Results / Winter Championships Northampton SC - 08/02/2003
Having seen a variety of weather forecasts for weekend, which did not
include snow, a select bunch of RS600 sailors turned up at Northampton on
8th February for the Gul sponsored Winter Championships.
First race on Saturday started in a solid F5, the race at the front
turning into a match between the lankiness of Matt Chapman against the
bulk of Charlie Stowe, Chapman eventually winning. Second race had
similar conditions, Chapman using his upwind pace to again take the gun,
lightweight Matt Humphreys sneaking into second. The wind eased for the
third race and Humphreys stretched away into a substantial lead, just as
well as he rolled in on the run but had time to recover with no-one coming
close to challenge.
The wind swung to shifty for Sunday morning, varying between F2 - F5,
suiting Humphreys who went away to win the fourth race. The gusts picked
up for the fifth race, Chapman returning to the front, Anthony York
second, as the rest of the fleet started to show off their gymnastic and
swimming abilities.
The last race would decide the overall places, with some exceptionally
vicious gusts requiring a sailing style best likened to an octopus
falling out of a tree. Humphreys tipped in again while leading, allowing
the only boat to stay upright, York, through to win. This proved
expensive, as Chapman won overall from Humphreys on countback of race
wins, York coming third.
Many thanks to the excellent race officer and his team, and, of course,
Gul.
| 1 917 | Matt Chapman | CVLSC | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 962 | Matt Humphreys | Weston | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 946 | Anthony York | Northampton | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 960 | Charlie Stowe | Grafham Water | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 954 | J Heissig | Lymington | 23 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 6 642 | Nick Wapshott | Draycote Water | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 901 | Paul Smalley | CVLSC | 34 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 861 | Jamie Mawson | Ulley | 40 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 701 | Jono Ratnage | Medway | 44 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| 10 709 | Andy Heissig | Lymington | 46 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 664 | David Prickett | Mountbatten | 51 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 |