"Aujourd'hui c'est un grand jour pour la FRANCE! We won the first race of the British Nationals with a new crew Régis Viateur. The wind was very light and chifty. I missed my start because I was at the end of the line and I didn't see the pathfinder. I was twenty metres behind him so I tacked and I went right side, it was perfect. I turned the first mark first! And the wind stopped 300 metres after. Just behind me Ian and Nick approach to me about 10 metres and I started with a very light wind.When I jibe Mr Barker and Mark Upton and Debi with Dan just behind me, the wind was coming from the left. We turned the third mark again first, the wind was left and in the middle of the leg, the wind was right. Mark and Ian Barker were under me but I go quick on the right with them. Debi was more on the left. At the fourth mark the three boats were very closed to me.
The Jury stopped the race at the fifth mark and I was very happy with Régis.
Tomorrow is another day!"
Philippe Boite
1 8702 Philippe Boite Regis Viateur Reaux, France
2 8552 Mark Upton-Brown Ian Mitchell HISC
3 8432 Debbie Jarvis Dan Johnson Grafham/Burton
4 8672 Miles Odell Andrew Streeter HISC
5 8568 Charles Walters Christian Diebitsh Datchet Water
6 8460 Martin Goult Gordon Russel Burghfield
7 8378 Martin Hodgson Alastair Macleod Stone
8 8419 Sturat Turnbull Jason Lunn Burton
9 8535 Dougal Cram Francis Cram HISC
10 8481 Simon Payne Bill Masterman HISC
11 8483 Simon Sydenham Nigel James Aldeburgh YC
12 8736 Ian Pinnell Nick Powell Northampton
13 8726 Martin Stainsby Jim Bennett HISC
14 8676 Clive Robinson Gary Cawthorne Burton
15 8467 Chris Romans Colin Jarvis Portishead
16 8489 John Webster Eric Ironmonger Burton
17 8690 Ian Gould George Simpkins Arun
18 8381 Jim Hunt Steve Adams Thorpe Bay
19 8408 Roger Sherwood Nick Willis HISC
20 8494 Peter Andreae Robert Stallard Felixstowe Ferry
21 8678 Jim Berry David Barnes Chew Valley
22 8508 Sam Neal Jon Ward Grafham Water
23 8377 Hector Cisneros Lawrence Crispin Stone
24 8291 Richard Sims Simon Wood Burton
25 8707 Steve Nicholson John Mildrid Northampton
26 8701 Paul Lovesy Andy Matthews Stokes Bay
27 8342 Mike Holt Paul Beasley Halfway
28 8429 Rob Napier Keith Summersgill House of LordsYC/Lowton
29 8305 Andrew Short Russell Short Burton
30 8495 Dave Peacock Chris Hewkin Burton
31 8640 Vernon Ralston Simon Spratt Thorpe Bay
32 8625 Melvyn Newman Alex Cull Queen Mary
33 8708 Martin Wedge Nick Beloe RBYC
34 8705 Richard Lord Simon Lake Grafham Water
35 8650 Ian Montague Geoff Kimber Stone
36 8694 Andy Williams Andy Edmunds Portishead
37 8306 Christopher Robinson Tom Phillips Burton
38 8217 Adrain Lane Geoff lane Stokes Bay
39 8423 Martin Wright Chris Wright Bala
40 8307 Paul Foddy P. Smith Stokes Bay
41 848 Tom Wain Jon Peats Felixstowe FerrySC
42 8474 Chris Thorne Andy Tyas Portishead
DNC 8532 Tom Clayton Dennis Hyatt Shotley
DNC 8555 Dave Smithwhite Paul Young HISC
(Race 2 was postponed to tomorrow.)