UK Nationals

Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. Regatta report by Andy Gibson August 2-4, 2013. Full results and photos 25 snipe competed in the UK nationals at Stromness, Orkney. This is the largest fleet at a UK national for many years thanks to the large turnout from the local Orkney snipe fleets.This was a memorable event for many reasons- Meeting a new community of avid snipe sailors in a region where none of the regular fleet had visited before- The weather was awesome, including the days before & after the event (unusual for these Islands even in August)- The sailing waters were beautiful with crystal clear bays surrounded by hills and mountains- the racing was great, masterminded from a classic 1920s lifeboat that served as committee boat - on loan from a local museum- The Orkney hospitality, music, beer and whisky led to some serious fun- The wildlife that we saw included seals every day, a minke whale, puffins Maxim Romain sailed a great event and was a worthy winner (courtesy SCIRA UK) ... full results and photos ...

by Andy Gibson 08/08/2013

Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. Regatta report by Andy Gibson

August 2-4, 2013. Full results and photos

25 snipe competed in the UK nationals at Stromness, Orkney. This is the largest fleet at a UK national for many years thanks to the large turnout from the local Orkney snipe fleets.
This was a memorable event for many reasons
– Meeting a new community of avid snipe sailors in a region where none of the regular fleet had visited before
– The weather was awesome, including the days before & after the event (unusual for these Islands even in August)
– The sailing waters were beautiful with crystal clear bays surrounded by hills and mountains
– the racing was great, masterminded from a classic 1920s lifeboat that served as committee boat – on loan from a local museum
– The Orkney hospitality, music, beer and whisky led to some serious fun
– The wildlife that we saw included seals every day, a minke whale, puffins

Maxim Romain sailed a great event and was a worthy winner

(courtesy SCIRA UK)

… full results and photos …

Position	Sail No	Helmsman	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	R 5	R 6	R 7	Subtotal	Worst Discard	Total
1	GBR29367	Maxim Romain	1	1	3	7	1	1	1	15	10	5
2	GBR30226	Mark Antonelli	4	5	10	1	4	2	2	28	15	13
3	GBR29970	Richard Marshall	2	3	6	5	5	3	4	28	11	17
4	GBR30227	Neil Martin	5	2	12	6	3	4	6	37	18	19
5	GBR28451	Ian Gregory	3	7	1	3	9	8	7	38	17	21
6	GBR29374	Andy Gibson	26	8	9	2	3	5	5	58	35	23
7	GBR29611	Sue Roberts	26	4	11	4	6	6	3	60	37	23
8	GBR30834	Eric Paalman	6	6	2	26	7	11	9	67	37	30
9	GBR20557	Richard Lambert	8	9	7	26	8	7	8	73	35	38
10	GBR30315	Brian Gregory	9	14	5	26	21	10	13	98	47	51
11	GBR24704	Pete Tipler	7	10	16	9	11	15	17	85	33	52
12	GBR20351	David Clouston	12	26	4	26	10	12	14	104	52	52
13	GBR30227	James Prestwich	14	26	8	11	14	14	10	97	40	57
14	GBR21453	Lee Thomson	16	12	17	8	15	9	20	97	37	60
15	GBR20690	Malcolm Tipler	13	11	18	12	13	14	12	92	31	61
16	GBR19327	Ian Johnstone	10	16	22	13	12	17	11	101	39	62
17	GBR20263	Charlie Siderfin	15	18	13	14	16	18	15	109	36	73
18	GBR20558	James Burgon	11	13	19	26	18	19	19	125	45	80
19	GBR28398	Barry Jones	18	19	15	15	17	26	18	128	45	83
20	GBR22778	Mark Taylor	20	15	21	10	22	26	26	140	52	88
21	GBR20224	Malcolm Gordon	17	16	14	16	26	26	26	141	52	89
22	GBR23980	Chris Moore	26	26	20	26	20	16	16	150	52	98
23	GBR20559	George Mees	19	17	26	26	26	26	26	166	52	114
24	GBR26581	Edward Johnstone	26	26	23	26	19	26	26	172	52	120
25	GBR26159	Raymond Grieve	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	182	52	130

Junior Nationals

Boat No.	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Rank
24704	Go Faster Blue	Thorfinn Johnston	Nathan Omand	1	2	3	6	1
29374	Wave	Jenna Gibson	Lloyd Roberts	5	1	1	7	2
22778	Wild Goose	Edward Johnstone	Griogair Morrison	4	4	2	10	3
20263	Aeolus	Alex Baikie	Charlie Siderfin	3	3	5	11	4
20557	Freyr	Joss Lambert	Richard Lambert	2	5	4	11	4
20636	Kontiki	Ewan Miller	Fionn Webb	7	7	6	20	6
24705	Scooby	Finley Hall	Donnie Hall	6	9	9	24	7