Magic Marine / Craftinsure.com Contender Nationals

Teign Corinthian Yacht Club

50 sun-kissed Contenderers compete for the 2006 Magic Marine & Craftinsure.com Contender Nationals between 3-6 June

Stuart Jones held off credible challenges from Gary Langdown and Graham Scott to take his 4th National Championship, despite not winning a race.
Gary led after day 1but the faultless consistency of Jones took its toll, as he scored no worse than 6th from the 5 races sailed.

Gary's 2 races wins were still not enough to prevent him claiming his second 'Bridesmaids' position after Stuart delivered the same medicine in 2004.

Thanks must go to Teign Corinthian YC for their patience and hard work to even squeeze the 5 races we had into the frustratingly light winds dominated event. With only marginal trapezing possible, huge loses and gains on the snakes and ladders Olympic course were inevitable.

The gloriously sunny weather may have prevented limited yacht racing but did allow for much 'off-the-water' boat tuning and tips to be disseminated throughout the fleet via our 'buddies' partnering - this was very well received by the newcommers to the fleet

Saturday 3/6/06

Race 1
The Race started in a fresh force 2, with a equal spread of boats on the line and a clean start. First to the windward mark was Gary Langdown followed by Mike Murley, with a large bunch of boats close behind. After the first lap Langdown maintained his lead with Stuart Jones and Graham Scott fighting it out for second place. By the last leg Ben Holden had moved to fourth behind Langdown, Jones and Murley. At the finish Langdown took the gun, Jones was second and Holden third. The highlight of the race was Dave David losing 30 places on the last beat to finish last!

Race 2

After 2 general recalls, the black flag put in an appearance with Scott having a port flyer. At the windward mark Scott was first with Stacey Bray second and Langdown third. With the wind dying as the race progressed, the beat was hard to sail. At the finish it was Scott who took the gun with Jones stealing second from Langdown, with Bray fourth. The rest of the fleet drifted over the line.

Sunday 4/6

No wind - No racing.

Monday 5/6

Race 3

After one days delay race 3 was sailed in a light northeasterly. The committee boat end fo the line paid and Keith Paul led a select few hard right out to sea. The remainder of the fleet chose the shifty winds and reduced tide close to shore. Paul was first to the windward mark closely followed by Allan Orton, Stuart Jones and peter Dives. There was some place changing on the first reach with Chris Howe climbing to 5th place.

The second reach was marked by Stuart Jones going low, losing out the Peter Dives, with Allan Orton inspecting the bottom of his boat.

On rounding the leeward mark Paul and Dives again headed out to sea, but Jones and Howe opted to stick to the right hand side of the course and play the shifts.The run was sailed in a dying breeze which was swinging more southerly, and so the last beat required a short hike before heading for the line. Keith Paul got the gun, closely followed by Dives and Jones.

Tuesday 6/6

Race Four

The forecast was for sun with a force 3 to 4 gradient wind with the possibility of a sea breeze. The course was laid to take account of the oscillating breeze.

After the start, Matt Aston worked the shifts in the middle of the course to lead at the top mark and stay infront for the first lap. Gary Langdown went to the left and Keith Paul to the right. Matt Aston looked as though he had an unassailable lead but Gary and Keith came from opposite sides of the course and rounded the second windward mark within seconds of Matt. Graham Scott and Peter Dives were close behind them.

The run was slow with Gary Langdown just getting round the bottom mark first from Matt. Tim Holden took a more inshore route making up a lot of time to round fourth.

The final beat saw Gary Langdown in the lead with Tim Holden second, Graham Scott Third and Keith Paul Fourth.

Matt Aston, along with many others, misjudged the ride in the light wind and hit mark losing five places.

Race 5

The race was in even lighter and more fickle wind than race 4.

Simon Mussell showed his speed and skill by leading from the start and was never caught. Martin Metcalfe rounded the windward mark second but was overtaken by Graham Scott. With the exception of Stuart Jones, who worked his way up to fourth, the rest of the fleet were left behind in the dying wind and were glad to finish.

