The RS Feva Nationals 2011 saw the duo of Owen Bowerman and Charlie Darling take the victory in a brilliant final day performance.
Performances began in style as the race team awaited the beginning of the battle by doing a full volume performance of YMCA in black tie on the cabin roof. Competitors were left amused and bemused in equal part. Chris Hoppens performance on the bow was particularly noteworthy.
At the gun for the days first race it was looking good for the long time leaders Matt Whitfield and Gareth Viney as their closest competitors , Owen and Charlie were buried. But then we saw the stuff that wins championships – a stunning recovery to second. The final day shaped up for an almighty tussle with Matt and Gareth dropping a point.
Next race proved ultimately to be fairly decisive. Owen and Charlie were away whilst Matt and Gareth got black flagged (seriously ironic after last year’s event when the boys picked up four BFD’s on the trot). Advantage O and C. The final race was the re-sailed R5 and the boys had unknown to them a Z-flag penalty still hanging over them.
All that was needed was steadiness by the mighty O and C – but they weren’t certain of that. So Owen and Charlie signed of in style with another win that we calculate would have given them the title by a solitary point even with Matt and Gareth’s Z penalty. Fantastic racing.
Debbie and Tommy Darling were very consistent and comfortable for their third place. Fourth and fifth also finished with drama with nobody being quite sure until the dust had settled. Robert Baddeley and James Taylor just had it from Morgan Peach and Herbie Harford. Jovian Short and James Barlow finished an excellent event with the last of the overall choices in sixth.
The Ladies title was also decided by a very tight margin. Whilst the OCS in the penultimate race was costly to Anna Prescott and Jess Eales they had to yield in the title race to the most excellent Emily Peters and Augusta Redding. A deserved third place went to Gemma Bird and Morgan Dibb.
The Junior title went to last year’s runner up Jemima Lawson and Jenny Cropley with Joshua Belben and Jonathan Baddeley with Jamie Smith and David Brand a fine third. The silver fleet was won by a huge margin by Tom Joesbury and Ollie Sellers. A master class indeed and perhaps the first day mishap during qualification had them effectively in the wrong fleet. Still brilliantly sailed though. Second were Alex Cole and Will Creaven with third taken by Max Matthews and Guy Rivington.
Top Club were HISC with the three out of the top four boats. Top Zone for the Anemoi Regional Challenge went to the North Zone (ie no National Squad sailors or Adults) with the winning team members being: Will Robinson and George Hunter, Misha Radionovsky and Toni Duffy, Angus Inman and Joe Hills.
Spot prizes:
Best Dock Sailor: Oliver Scott and Tom Mitchell
Top Scots: Rory Hunter and Sophie Thomson
Top single handed rudder replacement/spinnaker take down and Crew retrieval:
Asher Robinson and Grace Bradley-Shanker
Most ever RS Feva National Championships contested: Hugo Tucker
Best Birthday on the day: Tim Collino
Top youngster: Jamie Allen
Top Local not in a national Squad: Rebecca Morris and Islay Grant
As ever Sekonda Watches have been fantastic sponsors and events such as this need ones of this calibre. Many thanks indeed. Finally, given that there are far too many stories for this article I just need to repeat the brilliance of the club, the selfless duty by Penny Clark as class judge and the personal effort by all the Morris and Shelley families and Rob Shelley in particular.
