Lay Day in Kenya

Chips Howarth reports on the Black Flag situation affecting several crews.

Day 2 dawned hot and sunny (as usual) with a lighter 8-12 knot wind. The fleet seem to be getting more jittery, with a number of general recalls in both races (race 3 & 4 of the Championship).

We managed to make a clean start in race three and following a good first beat, led at the windard mark. We managed to maintain this from Paul Cullen to gain our third win of the series. Our regatta nose dived from here!!

In race 4, on a black flag start, we gained a very safe transit that we were below at start time. We were amazed to find our number on the chalk board following the subsequent general recall. Many people at the pin end felt the same thing as numbers were being taken by a moving RIB.

A protest has been lodged, to be heard Tuesday morning.

On top of this, the Mombassa Express (the local term for 'the shits!!') hit hard last night and a number of people (as well as myself) haven't ventured far from the safety of a loo seat on the lay day today!!

We have managed to fit a half day's deep sea fishing in today where Angus Hemmings landed a 60lb Sailfish.

Big day tomorrow, early protest followed by two more races. I think the series will start to take shape by Tuesday evening.

Chips

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	Helm	Crew	race 1	race 2	race 3	race 4	score
GBR	Dave Wade	Richard Wagstaff	3	2	4	1	10
GBR	Penny Gibbs	Ian Gibbs	2	5	6	12	25
GBR	Paul Cullen	Gavin Tillson	9	6	2	9	26
FRA	Franck Juin	Bertrand Loyal	7	7	9	3	26
FRA	Frederic Mouches	Jean-Francois Nouel	12	10	15	4	41
GBR	Chips Howarth	Vyv Townend	1	1	1	BFD/39	42
GBR	Jeremy Davy	Norman Byrd	4	13	12	15	44
KEN	John Trundell	Peter Hime	8	16	10	14	48
IRL	Shane McCarthy	Phil McCusker	OCS/39	3	8	2	52
GBR	Vincent Horey	Jim Turner	6	4	BFD/39	5	54
GBR	Angus Hemmings	Steve Chesney	5	8	3	BFD/39	55
GBR	Edwin Sadd	Steve Kuhl	10	9	23	16	58
GBR	Derian Chandler	Andy Scott	11	23	11	13	58
GBR	Phil Popple	Doug Shore	17	20	18	10	65
GBR	Ian Harrison	David Broome	19	12	29	6	66
KEN	Ben Schulz	Nigel Shaw	22	11	16	25	74
IRL	Philip Lawton	Markham Nolan	14	24	13	23	74
GBR	Alex Bale	Jonathon Bale	23	21	20	11	75
SUI	Kurt Venhoda	Sonja Zaugg	DNF/39	14	17	7	77
KEN	Don White	Rob Allport	18	22	22	20	82
KEN	Simon Woods	Alastair Bush	16	19	30	17	82
FRA	Pierre-Jean Gallo	Pierre-Yves Robin	21	26	21	18	86
KEN	Joachim Bebbington	Roger Bebbington	26	18	19	27	90
SUI	Adrian Huber	Brigitte Mauchle	DNF/39	DNS/39	5	8	91
GBR	David Mason	Sam Pascoe	24	DNF/39	7	22	92
GBR	Elaine Tudor	Warren Tudor	13	27	32	24	96
IRL	Louis Smyth	Shane Mugan	27	29	26	19	101
GBR	Andy Pearce	Rachel Keeling	15	15	BFD/39	BFD/39	108
KEN	Chris Shaw	Alex Hurn	30	25	14	BFD/39	108
GBR	Barrie Winship	Rose Winship	31	30	24	28	113
KEN	Omar Mbithi	Steven Ogada	25	32	31	26	114
GBR	Malcolm Davies	Fiona Jump	20	17	BFD/39	BFD/39	115
GBR	Keryn Henwood-Fox	Gary Henwood-Fox	29	31	28	30	118
IRL	Francis Rowan	Ed Butler	32	33	25	29	119
GBR	Martin Scarth	Nigel Sheppard	28	RAF/39	33	21	121
KEN	Graham Bush	Harriet Bush	33	34	27	BFD/39	133
KEN	Graham Alder	Taryn Childs	35	35	34	32	136
IRL	Corin Mackenzie	Claudette Hall	34	36	35	31	0