GJW Direct Abersoch Dinghy Week 2017

by David Shiel 7 Aug 2017 10:42 BST 23-28 July 2017

GJW Direct Abersoch Dinghy Week 2017 © Andy Green / Green Sea Photography

The event held under the burgee of the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club promised to be big again and, with 162 entries across 12 fleets, the GJW Direct Abersoch Dinghy Week 2017 was certainly an event not to have been missed.

The largest fleets were the Solos with 25 boats and the intriguingly named TTMFO (Toppers, Tera's, Mirrors, Feva's and Other) with 25 boats – most of the 12 fleets enjoyed double digit entries and competitive racing. The weather was mixed all week which enabled the majority of competitors to sail every day and the beach loungers to top up their sun tans. As at this time of year in Abersoch the morning fleets were generally overcast and windy but the afternoon fleets enjoyed a full week of champagne sailing with strong breezes and beating sunshine.

GJW Direct Abersoch Dinghy Week 2017 - photo © Andy Green / Green Sea Photography

The social program was headlined by Abersoch's favourite band Elephant Juice, who bounced Thursday night away much to the enjoyment of all who came along and danced the night away.

The event concluded with a fantastic prize giving. Lots of competitors were lucky enough to win fantastic products from a general dinghy range and the GJW Direct Achievement Award was presented to Linda Williams from South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club for completing her 20th year as results compiler for Dinghy Week. Linda has shown us that Abersoch Dinghy Week over the years is as much about what you put in as what you take out.

