As the RS200 Championship passed the half-way mark the top two teams consolidated their overall positions.
The British Sailing Team pair, Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley, made their breakthrough into the lead with a win in the second race of the day (R6) and then confirmed it with another win in the final race (R7).
The top of the leaderboard now has:
1st Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley on 16pts,
2nd Arran Holman and Haydn Sewell with 22pts
3rd Tom Morris and James Crossley with 36pts
Three races were squeezed into day 3 in order to protect against the possible light winds on Thursday – the final day.
In the first race of the day (R5) overnight leaders Holman and Sewell had maintained their lead with a win ahead of Hanson and Wrigley, as Morris and Crossley finishing fifth moved up into third overall.
Race 6 was the game-changer, with Hanson and Wrigley winning while Holman and Sewell finished back in 25th.
Holman and Sewell recovered well in race 7 to take second behind Hanson and Wrigley, but the damage was done and even after discarding the 25 they are now six points adrift of Hanson and Wrigley.
These two teams now have a 14 point lead over third placed Morris and Crossley on 36pts, with Tom and Charlie Darling in fourth with 48pts, Ian Martin and Chris Catt fifth with 55pts and Steve Cockerill and Emma Hivey in sixth with 66pts.
There are three races scheduled over the last two days if the weather plays ball and after race 8 another discard comes into the equation . . . so it is still all to play for.
Race 5 leaders:
1st 1611 Arran Holman and Haydn Sewell
2nd 1700 Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley
3rd 1603 Ian Martin and Chris Catt
Race 6 leaders:
1st 1700 Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley
2nd 1136 Niki Birrell and Ben Whaley
3rd 805 Larissa Connabeer and James Grummett
Race 7 leaders:
1st 1700 Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley
2nd 1611 Arran Holman and Haydn Sewell
3rd 1603 Ian Martin and Chris Catt
RS200 UK National Championship – Leaders after 7 races, 1 discard (183 entries)
1st 1700 Elliot Hanson and Martin Wrigley – – 6 4 -11 2 2 1 1 – – 16 pts
2nd 1611 Arran Holman and Haydn Sewell – – 8 1 9 1 1 -25 2 – – 22 pts
3rd 1686 Tom Morris and James Crossley – – -38 5 3 6 5 5 12 – – 36 pts
4th 1609 Tom Darling and Charlie Darling – – 10 11 -28 3 13 6 5 – – 48 pts
5th 1603 Ian Martin and Chris Catt – – 11 -64 6 22 3 10 3 – – 55 pts
6th 1702 Steve Cockerill and Emma Hivey – – 1 21 2 -24 21 12 9 – – 66 pts
7th 1136 Niki Birrell and Ben Whaley – – 27 9 15 8 -53 2 11 – – 72 pts
8th 1215 Murray Hampshire and Phoebe Warren – – 26 15 8 -80 11 7 6 – – 73 pts
9th 1659 David Jessop and Sophie Mear – – 5 2 5 26 -43 28 10 – – 76 pts
10th 1540 Lee Sydenham and Alex Sydenham – – 17 13 19 11 8 -22 8 – – 76 pts
11th 1331 Arthur Henderson and Jamie Webb – – 4 10 1 15 32 -37 19 – – 81 pts
12th 1270 Alex Smallwood and Callum Farnden – – 7 8 -55 14 19 13 32 – – 93 pts
13th 1698 Richard Thomas and Tom Goodey – – 43 3 17 4 15 -55 13 – – 95 pts
14th 1729 Scott Wallis and Emma Baker – – -48 23 16 10 12 15 22 – – 98 pts
15th 578 Jack Holden and Libby Watkins – – 14 14 7 5 50 11 -73 – – 101 pts
16th 880 James Hammett and Jess Hammett – – 3 20 24 27 10 21 -33 – – 105 pts
17th 573 Will Taylor and Matt Taylor – – 19 30 4 29 20 -43 15 – – 117 pts
18th 1439 Jamie Harris and Ellen Main – – 13 -72 12 41 4 27 38 – – 135 pts
19th 1722 Morgan Peach and Charlotte Hooper – – -55 54 36 17 9 23 4 – – 143 pts
20th 629 Rob Henderson and Elouise Mayhew – – 30 49 33 18 -85 8 18 – – 156 pts
21st 1447 Stephen Videlo and Rebecca Videlo – – 16 -56 18 52 14 26 31 – – 157 pts
22nd 1667 Owen Bowerman and Annabelle Orme – – 33 33 -88 32 16 17 27 – – 158 pts
23rd 1680 Rory Odell and Henry Jameson – – 2 48 27 37 7 -68 39 – – 160 pts
24th 1510 Brendan Lynch and Ellen Clark – – 42 -45 13 21 44 33 7 – – 160 pts
25th 1709 Robert Richardson and Lizzie Cattermole – – 24 29 14 25 73 9 -94 – – 174 pts
26th 1521 Matt Venables and Bethan Matthew – – 12 12 -50 43 27 42 40 – – 176 pts
27th 1634 Cam Stewart and Georgia Booth – – 29 16 54 44 18 -66 17 – – 178 pts
28th 8 Craig Burlton and Hennie Burlton – – 18 25 22 -77 65 14 36 – – 180 pts
29th 17 Chris Webber and Nicki Webber – – 22 24 25 35 -90 39 42 – – 187 pts
30th 627 Robert Gullan and Mari Shepherd – – 9 17 (DNF) 20 34 86 25 – – 191 pts
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