Craftinsure Firefly Nationals at Torbay - Overall

The wind was gentle and coming straight of the land. The Race Committee set a windward mark close to the shore, which provided a very shifty beat which gave a very exciting battle for the Championships for those not in contention.

It took two attempts to get the gate start away and as the fleet went up the first beat the three leading boats were Tom Malhindine and Alice Currey, Paul and Laura Kameen and Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield. Stuart and Jane Hudson suffered at the start and never really recovered all day. This left the leading three to battle it out and the lead changed hands several times on the first lap.

On the second beat the three split with Paul and Laura furthest right, Tom and Alice in the middle and Mark and Sally off to the left. This proved to be the deciding move, as the right hand side of the course paid off.

The biggest gainers were Nigel Wakefield and Emily Sanderson who spotted the stronger wind on the right first overtaking everyone to lead around the top mark several hundred yards ahead, a lead they never lost.

Paul and Laura went on to finish 2nd and secure the 2008 Craftinsure Firefly National Championships.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	2018	Biscuit Buffalo	Paul Kameen	Laura Kameen	West Kirby SC	1	5	2	6	1	8	12	2	25
2	2594		Tom Malhindine	Alice Currey	Ronstan	16	4	4	2	27	1	1	3	31
3	498	Dido	Mark Tait	Sally Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	2	10	1	4	7	4	5	8	31
4	3850	Fursty Ferret	Stuart Hudson	Jane Hudson	Weston SC	3	7	7	1	4	7	17	25	46
5	3119	Horror	Roger Morris	Jemima Riley	Wessex Exiles	5	17	3	11	14	3	6	6	48
6	2144	Featherlite	Ben Vines	Jenny Vines	Imperial Poona YC	10	3	15	3	35	5	3	11	50
7	3096	Matton	Leo Dixon	Lucy Armstrong	West Kirby SC	6	8	9	5	18	16	2	22	64
8	3615	Skirmish	Jamie McEwen	Jo McEwen	Tamesis	23	6	10	13	8	9	8	13	67
9	3674	Flo	Nigel Wakefield	Emily Sanderson		14	16	8	14	6	15	16	1	74
10	3841	Genesis	Ian Sanderson	Sally Wilson	Royal Lymington YC	7	15	25	16	20	6	4	9	77
11	2649	Mustard	Alex Davey	Annie Goss	Royal Harwich YC	11	12	23	7	21	14	11	4	80
12	1954	Pogie	Ed Smith	Sarah Pank	Imperial Poona YC	28	1	5	9	32	20	22	10	95
13	3133	Fourwood Thinking	Barney Smith	Alannah Witherby	Hamble River SC	21	11	16	28	39	13	14.5	5	108.5
14	3414	Minke	Andrew Palmer-Felgate	Elizabeth Palmer-Felgate	Burghfield SC	8	2	13	21	19	35	14	33	110
15	3612	Red Baron	Matt Johnson	Emma Mackley	Grafham Water	15	19	24	8	9	22	43	14	111
16	2797	Vindaloo	Phil Slater	Jillian Slater	Restronguet SC	13	21	29	10	25	2	19	24	114
17	3945	Bath Uni	Sam Littlejohn	Emma Hayward	Lancing SC & Bath Uni SC	9	22	6	15	16	32	26	20	114
18	1867	Cumulus	Steven Greaves	Lucy Smith	Rickmansworth SC	4	24	21	19	3	18	28	70	117
19	3608	Mojo	Mathew Shepherd	Sophie Shepherd	West Kirby SC	19	14	27	26	13	11	13	29	123
20	3607	Pimms O'Clock	Tom Hebbert	Joanne Bailey	West Kirby SC	12	23	19	18	41	21	18	12	123
21	2659	Kong	Ben Lumby	Liz Evans	Restronguet SC	31	9	17	25	31	25	7	15	129
22	2539	Dillon	Guy Davison	Izzy Bretherton	Llangorse SC	36	13	11	70	28	10	9	26	133
23	2018X	Atomic	Lizzie Edwards	Ruth Verrier-Jones	Hamble River SC	18	28	22	23	34	12	20	17	140
24	3895	Inanda	Tony Thresher	Mike Radford	West Oxfordshire SC	30	25	12	20	11	23	21.5	34	142.5
25	3690	Mutsy	Rosie Davey	Giles Bradford	Royal Harwich YC	33	27	28	22	10	17	10	30	144
26	3550	Water Spider	David Sincock	Betty Wheeler	Restronguet SC	32	18	20	12	24	27	23	23	147
27	3683	Agwe	Will Shepherd	Emma Lombard	West Kirby SC	43	35	37	17	29	34	21	18	191
