Flying Fifteen World Championships at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Day 6

by Lindsay Lyons, RHKYC 7 Nov 2013 10:09 GMT 2-8 November 2013

Day six of the Flying Fifteen Worlds in Hong Kong © Guy Nowell / RHKYC

With first place already decided, 50 boats turned up at the start line for the seventh and final race of the Worlds. It's no exaggeration to say that the weather and sea state has been different on every day of this regatta and today was just perfect – sunny, 15kts, a light swell...

Race management was not in for an easy day though, with two ships anchored on the preferred layline. Having moved closer inshore to allow adequate leg length without encroaching into China waters, the line was laid for an axis slightly to the right of the wind, to balance the course against the 'left at Lamma' effect.

Everything was going to plan until two minutes into the start sequence, when the AP had to be raised to allow for a commercial ship crossing the course on the port layline.

Just as thoughts were turning to getting into the start sequence again, a tanker anchored just upwind of the start line, forcing the team to up sticks and move back further offshore and reset the course.

Finally, 50 minutes behind schedule, the start gun was fired for the last race of the 19th International Flying Fifteen World Championships and the fleet was away with a clean start. Nick and Janet Jerwood, already assured of second overall for Ineffable, were out for glory and led from the front to take their second first of the series, finishing on a nett 15 points two minutes ahead of Matthew Owen and Andrew Reed on The Wife's Ffault – their best placing of the series. El Toro was only seconds behind in third, cementing third place overall for the Australian duo of Grant Alderson and Dean McAullay.

The Jerwoods seemed happy with their overall performance and unperturbed by the changeable weather, with Nick saying "conditions are probably the best I've ever sailed in at a (Worlds) regatta".