GJW Direct Abersoch Dinghy Week Principle Race Officer for the afternoon fleets (and organiser) Brian Holland said "...it is just an honour to organise this event and please get ready for next year's special competition and also please get ready for the 50th anniversary in a few years' time. I would like to thank everyone for making it such a great event." With this in mind please diarise the 2018 date in your calendar now and spread the good word about this fantastic event: Registration, 21st July 2018, Sailing, 22nd – 27th July 2018.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Type	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
Phantom
1	1345		Andrew Couch		Leigh & Lowton SC	1	1	1	1			3
2	1446		Nick Orman		Castle Cove SC	2	14	2	2			6
3	1438		Mike Tustin		Bowmoor SC	4	2	14	3			9
4	1382		Philip Worth		Delph SC	3	3	6	4			10
5	1343		Olly Hopkins		Bowmoor SC	6	5	4	6			15
6	1447		Richard Sims		Carsington SC	7	7	5	5			17
7	1406		Tom Whittingham		Bowmoor SC	5	4	14	16			23
8	1229		Steve Norris		Red Wharf Bay SC	10	8	7	16			25
9	1297		Dean Griffiths		Bowmoor SC	11	6	14	16			31
10	1423		Alex Dawson		Island Barn SC	8	9	14	16			31
11	1408		James Dawson		RYA	17	14	3	16			33
12	1450		Dave Morris		Glossop SC	9	11	16	16			36
13	1311		Nathan Harbut		Glossop SC	12	10	16	16			38
RS200
1	296		Alistair Coates	Thomas Coates	Leigh & Lowton SC	3	1	1	1	1	13	7
2	1256		Louise McKeand	Cathy Partington	Leigh & Lowton SC	2	4	5	3	2	2	13
3	1332		John Edwards	George Edwards	Ogston SC	8	5	2	2	13	1	18
4	1037		Caroline Exley	Rachel Gledhill	LLSC	5	6	3	4	3	11	21
5	311		Ruth Jenkins	Del Jenkins	Sheffield Viking SC	6	11	9	6	4	3	28
6	1203		Richard Robsinon	Penny Robinson	SCYC	1	2	4	11	13	13	31
7	1137		Tony Taylor	Debbie Sutcliffe	Budworth SC	4	3	6	5	13	13	31
8	959		Tommi Cluley	Anna Blagden	Carsington SC	7	7	8	7	13	13	42
9	720		Ross Crook		Budworth SC	9	11	7	11	13	13	51
10	732		Greg Jones	Caroline Noel	Draycote Water SC	10	11	10	11	13	13	55
RS400
1	1460		Dave Exley	Nige Hall	Leigh & Lowton SC	2	1	1	3	1	1	6
2	1204		Chris Gowers	June Riley	Port Dinorwic SC	1	4	2	2	2	11	11
3	1283		Chris Pickles	Matt Bromley	RYA	3	2	3	5	4	11	17
4	1401		Bill Kenyon	Mark Lunn	Budworth SC	5	3	4	4	5	2	18
5	1447		Mike Tustin	Tom Whittingham	Bowmoor	11	5	5	6	13	3	30
6	1407		Hamish Gledhill	Steve Blackburn	West Riding SC	4	11	11	1	6	11	33
7	868		Steven Rickwood	David Crabbe	Yorkshire Dales	11	8	7	7	7	11	40
8	543		Graham Clow	Andrew Taylor	Delph SC	8	7	6	9	13	11	41
9	944		Alex Knight	Lorna Graham	Castle Cove SC	6	11	14	11	3	11	42
10	692		Laurence Muir	Joe Brickland	Rudyard Lake SC	7	6	13	8	13	11	45
Asymmetrics
1	1050	RS800	Joe Joyner	Will Broom	Lyme Regis SC	11	1	2	1	3	3	10
2	720	RS700	Richard Wadsworth		Stokes Bay SC	11	3	4	2	1	1	11
3	21675	Laser 2000	Jenny Irish	Richard Irish	Carsington SC	2	11	6	4	2	2	16
4	4149	Laser 4000	John Harrison	Will Harrison	Rudyard Lake SC	11	4	3	3	4	13	25
5	2213	29er	Brandon Banner	Rebecca Barry	Leigh & Lowton SC	5	5	5	5	13	13	33
6	644	Laser Vago	Tony Scott	Ewan Scott	West Kirby SC	3	5	8	11	13	13	40
7	2414	29er	Amy Bale	Daisy Lee‑Browne	SCYC	1	11	7	13	13	13	45
8	2136	Laser 2000	Mike Greaves	Taj Nathan	Chester	4	11	6.4	11	13	13	45.4
9	22169	Laser 2000	Ian Atkinson	John Atkinson	Shropshire SC	11	11	9	13	13	13	57
10	814	RS800	Jonathan Mills	Georgina Mills	SCYC	11	11	14	13	13	13	61
Fast Mixed Dinghies
1	3679	Merlin Rocket	Nick Heginbotham	Lucy Heginbotham		1	1	1	2	2		5
