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Result Details

Event name: Solo Nationals
Date: 23 July 2018
Type: Nationals
Club: Hayling Island Sailing Club
Classtype:SOLO , see more results

The final day of competition dawned and though defending champion Charlie Cumbley had a lead of 6 points over second placed Tim Law with Pete Mitchell a further 4 points back, high scores as discards were sitting, like rotten teeth in all the front runners scores. Probably the worst case scenario was Ellie Cumpsty’s tally with 2 BFDs and no wiggle room for error.

The heat of the Sun was tempered by high cloud, the net curtains only parting occasionally and with no sign of cumulus action over the Downs, a sea breeze was doubtful.

The fleet launched at 10.45 a.m and were on course Bravo by 11.30 a.m allowing time to analyse wind and tide data, calibrate settings and carb up before the countdown.

Race 11

Away first time with just the one OCS and I had my eyes firmly on the front runners who had elected to start towards the pin end..again. Cumbley and Mitchell seemed buried and with only 5-7 mph across the course, were both in a bit of bother. I did not see Law but Cumpsty was in a good position towards the left of the course, taking a conservative approach to the beat as the wind decided who to bless and who to curse. I was aboard the Jury rib with a number of spectators, among them, Errol Edwards who had lent Cumpsty his Solo for the week and, like Klopp kicks every ball from the sideline, was living every tack and gybe she made. He also had a zoom lens which left my Fuji S1 reaching for a modesty towel. With 200 yards to the mark to go, the wind swung hard left which must have devastated the guys who had headed right but confirmed to those lucky buggers on the left that they were indeed tactical genii.

First to the mark was Jamie Holmes from Spinnaker S.C. with Andy Hyland and Richie Bailey, the HD set up working nicely again for the Plate Series leader. Guy Mayger continued his good form in fourth from Ellie Cumpsty. Alec Powell and under 21 sailor Alexander Butler were right in the mix with all the main contenders well back. Bailey led around the leeward mark from Mayger while Cumbley was clawing his way up from the high twenties. The second lap saw the breeze slightly more stable and at the gun it was Bailey who took his second bullet of the regatta with Cumpsty, Mayger and Butler completing the top five. Cumbley took seventh and that would be enough to seal the title with Law and Mitchell having to count high discards. Cumpsty was right in the mix, two points of third and thirteen points off second.

The wind then switched off and with a rumble of thunder echoing across the course, would we get the final race in?

We waited tensely for over one hour and with a deadline of 3.30pm for the last possible start, time was running out. Fortunately a storm system was heading towards the course area from Bembridge, the radio coms confirming there was 12mph at the windward mark. Two starts later and we were racing but with 16 BFDs. Law, Cumpsty and Mitchell all started within touching distance with Cumbley further to windward and enjoying the fresh conditions. A third of the way up the beat water began to fall from the sky and I quietly sniggered as my nemesis sheathed his zoom while I was able to continue shooting, the Fuji S1 may not be waterproof but it is splash proof.

With the windiest conditions of the regatta came a different calibre of sailor and I could sense their frustrations of what could have been. Cumbley led from Gareth Henshall, Stuart Godwin and Tim Law who was heard lecturing his two younger pretenders on the etiquette of mark rounding. Mitchell and Simon Childs were next as the fleet blasted into the bright yellow inflatable mark as it yawed from side to side in the confused sea state. Cumpsty was holding her own in the top ten but needed to be ahead of both of her nearest rivals if she was to claim a podium. Cumbley and Godwin rounded the bottom mark together with the latter choosing the left hand gate and he was then able to gain up the last beat to take the lead….temporarily as he then dropped below the spreader, assuming it was a triangle and gifted Cumbley the lead and the bullet.

