Harken 29er Grand Prix Round 1 at Poole Yacht Club
by Elliot Wells 7 Sep 2015 21:54 BST
5-6 September 2015
Beaumont and Darling dominate
Poole Yacht Club hosted the first GP of the season sponsored by Harken on September 5th and 6th. It was excellent to see lots of new faces around the boat park and 44 boats were entered.
The wind was light and shifty to start, which made the sailing interesting. The day started with the wind coming from the North at 4-7 knots and slowly moving east strengthening to 14 knots at the end of the day, with some large shifts and changes in pressure. It was a very difficult day for the race officer because of some of the big shifts coming down the course and he did a good job getting 5 races in.
Sunday came and there was no wind the fleet waited and waited and waited and waited but no wind came and the sailing was cancelled.
The racing was dominated by Crispin Beaumont and Tommy Darling who won with a 10 point margin discarding a 2nd. No other boat managed to finish in the top 15 in every race ! Bobby Hewitt and Harvey Martin finished second after winning the last race by a large margin. Elliot Wells and Josh Boniface were 3rd overall and first Juniors. Hannah Bristow and Emily Covell came in 4th and were first girls.
The second Harken sponsored GP event in the series takes place at Royal Torbay Yacht Club on 26/27 September.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | NETT |
|---|
| 1st | 16 | CRISPIN BEAUMONT | TOM DARLING | BARTLEY GREEN SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC | ‑2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2nd | 2399 | BOBBY HEWITT | HARVEY MARTIN | LEIGH & LOWTON SC / OGSTON SC | 7 | ‑28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 3rd | 2338 | ELLIOTT WELLS | JOSHUA BONIFACE | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 1 | 8 | 10 | ‑16 | 4 | 23 |
| 4th | 2379 | HANNAH BRISTOW | EMILY COVELL | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 3 | ‑34 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5th | 2305 | DAN VENABLES | NATHANIAL GORDON | SUTTON SC / PARKSTONE YC | 4 | 12 | ‑16 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 6th | 2023 | HAMISH TAYLOR | RORY ROSE | CLYDE CC | 9 | 10 | ‑28 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 7th | 2416 | JEMIMA LEEDHAM | JAMES LEETCH | RUTLAND SC | 10 | 3 | 6 | 17 | ‑24 | 36 |
| 8th | 2304 | NICK ROBINS | JAKE TODD | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 11 | 13 | 11 | ‑35 | 3 | 38 |
| 9th | 2327 | OLLIE ALDRIDGE | JAMIE JOBSON | PARKSTONE YC / ROYAL TORBAY YC | ‑32 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 40 |
| 10th | 2345 | PIERS NICHOLLS | SAMUEL GRADE | HAYLING ISLAND SC | ‑28 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
| 11th | 14 | JAMES GRUMMETT | DANIEL BUDDEN | BURWAIN SC / LEIGH & LOWTON SC | 17 | 4 | ‑27 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 12th | 2230 | HUW EDWARDS | JOSH DAWSON | CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | ‑18 | 44 |
| 13th | 2235 | PHOEBE CONNELLAN | SOPHIE OTTER | RUTLAND SC / GRAFHAM WATER SC | ‑30 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 48 |
| 14th | 2225 | IAIN BIRD | JAKE HARDMAN | HAYLING ISLAND SC | ‑31 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 49 |
| 15th | 2344 | JAMES HAMMETT | BEN TODD | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 13 | 9 | 15 | 15 | ‑16 | 52 |
