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Southern Championship at WPNSA

5th/6th June

A splendid return to Association Championships in ideal conditions.

A fleet of 22 boats assembled from across southern England (plus an Irishman over here to collect his new boat) to enjoy a return to open meetings on the sea.
 
The weather was excellent over the two days with highs of 20c and winds of F3+ on Saturday and F2+ on the Sunday. Given the forecast for the Sunday the Race Officer decided to do 4 races on the first day to ensure a good result if the expected F1 materialised. The courses were set inside the huge Portland harbour, beating from the outer wall towards the sailing centre in the predominantly WSW breezes.
 
 Given the high-quality nature of the fleet results were shared amongst the top 7 finishers, though the familiarity with the venue showed in the top 2 positions. 
 
Starting was mostly orderly with the U flag only being brought in to play on Race 4 after a general recall, though Charles Apthorp was traditionally OCS in the first start. The fleet stayed together during the first 3 races which were windward-leeward courses. Race 4 was set as a run and triangle course for Race 4, which some regarded as a bit ambitious for the wind strength. 
 
The overall mood was further raised by the Association inspired by a round of wine on the Saturday after sailing provided by Waples Wines. Sunday's treat was a beer and pasty upon the tallying back in after the race. All of this made the assembled crews appreciate this near return to normality - only changing rooms and hot showers to go!
 
So next we have the National Championships in Rhu at RN&CYC. Please enter and come and enjoy another session of high-quality sailing.
 
Photos and results courtesy on WPNSA.
 
 
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Flying Fifteen Southern Championship 2021
Weymouth & Portland
National Sailing Academy
5th & 6th June
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Results on June 6, 2021

Overall

Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 22, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5   Total Nett
1st 4002 Richard Lovering Matt Alvarado Hayling Island SC 1.0 (8.0) 1.0 1.0 4.0   15.0 7.0
2nd 3793 Peter Allam Jo Allam Parkstone YC 5.0 3.0 (15.0) 2.0 2.0   27.0 12.0
3rd 4030 Greg Wells DT Tulloch Hayling Island SC 3.0 1.0 4.0 (17.0) 6.0   31.0 14.0
4th 3760 Jeremy Davy Martin Huett Draycote Water SC (13.0) 4.0 6.0 4.0 1.0   28.0 15.0
5th 4060 Andrew Jameson James Grant Hayling Island SC / WYC 4.0 2.0 7.0 3.0 (DNF [23.0])   39.0 16.0
6th 4061 Chris Waples Tom Waples Hayling Island SC / RCYC 2.0 6.0 2.0 8.0 (12.0)   30.0 18.0
7th 4055 Ian Pinnell Ian Cadwallader Hayling Island SC / Chew Valley Lake SC (9.0) 5.0 8.0 9.0 3.0   34.0 25.0
8th 4059 Hamish Mackay Andrew Lawson RHYC 11.0 (14.0) 5.0 7.0 5.0   42.0 28.0
9th 4092 Nigel Biggs Peter Evans Howth YC / Royal Irish YC 8.0 9.0 10.0 5.0 (UFD [23.0])   55.0 32.0
10th 4069 Bill Chard Josh Preater Chew Valley Lake SC 7.0 (18.0) 12.0 11.0 9.0   57.0 39.0
11th 4004 Charles Apthorp Charlie Apthorp Hayling Island SC (OCS [23.0]) 17.0 3.0 10.0 11.0   64.0 41.0
12th 3922 Crispin Read Wilson Steve Brown Lyme Regis SC / Parkstone YC 10.0 7.0 16.0 (18.0) 8.0   59.0 41.0
13th 4033 Justin Waples Jackie McKellar RHYC 14.0 10.0 (17.0) 12.0 7.0   60.0 43.0
14th 3862 Alastair Stevenson David Culpan Broadwater SC 12.0 11.0 9.0 13.0 (16.0)   61.0 45.0
15th 4080 Simon Patterson Simon Thompson Draycote Water SC 6.0 15.0 11.0 19.0 (UFD [23.0])   74.0 51.0
16th 4024 Simon Kneller Ashley Painter Grafham Water SC 15.0 13.0 18.0 6.0 (UFD [23.0])   75.0 52.0
17th 4020 Graham Scroggie Ben Scroggie Parkstone YC 16.0 12.0 (19.0) 15.0 10.0   72.0 53.0
18th 4052 David Tabb Chewey Sherrell Parkstone YC / Royal Motor YC (17.0) 16.0 14.0 14.0 13.0   74.0 57.0
19th 4027 Michael Clapp Howard Shawyer Datchet Water SC 18.0 (19.0) 13.0 16.0 15.0   81.0 62.0
20th 2260 John Hanson Helen Selden Datchet Water SC 20.0 (21.0) 20.0 21.0 14.0   96.0 75.0
21st 4084 Tim O'Brien Sam Neal Grafham Water SC 19.0 (22.0) 21.0 22.0 17.0   101.0 79.0
22nd 3969 Peter Card Stephen Card   21.0 20.0 (22.0) 20.0 18.0   101.0 79.0


All Races sailed in harbour

Scoring codes used

Code Description Points
DNF Started but did not finish 23
OCS On course side at start or broke rule 30.1 23
UFD U flag disqualification under rule 30.3 23

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