalghStokes Bay SC1111(4)212221(59/RET)
2187Chris RashleyRoyal London Yacht Club(3)2221(3)231122
3313985Simon HiscocksCastle Cove Sailing Club2743(10)1315(9)41
4383980Mike LennonHISC453(6)3(6)554333
5623942Jason BelbenStokes Bay Sailing Club84(9)5776(11)8656
6693982Ben PatonLymington53617(27)(74/DNC)7934105
77940Tom OfferRock11(16)5824(65/OCS)1367158
8813795Peter BartonRoyal Lymington YC129(17)951286758(15)
9923945Eelco Boersde roerkoning131112712114411(14)(16)7
10983941Gareth Daviesstone sailing club10616101199710(41)(28)10
111024037Jason RussellHISC612101288141013(16)9(16)
121195Mike CookeSouth West Cider Squad915111918(74/DNC)1189127(28)
131423916James PhareQueen Mary SC720(40)4652019152125(38)
141473607Olivier Vidal (21)17201113132112121711(25)
151513729Phillip Kasermann 1510(30)131510151414(30)1926
161583972Yann AndrillonASNQ181819181415101617(25)13(27)
171634033Ricky TaggHayling Island1787(32)21213029(58/RET)11613
181653622Fabien FroeschSNG161313(23)22191615(24)19239
191753614Doug PybusQMSC1423(26)211617121723(29)2111
201803944Richard WestburyBartley SC(33)2114(26)2018132326151812
211913711Dan WardFrensham Ponds2019(35)1491425301620(35)24
222043981Simon ReynoldsWhitstable Yacht Club22(30)24161716232520(32)2417
232243592Rory FitzpatrickNYC/RYC2424362033/RET(74/DNC)182122(62/OCS)1214
242473870Ollie HoldenHISC25252225252227242824(31)(31)
252523764Dan VincentStokes Bay Sailing Club32(33)2322192326(33)31182929
262543915Good MorganBRYC28322741/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)22223382219
272573684Sven KloppenburgRSV/SCR31262536(74/DNC)(74/DNC)282825221422
28269940Kevin Ellway 26401541/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)323629102020
292953947Leigh AlbrechtQMSC23273140(74/DNC)(74/DNC)312634353018
303004042Giovanni GaleottiRYCB29444215232439311934(46)(59/RET)
313233718Anthony RezzougASNQ(58/RET)294841/RET(74/DNS)29242018374037
323283943Richard EdwardsParkstone YC27452841/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)171841443334
333284045Matthew PonsfordHISC36353441/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)333430283423
343323766Alex KoukourakisEastbourne Soverign SC58/RET56/RET3741/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)192721262621
353373635John ChambersCoal Harbour373432(74/DNC)24273437(43)383836
363503995Graham Simmonds 383621(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC293227362730
373623849Constantijn Weber 4041(47)34282837423633(45)43
383663730Jon PeatsCastle Cove Sailing Club(58/RET)3750302625353838(57)4344
393833946Paul BeardQueen Mary SC35393341/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)364140393940
403843940Jo EvansStokes Bay Sailing Club394229(74/DNS)(74/DNC)74/DNC384437133632
413903830John CliftonShoreham SC4243413333/RET(74/DNC)(57)3932425233
424053891David EdwardsTATA Steel SC1914831302061/RET(74/DNS)(74/DNS)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
434233715Chris Jeeves 5150(53)3531(74/DNC)404546314945
444253758Jono PankCastle Cove Sailing Club4138493833/RET(74/DNC)(55)4342434751
454333924Tim PenfoldHISC30283827(74/DNC)3061/RET(74/DNS)74/DNS74/DNC3239
464483935Claire Gavigniaux 504946373231/RET545148(55)(56)50
474493674Neil BakerHISC342218242926(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
484503914Ole Frey 43474441/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)414844405547
494553605Cameron StewartHISC444857/RET2833/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)5045544848
504553994Damien Le Houerou 454652(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC444035473735
514963432Kyle StonehamTBYC4752543933/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)5254496155
5249842Phil OligarioStokes Bay SC5656/RET4541/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)43464974/DNC4246
535133601Hans Rasmussen 52545641/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)475451505454
545224043Paul Hayden 4856/RET3941/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)42353974/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
555313312Miles BurrageTBYC54535541/RET(74/DNC)(74/DNC)565553526052
565363893Tom Lambert 495151(74/DNS)(74/DNC)74/DNC454958/RET74/DNC4441
575393632Martin FearBristol Corinthian Yacht Club4631432933/RET(74/DNC)61/RET(74/DNS)74/DNS74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
585433106Helen RollinsonCastle Cove Sailing Club5356/RET(74/DNS)41/RET(74/DNC)74/DNC515352485956
595523759Nic StreatfeildRutland5556/RET(74/DNC)41/RET(74/DNC)74/DNC495658/RET465859/RET
605663959Paul Goodison (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC27174
615843861Annalise Murphey (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC464747565042
625973757Andrew BleeDraycote Water SC(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC485850455149
636233837David SimmondsHayling Island SC(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNS74/DNC74/DNC585755515353
646493254Keri Harris (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC595956606257
656563665Unknown (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC234174/DNC
666593763Simon PhilbrickPoole YC(74/DNS)(74/DNS)74/DNS74/DNS74/DNC74/DNC5374/DNC57586358
676643495Stuart Scottscalingdam5755(74/DNC)(74/DNS)74/DNC74/DNC5074/DNC58/RET74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
68666395Jim McMillan (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC5260/RET74/DNS535774/DNC
697123621Ken BarkerParkstone YC(74/DNS)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNS74/DNC74/DNC6060/RET74/DNS74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
707253954Unknown (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC5974/DNC74/DNC
71=7403437Unknown (74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
72=7403946Paul BeardQueen Mary SC(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC
73=7403934Damien Le HouerouASQ(74/DNC)(74/DNC)74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC74/DNC

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