Results / RS Fat Face Open Lee on Solent - 15/05/2004
RS FAT FACE CIRCUIT EVENT AT LEE ON SOLENT SAILING CLUB.
Lee On Solent was the sun soaked venue for the multi fleet RS Fat Face
Racing Circuit on May 15/16. It was fantastic weather for May but it was
not the best conditions for fleet racing and particularly race officers
with some fickle Solent breezes.
Saturday and it was hot. The fleets were very happy to continue where
they left off at the 10th Anniversary Regatta, sitting around chatting
with everyone. After an hours delay a light south easterly allowed both
race teams to lay two courses and get the first race off. It was bound to
happen and right at the end of race 1 the breeze from the west of the
Solent arrived reversing the course. The race teams did a good job and re-
set the course, races 2 and 3 were held in the best breeze of the
weekend, building to 12 knots by the end.
The days racing had been videoed by Cathy Foster who gave each fleet
excellent de-briefs in the early evening, part of the RS Associations
extensive coaching programme. A. good party was further livened up by the
Brother Grims unusual attempt to re-arrange the disco layout
Unfortunately Sunday in many ways was a worse day, there really was no
breeze. Eventually a light easterly appeared and just as thoughts were
turning towards abandoning the day the race teams called the fleets out.
With light winds and the tide it was slow going but two races were
completed.
RS600�s
Sun soaked Lee-on-Solent was the host for the fourth event of the RS600
Fat Face Circuit. The 18 boat fleet started in a light south easterly sea
breeze. Ian Marshal won after holding off Ian Montague in a downwind
tussle, with Andy Heissig sneaking up to third. The second race saw a
South Westerly sea breeze fill in. With the beat against the tide it was
important to get the lay-lines right and Jamie Mawson did so, taking the
race with Paul Smalley in second and Tim Paul in third. Race three saw
the breeze pick up and it was Smalley who made it round the windward mark
in first. He managed to hold off Tim Paul and Mawson who finished third.
In the evening the fleet watched a video of the first race taken by Cathy
Foster and learned a great deal before the party kicked off.
Next morning the warm sunshine and lack of breeze allowed the hangovers
to clear before the fleet were sent out minutes before the deadline. A
light south easterly sea breeze and a changing tide made tactics tricky
especially for the pie eaters of the fleet! Tim Paul won the race from
Marshall and Mawson in third. The final race saw Marshall win with Tim
Paul in second and David Nunn in third. This meant that Tim Paul won
overall from Marshall and Smalley in third. Thanks go to Lee-on Solent
and Fat Face for a close and excellently run weekend.
RS 600�Fleet��-� Sailed:�5 �Discards:�1 �Ratings:�PY | ||||||||||||
1 | 24 | RS 600 | 842 | Tim Paull | � | Hamble | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
2 | 4 | RS 600 | 979 | Ian Marshall | � | RAFSA&Oxford | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
3 | 12 | RS 600 | 9 | Paul Smalley | � | CVLSC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
4 | 86 | RS 600 | 861 | Jamie Mawson | � | Pennine SC | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
5 | 102 | RS 600 | 709 | Andy Heissig | � | LTSC | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
6 | 3 | RS 600 | 826 | David Nunn | � | Datchet Water | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |
7 | 26 | RS 600 | 911 | Ian Montague | � | � | 2 | 4 | 4 | DNC | 29 | |
8 | 21 | RS 600 | 909 | Peter Sands | � | Queen Mary | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 32 | |
9 | 27 | RS 600 | 732 | Rob Jones | � | Weston | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | |
10 | 76 | RS 600 | 792 | Adrian White | � | Mount Batten | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 37 | |
11 | 62 | RS 600 | 893 | Charles Roome | � | HISC | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | |
12 | 25 | RS 600 | 697 | Max Stanbury | � | Stone | 9 | 12 | 5 | DNC | 45 | |
13 | 79 | RS 600 | 716 | Paul Molesworth | � | Datchet | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | |
14 | 31 | RS 600 | 811 | Richard Lilley | � | LTSC | 14 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 48 | |
15 | 23 | RS 600 | 920 | Fred Lord | � | Porchester | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 51 | |
16 | 14 | RS 600 | 921 | Damon Bower | � | RAFSA | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 52 | |
17 | 55 | RS 600 | 879 | Matthew Conner | � | � | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 60 | |
18 | 41 | RS 600 | 774 | Graham Cooper | � | Chew | 17 | 18 | DNF | 15 | 69 |