Gold Fleet
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4204 | Owen Bowerman | Charlie Darling | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 2 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2nd | 2686 | Matthew Whitfield | Gareth Viney | Penarth Yacht Club and Cardiff Bay Yacht | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | (ZFP) | 1 | 1 | 3 | (OCS) | 18 |
| 3rd | 3105 | Debbie Darling | Tom Darling | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 4 | 1 | -5 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 4th | 3307 | Robert Baddeley | James Taylor | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | -10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| 5th | 4000 | Morgan Peach | Herbie Harford | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | (ZFP) | 8 | 9 | -15 | 2 | 36 |
| 6th | 1250 | Jovian Short | James Barlow | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 6 | 2 | 4 | -45 | 6 | 4 | -17 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 7th | 4251 | Robert Masterman | Alice Masterman | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | -21 | 17 | -18 | 50 |
| 8th | 3811 | Rob Loveridge | Emma Loveridge | Draycote Water Sailing Club | 3 | (DNF) | 1 | 13 | ZFP | 2 | -18 | 14 | 11 | 57 |
| 9th | 4347 | Emily Peters | Augusta Redding | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -15 | 7 | -20 | 8 | 58 |
| 10th | 4355 | Anna Prescott | Jess Eales | Lymington Town Sailing Club | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | (OCS) | 61 |
| 11th | 384 | Robert Morris | George Shelley | SCYC & Shropshire Sailing Club | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | (RAF) | 6 | 8 | 18 | -32 | 62 |
| 12th | 3357 | Matilda Dolin | Josh Voller | Burghfield Sailing Club | 10 | -18 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -20 | 9 | 6 | 64 |
| 13th | 3394 | Chris Allen | Jamie Allen | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 7 | 7 | 11 | -14 | -18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 66 |
| 14th | 4084 | Gemma Bird | Morgan Dibb | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 3 | 8 | (OCS) | 19 | 5 | 20 | 6 | (ZFP) | 13 | 74 |
| 15th | 4344 | Chay Taylor | Stirling Taylor | Burnham Sailing Club | 18 | -19 | 13 | 18 | -25 | 13 | 3 | ZFP | 4 | 87 |
| 16th | 3672 | Sarah Hussey | Andy Brierley | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 2 | 7 | 2 | -28 | 17 | 16 | 22 | -34 | 23 | 89 |
| 17th | 2617 | Jacob Barnett | Emma Barnett | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 7 | 9 | 15 | -38 | -30 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 89 |
| 18th | 2587 | Adam Kay | Joseph Winbush | Warsash Sailing Club | 6 | 5 | 2 | -47 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 23 | -44 | 91 |
| 19th | 3360 | Jemima Lawson | Jenny Cropley | Emsworth Sailing Club | 11 | 22 | (DNF) | 9 | -29 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 97 |
| 20th | 3001 | Hugo Andrews | Elliot Spensley-Corfield | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | -29 | 10 | -26 | 26 | 104 |
| 21st | 4459 | Oliver Wright | Luke Macdermott | Paignton Sailing Club | 11 | 10 | 5 | -46 | 20 | 11 | 31 | -46 | 19 | 107 |
| 22nd | 129 | Barnaby Blackstone | William Proud | Bewl Valley Sailing Club | 8 | 6 | 10 | -31 | 27 | 27 | -42 | 21 | 22 | 121 |
| 23rd | 3458 | Hugo Tucker | Tim Collino | Emsworth Sailing Club | 29 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 24 | -34 | 19 | -30 | 127 |
| 24th | 4135 | Will Robinson | George Hunter | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | 5 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 30 | -33 | -37 | 16 | 134 |
| 25th | 3746 | Misha Radionovskiy | Toni Duffy | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | -36 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 35 | -37 | 142 |
| 26th | 3003 | Emma Scourfield | Jessica Scourfield | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 16 | 17 | (OCS) | 20 | (DNF) | 40 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 146 |
