The RS Feva circuit moved from a very wintery Winter Championships at Weymouth to a very spring like Spring Championships at Draycote Waters.
An excellent turnout of 62 boats but a forecast of very light conditions all weekend looked like it would be difficult for both the sailors and race Committee alike! Spotting the shifts and the puffs was certainly the order of the weekend and it has to be said that the consistency is shown at the front of the fleet just showed it could be done!
Saturday arrival saw zephyrs across Draycote water and an inevitable postponement for an hour or so whilst the wind filled in a little. In the end the fleet launched just after lunch but only one race was possible as the wind weakened again. Very worthy winners of race one were the now renowned light weather specialists Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson (Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club/Hayling Island Sailing Club) but following them home in a fantastic second place was RS Tera duo Tom Ahlheid and Tom Stratton-Brown (Frensham Pond Sailing Club) and with Blake and Brett Tudor (Brightlingsea Sailing Club) a great third.
Day two saw the sailors lose an hour of sleep for British Summer Time and another hour because the race officer decided an earlier start was required to make the best of the more favourable forecast and an attempt to get five races in. And whilst everyone duly turned up on time and were greeted with a better breeze, the breeze remained fickle all day and in the end only three further races were possible.
It has to be said that day two was dominated by three boats who pretty much commanded the top three places in all the races. The first race of the day was won in brilliant style by Gabby Clifton and Daisy Weston (Dabchicks Sailing Club) who were taking part in their first Feva event having been sailing in Optimists, they certainly showed the Feva fleet what they are capable of and had a significant lead. Second place went to Robbie McDonald and Teddy Ferguson (HISC/Windermere School) and third to Tom and Rupert. The second race of the day saw the same top three but a slightly different order but with a twist. Tom and Rupert were again worthy winners followed home by another great result from Gabby and Daisy. Third across the line was Ben Hutton-Penman and Abi Jayasekara (Corinthian Otters), only to find they had been black flagged at the start and so promoting Robbie and Teddy. The third and (as it turned out to be) final race saw Ben and Abi put the previous race disappointment behind them to win, in second were Robbie and Teddy and third Gabby and Daisy.
One final race was attempted but had to be stopped 20 seconds before the start and so four races and one discard saw Tom and Rupert crowned very worthy RS Feva Spring Champions on five points, they were chased very hard by second place and first girls Gabby and Daisy, who sailed an inspired second day and certainly are pairing to watch, and the ever consistent Robbie and Teddy in 3rd. Winners of the Endeavour Trophy for working hard all weekend were Callum Fraser and Stephen Carty (Burnham Sailing Club) and also a very well done to RS Tera sailors Tom Ahlheid and Tom Stratton-Brown for an excellent 5th place overall in their first Feva Regatta.
We would like to thank Tokio Marine HCC for sponsoring the event and providing the children with great Teeshirts and very important whistles (please keep these safe and read the SIs in the future!!). We would also like to thank Richard Pye and the race team for all their efforts and the whole Draycote team for making us feel so welcome.
Next event stops are the RS Sprint Championships on 22nd April followed by our Third Grand Prix on the 28/29th April at Queen Mary Sailing Club. Please also remember to get booked in for the Nationals at the end of May at Weymouth and Portland, it will be a great event so spread the word and get all your friends along. Charter boats are available and we are looking for a record entry.
And finally, good luck to our lucky UK sailors off to Florida for the World Championships over Easter, let’s hope we will be celebrating with a UK World Champion in a couple of weeks time.