28	3787		Jonathan Frary	Ed Steele	Univerity of Plymouth	26	29	33	31	15	29	32	32	194
29	626	Mensonge	Christian Guy	Jonquil Brooks	Castaways	20	44	31	27	26	28	25	70	201
30	2502	Cyclone	Peter Langdon	Dawn Langdon	Restronguet SC	22	70	26	70	2	39	27	16	202
31	3456	The Brown Rouse	Michael Brown	Tom Watling	Royal Dart YC	27	46	32	42	5	24	36	36	202
32	2282	Border Riever	Will Mason	Anna Kennerdy	Tamesis	70	32	18	33	22	26	33	57	221
33	3967		Tom Lonsdale	Moira Thresher	West Oxfordshire SC	49	36	41	38	17	38	35	39	244
34	3029	Lipizzaner	Sophia Hulbert	Alan Hulbert	Restronguet SC	24	31	38	35	37	48	42	37	244
35	3879	Elmos Fire	Amy Bowden	Amy Morris	Royal Harwich YC	29	47	56	70	12	19	15	70	248
36	3875	Go	Jamie Bland	Roderick Bland	Restronguet SC	50	34	14	34	42	42	51	35	251
37	3671	Purple Doris	Marian Armstrong	Adam Whittle	West Kirby SC	44	33	51	36	23	52	41	27	255
38	3739	Willow	Lucy Boreham	Rachel Crebbin	Hamble River SC	40	40	42	43	36	40	29	28	255
39	3946	Bath Uni	Dicken Maclean	Kate Allen	Hayling Island SC & Bath Uni SC	51	30	45	30	33	36	31	70	256
40	3072	Squeaky	Damian Boreham	Josie Palmer	Wessex Exiles	25	52	48	37	46	43	39	21	259
41	3616	Top Dolly	Jonathan Bickford	Georgie Sutcliffe	Upper Thames	45	20	35	39	38	50	38	47	262
42	2065	Tiffany	Luke Thompson	Kate Merrett	Bowdsey YC	37	55	30	29	48	33	70	38	270
43	3023		Bryony Meakins	Natasha Lister	Durham University SC	41	37	36	32	49	47	60	31	273
44	3415	Lurcher	Chris Johnson	Tim Mackley	Great Moor	34	26	49	70	51	37	40	48	285
45	3030	Paddington Bear	Alistair Currey	Miss Louisa Currey		39	51	34	70	30	44	45	43	286
46	3924	The Sith	Liam Gardner	Jim Bramley	West Kirby SC	17	39	54	70	61	60	54	7	292
47	3610	Bonkers	Richard Thompson	Roger Hudson	Ely SC	42	43	50	24	70	49	44	45	297
48	3966	Frank the Tank	Ali Barker	Natalie Crolla	Chipstead SC	35	60	57	41	70	45	30	42	310
49	1053	API API	Dan Vincent	Ella Vincent	Stokes	38	45	70	70	40	31	70	19	313
50	2550	Frolic	Hermione Turner	Jo Mason	Itchenor SC	48	50	47	46	45	55	53	41	330
51	3626	FTSE	Simon Cowdell	Tommy Lee	Castaways	55	56	53	53	56	30	34	50	331
52	3098	Ratbag	Mike Clayton	Martine Clayton	Royal Harwich YC	47	53	43	40	70	57	49	54	343
53	3957	Maccatoo	Melanie McGregor	Ben Treloar	West Oxfordshire SC	46	49	40	52	44	56	58	59	345
54	3959		Ross Lonsdale	Jack Lonsdale	West Oxfordshire SC	57	48	39	51	50	62	57	52	354
55	3033	Trinket	James Clayton	Charlotte Wrtight	Royal Harwich YC	52	38	59	49	54	51	55	56	355
56	1701	Ikona Malee	Patrick Clarke	Chris Haskell	REYC & RSC	70	41	44	70	57	46	50	49	357
57	614	Flyswat	Charles Shawcroft	Annie Shawcroft	Hamble River SC	56	54	46	70	52	53	46	55	362
58	3749	Wild Thyme	Fiona Jones	Vicky Weston	Hamble River SC	60	57	63	47	43	59	56	51	373
59	8144	Thelma	Ruth Romer	Jenny Leon		53	58	58	44	53	61	52	58	376
60	1811	Tit Willow	Peter Slimming	Elaine Jones	Hamble River SC	70	59	70	70	47	41	47	46	380
61	1		Alasdair Alston	Poppy Jukes	Sheffield University SC	54	42	52	70	70	66	70	53	407
62	2672	Rebel	James Fryatt	Sammy Burns	Hamble River SC	70	70	70	70	55	54	48	44	411
63	3694	Ian	Tom Shawcroft	Jonny Halliday	Hamble River SC	59	64	62	45	60	68	61	60	411
64	3		Bram Appleton	Laura White	Sheffield University SC	58	63	61	48	58	64	70	70	422
65	3692	Eric	Tom Burns	James Shawcroft	Hamble River SC	61	61	60	50	70	67	62	63	424
66	5		Louise Wootton	Naomi Tayler	Sheffield University SC	62	62	55	70	59	65	70	61	434
67	8	Fate	Guy English	Maxine Cumberland	Restronguet SC	70	70	70	70	70	58	59	40	437
68	811	Blue Caine	Lewis Vigor	Phillip Thompson	Hamble River SC	63	70	70	70	70	63	70	62	468
69	TBA3		Matt Findlay		West Kirby SC	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	490