| 27th | 4133 | Angus Inman | Joe Hills | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | 10 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 33 | -35 | 29 | -48 | 25 | 152 |
| 28th | 3788 | Oliver Scott | Tom Mitchell | Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre | 16 | 15 | 21 | 21 | -38 | 22 | 28 | -32 | 29 | 152 |
| 29th | 4242 | Seb Baucutt | Harry Buisseret | Tonbridge School / Bough Beech Sailing C | 14 | (DNF) | 9 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 41 | -42 | 21 | 155 |
| 30th | 2050 | James Hutton-Penman | Kathryn Hutton-Penman | Corinthian Otters / Burnham Sailing Club | 20 | 24 | 14 | -49 | -35 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 155 |
| 31st | 3737 | Edward Haynes | Henry Bowers | Sevenoaks School / Bough Beech Sailing C | 12 | 14 | 9 | -42 | ZFP | 36 | 38 | -41 | 17 | 160 |
| 32nd | 3341 | Ben Oliver | Tom Oliver | Calshot Sailing Club | 22 | 10 | (DNF) | 40 | 14 | 17 | 13 | -47 | 45 | 161 |
| 33rd | 1664 | Joshua Belben | Jonathan Baddeley | Stokes Bay Sailing Club | 27 | 16 | 21 | 23 | -43 | -50 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 162 |
| 34th | 3738 | Sam Yearsley | Ellie Burrows | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 33 | 11 | 11 | -44 | 19 | 28 | 35 | 31 | -38 | 168 |
| 35th | 3537 | Phoebe Warren | Lily Summers | Emsworth Sailing Club | 20 | 18 | 15 | 25 | -45 | 32 | 23 | (DSQ) | 36 | 169 |
| 36th | 3909 | Rory Hunter | Sophie Thomson | Arran Junior Sailing Club | 25 | 17 | 12 | 22 | -39 | -47 | 39 | 29 | 34 | 178 |
| 37th | 4382 | Delanie Rutter | Eve Townsend | Emsworth Sailing Club | 26 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 45 | -51 | -47 | 184 |
| 38th | 3638 | Patrick Gannon | Niamh Gannon | Burghfield Sailing Club | 14 | 22 | (OCS) | 32 | 37 | -45 | 38 | 22 | 27 | 192 |
| 39th | 1883 | Sophie Ward | Will Ward | Ogston Sailing Club | 21 | 24 | 24 | 35 | -48 | -42 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 192 |
| 40th | 4195 | Cameron Webber | Joseph Fenwick | Hill Head Sailing Club / Thornbury Saili | 19 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 32 | -39 | -43 | 30 | 31 | 193 |
| 41st | 1486 | Molly Brown | Arthur Brown | Burnham Sailing Club / Royal Burnham Yac | 13 | 12 | 16 | -48 | (DNF) | 38 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 194 |
| 42nd | 3187 | Elliott Wilkinson | Joshua Croft | St Mawes Sailing Club | 17 | 13 | 16 | -41 | 40 | 37 | -49 | 33 | 40 | 196 |
| 43rd | 2047 | Flynn Davies | Nick Hutton-Penman | Burnham Sailing Club | 22 | 23 | (DNF) | 12 | 28 | -52 | 40 | ZFP | 35 | 198 |
| 44th | 4044 | Molly Griffin | Dom Hall | Draycote Water Sailing Club | 29 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 31 | 26 | -48 | 39 | (DNF) | 198 |
| 45th | 4102 | Matt Hill | Joe Reeve | Burghfield Sailing Club | 23 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 36 | -41 | 27 | -38 | 33 | 202 |
| 46th | 3792 | Rebecca Morris | Islay Grant | South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club / Shrop | 17 | 6 | 6 | -50 | 44 | 43 | -47 | 44 | 46 | 206 |
| 47th | 4174 | Jack Ward | Sam Clark | Claires Court Schools / | 24 | 21 | 22 | 37 | -46 | -44 | 44 | 43 | 24 | 215 |
| 48th | 3416 | Imogen Scott | Charlie Stannard | Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre | 15 | 16 | 18 | (RAF) | 41 | 46 | -52 | 40 | 48 | 224 |
| 49th | 4385 | Emily Proud | Olivia Winther | Chichester Yacht Club | 34 | 20 | 20 | 39 | 34 | -48 | 46 | -49 | 42 | 235 |
| 50th | 3938 | Finbar Preston | Ed Shelley | Emsworth Sailing Club | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | 11 | (DNF) | 31 | 25 | 16 | OCS | 242 |
| 51st | 4279 | Tom Nicholls | Henry Proto | Tonbridge School / Bough Beech Sailing C | 19 | 20 | 25 | -52 | 47 | 49 | -50 | 45 | 41 | 246 |
| 52nd | 4377 | Alex Talbot | Patrick Chapman | Sutton Bingham Sailing Club | 40 | 27 | 17 | 43 | 42 | (DNF) | -51 | 50 | 39 | 258 |
| 53rd | 4219 | James Middleton | Matthew Mercer | Crosby Sailing Club / South Caernarvonsh | 28 | 11 | 14 | 51 | (DNF) | 51 | 53 | 52 | (DNF) | 260 |
Silver Fleet
