SAILING NEWS
News 17

49er Inlands
National 12 Inlands
THE 49ers gathered for their last class event
of the year, combined with the Ovington
at Northampton
Classes inlands it was a very busy weekend.
A cold brisk wind greeted the fleet on
STEVIE Sallis crewed by his daughter there was plenty of puff for planing reaches four was just enough. Ian Gore and Penny
Saturday for the first start, as the day pro-
Joanne won his 6th N12 Inlands title at and flat out hiking up wind and down. Yarwood were very consistent (3441) and
gressed and the next 3 races were completed Northampton.. PRO Richard Willows set excellent courses finished equal on points with Steve and
the wind had increased substantially with Saturday was breezy and lots of the top with true beats, reaches of various angles, Joanne but lost on count back. Antony and
some gusts being recorded of nearly 30 boats had swims particularly in the third race testing gybe marks (often in the spectator Jo Gifford (3514) won both of Sundays
knots. Sunday brought a degree of relief when who ever got into the lead seemed to zone in front of the clubhouse) and some races but had to count a ninth after a couple
since the wind had eased and gave a chance
lose the ability to Gybe. Sunday looked as dead runs where staying in the puff lines of swims cost them dearly on Saturday, but
for the aching muscles to recover.
if it would be easier but the fireworks, disco could gain you hundreds of yards. it was good enough to haul themselves up
An unusually large fleet was boosted by the
and beer on Saturday night were definitely Steve and Joanne (3436) put in most of the to third place.Gareth Williams and Katie
fact that all the RYA squad boats had been
slowing down the reactions of the fleet and work needed on Saturday when they scored Hughes (3162) won the Admirals cup divi-
given the task of not sailing with their usual
by the time every one arrived at the start line two firsts and a fourth and a fourth in race sion from Simon and Matt Hopkins (3413).
partner, so we had all sorts of combinations
from crews helming and helms crewing to
previous top sailors coming back to play.
It was however the pairing of Paul
Brotherton and Mark Asquith that turned
out to be worthy winners of a very challeng-
ing weekend. They started out the way they
meant go on with two 1st, a 3rd and a 4th
on the Saturday followed by a solid 3rd and
4th on Sunday. Dylan Fletcher crewed by
Pete Perera sailed a steady Saturday and
then put in two 1sts on Sunday to give them
second overall. The first proper team not in
the squad were Richard Mason & Tom Peel
who put in a very consistent series with a
string of 4ths plus a race win. Andrew
Walsh & Simon Marks were less consistent
but still managed a race win in the last race
as the wind went light and tricky. Showing
that age is no barrier in the 49er Ian Barker
crewed by Alain Sign finished a very
respectable 5th overall with results from
2nd to 13th ( did a bit of swimming on
Saturday). Dave Evans crewed by another
past 49er crew Harvey Hillary were proba-
bly the most inconsistent team with results
from 1st to the teens.
All in all a very entertaining weekend for
those who changed around and for those
watching.
NATIONAL 12s: Excellent courses made for keen racing at the N12 Inlands at Northampton
WITH nearly 40 29ers, the 2008 were under pressure from Anne Noble /
The winds blow
Ovington inlands was keenly contested Katy Stewardson.
with the varied conditions producing Sunday was a different game! The light
clear and worthy winners. The forecast winds proved a real test of quite different
at Grafham for
for Saturday of 15kts turned out to be skills. Alex Horlock / Timothy Walton
‘half’ right – almost literally as the gusts won the start, and sailed away to win the
racked up to nearly 30kts by the end of race despite strong pressure from Lilly
the second race. Carlisle / Becky Wallbank with Keith and
the 29er Inland
Winner of race one was Henry Lloyd Siobhan Escritt third . Durham wasn’t to
Williams / Sam Batten with Nick be shaken though and managed a good
Redding / Adam Hilton in hot pursuit. fourth but Mather and Larvin kept the
However virtually all the fleet had mis- pressure on with a 5th and 6th. Keith and
Championships
read the SIs and done a lap less than Siobhan Escritt worked the shifts best in
needed. Four boats had done the extra lap race 5 and led from the first mark to the
and the situation was settled reasonably finish from Nick Redding / Adam Hilton
amicably in the protest room by awarding who were adding to their string of mostly
two first places two seconds and so on – top 6 results. Durham /Jones Warner
so at least no-one lost out. That promoted crossed third to virtually guarantee over-
Tom Durham /Rupert Jones Warner to all victory, and Anne Noble / Katy
first - a position they didn’t let go of all Stewardson got fourth to put some pres-
day. sure on Carlisle/Wallbank for first ladies
Race two and everyone did the right spot.
number of laps, with Durham winning, Henry Lloyd Williams / Sam Batten fin-
Chris Matthews/ Ed Gibbons made a ished the weekend as they’d started –
huge improvement from a first race 18th with a bullet. Tristan Jaques / Tom Morris
to come in second with Tristan Jaques / just rolled Noble / Stewardson on the last
Tom Morris third and consistent Adam hitch leg for second, with the Escritts
Larvin / John Welton fourth. fourth, and Lilly Carlisle / Becky
The wind racked up a bit between races Wallbank ensuring they won the first
resulting in a few casualties but none Ladies overall title with a fighting fifth.
more entertaining than Adam Larvins Overall, Tom Durham /Rupert Jones
excellent full end over end pitchpole. Warner (Emsworth Slipper) won com-
The conditions suited the top three as fortably – discarding a 7th, with Adam
they repeated the same 1,2,3 in the third Larvin / John Welton (Beaver) counting a
race, with Walker / Mather cracking string of top 6 results in second. Keith
another good result in 4th . Escritt / Siobhan Escritt (Yorkshire
A tough day on the water had been dom- Dales) were third but only on countback
inated by the lads with Durham leading from Nick Redding / Adam Hilton
from Larvin and Mather, the first girl in (Oxford). Top ladies were Lilly Carlisle /
10th was Siobhan Escritt crewing for her Becky Wallbank (Draycote) with Anne
Dad, and four places further back were Noble / Katy Stewardson (Ullswater) just
Lilly Carlisle / Becky Wallbank, who behind.
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