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News / NeilPryde Hayling Island Open

Hayling Island SC hosted the first event in the NeilPryde Golden Dolphin series. 19 Boats made the trip, and were rewarded with 6 races in fantastic sailing conditions. With 15-20 knots blowing on the Saturday, the Fireballs headed out to the bay, leaving the Merlins to dodge sand banks in the Harbour.

The stiff Northerly provided excellent conditions for sailing, Chips and Vyv announced their presence with a bullet in race 1 – the first time out in their new boat. They were closely followed by Matt Burge and Rich Wagstaff with Tom Gillard and Simon Potts in third, overtaking DJ and Richard Anderton on the last hitch to the finish.

Race 2 started just before a squall, which caught several teams off guard – recorded at 30 knots by the weather stations, it set the scene for an interesting race. The first reach was fast, and while Burge and Wagstaff tested the water temperature, the rest of the fleet charged off. Tom Gillard won the race from Chips and DJ – though Chips and DJ were both OCS.

The wind abated for race 3 and after some close racing DJ worked out a win from Burge – with Nathan Batchelor and Rob Higgins in third.

Sunday brought a southerly wind, and a steady 12-15 knots. 3 more races were quickly run by the committee – Burge and Wagstaff won the first race, closely followed by Matt Rainback and Simon Foskett – sailing the Fleet boat in their first Fireball open meeting. Race 5 was quickly underway with Chips winning from Tom – positions that were reversed in the last race.

NeilPryde generously sponsored the event – as they are the rest of the Golden Dolphin events – with 1st prize receiving £100 in vouchers, 2nd place £75 and 3rd place £50. 1st Silver went home with £35 and 1st Bronze received £25.

Overall

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 19, Scoring system: Appendix A

RankTallyFleetSailNoHelmNameCrewNameClubR1
27 Apr
R2
27 Apr
R3
27 Apr
R4
28 Apr
R5
28 Apr
R6
28 Apr
TotalNett
1st 14 Gold 15091 Tom Gillard Simon Potts Sheffield Viking SC 3.0 1.0 (5.0) 3.0 2.0 1.0 15.0 10.0
2nd 19 Gold 15096 Chips Howarth Vyv Townsend Emsworth SC 1.0 (20.0 OCS) 7.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 35.0 15.0
3rd 9 Gold 15093 Matt Burge Richard Wagstaff Poole YC 2.0 (8.0) 2.0 1.0 7.0 5.0 25.0 17.0
4th 12 Gold 15073 Peter Gray Tim Saunders SHSC 5.0 6.0 (11.0) 6.0 3.0 4.0 35.0 24.0
5th 7 Gold 15080 Matt Rainback Simon Foskett Poole 8.0 (9.0) 6.0 2.0 6.0 3.0 34.0 25.0
6th 18 Gold 15083 Dave Wade Bob Gardner Northampton 7.0 2.0 4.0 9.0 4.0 (20.0 DNC) 46.0 26.0
7th 6 Gold 15087 Nathan Batchelor Rob Higgins Llevedon SC 9.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 (20.0 DNC) 47.0 27.0
8th 11 Gold 15094 Tim Rush Dan Ellis Nottingham SC 6.0 3.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 (20.0 DNC) 53.0 33.0
9th 13 Gold 15081 D J Edwards Richard Anderton Tata 4.0 (20.0 OCS) 1.0 8.0 11.0 20.0 DNC 64.0 44.0
10th 17 Silver 15045 Christine Slater Graham Slater Paignton SC (20.0 DNC) 7.0 8.0 13.0 9.0 7.0 64.0 44.0
11th 15 Silver 15041 Maria Richards Jez White Blackwater (12.0) 11.0 12.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 65.0 53.0
12th 16 Silver 14928 Anthony Willcocks James Willcocks Portished Yacht SC (14.0) 10.0 13.0 14.0 13.0 6.0 70.0 56.0
13th 10 Silver 14889 Hannah Showell Barry Smith Thornbury 13.0 (20.0 DNC) 14.0 11.0 12.0 9.0 79.0 59.0
14th 8 Gold 14950 Steve Goacher Russell Thorne Lyme Regis SC 11.0 4.0 10.0 (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 85.0 65.0
15th 5 Bronze 13972 Vic Hardingham Rachel Hardingham Haversham SC 16.0 (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 15.0 15.0 11.0 97.0 77.0
16th 3 Bronze 12910 Geoffrey Johns Lucy Sparrow Shustoke SC (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 16.0 16.0 10.0 102.0 82.0
17th 2 Silver 14801 Richard Cornes James Goodfellow MKSC (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 10.0 14.0 20.0 DNC 104.0 84.0
18th 4 Gold 14791 Angus McPrune Steve Chesney   10.0 (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 110.0 90.0
19th 1 Bronze 14885 Fiona Gray Chris Holliman Waldringfield SC 15.0 (20.0 DNC) 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 20.0 DNC 115.0 95.0

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