Fireball International Week at Barbados Yacht Club
by Tim Saunders 1 May 2010 07:48 BST
24 April - 7 May 2010
Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend win with two firsts on final day
Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend have won the 2010 Fireball International Week regatta with 2 first place finishes on the final day of racing. Chips described the racing as picture perfect conditions – a strong breeze, warm water, nice waves, sunshine, and enough shifts to make the racing tactically challenging.
Boats from Great Britain took all three spots on the podium, plus fourth place, to completely dominate the first week of racing. David Edwards & Simon Potts were narrowly edged out of first today after leading the regatta, and ended up in 2nd place, while Kevin Hope and Russel Thorne took 3rd place. In fourth were David Wade and Tim Saunders. In fifth place were Ben Shulz and Phillip Bowley from Australia.
The 2 races final races were completed on Friday, April 30th to wrap up Fireball International Week. The wind and seas were a joy for competitors to sail in, with wind strength at 18 – 20 knots.
In total 60 boats took part in International Week as a warm up to the 2010 Fireball World Championships. The championship regatta begins on Sunday, May 2, with Race 1 scheduled to start at 12:30. 70 boats from 15 countries are registered to compete in the 2010 World Championships.
Photos can be seen on the www.barbados-photography.com
website (go to Gallery/Barbados Life/Fireball Worlds).
Overall Results:
| Pos | NAT | Sail No | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | GBR | 15013 | CHIPS HOWARTH | VYV TOWNEND | (DNS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2nd | GBR | 14924 | DAVID EDWARDS | SIMON POTTS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 10 |
| 3rd | GBR | 14950 | KEVIN HOPE | RUSSELL THORNE | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | -11 | 15 |
| 4th | GBR | 15032 | DAVID WADE | TIM SAUNDERS | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | (BFD) | 18 |
| 5th | AUS | 15027 | BEN SCHULZ | PHILLIP BOWLEY | 2 | 6 | 5 | -18 | 8 | 21 |
| 6th | GBR | 15031 | MATT FINDLAY | RICHARD ANDERTON | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | (DNF) | 27 |
| 7th | AUS | 15011 | NATHAN STOCKLEY | ALLAN BLENKLE | 7 | 4 | 13 | 10 | (DNC) | 34 |
| 8th | GBR | 14949 | MIKE SENIOR | ANDY THOMPSON | 10 | -16 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 9th | GBR | 14941 | DERIAN SCOTT | ANDY SCOTT | 9 | 11 | -19 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 10th | GBR | 15020 | VINCE HOREY | SAM BREAREY | (DNS) | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 37 |
| 11th | GBR | 14807 | TIM RUSH | RUSS CLARK | (DNF) | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 12th | CZE | 15019 | MARTIN KUBOVY | MILAN CAP | 12 | -20 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 44 |
| 13th | AUS | 15025 | ROBIN INNS | JOEL COULTAS | (DNS) | 9 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 14th | AUS | 15026 | PETER INNS | EDWARD ALDER | -29 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 51 |
| 15th | FRA | 15014 | FRANCK JUIN | PIERRE PERDON | 18 | -28 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 57 |
| 16th | IRL | 14894 | NOEL BUTLER | SEAMUS MOORE | 8 | -24 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 58 |
| 17th | CAN | 14907 | GUY TIPTON | MATTHEW KING | 21 | 17 | 6 | 21 | -30 | 65 |
| 18th | GBR | 14864 | IAN KELLY | PETER ELVER | 19 | 14 | -28 | 17 | 15 | 65 |
| 19th | AUS | 14943 | HEATHER MacFARLANE | CHRIS PAYNE | 6 | 13 | 25 | 22 | (DNC) | 66 |
| 20th | GBR | 14982 | MARTIN SCARTH | TONY KING | 15 | 23 | -37 | 19 | 17 | 74 |
| 21st | IRL | 14996 | NEIL SPAIN | FRANCIS ROWAN | 14 | 26 | 16 | -29 | 19 | 75 |
| 22nd | GBR | 14805 | MARK MASKELL | CHRIS PROFFITT | 17 | 18 | -24 | 20 | 20 | 75 |
| 23rd | BAR | 15034 | COLIN SYMES | CHARLIE GLOYMEAY | 16 | 22 | -27 | 16 | 24 | 78 |
| 24th | GBR | 14628 | SIMON LOMAS-CLARKE | TIM RILEY | (DNS) | 25 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 86 |
| 25th | FRA | 14793 | FREDERIC MOUCHES | JEAN-FRANCOIS NOUEL | (DNS) | 21 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 89 |
| 26th | CAN | 15024 | JOE JOSPE | TOM EGLI | 23 | -29 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 89 |