| 16th | 2224 | ANNA PRESCOTT | EMMA HATTERSLEY | HAYLING ISLAND SC / POOLE YC | 6 | ‑26 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 53 |
| 17th | 777 | GEORGE TARDREW | FREDDIE SIMES | BEWL VALLEY SC | 27 | ‑31 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 58 |
| 18th | 2380 | COURTNEY BILBROUGH | HARRIET WARD | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 21 | 5 | ‑26 | 25 | 7 | 58 |
| 19th | 66 | MAT CURRELL | EVE TOWNSEND | POOLE YC / EMSWORTH SC | 19 | ‑27 | SCP | 8 | 19 | 64 |
| 20th | 2234 | JAMES EALES | HENRY COLLINS | ROYAL LYMINGTON YC | 23 | 16 | 12 | ‑34 | 15 | 66 |
| 21st | 382 | ALARIC BATES | RYAN BUSH | CARDIFF BAY YC / BRISTOL CORINTHIAN YC | 8 | 21 | 23 | ‑40 | 23 | 75 |
| 22nd | 2275 | KATIE MUNRO | BETH HURST | ROYAL FINDHORN YC | 15 | ‑24 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 76 |
| 23rd | 2216 | WILLIAM CUNLIFFE | JAMES CUNLIFFE | ROYAL TORBAY YC | 18 | ‑32 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 76 |
| 24th | 2099 | JESSIE MAIN | DAVID BRAND | WARSASH SC | 16 | 6 | ‑33 | 27 | 30 | 79 |
| 25th | 1960 | PATRICK CROGHAN | DOMINIC LEWIS | BOSHAM SC | 20 | 17 | 21 | 22 | ‑25 | 80 |
| 26th | 2323 | HENRY WHITE | REX FARRANT | BEWL VALLEY SC | 5 | ‑33 | 13 | 33 | 31 | 82 |
| 27th | 2343 | BELLA FELLOWS | ELLA METHVEN | YEALM YC | 29 | 20 | ‑32 | 18 | 17 | 84 |
| 28th | 2337 | DAN ARMSTRONG | FIN ARMSTRONG | ROYAL TORBAY YC | 24 | 22 | 17 | 21 | ‑27 | 84 |
| 29th | 2203 | HATTIE ROGERS | EMMA LOVERIDGE | ROYAL LYMINGTON YC / DRAYCOTE WATER SC | 26 | 25 | 20 | 14 | ‑35 | 85 |
| 30th | 2018 | LUKE ROBERTSON | IZZIE BERKLEY | DURLEIGH SC | 12 | 19 | 30 | 31 | (DNF) | 92 |
| 31st | 2242 | HUGH WARD | ANDREW KILBURN | HAYLING ISLAND SC / NOTTS COUNTY SC | ‑39 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 29 | 102 |
| 32nd | 399 | CHARLOTTE ORMEROD | DANIEL LEWIS | OXFORD SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC | 34 | 18 | 29 | 29 | ‑38 | 110 |
| 33rd | 1779 | MATTHEW LECKIE | IZZI BRISTOW | LEIGH & LOWTON SC | 22 | 30 | 31 | 28 | ‑33 | 111 |
| 34th | 2292 | EDWARD NORBURY | CHARLIE HUTCHINGS | WARSASH SC | ‑43 | 29 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 118 |
| 35th | 2022 | EMMA TARDREW | ANNA ROWE | HAYLING ISLAND SC / ISLAND BARN SC | 25 | ‑42 | 42 | 32 | 37 | 136 |
| 36th | 310 | IZZY BLACK | RYAN ORR | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 37 | ‑40 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 138 |
| 37th | 2174 | CORI MACFARLANE | CALLUM ELWIN | PORT DINORWIC SC / MUMBLES YC | 41 | 23 | 38 | 37 | (DNF) | 139 |
| 38th | 1233 | PHOEBE WOOD | ELLA CUDMORE | CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC | 38 | ‑41 | 37 | 30 | 34 | 139 |
| 39th | 2347 | FREYA BLACK | HARRIET CAGE | HAYLING ISLAND SC / THAMES SC | 33 | 35 | 34 | 38 | ‑39 | 140 |
| 40th | 1504 | ELLIE WALTON | JOSH BECK | DRAYCOTE WATER SC / BOWMOOR SC | 36 | 37 | ‑41 | 41 | 32 | 146 |
| 41st | 2121 | ALICE HANDLEY | ZOE JAMES | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 35 | 39 | 36 | ‑42 | 41 | 151 |
| 42nd | 773 | MATTHEW HODGES | EMILY SMITH | QUEEN MARY SC | ‑40 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 151 |
| 43rd | 1324 | VICKY COWAN | ROSIE HILL | PORTCHESTER SC / STOKES BAY SC | 42 | 43 | (DNF) | DNS | 40 | 170 |
| 44th | 2214 | MILES JONES | OLLIE PERRY | WARSASH SC / SILVER WING SC | (DNS) | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 180 |
