Cadet Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 1
by David Elliott 16 Aug 2010 19:10 BST
15-20 August 2010
Cadet nationals at Torquay day 1 © David Elliott
82 teams have entered this year’s Cadet National and Open Championship. Hosted by Royal Torbay Yacht Club, the event runs until 20th August 2010. 10 races are scheduled with discards kicking in with the fifth and tenth races. Teams are divided into Gold, Silver and Bronze Fleets, with Gold and Silver sailing together with Bronze starting five minutes later.
The first two races were sailed today, using a triangular course followed by two windward-leeward loops for Gold and Silver. Andrew Smith & Rory Burdock (Royal Lymington/Frensham Pond) in 9243 Blue String Pudding led at the windward mark from Ben Binmore & Martha Jones (Royal Torbay) in 8440 Black Otter, Louise Latham & Aaron Chadwick (Fishers Green) in 9635 Shine On, Max & Francesca Ingall (Fishers Green) in 8855 Flirting With Danger, Henry Mills & Robert Keen (Waldringfield) in 8845 Hot Rocks and Edward Cummings & Hattie Sexton (Royal Lymington/Frensham Pond) in 9028 She Who Dares. Andrew & Rory extended their lead to take the gun from Ben & Martha. Max & Francesca took third, from Caroline Croft & Jacob Payne (Frensham Pond) in 7274 Wave Rider, who had been down in tenth place at the gybe. Fifth place went to Louise & Aaron, with sixth to Abigail Croft & Alex Page (Frensham Pond) in 8363 On The Edge, who had also made good progress on their gybe position.
The second race was dominated by Ben & Martha from the host club. Starting from the Committee Boat end of the line, they led from the start and won by a healthy margin. Max & Francesca were second, having held this position since the gybe mark. Third was taken by Caroline & Jacob with Louise & Aaron fourth, Oliver & William Palierakis (Fishers Green) in 7495, fifth and Abigail and Alex sixth.
The Bronze Fleet sailed the same course, but with one less loop. Charlie Anderson & Oli King (Frensham Pond) in 9634 took the gun in Race 1 from Alex Philpott & Megan Ferguson (Frensham Pond) in 9390 and Sam Yale & Lottie Passmore (Waldringfield) in 9369. Race 2 saw victory go to Sam & Lottie, with Katie Weatherall & William Hurd-Wood (Parkstone) in 9601, second and Katherine Selfe & Matthew Jayasekara (Stone) in 7280, third.
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