With 20 knots forecast, the RS200 fleet was braced for a big first day at the 2024 nationals hosted by Mount's Bay SC. But a more moderate 12-15 knots greeted the 129 strong fleet as we sailed out to the racecourse under the majestic St Michael's Mount. What a spot for a racecourse.
The main challenge of the day was the 1.5m swell, which the Whiteheads have clearly mastered. While the fleet found planing straightforward on starboard gybe, it was much harder to find the groove on port. The crews had to concentrate particularly hard, trimming the kite to the big changes in apparent wind as we accelerated down the face of the waves, and then fell off the backs.
So at the end of day one familiar names are decorating the front of the fleet. Mounts Bay is a real treat for every one with little tide and onshore breeze today, it was a very even racecourse which made for first rate championship racing. And on top of all of that you get a doughnut when you come in.
Results after Day 1: Top 30
Pos Sail No Fleet Helm Crew Club R1 R2 Pts
1st 1710 Gold Ed Whitehead Thoams Whitehead Parkstone YC / Filey SC 1 1 2
2nd 1621 Gold Henry Hallam Ashley Hill Restronguet SC 3 5 8
3rd 1702 Gold Hamish Walker Emma Hivey RNSA & ASA 4 4 8
4th 1680 Gold Rory Odell Henry Jamerson HISC / Northampton 9 9 18
5th 1700 Gold Ben Whaley Lorna Glen Parkstone YC 17 3 20
6th 1667 Gold Owen Bowewrman Annabelle Orme HISC 10 11 21
7th 1739 Gold Brendan Lynch Ellen Clark ELYC 14 8 22
8th 1439 Gold Jamie Harris Ellen Main HISC 21 2 23
9th 1521 Gold Matt Venables Bethan Matthew Sutton / QMSC / RTYC 7 16 23
10th 1708 Gold Andrew Peters Jill Peters Castle Cover SC 6 22 28
11th 994 Gold Joe Jones Clara Jones Burghfield SC 16 14 30
12th 1311 Gold Christopher Eames Anna Ormond QMSC 25 6 31
13th 1716 Gold Oliver Evans Zoe Nieveen Southampton Uni SC / HISC 18 20 38
14th 262 Gold Matt Findlay Toby Lewis Royal Corinthian YC 5 34 39
15th 1270 Gold Alex Smallwood Callum Farnden Oxford & Cambridge Sailing School 22 18 40
16th 1673 Gold Harry Chatterton Faye Chatterton Waldringfield SC 34 7 41
17th 1318 Gold Ollie Meadowcroft Cally Terkelsen Upper Thames SC / Stone SC 24 17 41
18th 1662 Silver James Gifford Isobel Stewart Waldringfield SC / Royal Tay 19 23 42
19th 1747 Gold Will Taylor Faye Caswell Lymington Town SC 33 10 43
20th 629 Gold Rob Henderson Alex Warren HISC / Shoreham SC 15 28 43
21st 880 Gold James Hammett Jess Hammett HISC 32 12 44
22nd 8 Gold Craig Burllton Hennie Burlton Royal Southern YC 29 15 44
23rd 1604 Gold Dan Venables Krystal Law Sutton SC 13 33 46
24th 1686 Silver MJ Gifford Rory Gifford Waldringfield SC 23 25 48
25th 1295 Gold Andrew Wishart crew QMSC 31 19 50
26th 1391 Gold Tim Hire Abby Hire LTSC / Royal Lymington YC 26 24 50
27th 1659 Gold David Jessop Sophie Mear Cambridge Uni 12 39 51
28th 439 Gold Paris Thomas Marta Uncio Ribera Royal Thames YC 27 31 58
29th 1706 Silver James Whitehead Daniel Whitehead Filey SC 8 56 64
30th 1654 Gold Hugo Valentine Imogen Wade Shoreham SC 38 26 64
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