RS200 End of Series Finale at Wembley Sailing Club
by Julian Bradley 10 Nov 2012 03:29 NZDT
4 November 2012
RS200 End of Series Finale at Wembley © Ian McKelvie
Rain of epic proportions caused many to stay in their pit last Sunday
morning. Forecast was for the rain to stop about 11 am, and swing
through 180 degrees and fill significantly at about midday, which proved to
be spot-on.
John Curran and Kevin Armstrong occupied the crease in the committee
boat. Race 1 started at 11 in a light easterly. My spinnaker looking
like a damp tramp’s sock, it died completely leaving the two lead
boats (me and James Williams 1154) to the mercy of the fleet. Somehow,
Andy and Jeraldine Peters and others ghosted through us both. RO
decreed we go ashore and wait for the wind to shift and fill from the
west. At 12.30 in it came, force 4 or so (see video) Ian Sharp and Ellie Martin
gave Andy and Jeraldine a fight for the lead, Steve Janering and Messy
Cotter holding me and Alice off for 3rd.
The start of Race 3 saw
sundry shenanigans. These included Ian Sharp and me over the line for
early showers and a pants scorecard, and some helms using their
‘earlids’ (invisible, soundproof flaps of skin that descend over a
helm’s ears when conversing with the competition), leaving the race
open for Stephen Janering and Miss Cotter to win from James Williams
and Sarah Tuppen of Royal Harwich.
So the Peters won easily, as well as the overall series. As always, if
you didn’t get a decent start you ended up having to find a lane by
pointing higher than the Statue of Liberty, and going equally fast.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 962 | Peters | Peters | Queen Mary | 1 | 1 | (DNF) | 2 |
| 2nd | 1423 | Janering | Cotter | Wembley | ‑5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3rd | 1154 | Williams | Tuppen | Royal Harwich | 2 | ‑11 | 2 | 4 |
| 4th | 1228 | Adams | Lucas | Burghfield | 4 | ‑8 | 4 | 8 |
| 5th | 1467 | Sharp | Martin | Burghfield | 7 | 2 | (OCS) | 9 |
| 6th | 834 | Clayton | Gill | Burghfield | ‑10 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7th | 1018 | Cory | Styles | Downs | 3 | ‑9 | 7 | 10 |
| 8th | 1263 | Bradley | Hudson | Wembley | 6 | 4 | (OCS) | 10 |
| 9th | 1402 | Janering | Mehta | Wembley | ‑13 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10th | 1144 | Gill | Faulds | Wembley | ‑9 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 11th | 1150 | Beaney | Beaney | Castaways | ‑11 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 12th | 787 | Bucknall | Bucknall | Wembley | 8 | 13 | (DNF) | 21 |
| 13th | 1131 | Wilson | Chan | Wembley | ‑15 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 14th | 633 | Hurney | Kwan | Wembley | 14 | ‑16 | 10 | 24 |
| 15th | 1182 | Barraclough | Clare | Rickmansworth | ‑16 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 16th | 860 | McKelvie | Beeching | Wembley | 12 | 15 | (DNF) | 27 |