RYA North West Junior Travellers Trophy at Bassenthwaite Sailing Club
by Ian Hall 8 May 2016 20:46 BST
7 May 2016
RYA North West Junior Travellers at Bass © Somerville
Bassenthwaite hosted a round of the RYA North West Junior Travellers Trophy. Among the 14 sailors there were visitors from as far afield as Leigh & Lowton. The day was much warmer than recently with sun and a nice North Easterly Force 3. There were plenty of shifts and gusts to challenge the competitors, some capsizes, and much good sailing for many.
Harvey Leigh from Leigh and Lowton with Drew Gibbons were first Juniors, giving an impressive display of asymmetric sailing by winning two races in their RS Feva, and even finished 4th in the first race, despite a lengthy capsize. Special prizes were awarded to Pier Pello, Gee Moss & Walter Keegan from Sedbergh School in a 2000, for last finisher in all three races.
Josh Hunter from Bassenthwaite was awarded the Endeavour prize for cheerfully singing his way around the course despite numerous capsizes. First under 14 sailor and 3rd overall was Theo Stewart in his RS Tera Sport. Top Bassenthwaite performers were Hazel Newport (Cockermouth) 2nd in the Junior Fleet in her Laser 4.7, and Nathan Dawson, 1st in the youth fleet in his Laser Radial, and Ethan Dawson (Cockermouth) 3rd in the youth fleet.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Type | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | PY | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
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| 1st | RS Feva XL | 6195 | Harvey Leigh | Drew Gibbons | Leigh and Lowton | 1235 | ‑4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2nd | LASER 4.7 | 197636 | Hazel newport | | Bassenthwaite | 1195 | 1 | ‑5 | 3 | 4 |
| 3rd | RS Tera Sport | 2821 | Theo Stewart | | Windermere School | 1457 | ‑2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4th | RS Tera Sport | 2950 | James Johnson | | Windermere School | 1457 | 3 | ‑7 | 4 | 7 |
| 5th | Laser Radial | 143926 | Alastair Rimmer | | Lancs. | 1136 | 5 | 4 | ‑7 | 9 |
| 6th | RS AERO 5 | 1214 | Harry Binns | | Bassenthwaite | 1107 | (DNC) | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 7th | RS Tera Sport | 2965 | Alex Keys | | Windermere School | 1457 | 6 | ‑8 | 5 | 11 |
| 8th | RS Tera Sport | 2966 | Fergus James Meanwell | | SWSC/ Windermere School | 1457 | 7 | ‑9 | 6 | 13 |
| 9th | RS Tera Sport | 2967 | Isabel Flynn | | Windermere school | 1457 | ‑11 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 10th | Laser Radial | 7 | Julius Staab | | Sedbergh School | 1136 | 8 | ‑10 | 9 | 17 |
| 11th | RS Tera Sport | 3034 | Josh Hunter | | Bassenthwaite | 1457 | 9 | 11 | ‑12 | 20 |
| 12th | 2000 | 22123 | Pier Pello | Gee Moss AND Walter Keegan | Sedbergh School | 1101 | 10 | ‑12 | 11 | 21 |
| 1st | Laser Radial | 175602 | Ethan Dawson | | Bassenthwaite | 1136 | ‑1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2nd | RS 200 | 712 | Jenny Dunn | Izzie Hunter | Bassenthwaite | 1047 | ‑2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |