Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix Selector at Exe Sailing Club

by Frankie Upton 10 Oct 2016 17:45 BST 8-9 October 2016

RS Feva Grand Prix at Exe © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

94 teenagers in 47 dinghies from all over the UK competed in the Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix Selector at sea, off Exmouth, over the weekend of 8 & 9 October.

Stevie Morrison, former 49er World Champion and Double Olympian shared his experiences of sailing at Exe Sailing Club, his home club and host for this major national circuit event. He then presented the main Volvo and Magic Marine sponsored prizes to the top six places.

Dolphins playing alongside the fleet before race four got underway on Sunday morning was an unexpected highlight for many - a special treat for the competitors to experience so close to hand.

Phil Morrison laid good courses in shifty wind and six competitive races were completed over two days. Some of the young sailors were competing not only for their best position in this competition but also for a place in the RYA National Squad or RYA Zone Squads - this being the last indicator event before the selectors decide.

The winners were Ewan Wilson & Roscoe Martin of Wormit Boating Club, Scotland. Second were Alexander & Bertie Ratsey of the Royal Western YC, Plymouth.

Seven local Exe boats took part and for many it was their first major competition. The highest place Exe Boat was that of Sandy Bailey & Jack Francis.

RS Feva Grand Prix at Exe - photo © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

Local businessman, Richard Jacobs kindly loaned his boat 'Fairline' which provided the perfect platform to manage the racing and Peter Gilbert lent his motor launch for oversight of the safety fleet. Peter Dixon Chandlery, local to the club also supported the event - providing some motivational spot prizes for ten teams outside the top six.

Event Organiser, Frankie Upton said, "This has been a great event for our club to host, with good competition out on the water and dolphins too! It's been a great class to work with. Many of our visitors had never been to the Exe before, whilst others were brought by parents who themselves were last here in their teenage years. The feedback we've had so far is that they would like to come again. We hope so, and thanks to all in the club and the local community who that contributed to making it such a success."

RS Feva Grand Prix at Exe - photo © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	5625	Ewan Wilson	Roscoe Martin	Wormit Boating Club	2	4	1	3	2	‑19	12
2nd	3672	Alexander Ratsey	Bertie Ratsey	Royal Western YC	‑10	1	3	2	9	2	17
3rd	5029	Tom Storey	Oliver Kent	Yorkshire Dales SC	6	7	‑12	1	3	1	18
4th	6505	Rupert Jameson	Ossian Bracegirdle	HISC	4	3	6	9	4	‑16	26
5th	5846	Pierce Harris	Alfie Cogger	Windermere School	7	‑21	2	6	1	12	28
6th	5626	Sophie Johnson	Becky Caiger	Blackwater SC	‑23	2	15	5	5	4	31
7th	6330	Flo Peters	Issy Spurway	HISC	12	5	‑26	10	6	5	38
8th	6037	Freddy Wood	Phoebe Peters	HISC	1	15	4	8	‑19	18	46
9th	5775	Sophie Dennis	Delphine Ala	Emsworth SC / HISC	9	6	11	‑26	10	23	59
10th	4100	Sian Talbot	Eloise Clapson McBride	LLSC	‑21	9	17	14	8	11	59
11th	4079	Annie Hammett	Emma Wells	HISC	3	17	9	‑20	16	15	60
12th	6214	Robbie McDonald	Freddie Ellis	HISC	22	12	5	22	‑27	3	64
13th	6264	Eddie Farrell	Kevin Farrell	Llandudno Sailing Club	5	16	20	18	‑22	6	65
14th	5288	Caitlin Webster	Amelia Webster	Chew Valley SC	16	8	30	15	7	‑32	76
15th	5847	Julia Barnes	Lauren Paton	RTYC	8	22	10	12	‑24	24	76
16th	6364	Thomas White	Josie Meredith	Papercourt SC	‑40	23	16	7	17	14	77
17th	5627	William Caiger	Caitlin Morley	Sevenoaks School	19	‑26	23	4	25	10	81
18th	5000	Ralph Nevile	Rachel Pyke	FPSC/HISC	17	13	14	16	23	‑31	83
19th	1915	Lauren Discombe	Sophie Dorrington	HISC	‑38	10	8	27	15	25	85
20th	89	Rohan Murphy	Lélia Peckham	South Windermere SC	13	‑28	25	23	18	8	87
21st	6199	Ethan Gerrell	Tom Barnes	Queen Mary SC	28	14	22	11	(OCS)	13	88
22nd	6323	Zac Caldwell	Freddie Fisher	HISC	20	20	18	‑32	11	21	90
23rd	6171	Ben Hutton‑Penman	Lucy Hewitson	Royal Corinthian YC	‑30	25	13	25	21	7	91
24th	5517	Maggie Rickman	Nancy Rickman	Papercourt / HISC	24	‑31	7	19	14	28	92
25th	3792	India Edwards	Emily Haughton	LLSC	18	‑24	19	13	20	22	92
26th	5900	Andreas Purse	Marcos Purse	The Skinners' School	11	18	32	(OCS)	13	26	100
27th	4963	Hamish Morley	Nathan Lomas	Overy Staithe SC	26	27	‑28	17	26	9	105
28th	2026	Emily Procter	Nathan Gribbin	Paignton SC	15	29	21	‑31	29	17	111
29th	6318	Angus Kilpatrick	Archie Stokes	HISC	‑35	19	24	30	12	30	115
30th	4904	Katheryn Byne	Phoebe Jones	Draycote Water SC	14	‑34	34	21	32	20	121
31st	4624	Alice davis	Olivia Bracey Davis	Great Moor SC	25	11	27	28	36	‑40	127
32nd	6300	Blythe Berry	Emily Jones	HISC	29	30	‑41	24	28	34	145
33rd	6106	Benjamin Leffek	Benedict Entwistle	Dalgety Bay SC	31	32	29	‑35	30	27	149
34th	516	Sandy Bailey	Jack Francis	Exe Sailing Club	‑43	36	36	29	33	29	163
35th	6112	Amy Boyle	Lottie Hack	St Mawes Sailing Club	33	33	33	‑40	34	33	166
36th	6165	Sophie Judd	Molly Burns	RTYC	27	37	35	‑38	38	37	174
37th	4251	Nicholas Ross	Blake latta	Portchester SC	37	‑41	31	37	31	39	175
38th	453	Bertie Barker	Lauren Thomas	Bowmoor SC	34	38	38	33	‑40	35	178
39th	4165	George Alexander	Ruari McColl	Salcombe Yacht Club	32	35	37	(OCS)	35	41	180
40th	335	Edward Lane	Alfie Sheahan	Chew Valley SC	36	43	‑45	36	37	42	194
41st	6202	Jakson Leach	Tom Massey	Exe Sailing Club	39	40	39	41	39	‑46	198
42nd	6201	Ffion Morgan	Cerys Morgan	Exe Sailing Club	42	42	44	34	‑45	38	200
43rd	202	George Moger‑Taylor	Annabelle Moger‑Taylor	Exe Sailing Club	41	39	40	43	42	‑47	205
44th	5796	Louis Hockings‑Cooke	Zaccheus Lines	Exe Sailing Club	‑44	44	43	42	44	44	217
45th	1427	Mattie Horwell	Sophie Raven	Exe Sailing Club	‑45	45	42	44	43	45	219
46th	5675	Scott Acheson	Matt Oliver	Exe Sailing Club	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	OCS	41	36	221
47th	2383	George Sherwood	George Lindh	HISC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	39	OCS	43	226