The first sail on the Saturday
during the practice race saw Mark take a severe knock to his ribs, slowing him
down on the boat. The first half of the week was spent getting used to the
strong breeze that Garda brought and seeing how close we could get the cliffs
before tacking a gybing. The racing was fierce and tight, where any small
mistake cause a loss of many places. It was also strange getting used to
sharing a race course with CST and Yandoo, two boats famous fromn the world
circuit. On Monday the team managed to lead a race throughout until the final
lap, when the wrong side was chosen causing a drop down to tenth.
Many races saw a few bumps with
other boats, with close contact racing the team weren’t used to. The boat was
seen to be leaping off waves for the first time since new ownership and showed
the team that the boat could be pushed, and left us all wanting to go out in
more and more breeze. Midweek came and Tom arrived to replace Mark for the remaining
races as his ribs were beginning to hurt more and more from racing on them. The
last day had an uncertain wind, so many teams, including us, risked it on the
number ones. Whilst before the race, this seemed the perfect choice, towards the
end of the race after a couple of capsizes, it seemed apparent that the team didn't have enough weight to hold the rig down.
The week in Garda showed the team
a new side of the boat, with many lessons being learnt. It was apparent that
big fleet sailing in Europe punished ever little mistake and hopefully will
allow the team to bring something back to the UK tour.
|
No
|
Numero
|
Nome
|
Punti
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
|
1
|
GBR 92
|
Jamie Mears, Tristan Hutt, Stewart
Mears, RCYC SSC RCYC/SSC
|
21,0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
(4)
|
1
|
(4)
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
|
2
|
USA 110
|
Howie Hamlin, Matt Mc Kinlay, Scott
Babbage, NHYC
|
28,0
|
(5)
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
(5)
|
|
3
|
AUS 101
|
John Winning, Grant Rollerson, Andrew
Hay, Aus 18Ft League
|
30,0
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
(dns)
|
4
|
1
|
(7)
|
|
4
|
GBR 47
|
Jarrod Simpson, Adam Minter, Tim
Paull, RORC
|
44,0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
(dns)
|
3
|
5
|
(10)
|
2
|
|
5
|
DEN 1
|
Flemming Clausen, Jesper Brøndum,
Søren Clausen, SYC HS SYC
|
55,0
|
4
|
(12)
|
5
|
8
|
(13)
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
|
6
|
GER 13
|
Friedl Renner, Christian Meissner,
Tom Eggersdorfer, SLRV SLRV BSCF
|
59,0
|
(14)
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
(dns)
|
9
|
4
|
|
7
|
HUN 18
|
Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar, Levente
Takacsy, Zsombor Szépfy, SVE SVE SVE
|
84,0
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
14
|
9
|
(dns)
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
7
|
11
|
(dns)
|
|
8
|
GBR 12
|
Craig Hepplewhite, John Annan,
Cameron Steele, LLSC LLSC LLSC
|
95,0
|
8
|
8
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
13
|
9
|
6
|
10
|
(dns)
|
(dns)
|
7
|
12
|
|
9
|
GER 33
|
Norbert Peter, Finn Mrugalla, Eike
Dietrich, VSAW FSC WSCW
|
98,0
|
7
|
11
|
9
|
5
|
(15)
|
(14)
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
8
|
6
|
13
|
6
|
|
10
|
GBR 26
|
Jack Grogan, Mike Banks, Sam Caslin,
WMYC WMYC WMYC
|
103,0
|
(dns)
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
dns
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
dns
|
5
|
3
|
|
11
|
GER 6
|
Christoph Hagenmeyer, Holger Hoefle,
Carlo Jurth, DSC DSC VSAW
|
119,0
|
9
|
6
|
12
|
(dns)
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
11
|
7
|
(dns)
|
15
|
dns
|
|
12
|
GER 5
|
Heinrich von Bayern, Ludwig von
Bayern/P. Wiebel, Christian Porsche, BYC BYC
|
119,0
|
13
|
9
|
8
|
12
|
8
|
(dsq)
|
11
|
9
|
13
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
6
|
11
|
|
13
|
GBR 40
|
Richard Allen, Richard Bland, Peter
Shaw, CARSINGTON
|
123,0
|
(dns)
|
10
|
13
|
11
|
12
|
11
|
14
|
14
|
8
|
9
|
(dns)
|
12
|
9
|
|
14
|
GBR 30
|
Anthony Chapman, Mark Kudlinski,
Miguel Andrew, RSS RSS RSS
|
124,0
|
10
|
14
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
13
|
15
|
9
|
11
|
(dns)
|
14
|
(dns)
|
|
15
|
GBR 11
|
Tom Kiddle, Matthew Kiddle, Oscar
Mead, GCYC
|
162,0
|
12
|
13
|
(dns)
|
13
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
|
16
|
GBR 43
|
Steve McLean, Nick Murray, Tom
Bruton, HISC/LSC
|
190,0
|
11
|
(dns)
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
17
|
10
|
|
17
|
NED 35
|
Bob Kool, Daan Lammers, Mathijs van
Miert, RZV M&R
|
191,0
|
(dns)
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
dns
|
16
|
dns
|
15
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
8
|
dns
|
|
18
|
SUI 44
|
Iten Adrian, Kälin Andreas, Geselle
Carsten, YCZ YCZ YCZ
|
206,0
|
(dns)
|
(dns)
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
dns
|
16
|
dns
|
