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Results / Gul Sprint Championships Rutland SC - 07/04/2007

The Gul Sprint Champs is a fresh new idea - a series of quick-start, short races, where several of the diverse RS fleets can sail on the same course, fleet by fleet.   The idea was run as a trial in November 2006, and was such a success that a 2007 date at the superbly-organised Rutland SC was booked immediately.

 

Easter weekend saw the 2007 event, and, whilst the wind gods weren't playing on Saturday, this left the fleets and race team with enough energy to fit in 11 dynamic races for each fleet on Sunday  with hardly a breath between.   Under glorious sunshine the wind slowly filled from 8 knots for the first race to a superb 14-18 knots in the afternoon. Beat, reach, run, reach, beat, reach, run - All in approximately 12 minutes, with 5 minutes before the next start - some of us felt we were getting far too old for such an aerobic challenge!

 

The RS200s and RS800s were split into two fleets so there was a maximum of 10 boats on a start line. The five races in the morning were a qualifying series with no discard using formula one style scoring system. The top five from each fleet went into a gold final in the afternoon with silver finals run at the sametime. The 300s/400s/500s had one fleet and all 11 races counted. For the RS500s this was their first multi fleet RS event.

 

A special mention much go to Ralph Tingle and his superb race team who ran 66 starts (and finishes) without so much as a hiccough.


Report from Barbara Smith, Delph and Yorkshire Dales Sailing Clubs
RS500 sailed in the Sprint Champs
 
How the weekend went
The first RS event in the 500 and on Rutland Water - a big water and steady wind to look forward to.  We weren't too sure how well we were sailing the 5 since there aren't enough around yet to sail against but we liked the idea of a series of short sprints - at least we'd get to practise our starts!  The race team made the right decision not to sail on the Saturday due to light wind but this left us with 11 or 12 races to complete on the Sunday.  We got off to an early start.  In the 5 races before lunch we sailed consistently in the 4 boat fleet  - four seconds and a fourth (following a spectacular capsize).  After lunch we either sailed better or the others made more mistakes and we were placed first overall.  I was quite exhausted after 11 races, running high on adrenaline, but really enjoyed the day.
 
What I think of the sprint format
A fantastic way to race - I much prefer short races.  The race signals were easy to understand and the timing was superb so that there was very little waiting around between races.  We all agreed that it is simply the best format for maximum buzz and fun.  Those who didn't come missed a great event.
 
 
 
Results
Scoring RS 500 - Single Series     Sail   R1   R2   R3   R4   R5   R6   R7   R8   R9   R10   R11   R12   R13   R14   R15   R16 Total Posn
Pos Pts Helm Crew Club No Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts pts  
1 3 Martin Smith Barbara Smith   553 2 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3   0   0   0   0   0 23 1
2 2   Keith Escritt Siobhan Escritt   536 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 4 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 4 0 2 2   0   0   0   0   0 21 2
3 1   Steve Dunn Paul Goodwin   534 4 0 4 0 2 2 4 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 3   0   0   0   0   0   0 13 3
4 0   Nigel Harniman Lindsay Gilbert   521 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 4 0 3 1 4 0 4 0 4 0 3 1 3 1   0   0   0   0   0 9 4
 
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