Overall results:
1st Stuart Jones, 2nd Gary Langdown, 3rd Graham Scott, 4th Keith Paul, 5th Peter Dives, 6th Allan Orton, 7th Matt Aston, 8th Simon Mussell, 9th Richard Gimmler, 10th Gareth Humphrey

1st Buddies: Gary Langdown & Chris Kirk

Silver Fleet: 1st Allan Orton, 2nd Bill Hooton, 3rd Paul Ross

Bronze Fleet: 1st Gareth Humphrey, 2nd Mike Murley, 3rd Nick Eggett
1st Veteran: Keith Paul

Best Newcommer: 14th Mike Murley

Pos	Sail No	Fleet	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	701	G	Stuart Jones	Datchet Water SC	2	2	3	6	4	11
2	23	G	Gary Langdown	Highcliffe SC	1	3	7	1	12	12
3	691	G	Graham Scott	RYA	7	1	23	3	3	14
4	589	G	Keith Paul	Weston SC	9	7	1	4	19	21
5	707	G	Peter Dives	Eastbourne Sovereign	8	6	2	7	15	23
6	2361	S	Allan Orton	Porthpean SC	6	14	9	22	6	35
7	702	G	Matt Aston	Datchet Water SC	14	9	6	9	11	35
8	709	G	Simon Mussell	Highcliffe SC	11	10	14	15	1	36
9	674	G	Richard Gimmler	Whitefriars	5	11	16	35	8	40
10	643	B	Gareth Humphrey	Weston SC	18	24	11	11	5	45
11	694	G	Stacey Bray	Porthpean SC	23	4	15	8	27	50
12	2318	G	Tim Holden	Halifax SC	22	5	24	2	51	53
13	2315	G	Ben Holden	Halifax SC	3	8	33	12	30	53
14	657	B	Mike Murley	Lee on Solent SC	4	34	19	23	9	55
15	678	S	Bill Hooton	Burton SC	17	17	10	17	25	61
16	2314	G	Rodger White	King George SC	10	30	5	40	18	63
17	2348	S	Paul Ross	Shotley SC	32	23	8	19	14	64
18	629	S	Ed Presley	RAFSA	21	16	21	20	10	67
19	711	S	Nick Noble	Portishead Yacht & Sailing Club	19	15	18	18	16	67
20	700	G	Nick Grace	Castle Cove SC	15	18	30	5	51	68
21	697	S	Chris Howe	Oxford SC	16	22	4	29	31	71
22	713	G	John Browett	Datchet Water SC	28	13	34	10	21	72
23	659	G	Martin metcalfe	Killington SA	35	12	28	32	2	74
24	2347	S	Martin Jones	Wilsonian SC	29	28	13	30	7	77
25	634	S	Marcus Scrase	Castle Cove SC	12	19	36	24	24	79
26	622	S	Richard Buttner	Royal Cinque Port YC	39	21	22	13	23	79
27	636	B	Nick Eggett	Porthpean SC	26	26	32	16	17	85
28	675	S	David Gautier	Datchet Water SC	20	33	27	26	20	93
29	684	S	Sandy Clapham	Yorkshire Dales	13	46	12	27	51	98
30	710	B	Chris Kirk	Enton Lakes SC	51	35	38	14	22	109
31	692	S	Colin Gates	Eastbourne Sovereign	25	29	25	39	33	112
32	683	G	Geoff Bettle	Highcliffe SC	51	51	26	25	13	115
33	1771	B	Alan Mollatt	Sandwich Bay	30	51	17	36	34	117
34	687	S	Jeremy Blaydes	Weston SC	38	27	29	34	29	119
35	596	B	howard Osbourne	Weston SC	24	41	31	28	37	120
36	508	B	Paul Mew	Lee on Solent SC	42	25	41	21	36	123
37	664	B	Richard Coleman	Brading Haven YC	31	31	37	31	32	125
38	696	G	Tony White	Lancing SC	51	51	20	38	26	135
39	627	B	David Gough	Starcross YC	44	40	40	33	28	141
40	625	B	Malcolm Hall	Carsington SC	36	32	43	37	38	143
41	292	B	Tim Humphries	Pevensey Bay	43	36	45	42	35	156
42	635	S	Paul Horlock	Castle Cove SC	37	44	35	43	51	159
43	2310	B	Brendan Fenner	Starcross SC	45	37	39	51	39	160
44	1520	B	Joel Mc Donald	Weston SC	41	43	42	41	40	164
45	2359	S	Tony Cook	Downs SC	33	38	44	51	51	166
46	693	G	David Davies	RYA	46	20	51	51	51	168
47	585	S	Martyn Davies	Brading Haven YC	27	42	51	51	51	171
48	2331	B	David Murley	Castle Cove SC	34	39	51	51	51	175
49	703	B	Peter Hayward	Eastbourne Sovereign	40	45	51	51	51	187
50	310	B	Paul Walker	Highcliffe	51	51	51	51	51	204

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