2	8233	Albacore	Mike Banner	Phil Smith	Leigh and Lowton	2	2	5	3	1		8
3	8157	Albacore	Andrew Bell	Liz Bell		3	3	2	5	9		13
4	8497	505	Robert Temple	Chris Jones	Treador Bay	4	9	4	1	9		18
5	848	Int 470	Phil Griffin	Dan Griffin	Chelmarsh	5	4	6	4	9		19
6	3783	Merlin Rocket	Miles James	James Middleton	SCYC	9	7	3	9	9		28
Fireball
1	14898		Paul Cullen	Gina Loidinis	Weirwood SC	2	1	1	1	2	11	7
2	14837		Russ Cormack	Ali Cormack	Budworth SC	1	2	2	2	1	2	8
3	14388		James Cuxson	James Arnott	Newhaven & Seaford SC	4	4	6	6	9	3	23
4	14980		David Stanley	Jane Stanley	Chelmarsh SC	3	3	3	4	11	11	24
5	14488		Simon Bird	Peter Robertson	Blithfield SC	9	5	7	3	11	1	25
6	14454		Graham Gittins	Martin Bunn	Chelmarsh SC	5	6	4	5	11	11	31
7	14449		Graham Wilson	James Wilson	Budworth SC	6	7	5	9	9	11	36
8	14903		Mike Jones	Hannah Joyner		12	12	12	12	12	11	59
Laser Radial
1	212407		Bob Cudmore		Parkstone YC	2	4	1	1			4
2	211457		Alice Woodings‑Hyde		Mount Batten SC	1	2	2	2			5
3	77682		George Graham		Burwain SC	3	3	3	4			9
4	212145		David Nicholson		Budworth SC	6	5	4	3			12
5	197363		Richard Major		Grafham Water SC	4	6	5	19			15
6	200262		Melissa Meredith		Papercourt SC	5	1	10	19			16
7	140942		Paul Cornish		Scammonden Water SC	8	7	6	5			18
8	182633		Tony Copp		Tewkesbury CSC	7	10	8	17			25
9	204123		James Wynn‑Edwards		Chester SC	11	8	7	19			26
10	198866		Ian Turrell		Scammonden Water	10	12	9	17			31
11	210149		Samantha Bunn		Chelmarsh SC	9	11	17	19			37
12	207984		Alison Hutton		Budworth SC	12	9	17	17			38
13	209173		Farida Vernon		Royal Varuna YC	14	13	17	17			44
14	171775		George Roche		Crosby SC	13	14	17	17			44
15	212152		Charlie Ball		Rossendale Valley SC	15	15	19	19			49
16	163154		Simon Kirk		SCYC	17	16	19	19			52
Laser
1	200998		Jack Hopkins		Delph SC	1	4	2	1			4
2	210914		Craig Williamson		HISC	14	1	1	2			4
3	182219		Malcolm Marsden		Blackpool & Fleetwood YC	2	2	3	3			7
4	195985		Ed Downes		SCYC	4	5	6	4			13
5	67		John Hesten		Doverstone SC	5	12	4	5			14
6	191760		John Dickinson		Chelmarsh SC	6	7	5	6			17
7	191709		Ian Middleton		SCYC	3	3	14	14			20
8	169034		Ian Webber‑ Rostron		Delph	7	6	14	12			25
9	154674		Nik Lever		Dovestone SC	8	12	14	14			34
10	197775		Alan Little		Budworth SC	14	12	14	14			40
10	210980		Mark Lunn		Leigh & Lowton SC	14	12	14	1			40
Single handed mixed
1	323	RS300	Matt Jenkins		Sheffield Viking SC	3	1	1	2			4
2	513	RS300	Chris Massey		Hollingworth Lake SC	2	2	2	1			5
3	1621	Streaker	Paul Newman		Shotwick Lake SC	7	3	4	3			10
4	208186	Laser 4.7	Arthur Farley		Royal Victoria YC	8	11	3	4			15
5	242	D Zero	Jeremy Child		Scammonden Water SC	10	5	6	21			21
6	478	RS300	James Cowlishaw		Sheffield Viking SC	5	4	19	21			28
7	781	Blaze	David Entwistle		Burghfield SC	1	9	19	19			29
8	1740	RS Aero 7	Paul Diver		Rutland SC	4	8	19	21			31
9	4490	Int Moth	Paul Hignett		Loch Lomond	6	21	5	21			32
10	1019	Supernova	Richard Hawson		Glossop SC	9	6.5	21	21			36.5
11	440	Solution	Paul Nix		Glossop SC	12	6.5	21	21			39.5
12	209177	Laser 4.7	Jade Gavin		Royal Varuna	11	13	19	21			43
13	208996	Laser 4.7	Christopher Marsh		Royal Varuna	13	12	19	21			44
14	620	Rooster 8.1	Andrew Herbert		Ulley SC	14	10	21	21			45
15	430	Int Moth	John Edwards		Ogston SC	15	21	21	21			57
16	3890	Int Moth	Katie Hughes		Loch Lomond	16	21	21	21			58
17	78	Finn	Robert Temple		Treaddur Bar SC	19	21	21	21			61
17	3834	Int Moth	Mark Greaves		SCYC	19	21	21	21			61
Slow Mixed Dinghies
1	2451	Lark	Tim Lawrence	Charlotte Lawrence	West Kirby	1	2	3	1	2		6
