I have been informed a few minutes ago that one of the privileges of sailing a 505 is that if you win a race at the Nationals you are presented with the opportunity of writing the day's race report. For the benefit of all readers, I promise not to win tomorrow. Three races were sailed back to back to back.
Race 2.
Course of sausage, triangle, and sausage. Wind strength force 1 and 2, direction Southeast. Gate was opened by the Payne/Masterman. For reasons unknown to this scribe, but possibly because of tidal variation across the course or small non-spotted wind shift the boat helmed by the writer and crewed by Gary Cawthorn, by banging hard left, arrived first at the first mark, followed by the Christopher Robinson/Tom Phillips (Christopher is the writer's son), and Payne/Masterman.
Race 2 Results
Robinson/Cawthorn
Payne/Masterman
Boite/Viateur
Race 3.
Controversial start to this race, again held in light marginal trapezing conditions. The strong tide had swept many of the boats away from the starting area. With only a six minute start sequence, many 505s failed to reach the start line. Pinnell/Powell banged hard left, and arrived a clear first at the first mark, and were never headed and won the race. For most of the race Upton-Brown/Mitchell were a clear second, until the last run, when Upton-Brown gybed off the opposite direction in an unsuccessful attempt to catch Pinnell, and let through Jarvis/Johnson.
Race 3 Result
Pinnell/Powell
Jarvis/Johnson
Upton-Brown/Masterman
Race 4.
Change of course to windward leeward. An increase in wind! Solid Trapezing. First time in the series. Little affect on the speed of Pinnell/Powell boat. Led from start to finish by banging left on the first beat, yet again.
Race 4 Result:
Pinnell/Powell
Upton-Brown/Masterman
Adams/Hunt
Standings after 4 Races with 1 Discard:
12,4,1,1 8736 Ian Pinnell/Nick Powell Northampton
2,11,3,2 8552 Mark Upton-Brown/Ian Mitchell HISC
10,2,7,4 8481 Simon Payne/Bill Masterman HISC
1,3,27,12 8702 Philippe Boite/Regis Viateur Meaux,
France
14,1,10,5 8676 Clive Robinson/Gary Cawthorne Burton
3,14,2,11 8432 Debbie Jarvis/Dan Johnson Grafham/
Burton
25,5,4,9 8707 Steve Nicholson/John Mildrid
Northampton
30,10,5,7 8495 Dave Peacock/Chris Hewkin Burton
6,21,13,6 8460 Martin Goult/Gordon Russel Burghfield
27,6,9,15 8342 Mike Holt/Paul Beasley Halfway
36,9,6,19 8694 Andy Williams/Andy Edmunds Portishead
9,23,8,17 8535 Dougal Cram/Francis Cram HISC
8,15,12,16 8419 Stuart Turnbull/Jason Lunn Burton
18,25,15,3 8381 Jim Hunt/Steve Adams Thorpe
Bay
5,26,22,10 8568 Charles Walters/Christian Diebitsh Datchet
Water
4,24,16,23 8672 Miles Odell/Andrew Streeter HISC
7,18,19,22 8378 Martin Hodgson/Alastair Macleod Stone
15,12,18,31 8467 Chris Romans/Colin Jarvis Portishead
23,22,11,14 8377 Hector Cisneros/Lawrence Crispin Stone
28,13,21,13 8429 Rob Napier Keith Summersgill House of LordsYC/Lowton
31,8,23,20 8640 Vernon Ralston/Simon Spratt Thorpe Bay
35,16,28,8 8650 Ian Montague/Geoff Kimber Stone
20,19,20,32 8494 Peter Andreae/Robert Stallard Felixstowe
Ferry
22,38,17,26 8508 Sam Neal/Jon Ward Grafham
Water
16,27,26,25 8489 John Webster/Eric Ironmonger Burton
37,7,33,33 8306 Christopher Robinson/Tom Phillips Burton
DNC,31,24,18 8555 Dave Smithwhite/Paul Young HISC
19,17,38,50 8408 Roger Sherwood/Nick Willis HISC
33,20,29,27 8708 Martin Wedge/Nick Beloe RBYC
13,34,30,35 8726 Martin Stainsby/Jim Bennett HISC
24,32,25,28 8291 Richard Sims/Simon Wood Burton
11,43,37,30 8483 Simon Sydenham/Nigel James Aldeburgh YC
26,39,14,DNC 8701 Paul Lovesy/Andy Matthews Stokes Bay
34,29,31,21 8705 Richard Lord/Simon Lake Grafham Water
29,30,32,24 8305 Andrew Short/Russell Short Burton
21,36,40,36 8678 Jim Berry/David Barnes Chew
Valley
40,28,DNC,34 8307 Paul Foddy/P. Smith Stokes Bay
32,35,42,38 8625 Melvyn Newman/Alex Cull Queen Mary
DNC,33,35,39 8304 Chris Pearson/Frank Rainsborough Queen Mary
39,40,43,29 8423 Martin Wright/Chris Wright Bala
17,45,50,50 8690 Ian Gould/George Simpkins Arun
42,37,34,42 8474 Chris Thorne/Andy Tyas Portishead
DNC,42,36,37 7894 J Waalker/J Turner Burton
41,41,39,40 848 Tom Wain/Jon Peats Felixstowe
FerrySC
38,47,44,43 8217 Adrian Lane/Geoff lane Stokes
Bay
DNC,46,45,41 8532 Tom Clayton/Dennis Hyatt Shotley
DNC,44,41,50 8234 David Lines/Julie Nuttall Queen Mary
DNC,DNC,46,44 8138 Andrew Draper/Simon Johnson Queen Mary
DNC,DNC,50,DNC 8380 Dick Rowe/Ashford Brown Lyme Regis