Tokio Marine Spring Championships Results
Draycote Water Sailing Club
Results are final as of 19:16 on March 25, 2018
Overall
| Rank | SailNo | HelmName | CrewName | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6680 | Tom Storey | Rupert Jameson | Yorkshire Dales SC | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | (6.0) | 11.0 | 5.0 |
| 2nd | 4629 | Gabby Clifton | Daisy Weston | Dabchicks SC | (14.0) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 6.0 |
| 3rd | 6214 | Robbie McDonald | Teddy Ferguson | HISC / Windermere School | (8.0) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 7.0 |
| 4th | 7000 | Ben Hutton-Penman | Abi Jayasekara | Corinthian Otters | 6.0 | 5.0 | (63.0 BFD) | 1.0 | 75.0 | 12.0 |
| 5th | 5782 | Tom Ahlheid | Tom Stratton-Brown | FPSC | 2.0 | (19.0) | 9.0 | 4.0 | 34.0 | 15.0 |
| 6th | 5775 | Sophie Dennis | Olivia Bracey-Davis | HISC | 13.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | (14.0) | 35.0 | 21.0 |
| 7th | 4631 | Sophie Johnson | Dylan Collingbourne | Blackwater SC | (19.0) | 13.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 43.0 | 24.0 |
| 8th | 4470 | Quinn Edmonds | Fin Oliver | Chew Valley Lake SC | 10.0 | 7.0 | (11.0) | 7.0 | 35.0 | 24.0 |
| 9th | 501 | Caitlin morley | Joe blaker | Burnham sailing club / Benfleet sailing | 4.0 | (20.0) | 5.0 | 20.0 | 49.0 | 29.0 |
| 10th | 5764 | Oliver Rayner | Matthew Rayner | Yorkshire Dales SC / Ripon SC | (34.0) | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 64.0 | 30.0 |
| 11th | 4624 | Alice Davis | Alastair Brown | Great Moor SC | 7.0 | 14.0 | (23.0) | 10.0 | 54.0 | 31.0 |
| 12th | 6345 | Kuba Staite | Nick Evans | HISC / Blackwater Sailing Club | 11.0 | 6.0 | (25.0) | 17.0 | 59.0 | 34.0 |
| 13th | 2431 | Blake Tudor | Brett Tudor | Brightlingsea Sailing Club | 3.0 | (31.0) | 8.0 | 24.0 | 66.0 | 35.0 |
| 14th | 6037 | Freddy Wood | Lucy Hewitson | Hayling Island Sailing Club | 9.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | (63.0 RET) | 98.0 | 35.0 |
| 15th | 6330 | Phoebe Peters | Rachel Pyke | HISC | 5.0 | (29.0) | 17.0 | 16.0 | 67.0 | 38.0 |
| 16th | 5000 | Ralph Nevile | Luke Anstey | Frensham Pond SC | 18.0 | (23.0) | 14.0 | 9.0 | 64.0 | 41.0 |
| 17th | 3672 | Alexander Ratsey | Issy Spurway | RWYC/ Bowmoor/HISC | (26.0) | 16.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 67.0 | 41.0 |
| 18th | 3159 | Julia Staite | Mattie Evans | HISC | (63.0 BFD) | 15.0 | 7.0 | 25.0 | 110.0 | 47.0 |
| 19th | 6312 | Joshua Davies | Freddie Ellis | Sevenoaks School | (63.0 BFD) | 10.0 | 26.0 | 11.0 | 110.0 | 47.0 |
| 20th | 3373 | Ching Wong | Elinor Oleary | Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club | 15.0 | 9.0 | 24.0 | (32.0) | 80.0 | 48.0 |
| 21st | 5847 | Julia Barnes | Eloise Clapson McBride | RTYC/ LLSC | (33.0) | 18.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 86.0 | 53.0 |
| 22nd | 6264 | Kevin Farrell | Liam Farrell | Llandudno SC | (63.0 DNC) | 8.0 | 16.0 | 30.0 | 117.0 | 54.0 |
| 23rd | 2422 | Fergus Pye | Samuel Blaker | Draycote Water Sailing Club / Benfleet Y | 16.0 | 25.0 | 19.0 | (34.0) | 94.0 | 60.0 |
| 24th | 6200 | Angus Kilpatrick | Freddie Fisher | HISC | 12.0 | (34.0) | 27.0 | 22.0 | 95.0 | 61.0 |
| 25th | 5900 | Tess Sadowski | Frances Daubeny | Bough Beach Sailing club | 17.0 | (42.0) | 31.0 | 15.0 | 105.0 | 63.0 |
| 26th | 6300 | Raulf Berry | Ben Bradley | HISC / Hill Head | 28.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | (33.0) | 101.0 | 68.0 |
| 27th | 5450 | joe slipper | Tea Sirolla | QMSC | 23.0 | 17.0 | 29.0 | (41.0) | 110.0 | 69.0 |
| 28th | 6895 | Tom Burke | Theo Stewart | Coniston SC | 24.0 | 21.0 | (37.0) | 31.0 | 113.0 | 76.0 |
| 29th | 5028 | Joshua Manning | Lucy Hughes | Rydal Penrhos / Pwllheli | (63.0 BFD) | 46.0 | 12.0 | 19.0 | 140.0 | 77.0 |
| 30th | 6919 | Ollie Bunce | Archie Baker | Oakham/Rutland | 21.0 | 33.0 | (42.0) | 23.0 | 119.0 | 77.0 |
| 31st | 6199 | Ethan Gerrell | Tom Barnes | QM/RTYC/HISC | (52.0) | 28.0 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 129.0 | 77.0 |