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2720 | Tom Joesbury | Ollie Sellers | Budworth Sailing Club / Port Dinorwic Sa | 18 | -34 | (DNF) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| 2nd | 3000 | Alex Cole | Will Creaven | Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 15 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| 3rd | 1412 | Max Matthews | Guy Rivington | Tudor Sailing Club | -32 | -38 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 59 |
| 4th | 2577 | Jamie Webb | Syd Mclean | Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club | -33 | -28 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 63 |
| 5th | 3883 | Jamie Smith | David Brand | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 30 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 70 |
| 6th | 3750 | Jenny Smallwood | Esther Fenton-Jones | Papercourt Sailing Club | 23 | -25 | -26 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 71 |
| 7th | 4361 | James Eales | Lindy Prescott | Royal Lymington Yacht Club | 22 | -26 | -28 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 76 |
| 8th | 3734 | Joe Burgin | Gregory Sale | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | 13 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 7 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 84 |
| 9th | 3815 | Molly Gilbert | Tabitha Peel | Emsworth Sailing Club | -37 | 25 | 30 | -33 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 102 |
| 10th | 783 | Jack Nunn | James Dando | Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 26 | 26 | -32 | 13 | (OCS) | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 105 |
| 11th | 3900 | Lucy Best | Ciara Berry | South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club / Cardi | -32 | -29 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 106 |
| 12th | 2383 | Alex Smallwood | Liz Smallwood | Wraysbury Lake | (DNF) | (DNF) | DNF | 9 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 113 |
| 13th | 2828 | Millie Gibbons | Lily Streatfeild | Chipstead Sailing Club | 25 | -37 | -29 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 119 |
| 14th | 870 | Rebecca Lewis | Harriet Winbush | Draycote Water Sailing Club | -27 | -35 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 121 |
| 15th | 4284 | Will Arndt | Nicholas Turner | Tonbridge School / Bough Beech Sailing C | -35 | -35 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 135 |
| 16th | 2215 | Max Griggs | Cody Griggs | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | -49 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 24 | -39 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 142 |
| 17th | 1307 | Sam Barson | Mike Lear | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | -38 | 32 | (DNF) | 16 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 142 |
| 18th | 1389 | Hannah Bristow | Bobby Hewitt | Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club | -43 | 32 | (DNF) | 14 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 145 |
| 19th | 88 | Alasdair Logan | Angus Johnstone | Largs Sailing Club | 24 | 33 | (DNF) | -43 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 150 |
| 20th | 3626 | Alex Joesbury | Emlyn Williams | Port Dinorwic Sailing Club /Budworth Sai | 41 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 11 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 153 |
| 21st | 4039 | Wills Murray | Grace Murray | Oxford Pirates | -40 | 27 | -30 | 26 | 13 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 153 |
| 22nd | 2508 | Jamie Jobson | Eve Gadd | Royal Torbay Yacht Club | 39 | 28 | (DNF) | 20 | 25 | 19 | -40 | 20 | 4 | 155 |
| 23rd | 3733 | Tom Smith | Daniel Wilson | Sevenoaks School / Bough Beech Sailing C | 42 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 37 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 180 |
| 24th | 3030 | Jemma Viney | Matthew Viney | Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 30 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 31 | -35 | 10 | -36 | 27 | 181 |
| 25th | 2153 | Immi Slinn | Ruby Griffin | Draycote Water Sailing Club | -48 | -40 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 185 |
