Forty-four boats from around the country attended the Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix at Northampton SC. The forecast of a light weather weekend held true & the first race got away dead on time in 7-8 knots in overcast grey skies.
First mark leaders were Finley & Daniel Armstrong followed by James Hammett & Ben Todd. By the end of lap 2 James & Ben were ahead followed by Will & Matt Taylor with Hannah & Madeline Bristow in 3rd. By the finish the wind had increased to 8 knots & shifted left with James & Ben 1st; 2nd Hannah & Madeline; 3rd Will & Matt.
The second race started & Will & Matt took the lead; 2nd Harry Barker & Matt Beck. The race was shortened as the wind dropped away to a drift. Will & Matt held on for a win; 2nd Harvey Martin & Bobby Hewitt; 3rd James & Ben.
Race 3 got away under black flag as the wind came back to 6 knots & the sun came out. At the end of lap one Harvey & Bobby lead from Harry & Matt. Positions they held to the finish with James & Ben in 3rd.
As the wind held & Sundays forecast was poor, the Race Officer decided on a 4th race. Again the start was all clear, on a black flag. At the end of lap one Jack Lewis & Lucas Marshall ahead with Will & Matt in 2nd; followed by Finley & Dan. By lap 2 Will & Matt took the lead; 2nd Finley & Daniel; with Harry and Matt third. At the finish Will & Matt secured their second win; 2nd Harry & Matt; 3rd Finley & Daniel.
On the second day the fleet were greeted with glorious sun but light and shifty winds. Race 5 was away clear under a black flag. Harry & Matt had a good lead by the leeward mark. James Leetch & Jemima Leedham were second; followed by Finley & Dan. The wind stayed constant at about 5-6 knots but still very shifty. The finish of race 5 was ‘neck & neck’ with Harry & Matt just beating James & Jemima; 3rd Finley & Daniel.
The final race saw one boat caught black flag & the wind still light and shifty. James & Ben lead at the leeward mark. 2nd Will Spurway & Ed Conlan followed by a very close chasing pack. Entering the last lap it was Will & Matt ahead of James & Ben; 3rd Dan and Elliot. On the last beat Will & Matt took a commanding lead which they held to the finish to secure the overall win. A tight pack followed with Harvey & Bobby 2nd; James & Ben 3rd.
Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix 21st and 22nd September 2013
Northampton Sailing Club
Results as of 12:32 on September 22, 2013
Overall
| Rank | Sail Number | Helm Name | Crew Name | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5028 | Will Taylor | Matt Taylor | Alton Water SC/Alton Water SC | 3.0 | 1.0 | (8.0) | 1.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 |
| 2nd | 453 | Harry Barker | Matt Beck | Bowmoor Sailing Club/Bowmoor Sailing Clu | 4.0 | (6.0) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 14.0 |
| 3rd | 1389 | Harvey Martin | Bobby Hewitt | Ogston Sailing Club/Liegh and Lowton Sai | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | (10.0) | 4.0 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 14.0 |
| 4th | 4740 | James Hammett | Ben Todd | HISC/HISC | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | (8.0) | 3.0 | 22.0 | 14.0 |
| 5th | 4610 | Hannah Bristow | Madeleine Bristow | Leigh and Lowton/Leigh and Lowton | 2.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | (11.0) | 11.0 | 40.0 | 29.0 |
| 6th | 4890 | Finley Armstrong | Daniel Armstrong | Royal Torbay Yacht Club /Royal Torbay Ya | 12.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | (13.0) | 47.0 | 34.0 |
| 7th | 4883 | Jessie Main | Ali Lawrence | Warsash SC/Warsash SC | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | (12.0) | 10.0 | 53.0 | 41.0 |
| 8th | 4204 | James Leetch | Jemima Leedham | Stamford School/Stamford High School | 13.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | (32.0) | 75.0 | 43.0 |
| 9th | 5146 | Daniel Lewis | Elliott Marshall | Draycote water sc/Draycote water sc | 10.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | (22.0) | 4.0 | 65.0 | 43.0 |
| 10th | 4682 | Greg Kelly | George Catchpole | Burnham Sailing Club/Burnham Sailing Clu | 6.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 16.0 | (26.0) | 73.0 | 47.0 |
| 11th | 4889 | Dan Discombe | Dom Lewis | Tonbridge School/Tonbridge School | 8.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | (17.0) | 5.0 | 9.0 | 66.0 | 49.0 |
| 12th | 3424 | Billy Vennis-Ozanne | Orla Mitchell | HISC/DSWC | (37.0) | 12.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 89.0 | 52.0 |
| 13th | 4945 | Jack Lewis | Lucas Marshall | Draycote Water/Draycote Water | 7.0 | 9.0 | 19.0 | (45.0 DNF) | 6.0 | 18.0 | 104.0 | 59.0 |
| 14th | 2510 | Rory Odell | Josh Bonsey | Northampton/Northampton | (19.0) | 15.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 82.0 | 63.0 |
| 15th | 4361 | James Scott | Henry White | Wembley SC/Bewl Valley SC | 16.0 | 16.0 | 9.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | (21.0) | 95.0 | 74.0 |
