Results / RS Fat Face Circuit Event Chew Valley Lake SC - 15/03/2003
Brilliant sunshine and a light breeze greeted the 15 sailors that arrived
for the first RS Fat Face racing circuit event of the year. That light
breeze steadily built to a good force 3 in time for the first race, Matt
Humphreys got away from the start well and after a shifty first beat led
at the windward mark and stretched away to win by a leg. There was close
racing in the chasing pack with Jon Heissig coming out on top to take
second with David Cummins in third.
In the second race after picking the wind-shifts well Heissig led the
fleet up the first beat only for his shroud to break as he tacked for the
windward mark, Humphreys narrowly avoided the falling mast and took the
lead again to win by a leg with Peter Sanders in second and Cummins again
in third.
Race 3 and Humphreys led again at the top mark stretching away into a now
familiar lead which he steadily increased to the finish. There was close
racing in the chasing pack with Sanders again taking second and Colin
Hatton in third.
Sunday morning brought a fresh shifty breeze for race 4 which Andy
Heissig capitalised on, leading at the windward mark followed by his
brother Jon (with a new shroud) with Humphreys hot on his heels.
Humphreys boat speed came to the fore and he squeezed past Jon H on the
top reach. A close fought run with many gybes to stay in the gusts saw
Humphreys just able to catch Andy H on starboard near the bottom mark,
forcing him to gybe and controlling the inside line into the mark.
Humphreys then stretched away comfortably leaving the rest to battle for
second place honours. Much place changing took place over the next two
laps with Jon Heissig coming out in Second and Sam Pascoe in third.
Race 5 saw Humphreys do his usual trick of sailing faster than everyone
to win by a leg but the competition behind him was fierce with Jon
Heissig finishing in second and Pasco achieving another third.
Race 6 and Humphreys took the lead at the windward mark, pulling away
into a familiar lead, only to find himself stuck in a hole at the bottom
of the run. He watched helpless as the rest of the fleet came flying down
in a gust catching up to within a boat length. With the wind now very
light, full of holes and shifty, Humphreys was hotly pursued by Ari
Liddell all the way to the finish to take a fine second with Elaine
Turner in third. The girls showing the rest of the fleet how it should be
done.
The Race Officer coped with the conditions superbly and provided good
racing with a fast turn around of races. Overall Humphreys won all six
races comfortably but the battle for 2nd-5th was hotly contested with
only 5 points between 2nd and 5th place. Sam Pascoe came second with
21pts and David Cummins came third with 23pts.
1 962 Matt Humphreys 5 1 1 1 1 1
1
2 742 Sam Pascoe 21 5 4 6 3 3
8
3 893 David Cummins 23 3 3 4 8 7
6
4 909 Peter Sanders 24 12 2 2 4 6
10
5 722 Colin Hatton 26 14 9 3 6 4
4
6 861 Jamie Mawson 31 9 5 7 5 11
5
7 709 Andy Heissig 37 4 7 16 9 8
9
8 954 Jon Heissig 38 2 16 16 2 2
16
9 937 Elaine Turner 38 7 16 16 7 5
3
10 826 David Nunn 42 10 6 5 13 10
11
11 876 Ari Liddell 45 11 12 10 10 14
2
12 716 Paul Molesworth 49 13 11 11 11 9
7
13 792 Adrian White 49 8 8 8 14 12
13
14 900 Ali Wyatt 55 6 16 12 12 13
12
15 664 David Prickett 67 16 10 9 16 16
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