| 27th | USA | 14846 | PATRICK CRUMP | ROBERT THOMPSON | 20 | -34 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 91 |
| 28th | CZE | 14979 | EVA SKORAPKA | JAKUB NAPRAVNIK | 11 | 15 | 9 | (DNC) | DNC | 106 |
| 29th | IRL | 14990 | OWEN LAVERTY | ED BUTLER | 22 | 36 | -41 | 27 | 22 | 107 |
| 30th | SUI | 14890 | ERICH MOSER | GERY SAUER | 24 | 27 | 30 | (DNC) | 32 | 113 |
| 31st | GBR | 14789 | RHYS LANKESTER | BARRY SMITH | 26 | 30 | -36 | 32 | 27 | 115 |
| 32nd | GBR | 14791 | ANDREW PEARCE | STEVE CHESNEY | 13 | (DNC) | DNC | 23 | 9 | 116 |
| 33rd | AUS | 14972 | NICK GUNNER | GLENN PEVERELL | 25 | -44 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 120 |
| 34th | SHE | 15022 | JOHN MANSON | STEVEN LEASK | 31 | 35 | 31 | (DNC) | 26 | 123 |
| 35th | SUI | 14859 | CHRISTINA LANDERER | CEDRIC LANDERER | (DNS) | 39 | 18 | 40 | 33 | 130 |
| 36th | SUI | 14602 | FRITZ WIDMER | NIKOLAI ALLERS | (DNS) | 31 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 132 |
| 37th | IRL | 15007 | LOUIS SMYTH | CORMAC BRADLEY | 32 | 38 | -39 | 35 | 28 | 133 |
| 38th | BAR | 15033 | ROBIN PATTERSON | STEVEN BENSON | 28 | 41 | -51 | 31 | 35 | 135 |
| 39th | RSA | 14411 | ANTHONY PARKER | DAVID LAING | 34 | -45 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 137 |
| 40th | USA | 14968 | PETER WIRTH | PETER KELLY | 30 | -48 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 141 |
| 41st | GBR | 15036 | MATT BURGE | RICHARD WAGSTAFF | (DNS) | 12 | 1 | DNC | DNC | 155 |
| 42nd | SUI | 14921 | MAJA SUTER | FRANCOIS SCHLUCHTER | 27 | 42 | 40 | 46 | (DNF) | 155 |
| 43rd | CAN | 15043 | ROBERT LEVY | ERIC OWSTON | 33 | 33 | (DNF) | DNC | 25 | 162 |
| 44th | BAR | 14922 | ROBERT POVEY | NEIL BURKE | 40 | 51 | -54 | 36 | 36 | 163 |
| 45th | GBR | 14872 | BARBARA NEWSON | GUY NEWSON | 38 | -54 | 52 | 38 | 41 | 169 |
| 46th | CAN | 14835 | MIKE McEVOY | ANDREY BOGUSLAVSKIY | 41 | 52 | -55 | 45 | 39 | 177 |
| 47th | SUI | 14594 | MIANNE ERNE | CLAY POULSON | 39 | 53 | -56 | 43 | 42 | 177 |
| 48th | SUI | 14896 | RICHARD SCHELLER | LINUS EBERLE | 36 | 50 | 49 | 44 | (DNC) | 179 |
| 49th | GBR | 14556 | DEBBIE KIRKBY | PAUL DOWNING | 37 | 47 | 32 | (DNC) | DNC | 187 |
| 50th | SUI | 14961 | DOMINIK MUELLER | CHRISTINE MEBES | 42 | (DNC) | DNC | 41 | 38 | 192 |
| 51st | GBR | 14798 | MARIA RICHARDS | GRAHAM HOY | (DNS) | 43 | 43 | 37 | DNC | 194 |
| 52nd | IRL | 14877 | HANNAH SHOWELL | MARTINA MICHELS | (DNS) | 55 | 47 | DNC | 40 | 213 |
| 53rd | GBR | 14999 | DAVID FESTING | KAREN FESTING | 35 | (DNC) | DNC | 39 | DNC | 216 |
| 54th | SLO | 14881 | MIRAN GUSTIN | DOMEN KANSKY | 43 | 49 | 53 | (DNC) | DNC | 216 |
| 55th | GBR | 14621 | JEREMY HURST | ANDREW HURST | (DNS) | 37 | 42 | DNC | DNC | 221 |
| 56th | IRL | 14713 | FRANK MILLER | MARGUERITE O'ROURKE | (DNS) | 32 | 48 | DNC | DNC | 222 |
| 57th | GBR | 14821 | NICK HURST | ALEX DOWNING | (DNS) | 40 | 44 | DNC | DNC | 226 |
| 58th | GBR | 15038 | STEWART SCARFF | LESLEY SCARFF | (DNS) | 46 | 45 | DNC | DNC | 233 |
| 59th | LCA | 6261 | BETH LYGOE | JERRY BETHELL | (DNS) | 56 | 50 | DNC | DNC | 248 |
| 60th | GBR | 15004 | PETER GRAY | ROBIN TOOZS-HOBSON | (DNS) | DNC | 46 | DNC | DNC | 259 |
| 61st | GBR | 14977 | PHILIP POPPLE | GAVIN TILLSON | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | GBR | 14964 | DAVE MASON | MATT GREENFIELD | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | SUI | 14960 | MELANIE LEDERER | MICHAEL SCHAEFER | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | USA | 14957 | GRAHAM SCHAEFER | DUNCAN SCHAEFER | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | JPN | 14291 | TAKUMI ISHIBASHI | JURJEN FEIKENS | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | SUI | 14799 | CLAUDE MERMOD | RUEDI MOSER | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | CAN | 14768 | PIERRE CARPENTIER | TOM BIRD | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | GBR | 14755 | DAVID RYDER | MICHELLE RYDER | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | GBR | 14682 | JONATHAN CARTER | GARETH WILKINSON | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
| 61st | GBR | 14873 | STEVE PATTEN | BRIAN ALDGATE | (DNS) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 284 |
More information on the event website.