420 Spring Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club
by Mike Cattermole 13 Mar 2018 17:29 GMT
10-11 March 2018
420 Spring Championship at Torbay © Mike Cattermole
After an initial delay to the sailing as the race officer waited for the wind to swing round and the visibility to improve, racing kicked off in 20+ knots and rolling waves.
Niamh Harper and Ross Thompson had the perfect start to the series with 3 bullets, closely followed by Jack Lewis and Charlie Bacon with a 3,2,3. Top girls (3rd place) were Vita Heathcote and Milly Boyle with a 3,2,5 with some good consistent racing. There were numerous capsizes, some before the start of race one and a number of DNS/DNC's appearing across the fleet as sailors struggled with the gusty and wavy conditions. So a great day of challenging racing with similar conditions forecast for Sunday.
Sunday morning was a lot more promising, the wind had dropped slightly to around 15 knots and swung round to the east. The bad news was there were now some very larger rollers heading into Torbay. For most sailors it was slightly easier, fewer gusts, and a more consistent wind. The sailors at the top of the leader board continued in their dominance with Niamh and Ross scoring 1,1,8. Jack and Charlie, and Vita and Milly also maintained their form with some more consistent sailing. Jack and Charlie having an outstanding regatta for a pair still so young, still U17 with a few more years to go!
The rest of the chasing pack did well in the conditions. Next event is Selector Series 2 at Rutland on the 17/18th March.
Interestingly in the top 10 boats, 3 were all girl boats and only 2 were all boys. The other 5 boats all being mixed! So what does that tell us about the future?
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club (Helm) | Crew | Club (Crew) | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
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| 1st | 56106 | Niamh Harper | Loch Tummel SC / Royal Tay YC | Ross Thompson | Frensham Pond SC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 5 |
| 2nd | 56091 | Jack Lewis | Draycote Water SC | Charlie Bacon | Corinthian Otters | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 | 15 |
| 3rd | 55244 | Vita Heathcote | RLymYC | Milly Boyle | RLymYC | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4th | 56339 | Eleanor Keers | Itchenor SC | Aaron Chadwick | Fishers Green SC/West Kirby SC | 10 | (DNF [31]) | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 5th | 53966 | Adele Young | Spinnaker SC | Daniel Burns | | 7 | 12 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 4 | 33 |
| 6th | 54536 | Tom Collyer | Aldenham SC | Jamie Harris | Bristol Corinthian YC | 9 | 4 | 7 | -12 | 2 | 11 | 33 |
| 7th | 55102 | Julia Mellers | | Alexander Hughes | Sutton SC | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | -15 | 37 |
| 8th | 55871 | Alex Colquitt | West Kirby SC | Boo Coles | Annandale SC | 5 | 13 | -18 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 9th | 54379 | Charlotte Boyle | RLymYC | Georgia Baker | Bewl Barbarians | (RET [31]) | 10 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 43 |
| 10th | 54847 | Gemma Mc Dowell | Malahide YC | Emma Gallagher | Malahide YC | -15 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 54 |
| 11th | 54481 | Calum Bell | Helensburgh SC/Loch Lomond SC | Josh Hale | Loch Venachar SC | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17 | (BFD [31]) | 58 |
| 12th | 55189 | Archie Penn | Waldringfield S C | Robert Giardelli | West Kirby SC | 12 | 17 | 14 | 10 | -18 | 7 | 60 |
| 13th | 54852 | Bertie Fisher | Itchenor SC | Fraser Hemmings | Stokes Bay SC | 11 | RDGb [11] | 17 | -19 | 11 | 10 | 60 |
| 14th | 55485 | Mateo Farina | | Harry Chatterton | | -23 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 63 |
| 15th | 55437 | Micheal O'Suilleabhain | Kinsale YC | Michael Carroll | Kinsale YC | 4 | -19 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 64 |
| 16th | 56342 | Rhys Lewis | CBYC | Drew Wright | | (RET [31]) | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | BFD [31] | 69 |
| 17th | 55242 | Megan Ferguson | Frensham Pond SC | Bettine Harris | BCYC | 13 | (DNF [31]) | 22 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 70 |
| 18th | 54682 | Calum Cook | Royal Lymington YC | Johnny Thompson | Frensham Pond SC | 21 | 16 | 21 | -22 | 14 | 3 | 75 |
| 19th | 55400 | Jamie Cook | | Ioan Davies | | 19 | 5 | -23 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 76 |
| 20th | 54483 | Haydn Sewell | | William Heathcote | RLymYC | 14 | -24 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 81 |
| 21st | 56467 | Ellie Driver | Draycote Water SC/Trearddur Bay SC | Rachael Cross | Barnt Green SC | 17 | 14.5 | 19 | -26 | 25 | 20 | 95.5 |
| 22nd | 56115 | Dylan McPherson | Burnham SC | Andrew Sturt | Hollowell SC | 22 | 11 | 16 | 23 | -26 | 24 | 96 |
| 23rd | 56108 | Cossie Lewis | Bosham SC | Hattie Collingridge | Waldringfield S C | 16 | 23 | -27 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 97 |
| 24th | 56032 | Nicola Ferguson | National YC | Fiona Ferguson | National YC | 20 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 21 | (BFD [31]) | 103 |
| 25th | 54853 | Sally Lorimer | Warsash SC | Pippa Jones | Itchenor SC | 18 | 22 | 20 | (BFD [31]) | 24 | 21 | 105 |
| 26th | 56112 | Lainey Terkelsen | Stone SC | Lucie Offord | Alton Water SC | (RET [31]) | 21 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 111 |
| 27th | 54785 | Kieran Young | Spinnaker SC | James Gent | RLymYC | 24 | (DNF [31]) | DNC [31] | 24 | 27 | 23 | 129 |
| 28th | 53703 | Maisie Harkess | Bowmoor SC | Annabel Hitchmough | Bowmoor SC | (DNS [31]) | DNF [31] | 26 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 137 |
| 29th | 52565 | Freya Terry | Fishguard Bay YC/PPSA | Tiegan Pearce | Tresaith Mariners SC | (RET [31]) | 25 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 138 |
| 30th | 54537 | Ellie Clark | Ripon SC | Lizzie Cattermole | Grafham Water SC/Ripon SC | (DNF [31]) | DNF [31] | DNC [31] | DNF [31] | 29 | 26 | 148 |
