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Firefly Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club - Day 3

by Barney Smith 16 Aug 2005 07:26 BST 13-19 August 2005

Day three of the 59th Firefly Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry and finally the sun arrived! Two great races were held in a shifty force 2 to 3 with championships favourites Antony Gunstone and Lucie Hopkins being joined at the top of the leaderboard by Roger Morris and Sally Wakefield by close of play.

Race two for the Sussex Silver Firefly was won by Nigel Wakefield and Emily Saunderson who flew in from the right corner on the last beat surprising the long time leading group of Roger Morris/Sally Wakefield, Antony Gunstone/Lucie Hopkins and Steve Greaves/Elaine King.

Race three was finally won by 1995 champion Steve Tylecote sailing with Sally Wilson after some classic Firefly racing in which six boats spent time at the front of the fleet. Tylecote/Wilson only arrived at the front of the fleet within 100m of the finish line after 90 minutes of nip and tuck racing. Race officer Tim O’Leary was congratulated by the fleet on providing some superb racing given 100 degree wind shifts in both races.

After three races of the eight race series a pattern is beginning to emerge at the top of the leaderboard. 2004 Champions Gunstone/Hopkins, 1995 Champions Tylecote/Wilson and former team race world champion Morris/Wakefield are showing consistent form at the front of the fleet.

Tonight the Firefly Class holds its annual general meeting with a pub quiz to follow. With only one race scheduled tomorrow the challenge will be to drink the bar dry again at the club!

The National Firefly Association would like to thank class sponsors Crewsaver who supplied over 100 prizes for buddies and improvers, craftinsure.com, and Dinghy Sailing Magazine.

Results after Day 3:

Pos Tally Sail No Helm Crew Club Practice R1 R2 R3 Pts Notes
1 36 3747 Anthony Gunstone Lucie Hopkins Castaways SC 3.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 9.0  
2 46 3119 Roger Morris Sally Wakefield   4.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 9.0  
3 35 3037 Stephen Tylecote Sally Wilson Spinnaker SC 1.0 2.0 8.0 1.0 11.0  
4 47 5 Andy Cornah   West Kirby SC DNF 3.0 12.0 8.0 23.0  
5 17 3690 David Carroll Michael Shuster FFSC DNF 7.0 6.0 10.0 23.0  
6 39 888 Dave Chisholm Kerry Ryan FFSC 7.0 9.0 9.0 6.0 24.0  
7 52 2649 Alex Davey Rosie Davey   DNS 23.0 5.0 3.0 31.0  
8 5 3841 Ian Sanderson Claire Wood Royal Lymington YC DNF 8.0 15.0 9.0 32.0  
9 21 2937 Paul Kameen Ruth Verrier-Jones West Kirby SC 6.0 13.0 10.0 11.0 34.0  
10 32 3023 Barnaby Smith Alice Gardner Hamble River SC DNF 6.0 17.0 12.0 35.0  
11 16 3 Dom Johnson Debs Kershaw Spinnaker Sc 2.0 4.0 20.0 13.0 37.0  
12 14 1867 Steven Greaves Elaine King Rickmansworth SC 5.0 17.0 3.0 23.0 43.0  
13 43 6 Andy Bryson Mari Shepherd West Kirby DNF 16.0 11.0 16.0 43.0  
14 31 2797 Phil Slater Jillian Slater Restronguet SC DNF 11.0 18.0 22.0 51.0  
15 40 3836 Chris Dodds Hannah Burke University of Nottingham SC 10.0 18.0 26.0 14.0 58.0  
16 49 3674 Nigel Wakefield Emily Saunderson Spinnaker Club DNF DNF 1.0 5.0 60.0  
17 34 3125 Amy Morris Helen Stamp   DNF 29.0 24.0 7.0 60.0  
18 23 2065 Richard Thompson Liz Steward Deben YC 12.0 21.0 19.0 20.0 60.0  
19 51 3415 Chris Johnson Sue/Matt Johnson Great Moor SC DNS 24.0 7.0 30.0 61.0  
20 50 3615 Jamie McEwen Chantal Nicholson Royal Lymington YC 20.0 14.0 27.0 25.0 66.0  
21 20 3072 Damian Boreham Lucy Davey London Corinthian SC 22.0 30.0 16.0 21.0 67.0  
22 4 2282 Will Mason Anna Willard Tamesis SC DNF 10.0 33.0 26.0 69.0  
23 3 3840 Andy Moore Phillip Pearce FFSC DNF 19.0 14.0 37.0 70.0  
24 15 2539 Guy Davison Liz Sutton Can’t read it! 11.0 28.0 25.0 18.0 71.0  
25 10 2803 Matt Findlay Daniela Hanson Weston SC DNF 15.0 41.0 17.0 73.0  
26 22 3810 Julia Cornah Lisa Keenan West Kirby SC DNF 32.0 23.0 19.0 74.0  
27 19 2658 Andrew Twinn Ryan / Alice Carter FFSC 16.0 40.0 21.0 15.0 76.0  
28 27 3610 David Thompson Faggot Davies FFSC DNF 26.0 13.0 42.0 81.0  
29 25 2587 Mark Tait Joe Hunt Burghfield SC 9.0 22.0 31.0 33.0 86.0  
30 29 3831 Jenny Taylor Laura White Sheffield University SC DNF 31.0 29.0 27.0 87.0  
31 38 3832 Dave Hynes Wendy Carlin Nottingham University SC 8.0 12.0 37.0 39.0 88.0  
32 11 3809 Andy Rowland Jim Bramley West Kirby SC DNF 37.0 28.0 35.0 100.0  
33 26 3835 Toby Wincer Sam Perry FFSC 13.0 25.0 40.0 36.0 101.0  
34 9 3833 Roger Phillips Mike Douglas Nottingham University 14.0 20.0 30.0 DNF 104.0  
35 28 2629 David Cheshire Emma Pettitt West Kirby SC DNF DNF 22.0 28.0 104.0  
36 13 3713 Simon Reynolds Jones Kate Merrit West Kirby DNF 39.0 39.0 29.0 107.0  
37 12 3628 David Milledge Clare Boston West Kirby SC DNF 34.0 44.0 31.0 109.0  
38 2 3098 Mike Clayton James Clayton Castaways SC DNF 33.0 32.0 44.0 109.0  
39 8 2617 Lucy Boreham Rachel Crebbin Dell Quay SC DNF 36.0 34.0 46.0 116.0  
40 30 2523 Ben Skilling Emma Farndale   17.0 35.0 38.0 43.0 116.0  
41 45 3626 Christian Guy Simon Cowdell Castaways SC 19.0 38.0 35.0 45.0 118.0  
42 18 3366 Kate Tilsley Aaron Woolf FFSC DNF DNS 42.0 24.0 120.0  
43 1 3616 Jonathan Bickford Jo Mason Upper Thames SC 23.0 43.0 45.0 32.0 120.0  
44 33 1053 Georgie Corlett Steph Hollamby West Kirby/Hamble River SC DNF 27.0 43.0 DNF 124.0  
45 41 3834 James Perry Katie Bower Birmingham University SC 15.0 41.0 49.0 34.0 124.0  
46 48 2296 Jo McEwen R Hudson Datchet Water SC DNF 42.0 47.0 41.0 130.0  
47 6 3749 Peter Slimming Vicki Weston Hamble River SC 21.0 DNF 48.0 38.0 140.0  
48 24 3618 Luke Thompson Ginny Rose FFSC DNF DNF 36.0 DNF 144.0  
49 44 2453 Jim Black Hannah Lawson FFCS 18.0 DNF 51.0 40.0 145.0  
50 53 3131 Tom Sherwen TBD Deben Yacht Club DNS DNF 46.0 47.0 147.0  
51 42 11 Ben Newman Jen Leon Birmingham University SC 24.0 44.0 52.0 DNF 150.0  
52 7 2610 Bob Bourne Lloyd Coe Upriver YC DNF DNF DNS 48.0 156.0  
53 37 10 Hermione Turner Elizabeth Stokes Castle Cove SC, Weymouth DNF DNF 50.0 DNF 158.0  

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