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1st	GBR 4004	Foof	Graham Vials	Chris Turner	1	1	2	1	5	1	(DNC)	11
2nd	AUS 3986	Ineffable	Nick Jerwood	Janet Jerwood	4	5	1	2	‑6	2	1	15
3rd	AUS 3933	El Toro	Grant Alderson	Dean McAullay	2	2	7	(BFD)	1	9	3	24
4th	GBR 4021	TBA	Steve Goacher	Phil Evans	3	6	6	5	2	4	‑7	26
5th	AUS 3684	The Wife's Ffault	Matthew Owen	Andrew Reed	‑15	8	3	4	3	11	2	31
6th	GBR 3920	Betty	Greg Wells	Andrew Jameson	5	7	8	(BFD)	4	3	6	33
7th	GBR 3998		Alan Bax	Chris Hewkin	6	4	4	6	7	7	‑11	34
8th	GBR 4019	Pure Magic	David Tabb	Chewey Sherrell	12	10	5	3	8	‑16	4	42
9th	AUS 3992	Glamour Buoys	Gregory Leaversuch	Peter Barblett	9	9	11	8	10	10	‑23	57
10th	AUS 3982	Storyteller	Christopher Paterson	Rupert Leslie	‑14	12	10	10	14	8	8	62
11th	AUS 3972	PHAROS Financial Group	Ashley Smith	Adam Kingston	17	14	14	(BFD)	16	5	5	71
12th	GBR 3953	Fforca del Vento	Robert Hogben	Glyn Morgan	11	11	22	(DNC)	9	14	12	79
13th	GBR 4020	Freaking Fantabulous	Graham Scroggie	Ben Scroggie	16	16	9	‑18	17	13	9	80
14th	AUS 3743	Spot the Difference	Greg Tonnison	Steve Roberts	21	15	19	(BFD)	15	6	13	89
15th	AUS 3880	Where The Bl**dy Hell Are You	Craig Rainey	Ian Rainey	10	17	18	12	19	20	‑22	96
16th	AUS 3797	Changing Lanes	David Swan	Matt Elliot	‑24	13	15	19	18	21	10	96
17th	AUS 3930	Aussie Falcon	Dale Collings	Glenn Scheen	8	18	(DSQ)	23	11	15	26	101
18th	GBR 3936	Smooth and Stoned	Steve Douthwaite	Paul Averley	19	19	‑23	16	12	17	19	102
19th	HKG 3722	Noisy Forefather	Cosmas Grelon	Rory Godman	27	‑29	13	7	21	12	29	109
20th	AUS 4010	Mr Fox	Jade lane	William Ian Lane	‑26	20	17	13	25	19	18	112
21st	HKG 3305	Ffact or Ffiction	Simon Pickering	Rafael Buitre	13	25	12	26	‑30	24	21	121
22nd	AUS 3855	Fflashpoint	Peter Rooke	Martin Arrowsmith	18	‑37	28	14	13	37	17	127
23rd	GBR 3539	Hakuna Matata	John Hanson	Helen Selden	20	26	16	21	22	22	‑27	127
24th	NZL 3754	Business	Sandra Williams	Graeme Robinson	23	22	21	24	(DNF)	27	14	131
25th	GBR 4022	Always Fforever	Andy Goddard	Mal Hartland	‑28	23	24	24	26	18	16	131
26th	HKG 4015	Uffa Fox Ache	Barry Hayes	Sheridan Teasel	25	24	20	22	23	‑31	20	134
27th	HKG 3981	Tchaikoffsky	Howard Williams	Huw Riley	22	21	29	29	20	(DSQ)	28	149
28th	AUS 3989	Fast Lane 4	John Wilson	David Tucker	(DNF)	DNS	24	9	27	25	24	162
29th	GBR 3692	fentura	Nick Heath	Pippa Noon	32	35	33	27	‑36	23	15	165
30th	HKG 3997	Tomffoolery	Tom Sheppard	Peter Barker	31	27	30	20	28	‑40	31	167
31st	HKG 3882	No Name	Koichi Yamamoto	Shinji Ishiwata	33	31	‑37	11	29	30	37	171
32nd	AUS 3620	Casper	Howard Faulks	Nick Faulks	29	28	35	15	31	(DNF)	38	176
33rd	AUS 3964	Fforeigner	Simon Lucas	Aileen Lucas	35	33	34	17	35	29	‑36	183
34th	HKG 3701	Puff'n Stuff	David Chow	Mark Lyons	34	32	27	32	33	28	‑40	186
35th	GBR 3901	Freewheelin'	Mike Kilbee	Tony Cox	‑36	34	36	35	34	26	25	190
36th	ESP 3735	Pathffinder	Michael Clough	Hendrik Penndorf	30	30	38	31	37	‑41	30	196
37th	NZL 3714	jaffa	Andrew Taylor	Greg Taylor	37	38	32	(BFD)	24	36	33	200
38th	GBR 3939	Athol	Athol King	Trevor Bellis	40	36	31	28	38	38	(DNF)	211
39th	IRL 4002	Afloat.ie	John Lavery	David O'Brien	7	3	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	222
40th	HKG 3979	Kerfuffle	Carlyon Knight‑Evans	Lucy Sutro	(DNF)	44	39	37	39	34	34	227
41st	HKG 3876	French Fries	Akira Takada	Wataru Takada	(DNF)	39	26	BFD	32	RET	35	238
42nd	HKG 3830	Squiffy	Joe Nelson	David Bone	39	41	(DNF)	33	40	42	43	238
43rd	HKG 3990	FfreeFire 90	Sam Chan	Nick Atkinson	41	42	42	(BFD)	42	32	41	240
44th	GBR 627	Vamoose	Bobby Salmond	Robert Till	38	(DNS)	41	30	DNS	35	44	241
45th	HKG 3500	FFatal Attraction	Murray Latham	Nigel Davis	(DNF)	40	43	36	44	39	39	241
46th	AUS 3545	Frequent Flyer	Jennifer Sims	Andrew Wallace	45	‑46	45	38	43	33	42	246
47th	HKG 3469	Frantic Forties	Wai Chuen Chan	Jack Leung	43	43	44	42	41	43	‑47	256
48th	HKG 3533	My Ffair Lady	Brian Henderson	Ben Muskett	46	(DNS)	40	40	DNC	RET	32	264
49th	HKG 3304	Skiver	Louis Brink	Thomas Issac	42	45	47	41	(DNC)	44	46	265
50th	HKG 3828	Ffirecracker	Naoki Ishihara	Martin Heath	44	(DNS)	49	39	45	45	45	267
51st	HKG 3468	Zest	Chris Howard	Andrew Howard	(DNC)	DNC	46	34	DNF	RET	DNS	292
52nd	HKG 3415	Fflippin' Muppets	Kunihiro Fukushima	Motokazu Nlshimura	(DNF)	DNS	48	43	DNF	DNC	48	298