| 16th | 5426 | Bradley Duffy | Bella Cox | Oakham/Oakham | 18.0 | (25.0) | 16.0 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 101.0 | 76.0 |
| 17th | 1883 | Will Ward | Alastair Joyce | Ogston Sailing Club/Ogston Sailing Club | 20.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | (23.0) | 20.0 | 110.0 | 87.0 |
| 18th | 4065 | George Tardrew | Sam Lythgoe | Bewl Valley/Wembley | 17.0 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | (20.0) | 19.0 | 107.0 | 87.0 |
| 19th | 4623 | Edward Norbury | Charlie Hutchings | Warsash SC/Warsash SC | 27.0 | 17.0 | 27.0 | (30.0) | 18.0 | 7.0 | 126.0 | 96.0 |
| 20th | 2574 | Iain Bird | Jake Hardman | HISC/HISC | 22.0 | 29.0 | (44.0) | 13.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 140.0 | 96.0 |
| 21st | 5279 | Will Spurway | Ed Conlan | Bowmoor/Bowmoor | 23.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | (34.0) | 12.0 | 136.0 | 102.0 |
| 22nd | 5424 | Lily Streatfeild | Lottie Neve | Oakham/Oakham | 14.0 | (26.0) | 26.0 | 22.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 129.0 | 103.0 |
| 23rd | 4417 | Louisa Coxson | Emily Woodcock | Bowmoor Sailing Club/Bowmoor Sailing Clu | (25.0) | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 134.0 | 109.0 |
| 24th | 4407 | Joshua Boniface | Jake Carpenter | HISC/HISC | 24.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 23.0 | 29.0 | (36.0) | 147.0 | 111.0 |
| 25th | 3999 | Huw Nunn | Dom Cotterill | Bowmoor SC/Bowmoor SC | 11.0 | 28.0 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 13.0 | (35.0) | 147.0 | 112.0 |
| 26th | 2508 | Jessica Jobson | Grace Gadd | RTYC/RTYC | 35.0 | (36.0) | 36.0 | 7.0 | 28.0 | 8.0 | 150.0 | 114.0 |
| 27th | 2431 | Tom Proffitt | Alex Middleton | Stamford School/Stamford School | 15.0 | 23.0 | 29.0 | 25.0 | (31.0) | 24.0 | 147.0 | 116.0 |
| 28th | 4415 | Ellie Walton | Alicia Campbell-Bottoms | Draycote Water SC/HISC | 28.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 32.0 | (36.0) | 16.0 | 161.0 | 125.0 |
| 29th | 4145 | Tristan Payne | Isobel Clark | Hayling Island Sailing club/Hayling Isla | 30.0 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | (33.0) | 160.0 | 127.0 |
| 30th | 2215 | Max Griggs | Cody Griggs | Royal Torbay Yacht Club/Royal Torbay Yac | 21.0 | 27.0 | (33.0) | 28.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 163.0 | 130.0 |
| 31st | 5037 | Joe Hills | Toby Petit | Oakham/Oakham | 26.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | (38.0) | 34.0 | 171.0 | 133.0 |
| 32nd | 3182 | William Cunliffe | James Cunliffe | Royal Torbay yacht Club/Royal Torbay yac | 31.0 | 31.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 25.0 | (45.0 RET) | 189.0 | 144.0 |
| 33rd | 4648 | Aimee O’Brien | Jess Jarman | Warsash SC/Warsash SC | 29.0 | (34.0) | 22.0 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 181.0 | 147.0 |
| 34th | 4987 | Hebe Hemming | Saskia Inman | West Kirby /West Kirby | 36.0 | 35.0 | (38.0) | 31.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 187.0 | 149.0 |
| 35th | 4606 | Harry Martin | Matthew Peckham | Oakham/Oakham | (39.0) | 32.0 | 31.0 | 36.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 208.0 | 169.0 |
| 36th | 5039 | Bernard Visser | Charles Cox | Oakham/Oakham | 34.0 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | (40.0) | 27.0 | 211.0 | 171.0 |
| 37th | 783 | David Nunn | Lucy Cotterill | Bowmoor SC/Bowmoor SC | 33.0 | (39.0) | 37.0 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 38.0 | 210.0 | 171.0 |
| 38th | 2245 | Ella Robbins | Rhian Rimmer | Banbury SC | 32.0 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | (45.0 OCS) | 216.0 | 171.0 |
| 39th | 4133 | Jessica Schumacher | Xavier Blackman | Oakham/Oakham | (42.0) | 42.0 | 40.0 | 38.0 | 37.0 | 29.0 | 228.0 | 186.0 |
| 40th | 4135 | James Foster | Charlie Byford | Oakham/Oakham | (44.0) | 41.0 | 41.0 | 39.0 | 35.0 | 31.0 | 231.0 | 187.0 |
| 41st | 4608 | Henry Neve | Oliver Demetri | Oakham/Oakham | 41.0 | (44.0) | 30.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 39.0 | 235.0 | 191.0 |
| 42nd | None | Alex Gibbons | Rhiannon Cope | Northampton/Northampton | 38.0 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | (45.0 DNC) | 45.0 DNC | 248.0 | 203.0 |
| 43rd | 4179 | Meaghan Cox | Sophia Lockhart | 43.0 | 37.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 42.0 | (45.0 OCS) | 253.0 | 208.0 | |
| 44th | 3792 | Fred Gray | India Edwards | Bowmoor Sailing Club/Treardour Bay | 40.0 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | (45.0 DNC) | 45.0 DNC | 257.0 | 212.0 |
Scoring codes used
| Code | Description | Points |
|---|---|---|
| DNC | Did not come to the starting area | 45 |
| DNF | Started but did not finish | 45 |
| OCS | On course side at start or broke rule 30.1 | 45 |
| RET | Retired | 45 |
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