At this point we decided to head ashore as we were wet and cold, two things we did not think we would be at the start of the day. The drama unfolded as the sailors came to shore and trudged to the noticeboard to seek confirmation of the results. Unbelievably, Law, Mitchell and Cumpsty were all BFDs which resulted in Mitchell claiming second from Law with an unlucky Cumpsty dropping to 17th due to a BFD (105) counter.

Charlie Cumbley was a very worthy winner in an incredibly tough Championship where the light winds and challenging start lines tested every competitor and the PROs sanity.

Pete Mitchell is still youthful and his hard drive of experience is filling up quick, a future National Championship title is not beyond his reach while for Tim Law the BFD in race 8 halted his very valid tilt at the title. Olly Davenport showed true resilience after opening his regatta with a BFD and Guy Mayger has announced his talent to the Class with fifth overall.

Magic Marine

This Championship was punctuated by the generosity of our title sponsor Magic Marine and the quality of their products was much appreciated. We did ask Jarvis Simpson, winner of the Ultimate Long John to model it but with 30 degrees beating down, he wisely declined until the weather is more suitable. We took a fabulous publicity shot of the sailors in the headwear which is the smartest they looked all week. Ellie received a Magic Marine rash vest while Mark Lee was one of two to win a really cool Revolution Buoyancy Aid.

Congratulations to the winners of the Magic Marine £100 vouchers, Guy Mayger (VET), Tim Law (GM), John Webster (Sep), Richie Bailey (PLATE) and our two Magic Marine £50 voucher winners Alexander Butler (U21) and Ellie Cumpsty (Lady).

Allen

Our Performance Improver Series, sponsored by Allen was also very well supported. Nick Bonner won the best performance of the week in the final race (£30) while Joe Ryecroft won an Allen £50 voucher for finishing all races. Other winners were Olly Davenport, Patrick Burns, Richie Bailey, Ray Collins and Tony Thresher who won best performance from a wooden boat.

The club was packed every night and I wish to thank the competitors for allowing me to sprinkle my daily speeches with sarcasm while our Early Bird sponsors, Milanes Foils, Selden, P+B, HD Sails, North Sails, Hyde Sails, C2 Marine, Winder Boats provided us with some really fantastic prizes.

Thanks to Simon Philbrick for his On-Water surveillance, absolutely essential to ensure fair play for all. You would not hold a football match without a referee?

Thanks to Leah Brooks and the team in the HISC office who had results published before we were ashore while the catering team, headed by Chef John treated us to amazing food every day, I do not exaggerate where food is concerned.

PRO Paul Carpenter, supported by a team including Pin end Marker Nick Dene managed to get a twelve race series completed which even he was surprised by. Please do not take it personally that the fleet preferred the company of Nick at the pin.

H.I.S.C. has a reputation for excellence and they delivered.

Lastly, thanks to Noble Marine for their continued support of the NSCA.

