Flying 15 Southern Area Championship 2002 Steve Goacher and Phil Evans took the final race and the overall title on the final day of the FF Southerns at HISC. With an early competition of 'hunt the committee boat' the fleet finally reached the race area south of the harbour entrance where race officer Mike Baker patiently waited with a course set 1 hour before first gun (take a note Largs!!). After a general recall, and black flag raised, the fleet got away at the second attempt in a good southerly force 2-3. Barry & Sue Parkin headed south, benefited from good speed and a marginal tide variation, to head the fleet from the windward mark to the finish. Miles Odell & Chris Hewkin registered 2nd place with World Champion Charles & David Apthorp in 3rd. Detail entry for this race has proven elusive following Saturdays barbecue at the Class Presidents residence!. For the Saturday afternoon race leading boats favoured the right side of the beat with Miles Odell and Steve Goacher & Phil Evans emerging as leaders at the windward mark. The westerly going tide created a tight first reach with little place changing. On both runs Roger & Barbara Palmer ran off to starboard away from the gybed fleet gaining handsomely on both occasions. By the time Goacher had passed Odell up the 2nd beat and the leading group rounded the bottom mark Roger Palmer had worked through to 3rd leaving Matt Flint & Andy Thompson 4th. Race 3 started in a light northerly breeze that shifted and filled. The challenging conditions favoured those who took the middle or right hand side of the beat. First round the windward mark from the right was Alan Bax, followed by Barry Parkin then Mark Woods & Ian Gorringe. As the sea breeze battled with the northerly the first two boats went for a southerly sea breeze to be thwarted as the wind filled from the west. By staying high Mark Woods beat Bax to the wing mark closely followed by Ben & Brett Dingwell and Peter & Sue Bannister. The second reach had become a run in fickle conditions. Mark Woods ghosted through to win a shorten race. Behind, as the breeze swung west to north, Charles Apthorp found a private northerly zephyer to pinch 2nd place from Ben Dingwell then Alan Bax. Race 4 was started in a flat patch with those starting at the pin end benefiting from a breeze that only filled in on the left side of the course. Barry Parkin established a good lead from Adrian Tattersall & Tim Smart as the fleet strung out along the first reach. On the second reach the fleet concertinaed into a large hole. Ahead of a mass rounding Steve Goucher gained most by gybing south, rounding first ahead of Miles Odell and Roger Palmer, to win a shortened course at the windward mark with the unfortunate Parkins in 5th. After 4 races, with a discard counted, overall standings were Odell 6 points, Goacher 7 points, Parkin & Palmer 11 points and Apthorpe 12 points. On Monday the wind built to the forecast force 4 northerly and with race officer Mike Baker setting reaching legs described as 'spot on', the final race gave brilliant sailing and a fitting conclusion to the series. From a pin end bias the port side was favoured and once again Barry Parkin rounded first pursued by Dave Lucas, Miles Odell, Matt Flint then Steve Goacher. On the first reach Goacher flew through to 2nd place at the wing mark then overhauled the Parkins having spinnaker problems after the gybe. After the leeward mark Goacher led to the finish from Flint and Lucas, who battled it out with a number of place changes around the remaining 3 laps for 2nd and 3rd place respectively, ahead of the pursuing group of Bax, Odell, Parkin and Apthorp. Final overall placing gave Steve Goacher and Phil Evans the championship, Miles Odell a well earned 2nd place, and Barry Parkin 3rd. At the prize giving Steve Goacher noted that at last this season the sun had shone at an open meeting and thanked HISC and the Hayling FF fleet for laying this on along with a busy sailing and social programme. The hard work of the many HISC FF members who helped with the organisation was well rewarded with a very successful series both on and off the water.

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1st	3721	Steve Goacher	Phil Evans	Royal Windemere YC	5	1	7	1	1	8.0
2nd	3464	Miles Odell	Chris Hewkin	HISC/Grafham Water	2	2	21	2	5	11.0
3rd	3630	Barry Parkin	Sue Parkin	HISC	1	5	14	5	6	17.0
4th	3615	Roger Palmer	Barbara Palmer	HISC	6	3	5	3	DNC	17.0
5th	3711	Alan Bax	Simon Childs	HISC	4	6	4	8	4	18.0
6th	3591	Charles Apthorp	David Apthorp	HISC	3	7	2	9	7	19.0
7th	3764	Mark Wood	Ian Gorringe	HISC	9	15	1	4	12	26.0
8th	3684	Matt Flint	Andy Thompson	Northampton	20	4	18	11	2	35.0
9th	3675	A D Tattersall	Tim Smart	Bala	8	11	8	12	9	36.0
10th	3716	Justin Waples	Graham Wadley	Grafham	7	10	22	7	14	38.0
11th	3736	Peter Bannister	Sue Bannister	HISC	13	9	6	13	18	41.0
12th	3536	Greg Wells	Milo Mitchell	HISC	12	18	9	15	13	49.0
13th	3763	Morgan Sheely	Jan Van der Puil		23	13	17	10	10	50.0
14th	3603	Ben Dingwall	Brett Dingwall	Grafham Water	15	19	3	18	16	52.0
15th	3679	Dave Lucas	Steve Carson		10	8	36	DNC	3	57.0
16th	3296	Ian Cadwallader	Adrian Simpson	HISC	16	17	11	14	DNC	58.0
17th	3765	John Bovis	Mike Cave	HISC	31	23	10	6	21	60.0
18th	3653	Robert Hogben	Danny Johnston	BUSC	11	21	24	21	8	61.0
19th	3699	Simon Kneller	Andrew Palmer	Grafham Water	14	12	27	24	11	61.0
20th	3627	Brian Thake	Grafham Water	Grafham Water	26	14	12	16	20	62.0
21st	3727	Gill Browning	Justin King	HISC	21	22	16	RET	15	74.0
22nd	3689	Henry Craven-Smith	Tim Hammick	HISC	19	20	19	RET	17	75.0
23rd	3706	Tom Leonard	Michael Abrahams	HISC	17	24	30	17	22	80.0
24th	3660	Geoff Bayliss	Martin Grady	HISC	18	16	26	22	DNC	82.0
25th	3175	Brian Campbell-Bottoms	David Watkins	HISC	28	26	25	19	23	93.0
26th	3672	Chris Gordon	Chris Metcliffe	HISC	30	25	15	32	25	95.0
27th	3724	Paul Brown	Peter Baldwin	Notts County	22	28	32	26	19	95.0
28th	2208	Mark Patrick	David Brown	Middle Nene	32	32	23	20	24	99.0
29th	3516	Jamie Jameson	Carol Jameson	HISC	25	29	20	25	DNC	99.0
30th	3393	Dave Moody	Libby Walmsley	HISC	29	33	29	23	27	108.0
31st	3645	Colin Nutt	Chris Hough	Middle Nene/BVSC	DNC	DNC	13	27	DNC	116.0
32nd	3720	Richard King	Carolyn King	HISC	24	31	33	28	DNC	116.0
33rd	3626	Gerald New	Andrew Main	HISC	27	DSQ	35	30	26	118.0
34th	2700	John Orchard	Judith Orchard	Notts County	36	RET	28	31	28	123.0
35th	3425	Bill Jubb	Michael Jubb	Queen Mary	35	27	34	29	DNC	125.0
36th	3031	Brian Turner	Fran Haddock	Broxbourne	33	34	31	33	29	126.0
37th	3466	Matt Alvarado	Jonno Baker	WYC	34	30	RET	RET	DNC	139.0