Yachts and Yachting Battle of the Classes 2009

by Magnus Smith 19 Jan 2009 09:35 GMT 18 January 2009

The Yachts and Yachting 'Battle of the Classes' pursuit race was run in the dock outside the ExCeL centre, on the last day of the London Boat Show. The venue may not be the best sailing area, but it provided a wonderful way to showcase 32 dinghy classes to the public, and give spectators a rare treat - watching the racing without binoculars! See the photo gallery.

6 boats were not able to attend at the last minute, which meant 49 entries. Andy Couch took first prize in his Phantom, and the class winner (best combined score of 2 boats) went to the Streakers, sailed by Steve Cockerill and Ian Jones. Arthur Henderson (Cadet) won the Under-18 prize.

Event sponsors, Yachts and Yachting, and the organisers, British Sailing, would like to thank everyone for making the effort to attend, and brave the cold. Thanks must also go to the race officer Edwin Buckley and his team.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Name	Crew	Sail no	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Finish
1	Phantom	Andrew Couch		1277	24	18	6	3	1
2	Streaker	Stephen Cockerill		1677	6	4	3	1	2
3	Streaker	Ian Jones		1669	5	6	4	2	3
4	Finn	Henry Bagnell		99	21	16	8	5	4
5	Finn	Allen Burrell		2	20	15	7	4	5
6	Solo	Dan Goodman		4735	11	7	5	7	6
7	Formula 18	Rob Wilson	Marcus Lynch	100	48	42	35	16	7
8	Cadet	Arthur Henderson	Annie Sibthorpe	8561	1	1	1	6	8
9	Enterprise	Philip Kirk	Sarah Gregson	22975	15	12	11	8	9
10	505	Charlie Walters	Doulas Cram	8835	41	33	26	13	10
11	Merlin Rocket	Alex Jackson	Chris Whitehouse	3643	29	23	19	12	11
12	505	Russell Short	Andrew Short	8935	42	34	27	15	12
13	Blaze	Mike Lyons		750	26	21	15	10	13
14	Flying Fifteen	Peter Slater	Adrian Simpson	3935	27	24	20	11	14
15	Albacore	Charles Devenport	Mark Fowler	7143	23	22	21	19	15
16	Scorpion	Tom Jeffcoate	Andy Smith	2012	31	28	23	18	16
17	Graduate	Ian Foxwell	Hannah Foxwell	2887	9	9	13	14	17
18	Laser 2000	Simon Horsfield	Clive Grant	22088	19	19	16	17	18
19	Cadet	John Page	Alex Page	8521	2	2	2	9	19
20	Scorpion	Adrian Smith	Robert Smith	1939	25	25	25	21	20
21	RS500	Philip Highfield	Tamsin Butcher	665	34	32	29	25	21
22	Phantom	John Wayling		1175	28	26	28	24	22
23	Laser 2000	Matt Sargent	Clare Sargent	21352	22	20	17	23	23
24	RS Feva	Amber Brown	James G N Brown	365	8	10	10	20	24
25	Graduate	Ed Pepper	Nick Pepper	2901	13	14	18	26	25
26	Enterprise	David Beaney	Alex Beaney	20234	16	17	22	22	26
27	RS Feva	Jack Hawkins	Chris Thomas	2821	7	11	14	27	27
28	RS300	Steve Bolland		411	30	27	34	30	28
29	Comet	Christopher Robinson		63	12	13	24	29	29
30	Rooster 8.1	Neil Peters		175	32	31	30	31	30
31	RS600	James Sainsbury		827	43	39	36	32	31
32	Buzz	Simon Cory	Clare Hansell	1089	36	38	40	33	32
33	3000	Daniel Hollands	Andrew Thompson	3611	33	36	37	34	33
34	Blaze	Simon Beddows		570	35	35	39	35	34
35	Topaz Xenon	Darren Layton	Mike Guest	4218	38	37	41	36	35
36	Mirror	Chris Rust	Millie Newman	70362	3	3	9	28	36
37	Comet (xtra)	Stephen Harvey		764	18	29	32	37	37
38	British Moth	Colin Hall		856	14	30	33	38	38
39	Dart	Sean O'connor	K Andrews	7780	47	43	43	39	39
40	Rooster 8.1	Chris Fyans		125	40	41	42	40	40
41	Dart	Chris Phillips	?	316	49	44	44	41	41
DNC	Falcon	James Marston	Leo Dixon & Paul Kameen	61	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
DNC	Hobie Tiger	Luke Yeates	Matt Humphreys	2	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
DNC	RS800	Ian Martin	Adam Broughton	1144	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
DNC	National 12	Jo Richards	?	3519	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
DNC	Laser 4000	Hugh Watson	?	4536	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
DNC	RS600	Jon Bradbury		?	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
RTD	Thames A Rater	Martin Hunter	Jamie Stewart & TBA	?	44	RTD	RTD	RTD	RTD
RTD	National 18	Jeremy Vines	Maxine Vines,Ollie Wiseman	375	39	RTD	RTD	RTD	RTD
RTD	B14	Phil Murray	Kevin Rutherford	757	46	RTD	RTD	RTD	RTD
RTD	Buzz	Stuart Bailey	Zoe Noble	1079	37	RTD	RTD	RTD	RTD
RTD	National 12	John Meadowcraft	Katy Meadowcraft	3515	17	RTD	RTD	RTD	RTD
RTD	Laser 4000	Chris Gould	Suzanna Bilford	4516	45	40	31	RTD	RTD
RTD	Solo	Vince Horey		?	10	8	12	RTD	RTD
RTD	Mirror	Tom Lovesey	John Peterson	70519	4	5	38	RTD	RTD