Will Loy

NSCA

Rank SailNo Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
1 5705 Charlie Cumbley Warsash SC 1 1 1 1 (BFD) -7 6 3 2 6 7 1
2 5790 Peter Mitchell Warsash SC 5 2 4 5 6 5 -39 2 3 26 25 (BFD)
3 5743 Tim Law Salcombe YC 3 6 2 6 1 20 7 (BFD) 1 1 40 (BFD)
4 5764 Oliver Davenport Northampton SC (BFD) 3 14 9 4 14 9 1 11 24 -41 3
5 5691 Guy Mayger Felpham SC 13 10 7 -15 15 2 13 -36 5 12 4 14
6 4869 Stuart Godwin Hayling Island SC (DNC) 21 3 4 2 3 20 22 8 13 -80 2
7 5816 Richie Bailey Hayling Island SC -39 24 24 -28 23 1 2 4 6 16 1 9
8 5719 Richard Lovering Hayling Island SC 2 28 6 3 5 -47 -59 12 21 18 20 6
9 5749 Michael Hicks Salcombe YC 14 4 9 22 3 23 4 6 -31 20 -35 19
10 5781 Alexander Butler Hayling Island SC 27 19 22 10 -35 (BFD) 12 15 13 10 3 21
11 4581 Robert Gullan Hayling Island SC -37 -52 33 11 14 12 23 30 7 5 6 15
12 5583 Nick Bonner Hayling Island SC 10 9 18 7 8 34 27 29 (DNF) (DNF) 18 4
13 5793 Ellie Cumpsty Chew Valley Lake SC 4 7 12 (BFD) (BFD) 4 1 11 14 2 5 BFD
14 5115 James Boyce Papercourt SC 24 29 5 35 17 (BFD) 18 7 9 4 21 (BFD)
15 5493 Nick Peters Hayling Island SC 11 12 11 13 21 9 14 -42 40 19 19 (DNC)
16 5670 Nigel Thomas Hill Head SC 18 -45 19 20 24 6 29 -37 15 9 14 22
17 5553 Alec Powell Hayling Island SC 17 27 8 -39 (BFD) 25 24 8 27 14 2 27
18 5211 Gareth Henshall Shotwick Lake SC 8 5 26 24 12 33 16 13 10 -50 (DNF) 33
19 5314 Leo Dixon HISC & West Kirby SC (DNC) 18 17 21 11 13 57 10 16 21 10 (BFD)
20 5658 Martin Honnor Ogston SC 19 32 (BFD) 19 18 8 43 9 28 15 -59 5
21 5777 Chris Brown Draycote SC 12 22 15 17 19 31 8 19 -37 22 36 (BFD)
22 5730 Vince Horey King George SC 7 8 (BFD) 18 25 40 3 24 43 36 8 (BFD)
23 5804 Steve Ede Ardleigh SC 35 25 10 (BFD) 13 21 30 5 12 23 49 (BFD)
24 5657 Timothy Polglase Hayling Island SC RDG RDG 32 37 20 35 19 18 22 -51 -52 11
25 5130 Mark Lee Weymouth SC 26 15 27 12 22 (BFD) 17 23 20 -72 55 36
26 5683 Jamie Holmes Spinnaker SC -62 -55 35 54 16 26 35 25 18 8 9 29
27 5784 Lawrence Creaser Hayling Island SC 25 23 20 -62 (BFD) 16 22 26 26 48 58 32
28 5248 Nicholas Fuller Hayling Island SC 47 31 30 51 7 32 28 21 17 (UFD) -77 30
29 5381 Fraser Hayden Papercourt SC 28 39 37 -44 40 24 15 20 -52 40 13 42
30 5070 Graham Hughes Hayling Island SC 30 30 23 48 (DNC) 17 36 45 29 38 (DNC) 12
31 5406 Jarvis Simpson Brightlingsea SC 32 46 44 25 52 30 -93 16 33 (UFD) 34 31
32 5803 Kevan Gibb Largo Bay SC 20 34 16 45 9 (BFD) 48 32 4 75 64 (BFD)
33 5421 Andy Bayliss Hykeham SC 45 40 (BFD) 34 32 19 37 61 -64 55 15 26
34 5383 Patrick Hamilton Burwain SC 58 33 38 56 36 43 -67 41 30 7 -67 24
35 5763 Stephen Denison RYA 42 44 (BFD) 30 45 37 38 33 19 44 -86 34
36 598 Hans Duetz WSV Giesbeek 31 (BFD) 42 29 44 22 41 38 32 49 42 -50
37 5796 Andy Hyland Lymington Town/Spinnaker SC 40 -77 28 38 (BFD) 11 26 44 66 47 12 58
38 5629 Timothy Dickinson Hayling Island SC 9 38 (BFD) 8 48 28 21 39 45 66 74 (BFD)
39 5655 John Webster Carsington SC 52 50 21 33 34 -68 60 51 25 11 43 (BFD)
40 5801 Willie Todd Largs SC 49 41 43 64 (BFD) 10 10 43 36 41 44 (DNC)
41 5750 David Mitchell Warsash SC 34 14 51 16 31 39 47 40 69 45 -83 (BFD)
42 5282 Robert Bellfield Itchenor SC / RNSA 22 66 (BFD) -80 50 46 42 14 61 33 38 18
43 5596 Ray Collins Locks S C 51 53 53 47 -55 18 -89 54 44 3 23 51
44 5569 Nick Rawlings Hayling Island SC 43 43 34 32 53 45 -61 55 55 -56 22 17
45 5786 John Steels Starcross YC 48 48 25 -74 28 51 53 -69 24 61 68 13
46 5666 Andrew Boyce Papercourt SC 63 64 64 -83 (RDG) 27 11 35 57 27 63 20
47 5221 Geoff Henstridge RYA 33 11 13 2 59 29 78 (DNF) 51 59 (DNC) DNC
48 5779 Mark Maskell Blackwater SC 44 73 31 49 38 71 5 47 59 42 (DNC) (DNC)
49 5520 Simon Childs Hayling Island SC (DNC) (DNC) 40 46 54 38 86 56 23 64 32 25
50 5755 Graham Cranford Smith Salcombe YC 16 16 (BFD) 40 (BFD) 42 DNF DNC 38 43 54 10
51 5134 Robert Laurie Harlow Blackwater SC 23 63 (BFD) 60 63 36 75 50 46 57 -78 7
52 5026 David Acres Emsworth SC & Thorney SC 54 59 29 41 (BFD) 44 90 28 53 35 48 (BFD)
53 5393 Simon Derham Littleton SC 46 (DNF) 41 27 51 53 -80 58 54 58 45 49
54 5735 Andrew Voysey Hayling Island SC 67 65 (BFD) 14 70 (BFD) 64 31 34 34 71 35
55 4656 Mark Flew Portchester SC -68 49 55 65 30 48 31 48 -82 46 65 48
56 5744 Iain McGregor Salcombe YC 21 26 47 23 (BFD) 56 70 (BFD) 56 52 30 BFD
57 5380 Stephen Chiverton Hayling Island SC 56 -76 46 57 43 -59 33 53 50 37 57 56
58 5802 Patrick Burns RYA -85 (DNC) 56 82 29 41 32 65 41 17 69 66
59 5530 Paul Noble Hayling Island SC 61 61 49 59 47 65 -91 46 65 -67 31 16
60 5782 Nigel Davies Draycote Water SC 6 13 DNE 31 10 (BFD) 45 (BFD) 60 25 DNC DNC
61 5748 Neil Davison Hayling Island SC 83 69 39 55 27 49 74 49 39 32 (DNC) (DNC)
62 5412 Chris Powles Hayling Island SC -86 60 67 36 26 70 40 67 68 -77 47 40
63 5334 David Steel Hayling Island SC (DNC) 58 36 76 37 62 49 (BFD) 67 65 16 59
64 5745 Andrew Fox Leigh and Lowton SC 41 35 52 26 66 -77 51 70 72 69 -85 46
65 5382 Nev Watson Hailing Island SC -80 72 65 66 57 63 69 64 -83 31 17 28
66 5778 Shaun Welsh Lymington Town SC 57 54 59 77 33 54 -92 71 48 29 (UFD) 55
67 5514 John Dixon West Kirby SC (DNC) 47 45 67 39 -69 55 57 58 53 61 60
68 5290 Cliff Crawshaw Tata Steel SC 15 17 60 43 46 50 (BFD) 34 71 (DNC) DNC DNC
69 5507 Andrew Jameson Hayling Island SC 29 -74 48 42 (BFD) 74 73 68 74 28 73 39
70 5024 Rob Mitchell Chew Valley Lake SC 69 -87 -74 70 41 61 52 52 49 60 51 45
71 5634 Howard Edwards Papercourt SC 59 36 (BFD) 63 58 67 82 -87 47 83 56 8
72 5630 Greg Swift Hayling Island SC 55 20 (DNC) (DNC) 49 64 62 78 63 62 81 38
