Navigators & General Mirror Europeans at Brixham Yacht Club

Navigators & General Mirror Europeans at Brixham Yacht Club - Day 3

by Rob Bellfield 21 Aug 2014 08:52 BST 18-22 August 2014

The modern foam sandwich Winder Mirror during the N&G Mirror Europeans © Rob Bellfield

"As inconsistent as the England Cricket Team" was how today's weather was described by competitors Tom Weston and Paddy Jefferies.

Day three of the Navigators & General Mirror Europeans offered a change in conditions from the previous racing held from Brixham Yacht Club. The forecast light winds presented difficult conditions for the sailors and race committee alike. The Race Officer wisely put in place a 2 hour postponement whilst the sub 5 knot early wind built to a 6 knot north westerly.

In race one more pressure from the top left of the beat resulted in Archie Grant & Johnnie Law just beating Gemma Keers & Imogen Bellfield to the first mark, however the girls converted their 2nd to a first quickly on the first reach and extended away from the following pack. Rachel Grayson & Gemma Francis Burnett made an excellent decision to stay low on the reach to claim a convincing 2nd by mark 2. The second reach saw the pack descend on the leaders in more breeze and some place changes occurring, with Esther Bowdler & Scarlett Crago fighting back from a previous penalty to take the win followed by Gemma & Imogen, Angus Hemmings with son Fraser and Tash & Sarah Ewart-Smith showing good form once again in fourth.

Race two started in a more westerly direction with mirror veteran Martin Egan claiming a brilliant start from the middle of the line. With the left side having looked strong for the majority of the beat, the final right shift allowed Angus & Fraser Hemmings to consolidate their excellent first race with a first place followed by Ireland's Shane McLoughlin & Oscar Langan with Felix Jefferies & Monty Heath in third. A significant wind shift occurred halfway down the first reach which turned the second reach into a beat however the leaders held their positions to the finish.

The race committee did an excellent job running two races in such tricky weather. They will look to run the lost final race from Wednesday tomorrow with a more promising forecast.

Photos from Day 3 will be loaded onto www.boatographic.co.uk at some point, from where they can be purchased.

Results after Day 3: (seven races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Class	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	41	Gold	Tiarnan Dickson	Luke Groarke Donagh	4	1	1	6	3	5	32	20
2	12	Gold	Rachel Grayson	Gemma Francis Burnett	2	2	7	2	1	6	15	20
3	7	Gold	Gemma Keers	Imogen Bellfield	1	5	3	4	6	2	26	21
4	31	Gold	Shane McLoughlin	Oscar Langan	3	11	14	5	7	10	2	38
5	23	Gold	Scarlett Shepherd	Harvey Martin	14	12	19	1	13	11	4	55
6	17	Silver	Emily Heath	Pippa Heath	7	8	4	18	15	16	6	56
7	27	Gold	Esther Bowdler	Scarlet Crago	21	6	11	20	14	1	8	60
8	16	Gold	Henry Heath	James Dickinson	20	3	8	11	11	8	22	61
9	42	Gold	Cian Hickey	Eoin Hickey	28	9	6	23	5	7	11	61
10	40	Gold	Jack Ryan	Helen Smith	6	14	5	13	10	21	13	61
11	8	Gold	Eleanor Keers	Izzy Pugh	15	23	17	7	2	17	9	67
12	22	Gold	Harriet Watkins	Helena Watkins	11	15	26	3	4	19	18	70
13	18	Gold	Natasha Ewart Smith	Sarah Ewart Smith	17	16	2	19	23	4	29	81
14	1	Silver	Robert Richardson	Megan Thornley	24	11	15	21	8	24	10	89
15	35	Gold	Angus Hemmings	Fraser Hemmings	13	7	35	35	9	3	1	90
16	4	Silver	Emma Clayton	Faye Caswell	22	10	10	27	12	15	23	92
17	21	Gold	Tom Weston	Paddy Jefferies	16	19	12	22	19	14	16	96
18	38	Silver	Caolan Croasdell	Oisin McAllister	10	20	16	9	26	23	20	98
19	30	Gold	Martin Egan	Freddie Martin	19	17	32	12	16	32	7	103
20	43	Silver	Archie Grant	Johnnie Law	8	25	20	26	18	18	14	103
21	11	Gold	Edward Hansell	Esme Shepherd	12	21	22	8	21	20	30	104
22	20	Bronze	Felix Jefferies	Monty Heath	29	35	30	10	28	9	3	109
23	44	Silver	Ben Hill	Gabe Hill	18	13	23	17	24	22	17	110
24	10	Gold	Celia Hansell	Jasper Ewart Smith	35	27	9	25	20	12	24	117
25	2	Silver	Ollie Hawkins	Archie Hawkins	23	24	21	14	17	26	21	120
26	24	Gold	Richard Rowell	Rosie Rowell	9	25	33	28	27	27	5	121
27	36	Silver	Samuel Wray	Imogen Wray	27	35	18	16	25	13	27	126
28	19	Gold	George Richards	Alexander Baird	5	22	13	24	35	35	35	134
29	3	Gold	Oliver Wilson	Hannah Wilson	25	18	27	33	29	29	12	140
30	39	Gold	Conor Twohig	Jack Gibney	26	35	31	15	22	31	31	156
31	28	Bronze	Lauren Bowdler	Brian Bowdler	30	26	24	31	30	30	19	159
32	45	Silver	James Taylor	Maddie Hantrais	33	30	25	29	33	25	25	167
33	37	Bronze	Rory McAllister	Lughaidh Croasdell	31	29	29	30	32	28	28	175
34	6	Bronze	Ollie Pugh	Eleanor Bellfield	32	28	28	32	31	35	35	186