2	22346	Enterprise	Phil Snewin		SCYC	4	3	1	3	1		8
3	13862	GP14	James Downs	Judith Downs	S. Windemere	3	1	2	2	11		8
4	30441	Snipe	David Whittaker	James Hughes	SCYC	2	9	5	4	9		20
5	3501	Laser 3000	Alan Bethell	Lucas Barrow	Rudyard Lake	7	9	8	5	3		23
6	2498	Lark	Simon Kenny	Nicole Kenny	West Kirby	5	4	4	11	11		24
7	2278	Lark	Rupert Millard	Emma Millard	West Kirby	6	11	7	6	11		30
8	2486	Lark	Joanna Crabtree	Michele Noronha	West Kirby	9	5	6	12	11		31
Solo
1	5449		Chris Robinson		BFYC	26	3	1	2			6
2	5518		Innes Armstrong		Burwain	2	1	3	5			6
3	5741		Stephen Graham		Burwain SC	1	15	2	4			7
4	5418		Martin Couch			8	2	7	1			10
5	5561		Tim Lewis		Island Barn	3	6	5	3			11
6	5416		Tony Sampson		SCYC	5	5	4	6			14
7	5312		Stuart Norris		Shropshire SC	6	13	6	7			19
8	4671		Davis Fletcher		Sheffield Viking	15	4	8	8			20
9	5118		Dave Ernest		Rudyard Lake SC	14	8	9	28			31
10	5021		Mark Cleary		Budworth	18	24	10	9			37
11	5655		John Webster		Carsington	4	11	26	28			41
12	4600		Mike Fogg		West Riding SC	13	16	12	28			41
13	5514		John Dixon		West Kirby	7	9	28	28			44
14	4884		Brian Sprague		Leigh & Lowton SC	10	12	26	28			48
15	5109		Alan Catto		Leigh & Lowton SC	12	14	26	28			52
16	5552		Neil Catto		Leigh & Lowton SC	11	17	26	28			54
17	5216		Owen Griffith		LLSC	9	18	28	28			55
18	5144		Gary Catterall		Delph SC	17	10	28	28			55
19	5208		John Purdie		Shotwick Lake SC	23	22	26	10			55
20	5536		Michael Davies		Budworth	22	25	11	26			58
21	5746		John Poulson		Carsington	26	7	28	28			61
22	5460		John Berry		Etherow	16	23	26	28			65
23	5565		Colin Coombs		Ogston SC	19	20	28	28			67
24	5185		Ian Noble		Budworth	20	21	26	28			67
25	4044		Edward Farrance		West Riding SC	21	19	28	28			68
TPFM
1	70720	Mirror	Paul Cullen	Alfie Cullen	Weirwood SC	1	1	1	30			3
2	70816	Mirror	Dave Shiel	Archie Shiel	SCYC	2	9	2	1			5
3	70837	Mirror	Anna Cowlishaw	Louis Cowlishaw	Sheffield Viking SC	5	4	3	3			10
4	975	Feva	David Jenkins	Dylan Jenkins	Derwent RSC	4	12	28	2			18
5	5	Feva	Mary Jane Piper	Neal Piper	Tynemouth SC	7	7	28	4			18
6	7123	Topper Topaz	Imogen Pritchard	Georgina Pritchard		14	10.5	4	5			19.5
7	70893	Mirror	Mike Bishop	Amy Cowlishaw	Sheffield Viking SC	3	3	28	30			34
8	25005	Topper	William Jones			6	20	28	9			35
9	2156	RS Tera	Jac Bailey		Port Dinorwic	13	2	28	30			43
10	3796	Miracle	Karen Taylor	Nicholas Taylor	Delph SC	9	5	30	30			44
11	69559	Mirror	George Edwards	Alex Colston‑Shields	Ogston SC	11	6	28	30			45
12	44525	Mirror	Jon Dayton	Jessie Dayton	SCYC	21	17	28	7			45
13	1129	Topper Topaz	Jack Taylor	Luke Mulholland	Llyn Brenig SC	8	13	28	30			49
14	45360	Topper	Katie Eddowes			17	24	28	8			49
15	61316	Mirror	Eleanor Kirk	Heidi Forrest	SCYC	22	22	31	6			50
16	4098	Miracle	Ian Brown	Lilly Brown	Delph SC	12	15	28	30			55
17	2817	Feva	Will Shelley	Matt Large	SCYC	10	19	28	30			57
18	445	Miracle	Deborah Massey	Annabelle Worth	Delph SC	18	14	28	30			60
19	13390	Topper	Charlotte Jones			16	16	28	30			60
20	1535	Feva	Alex Kirk	Tom Kirk	SCYC	28	8	28	30			64
21	215	RS Tera	Ffion Bailey		Port Dinorwic	15	21	28	30			64
22	1253	Feva	Suzanne Faithfull	Jake Faithfull		19	18	28	30			65
23	1060	Hartley 12.2	Clare Holland		Chester SC	30	10.5	28	30			68.5
24	46107	Topper	John Atkinson		Shropshire SC	20	26	28	30			74
25	19271	Topper	Ella Dayton		SCYC	23	23	30	30			76
26	44736	Topper	James Eddowes			28	25	28	30			81
27	2216	Miracle	Donald Blackburn	Harry Shaw	Delph SC	28	30	28	30			86