73 4679 Mark Fuller Papercourt SC 77 62 75 68 42 58 25 (BFD) 73 71 24 (BFD)
74 5718 Craig Clarke Papercourt SC 72 75 70 75 68 60 63 63 -86 39 28 (BFD)
75 5627 David Parkin Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC 73 71 71 73 56 -79 76 77 35 54 -82 52
76 5495 Robin Gadd Hayling Island SC 65 78 63 52 80 55 50 76 -93 78 -84 47
77 5819 Phil Sturmer Royal Burnham YC -84 79 61 61 78 57 84 59 75 -85 39 54
78 5780 Brenda Hoult Hayling Island SC (DNC) (DNC) 50 69 DNF 15 34 27 DNC DNC 37 DNC
79 5608 Simon Verrall Dell Quay SC 78 -88 57 -84 77 73 44 66 70 76 53 67
80 5492 Tom Hartridge Locks SC -76 70 66 71 62 52 68 75 62 68 70 (BFD)
81 5644 Geoff Holden Torpoint Mosquito SC 50 68 58 72 69 80 -88 74 79 -82 79 37
82 5308 Ivan Burden Portchester SC 36 56 81 (BFD) 60 72 (DNF) 60 91 DNC 62 44
83 5776 Tim Wade Spinnaker Club -89 -89 62 85 71 85 79 17 77 63 76 57
84 5059 Mark Harper Dell Quay SC 64 42 54 50 67 81 46 62 (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC
85 5747 Roger Lumby Salcombe YC 53 51 69 53 79 83 72 -88 80 84 (DNF) 53
86 4454 Stas Lawicki Papercourt SC 66 86 83 58 72 -88 71 (DNC) 85 74 66 43
87 5436 Dave Moody Hayling Island SC 82 67 72 86 81 (BFD) 56 (DNC) 81 87 26 68
88 5731 Vernon Perkins South Cerney SC 81 82 68 87 (DNC) (BFD) 58 81 76 89 50 41
89 4942 Roger Millett Chichester YC 79 57 78 78 64 76 -85 72 78 70 -87 64
90 4918 Richard Goss Burghfield SC 87 85 73 -89 65 78 81 80 84 -90 27 61
91 4927 Tony Thresher West Oxfordshire SC 38 83 (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 42 30 11 BFD
92 5237 Derek Jackman Chichester YC 74 (DNF) 82 88 82 66 54 73 -92 88 72 65
93 4412 Alastair Hunter Frampton On Severn SC -91 90 76 -91 61 86 87 86 89 80 33 62
94 5560 Charles Stimpson Spinnaker SC 75 80 79 79 85 87 -94 79 88 -92 60 63
95 6000 Doug Latta Hayling Island SC / Portchester SC 60 37 (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 29 23
96 4551 Bill Hutchings Tonbridge 92 93 80 -96 73 91 77 85 -96 73 46 71
97 4820 Paul Bristow Burghfield SC 88 -92 77 -90 75 75 66 89 90 86 89 70
98 4168 Joe Rycroft Frampton On Severn SC 90 91 86 -93 84 90 65 83 -95 91 88 69
99 4491 Grayson Eacott Stewartby Water Sports Club 70 81 85 92 76 84 95 82 94 81 (DNC) (DNC)
100 5352 Mike Wilkie Desborough SC 71 84 (DNF) 81 74 82 83 84 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC
101 5620 Anthony Sanders Hayling Island SC (DNC) (DNC) 87 95 83 89 96 90 87 79 75 DNC
102 5091 Nicholas Davison Hayling Island SC 93 94 84 94 (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
103 4214 Simon Hoult Hayling Island SC (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
103 5576 David Moseley Hayling Island SC (DNC) (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
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