| 26th | 2376 | Callum Dixon | Iona Dixon | Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre | 39 | 30 | 25 | 18 | (OCS) | 24 | -44 | 23 | 34 | 193 |
| 27th | 3781 | Hector Nelson | Jeremy Nelson | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 36 | (DNF) | DNF | 25 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 30 | (DSQ) | 194 |
| 28th | 4037 | Libi Askew | Poppy Daniel | Burghfield Sailing Club | 34 | 30 | 32 | -41 | (OCS) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 36 | 196 |
| 29th | 4407 | Fionn O’Farrell | Tadhg O’Farrell | WSC | 50 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 32 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 47 | 8 | 208 |
| 30th | 2920 | Stuart Doughty | James Dermott | Oakham School / Rutland Sailing Club | 35 | -39 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 27 | -40 | 32 | 212 |
| 31st | 3102 | Lucy Pratt | Ben Poe | Sutton Bingham Sailing Club | 43 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 23 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 216 |
| 32nd | 4038 | Charlie Pritchard | George Goss | Claires Court Schools / | 28 | -41 | 31 | 35 | 27 | 29 | -38 | 38 | 30 | 218 |
| 33rd | 448 | Francis Baldwin | Grace Dutton | South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club | 31 | 36 | (DNF) | 40 | 21 | 28 | 34 | -41 | 29 | 219 |
| 34th | 3424 | Courtney Bilbrough | Orla Mitchell | Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre | -38 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 37 | 35 | 33 | -38 | 225 |
| 35th | 2915 | Tom Dutton | Dominic Lashbrook | Shropshire Sailing Club | 37 | 31 | 31 | 31 | -39 | -41 | 30 | 26 | 39 | 225 |
| 36th | 1887 | Georgia Panayi | Sophia Panayi | South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club | 42 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 39 | 26 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 16 | 229 |
| 37th | 4085 | Samuel Grade | Katie Prescott | Lymington Town Sailing Club | 41 | -43 | (DNF) | 29 | 32 | 25 | 43 | 36 | 37 | 243 |
| 38th | 1229 | Hannah Collinson | Lizzie Collinson | South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club | 31 | DNF | DNF | 17 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 19 | 19 | DNF | 245 |
| 39th | 576 | Annie Acres | Issy Gilbert | Emsworth Sailing Club | (DNF) | (DNF) | DNF | 34 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 24 | 249 |
| 40th | 3935 | Thomas Morris | Scarlett Croft | Salcombe Yacht Club | 45 | (DNF) | DNF | 30 | 38 | (DNF) | 28 | 32 | 31 | 256 |
| 41st | 3782 | Asher Robinson | Grace Bradley-Shanker | Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre | -47 | 37 | 35 | -46 | 41 | 38 | 45 | 42 | 19 | 257 |
| 42nd | 4346 | Emily Hine | Matthew Hine | Hayling Island Sailing Club | (DNF) | 36 | 34 | 38 | 35 | -43 | 37 | 43 | 42 | 265 |
| 43rd | 3999 | Matthew Walker Morecroft | Dominic Cotterill | Bowmoor Sailing Club | 44 | (DNF) | DNF | 44 | 43 | 44 | 33 | 16 | (DNF) | 276 |
| 44th | 3676 | Grace Summers | Philippa Chandler | Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club | 44 | (DNF) | (DNF) | 36 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 45 | 40 | 280 |
| 45th | 3783 | Indeg Owen | Sian Rosewarne | Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli | -47 | 42 | (DNF) | 45 | 33 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 291 |
| 46th | 4028 | Sammy Issacs-Johnson | Jordan Flynn | Claires Court Schools / | (DNF) | 38 | (DNF) | 47 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 298 |
| 47th | 4079 | Madeleine Hopper | Phillipa Hadleigh | Thorpe Bay Yacht Club | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | 42 | 42 | (DNF) | 41 | 39 | 44 | 313 |
| 48th | 4222 | James Russell | Lauren Russell | Alton Water Sailing Club | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 375 |
| 49th | 4103 | Richard Dixon | Matthew Dixon | Marconi Sailing Club | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | (DNF) | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 375 |
