Navigators & General Mirror Europeans at Brixham Yacht Club

Navigators & General Mirror Europeans at Brixham Yacht Club - Day 4

by Nicky Macgregor & Midge Watkins 22 Aug 2014 08:24 BST 18-22 August 2014

Day 4 of the N&G Mirror Europeans at Brixham © Rob Bellfield

"Windy, tiring, 4 whole races and I still have salt in my eyelashes" said Scarlett Shepherd after Day 4 of the Navigators & General Mirror Europeans at Brixham YC.

A very different day presented itself to the Mirror Europeans fleet at Brixham this morning. A building forecast, reaching 23 knots by the end of the day, allowed 4 races to be run.

In race 1 Eleanor Keers & Izzy Pugh led Angus & Fraser Hemmings around the windward mark and whilst Eleanor & Izzy held their position Angus & Fraser were overtaken by Rachel Grayson & Gemma Francis Burnett thanks to some excellent boat handling from the girls.

The overall leaders showed their form in race 2 with Rachel & Gemma, Gemma & Imogen and Tiarnan & Luke leading the fleet around the first mark. Some position changes downwind meant that Shane McLoughan & Oscar Langan got in on the chocolates in 3rd with Rachel & Gemma winning and Tiarnan /Luke 2nd.

Gemma Keers & Imogen Bellfield sailed a perfect beat to reach the windward mark first in race 3. However tussles with Rachel Grayson & Gemma Francis Burnett on the first reach, and Shane McLoughlin & Oscar Langan on the second meant they dropped to 3rd at the leeward mark. Scarlett Shepherd & Harvey Martin capitalised on the other boats individual competitions to follow Rachel & Gemma up the beat and take 2nd in the race with Robert Richardson & Megan Thornley sailing a brilliant second beat to secure 3rd.

Race 4 was the windiest race of the event so far, much to the delight of Emma Clayton & Faye Haswell who led Angus & Fraser Hemmings around the mark. The Hemmings played the breezy reach well to overtake the girls. These 2 boats then extended their lead with Irish teams Tiarnan Dickson & Luke Groake Donargh and Conor Twohig & Jack Gibney in third and fourth respectively. A special mention should go to Gemma Francis Burnett who showed great determination to finish Race 4 despite having sustained a ligament injury halfway up the beat.

Points are relatively tight at the top going into the final day of racing with many teams finding their form as the week has progressed.

Results after Day 4: (eleven races, 2 discards)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1	12	Rachel Grayson	Gemma Francis Burnett	2	2	7	2	1	6	15	2	1	1	8	24
2	41	Tiarnan Dickson	Luke Groarke Donagh	4	1	1	6	3	5	32	16	2	7	3	32
3	7	Gemma Keers	Imogen Bellfield	1	5	3	4	6	2	26	5	7	6	13	39
4	31	Shane McLoughlin	Oscar Langan	3	11	14	5	7	10	2	7	3	8	16	56
5	23	Scarlett Shepherd	Harvey Martin	14	12	19	1	13	11	4	19	12	2	7	76
6	16	Henry Heath	James Dickinson	20	3	8	11	11	8	22	20	4	4	9	78
7	42	Cian Hickey	Eoin Hickey	28	9	6	23	5	7	11	17	9	11	5	80
8	8	Eleanor Keers	Izzy Pugh	15	23	17	7	2	17	9	1	6	17	20	91
9	35	Angus Hemmings	Fraser Hemmings	13	7	35	35	9	3	1	3	8	5	1	98
10	27	Esther Bowdler	Scarlet Crago	21	6	11	20	14	1	8	8	16	14	35	98
11	22	Harriet Watkins	Helena Watkins	11	15	26	3	4	19	18	10	5	18	17	101
12	17	Emily Heath	Pippa Heath	7	8	4	18	15	16	6	13	20	19	14	101
13	40	Jack Ryan	Helen Smith	6	14	5	13	10	21	13	23	19	12	10	102
14	4	Emma Clayton	Faye Caswell	22	10	10	27	12	15	23	4	13	16	2	104
15	1	Robert Richardson	Megan Thornley	24	11	15	21	8	24	10	12	15	3	13	108
16	18	Natasha Ewart Smith	Sarah Ewart Smith	17	16	2	19	23	4	29	11	10	35	35	131
17	30	Martin Egan	Freddie Martin	19	17	32	12	16	32	7	15	11	9	25	131
18	43	Archie Grant	Johnnie Law	8	25	20	26	18	18	14	6	17	13	22	136
19	21	Tom Weston	Paddy Jefferies	16	19	12	22	19	14	16	14	25	25	19	151
20	38	Caolan Croasdell	Oisin McAllister	10	20	16	9	26	23	20	26	14	24	23	159
21	2	Ollie Hawkins	Archie Hawkins	23	24	21	14	17	26	21	28	18	10	12	160
22	44	Ben Hill	Gabe Hill	18	13	23	17	24	22	17	27	21	20	11	162
23	24	Richard Rowell	Rosie Rowell	9	25	33	28	27	27	5	21	23	15	15	167
24	11	Edward Hansell	Esme Shepherd	12	21	22	8	21	20	30	9	32	29	35	172
25	20	Felix Jefferies	Monty Heath	29	35	30	10	28	9	3	25	30	28	24	186
26	39	Conor Twohig	Jack Gibney	26	35	31	15	22	31	31	18	22	21	4	190
27	3	Oliver Wilson	Hannah Wilson	25	18	27	33	29	29	12	24	24	22	18	199
28	36	Samuel Wray	Imogen Wray	27	35	18	16	25	13	27	22	28	27	35	203
29	10	Celia Hansell	Jasper Ewart Smith	35	27	9	25	20	12	24	35	35	35	35	222
30	28	Lauren Bowdler	Brian Bowdler	30	26	24	31	30	30	19	32	27	23	21	230
31	19	George Richards	Alexander Baird	5	22	13	24	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	239
32	45	James Taylor	Maddie Hantrais	33	30	25	29	33	25	25	31	29	31	26	251
33	37	Rory McAllister	Lughaidh Croasdell	31	29	29	30	32	28	28	29	26	30	35	260
34	6	Ollie Pugh	Eleanor Bellfield	32	28	28	32	31	35	35	30	31	26	35	273