| 32nd | 5545 | Felix Stewart | Jake Harris | Windermere School | (32.0) | 30.0 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 110.0 | 78.0 |
| 33rd | 4079 | Annie Hammett | Emma Wells | HISC | (37.0) | 35.0 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 119.0 | 82.0 |
| 34th | 4904 | Katheryn Byne | Phoebe Jones | Draycote Water Sailing Club | 29.0 | 26.0 | (48.0) | 27.0 | 130.0 | 82.0 |
| 35th | 1665 | Jamie Tylecote | Joseph Green | Rutland | 20.0 | 43.0 | (44.0) | 29.0 | 136.0 | 92.0 |
| 36th | 6150 | Alice Lucy | Alex Brown | Rutland/ Oakham | 39.0 | 39.0 | (43.0) | 18.0 | 139.0 | 96.0 |
| 37th | 4042 | Will Sunderland | Ben Yearsley | Olton Mere/ Solihull School | 36.0 | 24.0 | (46.0) | 36.0 | 142.0 | 96.0 |
| 38th | 5279 | Esme Barraclough | William Bailey | Ripon SC/ Yorkshire Dales SC | 25.0 | 41.0 | 30.0 | (45.0) | 141.0 | 96.0 |
| 39th | 6524 | Issy Leetch | James Mansfield | Rutland / Oakham/ Rutland | 27.0 | 36.0 | (49.0) | 40.0 | 152.0 | 103.0 |
| 40th | 6580 | Jorja Marshall | Alissa Marshall | RHS | 22.0 | (49.0) | 40.0 | 46.0 | 157.0 | 108.0 |
| 41st | 6525 | Sian Nutter | Kata Kemp | Oakham/Rutland | 49.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 | (51.0) | 159.0 | 108.0 |
| 42nd | 4945 | Eilish Graham | Olivia Rawlinson | DRSC / Coniston SC | 38.0 | 37.0 | 33.0 | (39.0) | 147.0 | 108.0 |
| 43rd | 6613 | Ioan Thompson | Oscar Thompson | Tenby | 35.0 | 38.0 | (63.0 BFD) | 37.0 | 173.0 | 110.0 |
| 44th | 1430 | Ben Dearden | Thomas Donald | Ripon / YDSC/ DRSC | 43.0 | (51.0) | 34.0 | 35.0 | 163.0 | 112.0 |
| 45th | 516 | Sandy Bailey | Jack Francis | Exe Sailing Club | 31.0 | 32.0 | (63.0 BFD) | 54.0 | 180.0 | 117.0 |
| 46th | 5802 | Jude Solomons | Fred Gwinnett | Oakham/Rutland | 30.0 | (52.0) | 45.0 | 43.0 | 170.0 | 118.0 |
| 47th | 6153 | Libby Petit | Issy Heller-Janes | Oakham/Rutland | 41.0 | (45.0) | 41.0 | 38.0 | 165.0 | 120.0 |
| 48th | 809 | Oliver Johnson | Nathan Clark | Alton Water Sailing Club / Burnham Saili | 42.0 | 44.0 | 36.0 | (52.0) | 174.0 | 122.0 |
| 49th | 6611 | Theo Aers | Rhiannon Webber | Blackwater SC Squiddies | (47.0) | 40.0 | 38.0 | 44.0 | 169.0 | 122.0 |
| 50th | 6819 | Blake Latta | Alice Smith | HISC / Weston SC | (50.0) | 48.0 | 35.0 | 42.0 | 175.0 | 125.0 |
| 51st | 4240 | Casper Barton | Tom Edwards | Bough beech | 40.0 | (53.0) | 39.0 | 49.0 | 181.0 | 128.0 |
| 52nd | 4917 | Rosie Sheahan | Susie Sheahan | CVLSC | 48.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | (53.0) | 198.0 | 145.0 |
| 53rd | 6047 | Jack Tucker | Charlie Tucker | Burnham SC Squiddies | 44.0 | (55.0) | 52.0 | 50.0 | 201.0 | 146.0 |
| 54th | 6505 | Ruby Andrews | Gemma Raymond | Squiddies/Blackwater | (63.0 BFD) | 50.0 | 51.0 | 47.0 | 211.0 | 148.0 |
| 55th | 89 | Max Rawlinson | James Armstrong | Coniston SC / Tees and Hartlepool yacht | (63.0 BFD) | 54.0 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 212.0 | 149.0 |
| 56th | 5563 | Patrick Fulton | George Potter | Tonbridge School | 46.0 | (56.0) | 54.0 | 56.0 | 212.0 | 156.0 |
| 57th | 6323 | Libby Thompson | Meggie Caldwell | 45.0 | (57.0) | 57.0 | 55.0 | 214.0 | 157.0 | |
| 58th | 1409 | Callum Fraser | Stephen Carty | Burnham Sailing Club | 51.0 | (58.0) | 55.0 | 58.0 | 222.0 | 164.0 |
| 59th | 1002 | Alfie Sheahan | Ben Hook | CVLSC | 54.0 | (60.0) | 53.0 | 57.0 | 224.0 | 164.0 |
| 60th | 5560 | Henry Kaplan | Baptiste Laurencin | Tonbridge School | 53.0 | (59.0) | 56.0 | 59.0 | 227.0 | 168.0 |
| 61st | 3 | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge School | (63.0 DNC) | 63.0 DNC | 63.0 DNC | 63.0 DNC | 252.0 | 189.0 |
| 61st | 4 | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge School | (63.0 DNC) | 63.0 DNC | 63.0 DNC | 63.0 DNC | 252.0 | 189.0 |
Prizes
| Category | Rank | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| First Girls | 1st | 4629 Gabby Clifton & Daisy Weston |
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