Hornet National Championship at Brixham Yacht Club – Days 2 & 3
by Dawn Barsley-Dale 20 Aug 2015 14:01 BST 15-18 August 2015
Hornet National Championship at Brixham 2015 © Gareth Fudge / www.boatographic.co.ukDays 2 and 3 have provided many changes of fortune in the fleet.
As with day 1, the past two days have been characterised by light wind that tested both the race committee and the competitors. However, the racing was fair and the courses moved with a minimum of time wasted.
Day 2 saw Barnes and Larke throw in a DSQ – not helping their scoring – but then proceeded to win all races apart from the last one where they are counting a 5th.
Skudder and Hills have been consistently in the top three apart from their two discards and are tied on points with Garry and McGrath in 3rd place. From 4th to 8th is up for grabs with only 6 points separating the crews, it’s all still to play for…
However, in true Hornet fashion, not only have we had two general recalls and individual recalls, the black flag came into play today after a particularly belligerent start. Everyone was a bit more respectful after that!
So, class dinner tonight, probably some sore heads tomorrow morning: rinse, lather, repeat!
Two races and all to play for…….
Results after day 3:
| Pos | Helm & Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Larke & Nic Barnes | 14 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Nigel Skudder and Keith Hills | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Dick Garry & Matt McGrath | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Tim Coombe & James Beer | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Will McGrath & Sam Woolner | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Toby Barsley‑Dale & Andy Hay | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Jo Powell & Corin Westley | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| 8 | Strangler & Pippa Rogers | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | Terry Curtis & Kevin Francis | 8 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Dave Edge & Martin Arnison | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| 11 | Duncan West & Ewan Gribbin | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Roger & Natalie Kelleway | 18 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 17 |
| 13 | Eric Marchbanks & Alex/Stuart Crang | 17 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 18 |
| 14 | Tom Guy & Jamie Kelleway | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Eric Styles & guest | 20 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| 16 | Kevin Burt & Barry Miller | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
| 17 | Dawn Barsley‑Dale & Simon Evance | 11 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 21 |
| 18 | Dean & Adam Saxton | 12 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 |
| 19 | Gary & Tracey Haylett | 16 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
| 20 | Ansell Davison & Alex Rogers | 21 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 9 |
| 21 | Barney Broatch & Jos Davison | 19 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 15 |
| 22 | Mike Owen & Paul Bottomley | 22 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 20 |